<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I will share from my personal experience having been on my Condo board and then again on my board at my single-family home community HOA. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">For the condo, we were a small condo in the Eastlake neighborhood of seattle. No amenities other than common elevator, hallays, lobby, and two level garage. We had no community room, hot tubs, decks etc. As such, our dues were truly limited to our operational expenses that every condo building has with very little wiggle room. Then came the great recession and our fine structure for failing to pay dues was $10, with no escalation. The original president of the Association basically took that as one of the easiest creditors to stiff and refused to pay for several months at a time and then just say the $50-90 fine as interest. We put a stop to that. Failure to pay dues was $150 fine, then $500, then $750 and by the third time it was written into the rules that we would seek lien/foreclosure. We had to make it such that we were not the ones who were being damaged by his choice not to pay our particular bill and the only way that would happen was to be worse than credit card interest. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Similar situation when I came to my new home in 2013, it was a brand new developement, still under developer control. Sadly, there were ZERO penalties for violation of the rules, so the new board had to create them once it was turned over. Now with 164 owners in a 2.2 mile long development - we were faced with almost everyone following the rules but now its more personal. The issues are specifically tied to out of pocket expenses - such as house or fence paint because the developer used a cheap quality and in less than 10 years of sun exposure, the buildings are starting to look bad. The issue, however, comes to the greater good of the community and now that homes are being sold for over a million (not what they originally went for) there is an expectation that the community will maintain the standards. As such, similar fee structure is in place where it is more painful for someone to get a fine than it is to either climb on the roof and spread the zinc powder or call someone to do it for them. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The end of my message is this: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Have a reasonable fee structure for your community in the hopes that owner compliance will occur rather than the fight over the rules</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2) Have a clear and delineated policy for when something will be referred out for lien/foreclosure and then stick by it. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
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<p>Please share with the list as I too am looking for some guidance on fines.</p>
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<p id="gmail-m_5694375841159782972reply-intro">On 2022-04-15 11:31 am, Annie Fitzsimmons wrote:</p>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Counsel - An HOA wants to adopt a fine schedule for violations of the CC&Rs. Do any of you have any sample fine schedules from associations you represent that you are willing to share?</div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Thank you! Annie</div>
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