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
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Is your association complying with CCIOA’s owner education requirement? If you responded with “what owner education requirement?” read on! Section 209.7 of CCIOA, which was added in 2005 by our old friend Senate Bill 100, requires associations to provide owners with education, at least annually, pertaining to the “general operations of the association and theGo to Resource
It is not unusual for owners at an annual homeowners meeting to make motions about issues that aren’t listed on the agenda. For example, a motion to amend the bylaws. Or, at a special meeting called to amend the bylaws, an owner might make a motion to recall the board. Let’s assume in both scenariosGo to Resource
What is the proper role of your community association and its board of directors when it is suspected that there may be something illegal going on inside an owner’s unit? For instance, a neighbor may believe he smells marijuana smoke coming from the unit next door. Or perhaps a board member has observed an inordinateGo to Resource
Earlier this year I attended a class called Synergistic Decision Making. We learned how groups that work effectively together make better decisions than even the most qualified individual. We also learned how different views, when combined, lead to better solutions. And we learned all of this by performing a single exercise. It was fascinating. ThereGo to Resource