Miraleste Hills

Details

• The bylaws define the Miraleste Hills community as Crownview Drive, Knoll View Drive, Highpoint Road and Grandpoint Lane, plus the Miraleste Hills Fountain and the area right around it. Any area outside that boundary is not part of the community.miralestehills.org
• The association counts 193 homes: 76 on Crownview Drive, 59 on Knoll View Drive, 45 on Grandpoint Lane and 13 on Highpoint Road.miralestehills.org
• Owners who pay the yearly dues become participants, and participation ends if the dues go unpaid. Renters who live in the community can join as associate participants with board approval.miralestehills.org
• The bylaws set a board of five directors who serve one year terms without pay. The stated purposes include keeping up the public and common areas, among them the fountain, and passing on news from the city and county.miralestehills.org
• Dues help pay for upkeep of the fountain and for social events.miralestehills.org
• The association's history says that in 1956 the few houses on the hill had all been bought from PV Properties, which managed the CC&Rs. In 1967 residents founded the Miraleste Hills Homeowners Association, which took over management of the CC&Rs and kept up the fountain and entry landscaping with contributions from residents.miralestehills.org
• By 1990 several developers had sold land on the hill, leaving 12 different sets of CC&Rs, and the board found its directors could be held personally liable for CC&R disputes. In October 1990 the homeowners association was dissolved and replaced by a volunteer community association with no CC&R role.miralestehills.org
• The association restructured as a nonprofit public benefit corporation for social welfare under IRS section 501(c)(4) and filed with the state on February 10, 2020.miralestehills.org
• The IRS lists it as a 501(c)(4) neighborhood association, with tax exemption from August 2020.IRS filings (ProPublica)
• Taylor Building and Development owned the land in the early 1960s and built the fountain to draw buyers, with a sales office on the lot above. In 1974 Dolores Development deeded the fountain area to the Miraleste Recreation and Park District. The area later went back to Miraleste Hills when the neighborhood was separated from upkeep of the Miraleste Parkway.miralestehills.org
• The county tract maps under these streets were recorded from March 1959 (tract 22615) to June 1966 (tract 24281). Tract 25376, which holds most of Crownview Drive, was recorded in December 1959.LA County Public Works land records
• The city of Rancho Palos Verdes lists Miraleste Hills HOA among past Neighborhood Beautification Grant recipients.City of Rancho Palos Verdes
• Listings for 2960 and 3300 Crownview Drive show no HOA fee and place both homes in Miraleste Hills.MLS listing

Amenities

• Miraleste Hills Fountain, kept up by the association

More information

• Miraleste Hills Community Association website
• Bylaws, with the community streets
• Association history
• Association documents and meeting minutes
• State corporation record (CommunityPay)
• IRS nonprofit record (ProPublica)
• Rancho Palos Verdes Neighborhood Beautification Grant past grantees

Sources

• miralestehills.org, Bylaws, with the community streets
• miralestehills.org, statistics
• miralestehills.org, Minutes24 (PDF)
• miralestehills.org, Association history
• miralestehills.org, Association documents and meeting minutes
• IRS filings (ProPublica), IRS nonprofit record
• LA County Public Works land records
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rancho Palos Verdes Neighborhood Beautification Grant past grantees
• State record summary (CommunityPay), State registry record

Some details also come from MLS listings or local agents' guides, which are named but not linked here.