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KevinK2
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| 05/10/2006 3:28 PM |
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Brad, where are you located? In Orange County, FL parking across the sidewalk is a ticketable offense. Dual wheel vehicles in a residential neighborhood is a zoning violation. Seek official help with the village and county.
Don't waste board time enforcing county and village laws if you don't have to. |
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BradB1
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| 05/11/2006 6:40 AM |
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We are in Illinois--Western suburbs of Chicago. A few of the local HOA's are forming a town "Homeowners Association Alliance" to keep informed and support each other in serving on their respective boards to the best of their abilities.
We are currently stuck in our deal with the property management group. We gave them notice to terminate their contract, based upon the service we were receiving though we did not site a reason. We have another management group in the wings waiting. We were told we must wait 90 days, rather than the 30 days that would include dismissal for cause. Talking to others, we are just as bad off either way and we might run up some legal fees pushing for cause, so we are stuck. Unfortunately, our property management group holds the bank account in their banks with them issuing the checks. They require us to use their attorneys and them as the correspondence with the homeowners. (We went around that by printing and mass-mailing our own newletters at our own expense for the moment.) We have hired a lawyer group, however, they are awaiting first payment because the property management group won't pay them on our behalf--since we are "contracted" to use theirs. Our hands are pretty much tied. Especially when the person who is acting as our property manager--a glorified secretary with no prior experience, certification or training, is running amuck with our residents and siding with the greatest offenders and stirring up rumors and trouble.
Tonight is our first "open forum" since the new board has been in place and since the letters went out. I am expecting it to get pretty nasty. Fellow board members are literally frightened for their safety, due to the actions recently of one particular disgruntled homeowner.
To add fuel to the fire, one of the first "controversies" in the neighborhood was the installation of the first pool in the neighborhood. Because their lot was pie-shaped and faced 5 other properties, people were really upset. Particualarly, they were mad about the fence that came along with the pool. Being a "no-fence" community, the only loophole is for people with in-ground pools. (Above ground pools are not allowed.) This particular house got permission from the prior mentioned trouble-making property manager to not only fence her pool, but the entire yard. Rumors were that it was not allowed, but the whole thing was "legit" as far as permissions and permits go. There is nothing to be done about it. Now, we are going to be the third household to get a pool in the neighborhood. Our lot is sloped down 5 ft over a 45 ft length--so the back yard is pretty much useless for us. The kids turn their ankles on it and grass won't grow on it because the water drains right off. The previous owners had it backfilled when it was supposed to be an English look-out lot. They wanted a paver patio and didn't care about the rest. We just got approval last night from the architectural chairman, so we have our "permission" from the HOA, but I'm SURE it will come under fire. Wish us luck! |
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