HOAleader.com - Tip of the Week - July 14, 2017
Published: Fri, 07/14/17
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HOA Requires Permission and Liability Insurance when Owners Set up a Folding Table
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In this week’s tip, we discuss the possibility that your rules may trample on owners’ free speech.
The issue has come up because a California HOA is being challenged for its rules. According to the Los Feliz Ledger, the Hollywoodland Homeowners Association in Beachwood Canyon advocated for local parking restrictions in 2015, and the municipality approved them. Residents are now seeking signatures to petition the municipality to reverse course.
To accomplish that goal, residents set up a folding table in what the Ledger calls a small public plaza, named the Village Green, the association says it maintains.
The board is reportedly reeling in the residents’ effort by requiring that they get board approval and pay $280 for liability insurance.
“The HOA would seem to have the ability to block what’s set up on their property,” opines Steven J. Weil, Ph.D., president of Royale Management Services in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which manages 28 condos and HOAs.
“That feels pretty common,” notes Mary Arnold, CMCA®, AMS®, the Austin, Texas-based national director of training and community association management support at RealManage, an association management firm headquartered in Dallas that oversees properties in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington.
“We’ll have people want to have a party and put up a bouncy house or set up a petting zoo,” she explains. “It’s not at all uncommon for the board to give a flat-out no because that’s property owned by the association. Or they’ll require the proper insurance to be procured.
“If anything were to happen, whether it’s a bouncy house or a table, if it’s on association property, the board has an obligation to look out for everyone,” states Arnold. “Are they within their rights? It sounds like they’re within their rights and looking out for everybody. The board isn’t protesting the gathering of the signatures, just the location. Just move it to a different location.”
As you can imagine, other experts disagree. Find out why in our new article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/members/2574.cfm
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In this week's tip, we discuss the possibility that your rules may trample on owners' free speech. The issue has come up because a California HOA is being challenged for its rules. According to the Los Feliz Ledger, the Hollywoodland Homeowners Association in Beachwood Canyon advocated for local parking restrictions in 2015, and the municipality approved them. Residents are now seeking signatures to petition the municipality to reverse course.
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