Kelly Richardson: Look for restrictions regarding how your property is used. Are
there pet limits? Can you park an RV in the driveway? In a multi-story building,
are there restrictions against hard…
Boards that violate the limits of closed meetings risk the argument that the
board’s decisions are legally invalid because they were outside the
association’s legal boundaries.
“Pets” are defined in state law only as a “domesticated bird, cat, dog, aquatic
animal in an aquarium, or other animal as agreed to between the association and
the homeowner.”
Q: Are there laws governing the responsibilities and obligations of HOA boards,
especially those related to limits on raising the monthly assessments that each
resident in the community pays?
Certain law enforcement agencies enforce crimes or Fair Housing law violations,
for example, but no state agency is charged with general oversight of HOA
operations or governance.
The previous column discussed considerations regarding property insurance, but
that is only one of many insurance types that most HOAs should have in place.