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What are the major concerns business owners have with the community board?
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If you own a retail unit in a condominium complex, and your concern is with the condominium board, here's one answer:
Read your governing documents to determine your rights and responsibilities. Often, especially new boards in newly developed projects mis-interpret the governing documents and retail owners are not treated according to the association's guidelines.
Major concerns are:
- Am I paying my fair share of assessments?
- What does the master policy cover relative to my business?
- Is my business compatible with the association's restrictions?
- How am I expected to handle traffic/ parking/ access to my business?
- What are my voting rights relative to retail vs. residential ownership issues?
- Who represents my interests on the board?
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What is the function of the condo?
The function of condominium ownership is to turn over the maintenance, security and safety of the real estate assets owned in common by all owners, together with the residents of the community, to a board elected by investor-owners. The board then, functions as the business leaders for a multi-million dollar corporation, depending on the type of corporation established for that association.
How can condo community living be improved?
A condominium community is a private democracy. Its operations are directed by a set of governing documents, including the CC&Rs, By-laws and Board Resolutions. Owners vote to elect a board of directors who operate the community using assessment revenue to maintain, protect and preserve all the real estate owned in common by the members of the community.That said, community living then becomes a matter of communication. Here are some of the reasons why communication causes disagreements among residents:Too few owners, board members, tenants and association managers read and understand the guidelines contained in the governing documents.People believe that any behaviour is acceptable, in the same way that any behaviour is acceptable in a privately owned home.Suggestions to improve community living include:Board agreement to operate the community according to the governing documents and pursue enforcing the guidelines.Owners banding together to change the governing documents where necessary.Regular open board meetings where the board conducts its operational business for the community inclusive of residents. (Only owners can vote, however, when there is an item requiring a vote of owners.)Accurate board meeting minutes that include all the items voted on by the board that are published quickly after meetings and made available to all owners.Inclusion of non-board members in board committees, such as those for -- welcoming new residents;developing annual budgets (finance);planning safety and security standards;maintaining the building(s) and common element assets;maintaining the landscape and other amenities.Regular newsletters that include community announcements, updates and general community news (not necessarily operational business).A general community picnic or other gathering once or twice a year.Identify a need in the local community and volunteer as an association to work in the larger geography, to contribute to the neighborhood.It may take some time to work with the membership -- all residents -- to foster a strong sense of community to where there is an overall sense of improvement, but the investment of all can pay off over time.
Who can you go to over the school board?
You can escalate concerns about the school board to the district superintendent or the state department of education. Alternatively, you can attend school board meetings to address your concerns directly with the board members.
What is the Full form of CAB?
Community Advisory Board Community Action Board
Owners and board members don't agree?
Often owners and board members don't agree. Your governing documents that bind the conduct of the board and all the members of the association (owners) indicate in some way how issues are to be handled. Note that members (owners) elect board members, and there are some issues upon which only board members -- not owners -- vote. If owners want to overturn a board vote, your governing documents may describe a percentage of owners who can vote to overrule a board vote. Sometimes this is a simple majority, sometimes a plurality is required and other times a vote must be a 'super-majority'. Owners in opposition to a board vote can educate themselves about how to bring the issue back to the board meeting agenda and vote to overrule the board's vote.
Can HOA rules and regulations for a private residential community forbid someone to run a home business from their home or condo?
In a word, 'yes'. Your governing documents, which includes the CC&Rs, the By-laws and any Resolutions passed by the board, must address this situation specifically in order for the board to either allow or deny your operation. (If you count on passive approval, you may receive active denial.) Concerns include unusual amounts of traffic, parking contention and other burdens on the physical community. An option is to document your home-based business from the point of view of the property. How much additional traffic? How much additional parking? Other physical considerations? Send your document to the board and request a spot on the board meeting agenda. Request a discussion period so that you can give your assurances that your business will not damage or encroach on the common areas. Then, request a vote of the board to either approve or deny your right to operate your business from your home.
What services are provided by the Board of Trade?
The Board of Trade provides services for imports and exports, as well as spaces for meetings. They will, at times, hold speaker events with guest speakers from the business community.
What is legal about HOA Board Email communication?
Boards are well advised to seek legal counsel in this situation. Unfortunately, laws have not caught up with technology. An owner who does not use e-mail, including a board member, can claim an action against a board that conducts business by e-mail. A thoughtful board will lay a transparent foundation for conducting some communication by e-mail among its members, and will invite owners interested in knowing about board business to receive copies of these communications. Owners may not contribute until asked, as they are not able to contribute at board meetings until asked.
Who do you go to when your condo board doesn't do their job?
You would need to consult with a private attorney or with the attorney who represents the condominium association, if any.Another AnswerAs an owner, you have many options based in your governing documents.Primarily, your options are based in your willingness to pursue a cause, enroll other owners and commit yourself to understanding your governing documents.Generally, in your governing documents, you'll find mandates for the timing of board meetings and descriptions of ways in which the board must conduct the business of the association.When you identify mis-steps, ignorance or abuse of your governing documents by the board or board members, you can write letters to the board outlining the behaviour and requesting entry as an agenda item at the next board meeting of the subject at hand. Quote the section of the governing documents being violated, and during the board meeting request that the board vote on whether or not they will follow the governing documents.You can enroll your association management company, your neighbors, especially other owners, and develop a community-based demand that the board 'do its job'.Depending on your location, you may be able to find other condominium owners who can advise you; you can educate yourself about the operations of condominiums through a local chapter of Community Associations Institute -- link, below -- and otherwise become involved in the governance of your community.When all else fails, then you can engage an association-savvy attorney to support owners in their quest for a fully functioning board.
Do condo owners have to own a business to rent their condo?
In a word, no.More DetailThe association that operates the community, however, is a business, and may dictate your ability to rent, the covenants, limitations, restrictions and so forth that you must impose on any tenant, and otherwise apply business-like guidelines to your rental situation.Your board can guide you and help you most fully understand your obligations as an owner, and those of your tenant, when you rent your condominium.
How can you find a discussion board for online merchants?
I will assume you mean e-commerce business owners when you ask this question. There are many forums for owners of e-commerce sites. Some sites are www.smallbusinessforums.org and www.onlinebusiness.about.com/mpboards.htmTry Google search term "online business forum" or "e-commerce forum".
Is it legal to maintain email addresses for HOA?
A Home Owners' Association can establis and email address or any other web presence that its managers think are desireable for its oepration. If a Web site with protected access by owners is created, the association must accommodate owners who do not use the Internet when the board uses the site to communicate information to all owners. Once established, the board is well advised to notify owners of its presence, its use, and requirements involved in contacting the board -- and other owners -- using the site. In conjunction with the site -- or without one -- board members can establish an e-mail address for the exclusive use for board business. Best practices dicate that the board establish a set of expections for use of e-mail: response times, use and so forth. E-mail messages are legal documents that represent HOA business. They can be subpoenaed and used as evidence in a court of law. Owners can request access to them, to read them and to copy them. In this context, e-mail can be expanded to include instant messages -- texts -- and other digital forms of communication.
