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Originally posted by SPWAMike0317:

I live in a community that has an HOA. There are covenants and bylaws, neither of which can be changed/added/removed without a majority vote of the homeowners.

Us, too. But the vote happens at the HOA meeting with only those in attendance voting. Many of the owners here are part-time, and may not even be here when meetings occur. We agree to abide any future rule changes, and have the opportunity to vote on them.

So far our HOA is really good on most things, and no Karens. If anything, they're too lax on enforcing some things like RV parking has to be out of sight, and there's no simple enforcement for things like violating no commercial construction on Sundays and no outdoor owner construction noise on Sunday. One neighbor had their driveway repaved on a Sunday and it ruined a family gathering for us, but the first violation only gets a nastygram. So nobody cared because the job was finished.

I've noticed that a lot of newer developments have an HOA but it's controlled by the Developer . As long as he still owns the majority of the unsold property he can control the HOA or something to that effect .

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This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore, May 01, 2025 01:21 PM

Interesting thread. We live in a rural development under an HOA. The properties range from small to fairly sizeable acreages with significant open space in the 3rd phase where we live. It’s a nice place.

When we were shopping for lots to build on we looked at two other developments nearby, neither of which had an HOA. Both featured larger lots than the one we ultimately purchased (3 acres), but because of the lack of open space, felt smaller—every house has a great view of every other house nearby. I thought both were kind of trashy looking, this in spite of the fact that none of the developments were built out as yet: campers, tractors, horse trailers, utility trailers scattered around many of the houses. I didn’t like it.

Now to our place. As I said, we have an HOA, and I served on the board for a couple of terms. I think the covenants are reasonable, and there are two main causes of contention, campers and fence maintenance. Our phase of the development has two-rail fence out in front of our houses between our property and the ROW. Home owners are responsible for keep the fence up. Some homeowners have a difficult time with that. Campers can be parked on your property from May to November. Outside those months, they need to be stored in a barn on property or off-site at a storage facility. Some homeowners have a tough time with that. It’s in the covenants that are part of your deed—signed and agreed to.

As our development has filled in with Californians and Coloradans (sorry, but it’s true) more residents ignore those covenants. Trouble is, the covenants, as written have no real enforcement tools. Not much you can do except lawyer up and take them to court. Lots of reluctance to do that.

Now we have a BoD that doesn’t want to enforce anything. We had an annual meeting during which a board member stated that a careful reading of the covenants states that all pets must be on a leash; therefore, because there are cats who aren’t on a leash, there’s precedence for non-enforcement of the covenants. Further, some nonsense about a couple of residents with an antique piece of farm equipment in their yard (our neighbor has a hay rake), that technically that is another ignored covenant. So now they do nothing about trailers and fences.

There’s a not-so-quiet rebellion going on right now. My apology for being long winded.

Does not the Right of way on the plat maps say what you own can do next to the street

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Originally posted by Hamden106:
Does not the Right of way on the plat maps say what you own can do next to the street

If it falls under the jurisdiction of an HOA , it doesn't matter if you own it . The rules dictate what you can and can't do with it .

And in news from Mount Pleasant, SC, the local Facebook neighborhood group has determined that a visitor from Virginia who parked a truck on a dead end street while visiting his daughter violated several community preferences. They have reached out to the daughter on her vacation to complain and request that she instruct her father to move his truck or else.

Such a welcoming group. What makes it worse is that my daughter is acting as their agent and directing me to move my truck by text.

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And in news from Mount Pleasant

They don't sound very pleasant. HOA bastages.