The closest fire/rescue station is here in Nocatee.  Even though Artisan Lakes is in Duval County, St. Johns County Fire/Rescue has a station that is closer to our location.  If you call 911, the closest available rescue team will respond!

 

(Note: The City of Jacksonville has a service agreement with St. Johns County for the SJCFR to cover emergencies in Artisan Lakes.) 

 

You can find a hurricane preparedness guide at JAXReady.

We are in Evacuation Zone D according to the Duval County Evacuation Map.  Our Evacuation Route is northbound on U.S. Route 1 (Philips Hwy).

Artisan Lakes residents participate in a broad range of activities.  You will find more information on these Activities pages:

Yes!  Artisan Lakes has a gym in the Amenity Center.  We also have pickleball courts and a pool plus regularly scheduled Tai Chi.  In addition, we have access to the Nocatee gym facilities.  Visit these pages for more information:

 

If you notice a problem with any of the common areas or facilities, please submit a Common Area Concern request on the HOA website.  Common Area requests can be submitted by filling in a Common Area Concern form in the Requests and Work Order Page of the website.

 

A step-by-step guide to filling out this type of request may be found here.

 

Adding a photo to a request helps May Management decide quickly who to assign to an issue and judge how big a task it is. Right now, cell phone and computer tablet capabilities have surpassed what the website software can accommodate.  We know this is annoying; we have requested software enhancements, but there is no timetable nor guarantee that this will be done. At this time, picture files included on a request must be 4 Megabytes (4MB) or smaller.  

 

Follow this link to see how large a photo is.

Follow this link to learn how to make your camera take a lower resolution picture.

 

Starting January 1, 2024, the HOA fees increased to $400.00 per month.  Residences with fences increased to $415.00 per month. 

 

Effective January 1, 2025, the monthly HOA dues increased to $425.00 for a home without a fence and to $441.00 for a home with a fence. 

 

Effective January 1, 2026, the monthly HOA dues increase to $440.00 for a home without a fence and to $457.00 for a home with a fence.

 

For 2026, the HOA Board Meetings are scheduled to be held on the fourth Wednesday at 2:00pm in the Amenity Center Main Room, but the times and dates may vary.  Please check the Meeting Calendar for actual dates and times.

Please visit the front desk at the Amenity Center.  The management company representative will help you with all your Artisan Lakes access needs.

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Deed restrictions place conditions on the deed to a property setting out certain limits or acceptable uses. The conditions, also known as covenants, “run with the land” and as a result bind current and future homeowners. Deed restrictions have been used for years by developers and condominium associations, typically to place limits on home size or aesthetic choices, for example, limiting the choices of acceptable exterior paint colors of homes within a subdivision.

 

Detailed information on this subject in Artisan Lakes may be found on the Architectural Control Commitee page.

 

Artisan Lakes is in Duval County.  Artisan Lakes is part of Nocatee, an unincorporated planned community located primarily in northern St. Johns County; however, Artisan Lakes (along with five other Nocatee neighborhoods) is located in Duval County.  Even though Artisan Lakes is situated within the Jacksonville city limits, our local post office is in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Unitary elections were held May 16, 2023. The next unitary election will take place in Spring 2027. Jacksonville/Duval County officers serve four-year terms, which end on June 30. Elected officials begin their terms on July 1. 

We have Unitary Elections in Jacksonville/Duval County.

In the Duval First Unitary Election, all candidates for city/county offices run on the same ballot with party affiliations listed. A candidate who gets a majority of the votes is elected. If no candidate receives a majority, the top two winners appear in the Duval General Unitary Election. For more information, refer to the Duval Elections Website.

You can vote in person or by mail, and Duval County conducts early voting at specified locations.

 

First Baptist Church of Jacksonville at Nocatee

1770 Valley Ridge Blvd.

               

Jerry Holland, Supervisor of Elections

(904) 255-8683 or Jholland@coj.net 

To register a vehicle in Florida and/or to obtain a Florida driver license, you must visit a local tax collector's office.  Since both the registration and the driver license are state-issued, you may go to any tax collector's office that provides these services.

 

When you move within the state of Florida, you can update the address on your vehicle registration and your driver license through the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website: GoRenew.com.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) manages driver licensing and vehicle registration.  It is Florida's version of a DMV.   

If coming from out of state, however, in order to register a vehicle in Florida and/or to obtain a Florida driver license, you must visit a local tax collector's office.  Since both the registration and the driver license are state-issued, you may go to any tax collector's office that provides these services.

All legal Florida residents are eligible for a Homestead Exemption on their homes. The exemption removes $25,000 off the assessed value of an owner-occupied residence and could provide up to another $25,000 additional exemption off assessed value over $50,000.

 

The City of Jacksonville provides more details on the Property Appraiser's page and on the Online Application page.

The Duval County Clerk of Courts has a Property Fraud Alert page for your reference.

Contact JEA for electricity and water, and contact TECO/PeoplesGas for natural gas.  You can find links to these utilities as well as to local cable and internet providers on the Utilities page.

Specific days can be found on the Calendar, and more information can be found on the City/County Services page.

The City will replace your damaged bins at no charge unless the damage results from “misuse.”  Go to the City Services support page at myjax.custhelp.com.  Select "Waste Collection," enter your address, and follow the prompts to select “cart.”  After you provide the required information, you will be contacted with instructions.  You might be asked to put the damaged bin at the end of your driveway, and a crew will come to repair or replace it. 

 

Yes, and it WILL go on your permanent record.

 

We want to recycle, but it isn't as simple as we think.

 

Duval County is inspecting contents of our recycling bins. The details of this process are outlined by this News 4 Jax story.  Information on what can and cannot be recycled may be found on the COJ Recycling page.  Not sure about an item? Look it up on the Waste Wizard app.

To request collection service or to report a problem with collection, please visit the MyJax online customer service website at myjax.custhelp.com or call (904) 630-CITY (2489).

Your mailbox key is your responsibility.  The Post Office will replace the lock for a fee.  Our post office is:

Goodwill has a number of drop-off locations

There is no drop-off location here in Nocatee. Check the above link to see which location works best for you as you do other errands.

 

You can request support from the landscape company for such issues by opening a Yard Maintenance Request.  You can see step-by-step instructions for creating a Yard Maintenance request here.

 

Rockaway, Inc. is a commercial service that the Artisan Lakes Homeowners' Association Board of Directors (BOD) has contracted to provide landscaping services for all common and residential property in Artisan Lakes.  Rockaway answers to the BOD, not to the individual homeowner.

 

You pay for Rockaway's basic services through your monthly Homeowners' Association (HOA) dues.  In addition to maintaining the neighborhood common property, Rockaway mows all homeowners' lawns, including edging and blowing.  They also trim the hedges and apply fertilizer/pest control to the lawns from time to time.  (NOTE: This does not include pest prevention or termite bond for your home.)

Rockaway will address certain concerns for individual properties, such as chinch bug and lawn fungus.

 

Assistance requests are handled via work orders; enhancement requests should be directed to Rockaway at (904) 853-6572.

 

Adding a photo to a request helps May Management decide quickly who to assign to an issue and judge how big a task it is. Right now, cell phone and computer tablet capabilities have surpassed what the website software can accommodate.  We know this is annoying; we have requested software enhancements, but there is no timetable nor guarantee that this will be done. At this time, picture files included on a request must be 4 Megabytes (4MB) or smaller.  

 

Follow this link to see how large a photo is.

Follow this link to learn how to make your camera take a lower resolution picture.

 

 

Please note, however, that the landscape company has not been engaged to meet your individual aesthetic needs.  If you are interested in individual landscaping services - from irrigation support to planting new shrubs in your flower beds - you may engage them or another provider of your choice.  (NOTE: A change in landscaping must go through the approval process by completing an ACC Request.)

 

If you would like to contract directly with Rockaway for personal service at your home, please contact their main office at (904) 853-6572.

 

This map shows the current schedule for mowing of residential lawns.

 

See This FAQ for information about Rockaway and the services they provide.

 

 

In general, the answer is Yes.  The St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) sets restrictions on private property irrigation; however, those restrictions might not apply if your irrigation system uses reclaimed water, which our systems do in Artisan Lakes.  Find more details on the SJRWMD website.

 

Learn more about water conservation on these JEA and SJRWMD pages.

Irrigation guidelines may change depending on the season.

 

Please refer to the St. Johns River Water Management District Recommendations for more information.

The online Owner's Manual and Programming Instructions for the Hunter X-Core residential irrigation controller might be the place to start.  Also, there are several instructional YouTube videos on setting it up as well; two examples are provided below.

 

If you still need help, rest assured that you are not alone.  Please feel free to contact our own Helping Hands group, whose volunteers might be able to give you some guidance.

 

 

 

You must go through the Architectural Control Committee (ACC) for certain upgrades you might choose to make to your property.  After you review the Declaration of Conditons, Covenants, Restrictions and Easements for Artisan Lakes, please visit the ACC page for more information, including forms and requests.

Please read this informative document regarding handling local snakes.  For more information, Facebook has a Nocatee Snake page dedicated to identifying snakes.  This is a Facebook page which you must join to see their posts.

 

Here is some advice from Shasta, the group's leader:

If you see a snake and are unsure of its species, you can post a picture in Nocatee Snake Identification or text it to 904-707-9982 for rapid identification. You may also request assistance there if it is venomous. There is absolutely no reason to ever kill a snake. If it is venomous, you’re putting yourself AND others at risk of being bitten. If it’s harmless, you’ve destroyed a beneficial animal. If you need help with a snake, text us with a photo & we can help. If it’s venomous we will send a professional with experience to handle your concern; it’s always FREE.

 

 

Please read this informative document regarding living with local alligators.

Please visit the following pages to learn more about local golf cart rules:

 

 

A commonly discussed topic is "What's the proper way to get beyond Kelly Pointe in a golf cart?"

The short answer is that "you can't get there from here."  The long answer is in this document from David Ray of the PARC Group.

As per St Johns County Public Safety - has an e-bike ordinance (Ordinance No. 2024-5) emphasizing safety, requiring helmets for riders under 17 (or under 18 if operating on sidewalks), lights/horns on public roads, yielding to pedestrians, and riding on the far-right side of the road when no bike lane exists, with a 10 mph speed limit on pedestrian paths.

Artisan Lakes is a little over five miles from the beach.  The closest public beach is Mickler's Landing (pronounced: Mike-ler).  If Parking lot is full, go south 3.5 miles on Rte A1A to next public beach.

Times during which dogs are permitted and prohibited on the local beaches are posted at most public-access entrances.

You do not need badges to gain access to the local beaches.  Florida's First Coast boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.  Most beaches in Ponte Vedra Beach and the Jacksonville Beaches are open to the public for free, although you might encounter parking fees at some areas.  There are private beach clubs along the local coast as well.

Yes, FaceBook users are encouraged to join the Artisan Lakes FB page.  A one-time registration/confirmation will be required.

 

Please note that the AL FB page is NOT an official Artisan Lakes Homeowners Association (ALHOA) site.  Please continue to use this ALHOA website as your source for all ALHOA information and activities.

Artisan Lakes residents have access to all Nocatee Community amenities.  In addition, we have access to the pools located in Cypress Point, Twenty Mile, and Crosswater Park.

 

Please visit the Nocatee Residents page for additional information.

 

 

To gain access to all that Nocatee has to offer, you will need to go to the Resident Services Office at the Nocatee Welcome Center.  Take with you your HUD1 statement or warranty deed and a valid state ID.

 

8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday

245 Nocatee Center Way

Ponte Vedra, FL 32081

(904) 924-6850

The PARC Group is the master developer of the planned community of Nocatee.  David Ray is the Nocatee Community Manager.

CDD stands for Community Development District.  You can find additional links for Nocatee's Tolomato CDD on our City/County Services page.