Enforcement and Fines Resources

Difficult People: How Do You Deal with Them?

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings, Misc

Posted October 1, 2012

How do we as humans deal with people who yell and scream at us or refuse to be rational? You know the type, adversarial, manipulative, inflexible, unreasonable, irrational. For most people, the answer is “We don’t”. If given the choice, most of us choose not to work with people like this. We don’t socialize withGo to Resource

Using Common Sense Could Lead to More Common Cents in Your Community

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Governance, Misc

Posted September 4, 2012

I am a lawyer. I read, on a regular and ongoing basis, governing documents, statutes, contracts, and other such documents. I am asked to provide my opinion on various legal issues and, in doing so, I review the relevant documents and applicable law, and provide a course of action. And yet, all the legal knowledgeGo to Resource

Got Chickens?

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Governance, Litigation

Posted July 2, 2012

The town board for the Town of Windsor recently directed its staff to prepare an update to the town ordinance allowing backyard chickens. The update is intended to remove the sunset clause in the ordinance which eliminates the need for the town board to review the ordinance on an annual basis. Other Front Range municipalitiesGo to Resource

Rules, Rules & More Rules

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Litigation

Posted July 2, 2012

Recently, while searching the internet for interesting tid bits of homeowner association happenings, I ran across a blog entitled “Here are some of the Weirdest Homeowner’s Association Rules” by David Kearny. Given the title, I was expecting a review of old and antiquated rules similar to the annual review of local laws that have neverGo to Resource

CCIOA Corner—Fining Without a Fine Policy

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Litigation

Posted June 1, 2012

Most individuals know that CCIOA requires associations in Colorado to adopt certain policies; one of these policies is the “covenant enforcement policy”, which specifies how violations are to be reported, investigated, and addressed. Additionally, these policies should contain fine structures informing owners of the fine amounts that may be imposed against them if they violateGo to Resource

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