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Initially, the HOA is not responsible, however, your documents should include some type of regulation about dog nuisance…barking, being aggressive, etc. First what you should do is make a report with your local animal control dept, if the bite is serious enough, go to a medical facility, take photos. Second, notify your HOA that you were bitten by the dog and furnish the reports to them and ask them to act on this matter to what your documents allow. If they refuse, or ignore, and the dog bites someone again, they are responsible for being negligent in acting against the first incident.
Our HOA has a clause that the Board may remove the dog(s), for violating any part of the documents, which they did on one occasion when an owner had two dogs loose and they attacked a resident causing some bites to her arms and torso. Once the animal control did there investigation, the Board sent notice to the owner to remove the dogs permanently from the community. People asked if it was legal to do, and yes, since its within the documents, it is legal.

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I don’t know how to edit these posts, so my post above instead of “adding” it should read, adjacent properties.

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Sounds like the board consists of incompetent people who do not know enough to discuss matters on a free forum. They want the questions beforehand so they can make up an answer without being argued or contested. Our president rarely leaves the house to avoid having to deal with people personally. When asked things at meetings he “um’s” a lot. When people “um” they are either lying, or they have no clue for a correct knowledgable answer.

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What is the Board going to do about the unapproved fence? If they do nothing, erect the fence you want. On another note, if you are in Florida, you are allowed to store things in your back yard but it must be hidden from view from streets and adding properties. tell your board you are planning to bring ???? into your backyard and you are going to comply with the state and erect the fence to hide said ??? item from view. If they deny then, they have violated a state statute.

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KAK8190, If the majority of homes are private owners, Draft a notice explaining the wrongs that are occurring and distribute them to each homeowner. I have never seen an owner happy about an increase, you’ll find a bunch of people willing to toss those members out, but you need to have others ready to step in.

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Some states like Florida, have an office that regulates HOA’s. They handle election issues, check to see who in your state regulates HOAs.

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The Board member also committed a crime, filing a false felony police report is a crime. If they accused you of pointing a firearm at them, that would have been a felony, so make a complaint with the PD and prosecute the Board member. The possibility of a lawsuit for harassment is also possible.

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It may not be the HOA refusing to allow the fencing, it may be a County, or local code. Im my area, I have to have an 8 foot setback from the front corner of the home where the electric box is installed, and in the rear, because I live on a corner lot, I cannot extend a fence to the sidewalk, I can only go past the corner of the house 15 feet, and no fence past the front of the house on the opposite side of the setback. This is by County rule, not the HOA.

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You have the right to contact members of the Board to address any violations sent to you. Many owners do not understand that they have not only the right to do this, but the obligation to make sure the Board is enforcing violations correctly. The worse thing an owner can do, is ignore the notices. After a number of notices because the issue isn’t resolved, can incur fines. You do not want that to happen. As mentioned above, obtain a complete set of your documents and study the violations listed. You may be surprised at what the Board may consider as a violation, and again, contact the Board and have them explain why a violation was sent and if warranted, what is the solution to close the violation.

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Contact a representative of the program and inform them that the HOA and the attorney are discussing what to do with the excessive payments. Ask that they look into it and make any corrections necessary. Any overpayments should be a credit on the owners ledgers balance, or refunded to the payer.

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Check your state statutes that regulate HOA’s, they may require an election each year or spell out terms for sitting members.

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Boards that act callously on violations, enforcing some-ignoring others, are putting the HOA docs and the community, up for serious issues in the near future. By failure to address violations at the present time, the Board is setting themselves in a position that could possibly negate any future violation penalties, if owners can prove to a court that violations were being ignored.

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The HOA has a responsibility to keep residents safe within the community. A dog that has bitten someone creates a nuisance and shows aggressiveness. If it happens again, it could be more severe or even fatal and put the HOA at risk for a lawsuit for not acting on the previous attack. All documents prohibit nuisances, and most include actions for dog or pet issues.
Our documents allow for the Board to have owners remove dangerous pets from the community that have attacked or bitten people. This was used once removing two pit bulls that had attacked a resident

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The person that had the highest total of votes, should have been placed on the Board that evening unless it presented an even number of Board members, and the rest of the positions determined after another vote. The State does look into election improprieties, you might want to seek their advice, however the fact remains that another vote process is necessary for the other positions.

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NEVER, EVER withhold dues. You will only cause severe problems to yourself in the long run. Good advice from post above.

Homeowners have options when the Board fails to do their fiduciary duty or neglects the provisions of your CCR’s.
1: Provide in writing to the Board, your concerns that they are not acting properly as the documents require
2: Go to a Board meeting with other owners and during owner participation, let the Board know of your concerns and ask why the document provisions are not being adhered to.
3: If ignored, in Florida, you must file for a non binding arbitration to discuss in front of court appointed arbitrator your concerns, before legal action is taken
4: If the arbitration fails to produce a solution, you can file for binding arbitration, or an action in circuit court, against the Board/HOA
5: Organize the community to do a recall on the Board members who are not doing their duties.
6: vote them out at the next Annual meeting

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