The Supreme Court of South Dakota recently ruled upon a short-term rental case involving a community association. In Wilson v. Maynard, No. 29307 (S.D. Jun. 16, 2021), the community association’s declaration only permitted “residential purposes”. After the Maynards began renting their property to large groups as a short-term rental, a neighbor (Wilson) file suit alleging that the short-term rentals unambiguously [...]
The Arizona Daily Star recently ran an article regarding a planned community in Tucson that requires its homeowners to pay $500 to have the planned community’s architect review solar panel installation plans prior to the solar panels being installed on an owner’s single family residence within the community association. Can the community association legally charge a homeowner this fee for [...]
The establishment, composition, function and scope of authority of the architectural or design review committee is typically set forth in the association’s CC&Rs. It is important for each member of the committee to be familiar with the relevant architectural/design provisions in the CC&Rs, along with any properly adopted architectural/design rules, so that the committee can function and render decisions appropriately. [...]
