forming a 5 unit HOA

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flmgrip_IHB

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hello. i am owner of one of five condos in our building. we are some sort of self managed HOA, we all pay our dues and somehow the gardener shows up once in a while and all the bills seem to get paid for any community costs.



now i am reading all sorts of horror stories about HOA's but i would like to form a more legal HOA than what it is right now. one of the owners has three dishes on his part of the roof, thinks the community storage room is his and has the gardener do most of the work in his front yard, he parks in others parking spots...



i am the "director" of the board and want to establish some more set rules and bylaws and have a arbitration aggrement and want to also file/record this with the city.



right now if anything would go wrong i think we could be in trouble, so far we've been lucky... anyway



where do i find templates/samples of bylaws, cc&r;'s, arbitration agreement etc... ??? what is the best way to go about this without ending up with a 300 page bylaw book ?



thanks for your help



(this is in L.A. county/CAlifornia)
 
I'm in Florida, but I suggest you look at the HOA you've got now

and see what the docs say.



If your little corner of the world is subject to docs that cover more

than your 5 units, you can't secede.



If there are rules against multiple dishes, than you can seek to have

them enforced



I'm sure there are provisions that say how you can modify the rules and

regs, and what kind of percentage of agreement you need.



If there are no rules against multiple dishes, and the percentage of

agreement is high enough, you probably can't enforce this against the owner.



Also, in Florida, we have a use it or lose it position. If the guy has had

those dishes for long enough and nobody's objected, then it's possible

he gets to keep them.



Bottom line is this is what real estate lawyers are for. If you really

want to, you can hie yourself to the law library and look for forms. The

first thing to do is find your forms and read them.



And what is so offensive about 3 dishes anyway. The parking thing is

annoying, but this is another reason I will never live in a place with a

HOA.
 
Lawyerliz



Better brush up on your legal briefs.



I brought a similar complaint to the board. Got referred to some Federal (FTC) rule that makes it illegal to interfere with an owners right to put up satellite dishes.



I think DISH or directTV websites will be happy to refer you the federal statute.
 
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