Read your governing documents to most fully understand the owner's responsibility to abide by them, and the association's responsibility to enforce the covenants, restrictions, conditions and reservations written there.
Your governing documents spell out the steps to be taken by the association in their process of enforcing the rules.
There is no standard: every association is a private democracy. Every owner agrees at time of purchase to abide by the guidelines written in the documents that govern that association.
Norwegian Forest Owners Association was created in 1913.
National Association of Theatre Owners was created in 1965.
National Association of Women Business Owners was created in 1975.
You should contact the neighborhood owners association before you change the color of the siding on your house.
They can if the streets are owned by the home owners' association rather than by a municipality.
Property Owners' Association (similar to Homeowners' Association)
A homeowners association cannot be a mandatory association without the consent of 100% of the property owners in the development attempting to establish an association. In addition to the consent of the property owners, the association must follow certain procedures and file the proper documents in order to subject the property to the association's rule.
Yes. Read your governing documents to better understand the structure and power of the condominium association. Every condominium community is run according to CC&Rs and By-laws, and potentially other governing documents. The board has an obligation to fine owners who violate these community guidelines.
If the 'neighborhood' is composed of owners in the association, then owners can vote to remove a set of directors. Your governing documents document this process. The association, however, requires leadership, so the owners will be required to elect a new set of directors to lead the business of the association.
If your governing documents state that an owner's property -- or the common areas -- must remain in a 'neat and tidy condition', and the property is not being maintained to that standard, there are options that the association can execute in order to remedy the situation. Read your governing documents to determine the steps that the association must take before simply 'removing owner's ... trash from community property'. The first step may be to notify the owner that their 'property' is being stored on community property, which is not allowed. In the notice, give the owner options to either remove their 'property' or the association will remove it, and set a deadline. In this notice, inform the owner as to the disposition of the 'property' if it is removed by the association. If the owner chooses not to respond to the notice and does not take action, the association can remove the 'property', and dispose of it as in the notification. The association must leave a wide paper trail in this situation, that could include receipts for certified mail, return receipt requested, with signatures showing receipt of the notice, and so forth. Your association attorney can advise you, given the steps listed in your governing documents, as to how you can best proceed.
Although your association may be a valid Florida non-profit corporation, grants are not generally a source of income. Association income is based on assessments paid by owners.
Read your governing documents to determine how the fees should be charged, whether they should be charged to a limited number of owners, or to all owners in the association. Apparently, a citation was required to settle a difference of opinion among owners, or between owners and the board. Yes, this is association business, and yes, the fees should be charged to owners.