Category: Rules & Regs
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NOISY HARDWOOD FLOORS
QUESTION: The owner of an upper unit installed a wood floor less than a year ago that disturbed the tenants below so much that they moved out because they could not stand the noise. The owner is refusing to change the flooring or put down carpeting because . . .
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CHANGING THE LOOK OF THE ASSOCIATION
QUESTION: Is this legal? I purchased my condo four years ago. I liked the wood front doors. The president passed a rule that everyone replace their front doors with a fiberglass door with windows. I did not want windows in my door and they are charging $1,800 for
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ANONYMOUS ELECTION FLYERS
QUESTION: We have someone distributing an election flyer with false statements and inaccuracies with no attribution. Can we add to our election rules that flyers must identify who wrote them?
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CC&R RESTRICTION ON RAISING DUES
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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Sharing Member Correspondence
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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SELF-HELP PROJECTS: Members Painting Fences
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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Fining a Family Trust
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Can the HOA Fine a Family Trust? QUESTION: We have a number of condos owned by family trusts. If we have to pursue the owner for rules violations or unpaid assessments, who do we go after? ANSWER:…
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Regulating Bicycles on Balconies
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . REGULATING BICYCLES ON BALCONIES QUESTION: Can an HOA prohibit keeping your bicycle on your own balcony? ANSWER: It is common for associations to regulate what can be kept on balconies, including bicycles. Nuisance: Without rules, people would…
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Fundraising in the
Common AreasBelow is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Allowed Fundraising in the Common Areas QUESTION: As we enter another election cycle, do you think the new law allowing politicians to use the common areas permits a candidate for public office to raise funds using our…
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THREATENED LAWSUIT DISQUALIFIES CANDIDATE?
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Can the HOA Board implement election rules to disqualify anyone who has ever threatened lawsuit? QUESTION: Our HOA is in the process of enacting election rules that disqualifies anyone who ever threatened to sue the association. I…
