I’m puzzled about the authority of a property (homeowners) association to fine the town library for setting up something on library-owned land. What binds the library to obeying what I imagine are deed restrictions, when I’m guessing the library owned the land before it was developed?
Anybody in the Sussex brigade know more about this?
While the Villages of five points is technically Lewes, nobody from Lewes lives there. You can’t even conveniently walk to “Lewes” from there. Its a trailer park in for slightly wealthier people.
The library put up the kiosk without approval of the HOA, which has authority over the community in regards to any construction or modification. Hence the fine, which the HOA has authority to levy.
An election is imminent and a new board may have different take on the situation.
Yep. Actually, the authority to levy fines is a characteristic of HOAs in all 50 states under common interest communities body of law. And also yes, some of them would function better as a township, comprising multiple communities.
Here’s a little didja know. Do you know that there is not a single county road in Sussex? All the roads are either state roads or private community HOA roads. Those of us in such communities own the roads and pay HOA dues (taxes) for the repair and replacement of those roads.
Even utilities are Balkanized in Sussex. Some communities have their own waste water plants. Some are on county sewer and some individual homes are on septic. Ditto propane, although natural gas is starting to make inroads here. And trash is left up to each community as well.
Very strange to come here from a land where we had county this and that, including trash.
Well, Dave McBride lives there, even though he doesn’t ‘live’ there, so you may have a rhetorical point.
I’m puzzled about the authority of a property (homeowners) association to fine the town library for setting up something on library-owned land. What binds the library to obeying what I imagine are deed restrictions, when I’m guessing the library owned the land before it was developed?
Anybody in the Sussex brigade know more about this?
While the Villages of five points is technically Lewes, nobody from Lewes lives there. You can’t even conveniently walk to “Lewes” from there. Its a trailer park in for slightly wealthier people.
The library put up the kiosk without approval of the HOA, which has authority over the community in regards to any construction or modification. Hence the fine, which the HOA has authority to levy.
An election is imminent and a new board may have different take on the situation.
County code give HOAs authority to levy fines? Wow. In a county full of people stocking up on guns to defend their freedom.
This is what happens in a state too lazy to set up townships for below-county-level governance.
Yep. Actually, the authority to levy fines is a characteristic of HOAs in all 50 states under common interest communities body of law. And also yes, some of them would function better as a township, comprising multiple communities.
Here’s a little didja know. Do you know that there is not a single county road in Sussex? All the roads are either state roads or private community HOA roads. Those of us in such communities own the roads and pay HOA dues (taxes) for the repair and replacement of those roads.
Even utilities are Balkanized in Sussex. Some communities have their own waste water plants. Some are on county sewer and some individual homes are on septic. Ditto propane, although natural gas is starting to make inroads here. And trash is left up to each community as well.
Very strange to come here from a land where we had county this and that, including trash.
Interesting, so you’re saying even though I lived on CR296 that the state owned the road.