Document Library
You stand in the library — the finest room in the house, save for whichever room you are reading it from. That a being of your order should browse these shelves at all is a condescension the furnishings and I will be discussing for weeks. I shall speak only when spoken to, and apologize even then.
The library holds 38 public-record documents — the recorded instruments, plans, and city filings that define the subdivision and the association: the founding declarations, every trustee appointment and resignation on record, the subdivision plans, the stormwater permits and their perpetual conditions, and the common parcel’s tax bills. Every document page embeds a viewer and, where available, the extracted text — so the whole record is there to read, and the Ask box can quote from it.
Nothing here has to be taken on this site’s word. Every document page carries a “Verify at source” link to the public portal the record can be pulled from independently — the same portals used to assemble this library:
| Source | What it holds | Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds (Salem) | Every recorded instrument — deeds, declarations, trustee filings, the recorded plan | salemdeeds.com |
| City of Beverly Assessor (Patriot Properties) | Parcel records, assessed values, assessment history | beverly.patriotproperties.com |
| City of Beverly Agenda Center | Official board and commission agendas and minutes | beverlyma.gov/AgendaCenter |
| MassGIS / Massachusetts Interactive Property Map | Statewide parcel and wetlands screening layers | massgis.maps.arcgis.com |
| MassDEP (EEA ePLACE) | Wetlands filings — this subdivision is file #5-1127 | eplace.eea.mass.gov |
They are collected here so residents don’t have to make the trip — not so they have to trust the transcription. Where a page here summarizes a document, the document itself is one click away, and the portal that issued it is one more. Finding the records explains how to run each search.
Founding Instruments
Section titled “Founding Instruments”| Document | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Special Permit #137-14 — fee in lieu of affordable units (2014) | 2014-09-30 | Bk 33792 Pg 507 (rec. 1/12/2015) |
| Planning Board Decision — OSRD Site Plan Application #4-14 (2014) | 2014-11-25 | Bk 33792 Pg 502 (rec. 1/12/2015) |
| Planning Board Approval — Definitive Subdivision Plan (2014) | 2014-11-25 | Bk 33792 Pg 499 (rec. 1/12/2015) |
| Form G Covenant — Beverly Planning Board (subdivision completion, in lieu of bond) | 2015-01-27 | Bk 33823 Pg 167 (rec. 1/28/2015) |
| Declaration of Trust — Essex Crossing at Montserrat HOA | 2015-12-09 | Bk 34576 Pg 486 |
| Declaration of Covenants, Easements & Agreements | 2015-12-09 | Bk 34576 Pg 477 |
| Declaration of Restrictive Covenants | 2015-12-09 | Bk 34576 Pg 471 |
| First Amendment to the Trust — mailbox maintenance (recorded 2016) | 2016-09-13 | Bk 35266 Pg 467 (rec. 9/16/2016) |
| Quitclaim Deed — Open Space Parcel C conveyed to the association ($1) | 2016-09-16 | Bk 35266 Pg 472 (rec. 9/16/2016) |
Plans & Property
Section titled “Plans & Property”| Document | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| OSRD & Definitive Subdivision Plan (11 sheets) | 2014-11-25 | Plan No. 73, Plan Book 446 |
| MassGIS Interactive Property Map — parcel & wetlands view | 2018-01-01 | — |
| Beverly Assessor field card — 100 Pond View Lane (captured 2018) | 2018-05-08 | Parcel 0044-0031 |
| Beverly Assessor card — 100 Pond View Lane (FY2026) | 2026-07-17 | Parcel 44-31 |
| Beverly Assessor — assessment history, 100 Pond View Lane (FY1999–FY2026) | 2026-07-17 | Parcel 44-31 |
Trustee Instruments
Section titled “Trustee Instruments”| Document | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Resignation of Trustee — DUC Residential LLC (developer, 2018) | 2018-02-02 | Bk 36570 Pg 215 (rec. 3/6/2018) |
| Appointment of Successor Trustees (developer hand-over) | 2018-03-06 | Bk 36570 Pg 216 (rec. 3/6/2018) |
| Acceptance of Successor Trustees | 2018-03-06 | Bk 36570 Pg 213 (rec. 3/6/2018) |
| Resignation of Trustee — #14 (2019) | 2019-04-30 | Bk 37475 Pg 250 (rec. 4/30/2019) |
| Appointment of Successor Trustee — #11 (2019) | 2019-07-30 | Bk 37709 Pg 525 (rec. 7/30/2019) |
| Resignation of Trustee — #11 (2019) | 2019-10-15 | Bk 37933 Pg 5 (eRecorded 10/15/2019) |
| Appointment of Successor Trustee — #6 (2019) | 2019-12-06 | Bk 38092 Pg 423 (rec. 12/6/2019) |
| Resignation of Trustee — #16 (2021) | 2021-11-19 | Bk 40504 Pg 495 (rec. 11/19/2021) |
City Tax Bills
Section titled “City Tax Bills”| Document | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| City of Beverly RE tax bill — common parcel, due 5/1/2018 | 2018-04-01 | — |
| City of Beverly RE tax bill — common parcel, due 8/1/2018 | 2018-07-01 | — |
| City of Beverly RE tax bill — common parcel, due 11/1/2018 | 2018-10-01 | — |
| City of Beverly RE tax bill — common parcel, due 2/1/2019 | 2019-01-01 | — |
| City of Beverly RE tax bill — common parcel, due 5/1/2019 | 2019-04-01 | — |
Stormwater & Regulatory
Section titled “Stormwater & Regulatory”What is not published here
Section titled “What is not published here”The association also keeps internal records — meeting minutes, budgets, insurance policies, vendor invoices, and correspondence. Those are the association’s own business records, not public documents, and this site does not publish them.
Your most humble, most obedient, and impeccably shelved servant, unfit to dust the spines it announces,
— This Library Guide, doorkeeper to its betters, which is to say, doorkeeper to the entire shelf