Cholla Bay Home Owners Association

Welcome to the official web site for the Cholla Bay Home Owners Association.

Whale in Cholla Bay June 8th. Read More...

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WIFI NOW AVAILABLE AT CLUBHOUSE

In response to a suggestion by a Vecinos member, the Vecinos Board has made WIFI available to HOA members at the Community Club House. The signal is named ChollaBayHOA and is strong enough to reach the North patio, Clubhouse and library. There is no access password. We believe there is enough bandwidth and speed to accommodate multiple users. Please use your clubhouse, libary and WIFI made possible by our annual dues assessment.

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PROPERTY TAXES

Property taxes are due and payable on January 1st of each year. Although you may pay your taxes quarterly, you will receive a 10% discount if you pay for the entire year by the end of February. The City Treasurer's office in Puerto Peñasco has not mailed tax notices in past years. We do not anticipate notices this year. The tax must be paid at the
City Treasurer's office on the first floor in the municipal building at the corner of Benito Juarez (Main street) and Fremont (Las Conchas turn-off). The Treasurer's office is open on weekdays only from 8:00AM-3:00PM. Bring your 2009 tax notice or your block (Manzana) and lot number. The City does not give the best peso/dollar exchange rate, so bring cash pesos to get the most for your tax dollar. Please remember taxes are YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS OF THE DATE OF SALE NOT THE DATE OF THE TRUST. Many Vecinos may not know this as they wait years for their trust and accrue interest and penalties along the way.

The mysterious “Federal Zone” is actually a very simple part of the Ley General de Bienes Nacionales (general law of national goods). This law establishes a strip of land (Zona Federal Maritimo Terrestre) around the coast of the entire country reserved for the use of the Mexican government. It originally was intended to preserve the sea shore, acilitate military defense and faciliate maritime navigation. The ZOFEMAT (federal zone) measures 20 meters wide from the mean high tide back to the property lines. No one, Mexican citizen or foreigner can “own” the ZOFEMAT. However, a concession (permit) can be obtained for its use. (Read more)

As many of you know there are a lot of ‘Pending” trusts for our homes in Cholla Bay. Confusion has been out there as how the process works, at least from the standpoint of when we start at SBR and they end up submitting to the Bank.

The company has put together a procedure so that you can understand how and what they do to get the “package” to the bank. (Read more...)

There has been much confusion for new homeowners as to how they acquire power to their lots. The company has had complaints that they go to CFE, don't speak Spanish, and then nothing happens. Others get a letter from the company, CFE goes out and there is no meter pole on the lot. Others go to the company, get the letter, and never go to CFE, then come back months later and expect to see power! (Read more...)

Effective June 1, 2009, some proof of citizenship wll be required to return to the USA from Mexico. The best form of proof is an American passport. A birth certificate or naturalization certificate is proof as well. A driver's license is NOT proof of citizenship!!

At the ChollaHOA Office you will find news/information from the Homeowners Association.

At the Cholla Community Center you will find Cholla Bay news, resources and the ChollaCentral Community Forum/Information Center. In today’s internet environment, we refer to ChollaCentral as the “Cholla Bay Blog”.