Guide for Prospective Members
This page provides a series of links to other pages and documents on this website. It is designed to replace the old paper version of the Members Manual given to prospective members to read before meeting with the Membership Committee. Just click on each link in this Table of Contents to view the content.
How the membership approval process works
History of Cedar Springs
Activities and Social Calendar
Cedar Post weekly newsletter
Important Documents
Key Rules
Closing Process
A Brief Note on Summer Recreational Use and Other Land Use Restrictions
Your Cedar Springs cottage may be used only for summer seasonal recreational purposes. However, we have what we call the off-season, the period from November 1 to May 1 of each year. Many people use their cottage on weekends and holidays during this period. There are restrictive covenants on title to your cottage lot providing that weekends and holidays are the only days that you may use your cottage during the off-season. However, on an annual basis, the Board considers whether to provide relief from that covenant for the up-coming off-season. In the past, the Board has passed a resolution to provide such relief so long as the actual number of days of use does not exceed 60 days during the off-season. There can be no assurance that the Board will do this in future and so use during the off-season may be limited to weekends and holidays.
Even with the 60-day relief resolution, you are not permitted to reside at Cedar Springs during the off-season. You must actually reside at another residence and we do ask in an annual Winter Survey for the municipal address of the other residence available to you the entire off-season at which you intend to reside. We monitor the number of off-season days of use of any frequent user of a Cedar Springs cottage and if a member's use exceeds 60 days during the off-season, we will conclude the member is improperly residing at Cedar Springs and not at the residence address provided in response to the survey.
Having your Cedar Springs property as your permanent or year-round residence is not permitted. We do not ask in the annual Winter Survey for the municipal address of your permanent residence (if it is different from your off-season residence address provided above) but we will ask you to confirm that your Cedar Springs cottage is not being used as a permanent or year-round residence as interpreted in the restrictive covenants to include domicile, primary residence, full-time residence or only residence.
There are restrictive covenants on title to your cottage that provide various other land use restrictions. A copy of these together with a letter from the Club's lawyer explaining them are given to your lawyer prior to closing. It is important that you read them and get any legal advice from your lawyer if you have any questions.
How the membership approval process works
History of Cedar Springs
Activities and Social Calendar
Cedar Post weekly newsletter
Important Documents
- CSCC By-laws
- General Building Scheme
- Restrictive Covenants on Title
- Email me for a copy of the Financial Statements
Key Rules
- Summer recreational use and 60 day criteria
- One family per cottage, guests and renting requiring fees and approvals
- Golf guest rules
- Construction design principles, rustic, approval by Board, no construction during summer
- Approval of tree removal
Closing Process
- Club’s lawyer prepares documents for applicant’s lawyer. See the sample documents at the bottom of the webpage Selling Cottage.
- Applicant pays Club legal fees at current rates at closing.
- The septic inspection report must be reviewed by the relevant Board members well prior to closing. A failed septic system will require the member to sign the Septic Undertaking for closing.
A Brief Note on Summer Recreational Use and Other Land Use Restrictions
Your Cedar Springs cottage may be used only for summer seasonal recreational purposes. However, we have what we call the off-season, the period from November 1 to May 1 of each year. Many people use their cottage on weekends and holidays during this period. There are restrictive covenants on title to your cottage lot providing that weekends and holidays are the only days that you may use your cottage during the off-season. However, on an annual basis, the Board considers whether to provide relief from that covenant for the up-coming off-season. In the past, the Board has passed a resolution to provide such relief so long as the actual number of days of use does not exceed 60 days during the off-season. There can be no assurance that the Board will do this in future and so use during the off-season may be limited to weekends and holidays.
Even with the 60-day relief resolution, you are not permitted to reside at Cedar Springs during the off-season. You must actually reside at another residence and we do ask in an annual Winter Survey for the municipal address of the other residence available to you the entire off-season at which you intend to reside. We monitor the number of off-season days of use of any frequent user of a Cedar Springs cottage and if a member's use exceeds 60 days during the off-season, we will conclude the member is improperly residing at Cedar Springs and not at the residence address provided in response to the survey.
Having your Cedar Springs property as your permanent or year-round residence is not permitted. We do not ask in the annual Winter Survey for the municipal address of your permanent residence (if it is different from your off-season residence address provided above) but we will ask you to confirm that your Cedar Springs cottage is not being used as a permanent or year-round residence as interpreted in the restrictive covenants to include domicile, primary residence, full-time residence or only residence.
There are restrictive covenants on title to your cottage that provide various other land use restrictions. A copy of these together with a letter from the Club's lawyer explaining them are given to your lawyer prior to closing. It is important that you read them and get any legal advice from your lawyer if you have any questions.