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Governance and Board Operations, Collections and Lien Enforcement, Construction Defect Litigation, General Litigation, Insurance and Risk, Fair Housing and Accomodations, Maintenance and Repairs, Rules and Enforcement, Lending and Finance, Landlord Tenant, Legislation and Regulatory Updates, MEEB Case Results, Resolutions and Amendments Mark S. Einhorn, Esq. Governance and Board Operations, Collections and Lien Enforcement, Construction Defect Litigation, General Litigation, Insurance and Risk, Fair Housing and Accomodations, Maintenance and Repairs, Rules and Enforcement, Lending and Finance, Landlord Tenant, Legislation and Regulatory Updates, MEEB Case Results, Resolutions and Amendments Mark S. Einhorn, Esq.

HOW TO DEAL WITH A ‘BAD’ CONDOMINIUM TENANT - CONTACT THE OWNER

If a condominium owner regularly plays loud music, rolls golf balls across an uncarpeted floor, otherwise disturbs other residents or violates association rules, the board’s response is clear: Notify the owner that he or she is violating the rules and fine him/her if the violations continue. But what if the annoying resident is a tenant, not an owner? 

The response isn’t quite as straightforward. The board has no direct relationship with the tenant, no authority to enforce the association’s rules against him, and certainly no authority to evict him, unless the governing documents specifically grant that authority, which most do not.  The board’s relationship is with the owner of the unit, who is the tenant’s landlord, so any actions the board takes should start there.

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Governance and Board Operations, Resolutions and Amendments, Legislation and Regulatory Updates Matthew W. Gaines, Esq. Governance and Board Operations, Resolutions and Amendments, Legislation and Regulatory Updates Matthew W. Gaines, Esq.

REGULAR USE OF DRONES IS COMING

Amazon, Walmart and other retailers have said they will be relying increasingly on drones to deliver packages to consumers. Our board has many concerns about this plan, primary among them the damage falling packages (and falling drones) might do to property and residents, complaints about the noise drones will make, and ‘invasion of privacy’ complaints from residents who think the drones are spying on them. We’d like to avoid those problems if possible. Can the board prohibit drone deliveries in our community?

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