What does association law say about raccoon damage?
Q. I live in a town house in a senior living community. Our community comprises single-family, town house and condominium units. Raccoons have burrowed their way into some town house...
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Owners do not have right to interrupt board meetings
Q: I'm a member of a condominium association and regularly attend board meetings. At the last meeting, a unit owner made a point-of-order motion, interrupting the meeting and forcing the...
Board must take action to collect assessments
Q. I live in a 200-lot single family association subject to the Condominium Act. Many unit owners have not been paying their assessments because they are unhappy with the board....
Boards weigh several factors in deciding hardship exemption
Q. I live in a condominium association and our declaration and bylaws were amended to restrict leasing to a certain percentage of units in the association. The number of units...
Board wants to shift repair costs to condo association
Q. Our condominium board has proposed an amendment to our declaration to shift the maintenance, repair and replacement costs of limited common elements to an association expense instead of a...
Board can levy assessment instead of using reserves
Q: I live in a condominium complex with a healthy reserve fund. However, the board recently voted to adopt a special assessment to pay for necessary repairs instead of using...
Free speech has its limits in condominium buildings
Q. Our condominium bylaws contain a provision prohibiting noxious or offensive activities that are an annoyance or nuisance to other unit owners or occupants of the property. This provision seems...
Board has the power to keep recreation center locked
Q: I live in a large, sprawling condominium association with hundreds of units in multiple buildings that make up the association. We have a common recreational facility in a separate...
Sound of early-morning laundry routine agitates neighbor
Q. I live in a condo and the neighbor below me complains about the sounds of my washing machine when operated at 6 a.m. Can a complaining unit owner dictate...
Despite village approval, owner cannot expand home into common areas
Q. I live in a homeowners association and my neighbor expanded his deck significantly into the common areas without asking permission from anyone, and then went to the village and...