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Written by Eric M. Glazer · Florida attorney
If you ever tried to remove a tree from your condo or HOA community, you know how difficult, expensive and impossible it can be. There are applications to fill-out, inspections to be made, fees to be paid and promises made to put a new tree back somewhere on the property or in the municipality. Well, thanks…
Read: IMPORTANT NEW LANDSCAPING LAW → As I write this blog, there is a threat of a tropical storm forming off the coast of Florida and there’s another potential storm brewing in the Atlantic. So, we are entering the peak of hurricane season. Get ready. Be prepared. I’m happy to say that after being without electricity after Wilma and Irma,…
Read: TIME TO GENERATE A NEW LAW → In three days it’s July 4th. Our country’s birthday USA flags will be flying everywhere, even in our community associations and even if the Board in that association says take it down. Why then are there fights ever year on the news about Boards attempting to force owners to take the flag down? The…
Read: NO MORE FLAG FIGHTS PLEASE! → Even though I just completed a difficult stretch of teaching lots of board certification classes all over the state, I always like to think of ways to improve the seminar and keep attendees entertained on one hand, but promote just how serious the topic is on the other. While I take my responsibility to…
Read: WHO SHOULD TEACH THE BOARD MEMBERS? → Ihave always said that there is nothing worse than a Board member simply taking up a chair at Board meetings and refusing to participate...
Read: THE FINE LINE OF BEING A GOOD BOARD MEMBER → Over the years there has been a rise in management companies that want to do more than just manage the accounting and official records of...
Read: MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DO IT ALL → tried to avoid posting any blog about the embarrassment that is Broward County’s election system. I almost made it. One interesting...
Read: FLORIDA’S CONDO AND HOA ELECTION LAWS ARE BETTER THAN THE ELECTION LAWS FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS → Florida Statute 718.111(d) states: An officer, director, or agent shall discharge his or her duties in good faith, with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the interests of the association.…
Read: WHEN AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR’S CONDUCT CROSSES THE LINE → Over the last two weeks, we spoke about the events that trigger turnover and what the developer’s responsibilities to the association are at turnover. Now comes the hard part. It is important to understand that the first Board of Directors comprised solely of the unit owners has an awesome responsibility.…
Read: Post Turnover: The Job of the New Board of Directors → With all of the negative press out there regarding condo and HOA boards, one would get the impression that all board members are united in their effort to accomplish a pre-planned agenda that serves the board members’ interests instead of the community interest as a whole. The truth is often times very…
Read: A DIVIDED BOARD OR A UNITED BOARD? → So many of you live in communities that are actually on a golf course or are adjacent to a golf course. While some of you purchased your home because you actually play golf, more of you purchased because you like the golf course view. You expected to have that view for as long as you own the property. In…
Read: APPEALS COURT SAYS THE GOLF COURSE STAYS → The flag sure is a topic of discussion in the country. The purpose of today is not to take a side on whether or not NFL players should sit or stand. Although I’m sure you guys know where I stand on that issue. I go to so many of your meetings. Some of them are in Board rooms and some of them are in large…
Read: IS YOUR ASSOCIATION FLAG FRIENDLY? → Last week we blogged about some confusion that exists in the new condo crime bill. Make no mistake, these “glitches” need to be fixed during the next legislative session if the intent of these statutes are ever to be realized. Until then, because of the ambiguities contained therein, rest assured that…
Read: ARE THERE TERM LIMITS OR NOT? → Just when high Florida rise condominiums thought they had dodged a bullet and wouldn’t be required to install expensive engineered life safety systems — Governor Rick Scott vetoed House Bill 653. Florida law allowed condominiums in excess of 75 in height to opt out of a mandatory sprinkler requirement by a…
Read: IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR OUR HOA FRIENDS → With all of the negative press out there regarding condo and HOA boards, one would get the impression that all board members are united in their effort to accomplish a pre-planned agenda that serves the board member’s interests instead of the community interest as a whole. The truth is often times very…
Read: A DIVIDED BOARD OR A UNITED BOARD? → There’s plenty of talk this election season about water and energy conservation. There’s even a proposed constitutional amendment in Florida which would guarantee the right to use solar power in your home. Up until now, has Florida law encouraged us to conserve water, conserve energy or given any…
Read: DOES THE LAW ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS TO CONSERVE WATER AND ENERGY? → Each year I love to write about how Labor Day should apply to everyone, especially to those people who voluntarily serve as officers and directors in our Florida community associations. If anyone deserves a day of recognition and a day to sit back, kick off their shoes and soak in the sun, it’s these…
Read: A LABOR DAY TRADITION. → In all my years of practice, I can tell you that the debate over whether emotional support animals should be entitled to occupy a no-pet condominium ranks as high as any other issue in terms of how hard people are willing to fight for their beliefs. I also learned that some dog owners would spend more…
Read: CAN SUPPORT ANIMALS BE PREVENTED FROM LIVING AT YOUR NO PET CONDO? Part 1 →Read it. Then watch it.
