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I want to bring two recent items to the attention of my blog readers. I’ve touched on one of the items in a past entry and thought the other item was extremely important.
I’ve covered the issues raised by golf carts in resident-owned communities in an earlier post. As those of you that attended…
One of the resident-owned cooperatives we work with recently contacted me with a very interesting question. This ROC wanted to create a "community garden" on an unused common area and the manager wanted my opinion as to whether the board could authorize this "community garden" or whether a vote of the members would be required.
As many…
Board members and managers in resident-owned condominiums and cooperatives may recall that tucked away in Chapters 718 and 719 of the Florida Statutes are several provisions that require associations to "retrofit" their "common areas" with handrails or guardrails and fire sprinkler systems or other "engineered life safety" systems. The statutes provide that these retrofitting requirements…