About Us
The Odessa National Maintenance Corporation is not affiliated with the Odessa National Golf Club, the development owner, or any home builders working in the development.
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In 1965, the Delaware General Assembly mandated that New Castle County government regulate the development of land in the County. The Legislature did this by delegating the power to regulate the subdivision of all land located in unincorporated New Castle County to the County government. Included in this mandate was the County’s duty to insure the conservation of property values and natural resources, including the protection of the County’s agricultural lands, water resources, and industrial potential, and to afford adequate provisions for public utilities, water supply, drainage, sanitation, vehicular access, educational and recreational facilities, parkland and open space.In response to the State’s mandate, the County issued its first regulations controlling subdivision and land development in 1967. On December 31, 1997, after months of hard work by the Gordon Administration, New Castle County Council unanimously adopted the Unified Development Code that serves as the current source of regulation in land use matters.
This landmark piece of legislation was the first comprehensive reform of the land use regulatory process in over thirty years. Article 27 of the Unified Development Code focuses entirely on maintenance corporations.When a developer proposes a plan for development to the County Land Use Department, Code provisions require the developer to set aside open space in subdivisions and to create adequate controls for stormwater management. The purpose of the requirement is to advance the general public welfare by preserving greenery and wildlife, providing recreation areas to community members, and protecting the residents of the County from irresponsible development.It also allows the community to determine the use of the open space and to control improvements on the land.
The ultimate responsibility for maintaining the private open space and common facilities provided by a developer resides with the homeowners, in the form of maintenance organizations. If the community is designed in the condominium form, the condominium association is the entity formed to oversee the common facilities or common elements. If the development is designed for the traditional subdivision form of ownership, the maintenance corporation is the entity formed to manage the open space and common facilities.
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