Colorado Springs requires property owners to clear their walkways so that EVERYONE has safe access throughout the City!  Senior citizens, people with disabilities, parents with strollers, and mail carriers -just to name a few- struggle to negotiate hazardous walkways.  We need to do our part to make our community safe and accessible for all.

Timing: Once snow has stopped falling, residents have twenty-four (24) hours to remove snow and ice from public sidewalks adjacent to their property.  See the City announcement: coloradosprings.gov/neighborhood-services/page/snow-shoveling

Report A Problem: We encourage residents to work together to keep sidewalks clear for safe passage and to kindly remind neighbors with unshoveled sidewalks of the City's requirement.  To report a problem, please contact 385-5977 to provide the address of an unshoveled sidewalk.

When it's forecast to be windy, please make sure items in your yard aren't blown all over the neighborhood. Tie down anything that is loose or store it inside. Secure the lids to your garbage and recycling containers. Besides losing items that make a mess of the neighborhood, your airborne items can cause damage as they bounce along and strike other times (car sides and windows, home windows, etc.).

High wind warnings require homeowner action
- Trim tree branches away from your house and powerlines
- Secure loose gutters and shutters
- Identify an interior room of your house, such as a basement or interior
bathroom, that you can take shelter in during high wind warnings
- Make a list of items outside your home you will need to tie down or put away
so that they don't blow away or fly through a window
- When a high wind or severe thunderstorm watch is issued, immediately secure
these items to avoid damage or injury once the wind starts picking up
- Learn more at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/wind/before.shtml

Trampolines must be secured in high winds
Trampolines are, in essence, large disk shaped objects that are lifted off
the ground by about 3ft. This means that wind is free to travel above and
below the trampoline mat. The only way to prevent possible damage to your
trampoline, home, neighbor's home, etc. is to either take apart the safety
net and trampoline mat or tie it down BEFORE THE HIGH WINDS ARRIVE.  Learn
more about anchoring systems and tie-down stakes at
http://trampolinereviewguide.com/trampoline-anchors-tie-down-stakes/

Many homeowners that are removing dead trees on their property are doing so without the prior approval of the Modifications Committee. Many homeowners are also not replacing the trees removed. Please note that dead tree removal is an exterior modification and there are community design guidelines that apply to their removal and replacement. These guidelines are in place to ensure that Pine Creek maintains its landscaped community with beautiful and dynamic yard designs.

​Please be sure you have submitted a completed Design Review Request (to include the "DRR" form, images of the tree/location, and also the specification on the proposed replacement tree) via your online homeowner portal for Modification's review and approval before initiating work. The modification request process is outlined at https://www.pcva.org/submit-a-design-review-request.html.

The following Community Guidelines (https://www.pcva.org/uploads/7/8/8/7/78875826/pcva_community_guidelines_august_20_2020__1_.pdf) sections will be helpful to you in your tree project:

• 4.13.3 Minimum Plant Material Sizes (replacement trees should be at least 2" caliper (trunk girth) for deciduous varieties and 5-foot height for all evergreen tree varieties)
• 4.13.4 Plant Material Selection (please select a tree from the Pine Creek Plant Pallette as your replacement tree)
• 4.13.7 Street Tree Landscape and Parkways(there are specific details that apply to "street trees" or the trees along the sidewalk of a property opposed to trees within the front or backyard)
• 4.13.8 Front Yard Landscape (if you are planning to remove a tree from your yard and propose to not replace it, please ensure that your yard will still meet the guidelines on the minimum planting requirements in Pine Creek)