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I believe that if you have a complaint , to go to that person your self and express your concern , not throw off the responsibility on some one else. that's cowardus.
If the person is doing something dangerous bring relivent neighbors with you to have a talk with the offender.
If that doesn't work Then there are laws and police to handle the situation.
The worst thing though, is when some one simpy has a grudge and uses the HOA to terrorize a neighbor. that is abuse.
Wrong.
I am pretty sure that their documents say that all complaints must be brought to the board. People cannot settle their grievances their own way since ALL people must be treated the same.
We have a complaint form. In Arizona complaints are not anonymous ( ARS 33-1242). They will be told who made the complaint. It's amazing how people think their complaint isn't all that important when they find that out.
I agree with the notice but the wording could have been better.
The HOA has no authority over traffic violations, in the first place, that I know of. If you see someone speeding so that it concerns you, get the tag # and report it to the police.
HOAs most definitely have the authority over traffic violations on their privately-owned streets. The key is the citations they issue are not traffic tickets per se, they are citations for violating HOA regulations. If those regulations say that the speed limit throughout the community is 20mph and you're traveling 30mph, then they can write a citation and fine you just like they can fine you if you don't mow your lawn.
In the guard-gated community in Las Vegas where I first retired, the guards sometimes set up on the through roads with radar guns and issued citations to those who sped through the community or ran stop signs. If the violators we're visitors, the citation went to the homeowner.
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But I think it depends on what the neighbor(s) are doing. If you had a neighbor with their radio on loud at all hours, having loud late night parties, a dog barking non-stop next to your house, etc. that was against local city laws or an HOA rule, and not to mention disturbing your right to peace/sleep, would you think it's "un-neighborly" to report them to the police or HOA if they refused to stop? If someone is being rude/disrupting the rights of others on a regular basis, I think it's fair to report them as a "regular practice" to get them to stop.
As for the speeding in an HOA community, I think that's a job for police enforcement. I think the HOA and/or concerned neighbors could get some police presence/set up radar to slow people down if it's really that bad. I can understand this if people are blowing by in cars often, way above the speed limit, where there are kids and other drivers/people walking around are at risk from people breaking the law/going way over the speed limit. Having the police hand out a few tickets/fines and the word gets out, the problem would probably be solved very quickly....no HOA neighbor "Scouts" necessary which to me would be ineffective.
I'm so happy I no longer live in an HOA community... and am getting along fine....
If one of my neighbors made a habit of playing their radio loud - having wild parties (I'd be upset I wasn't invited... ) or were always speeding down the street - I'd TALK TO THE OFFENDER!
If I was in an HOA, I'd follow those same steps... I'd first talk to the neighbor and try to find a solution... If that was ignored, I'd talk to them again... 3rd time, I'm going to the HOA... and if it still continues, the war's on and I'll win this fight...
HOAs most definitely have the authority over traffic violations on their privately-owned streets. The key is the citations they issue are not traffic tickets per se, they are citations for violating HOA regulations. If those regulations say that the speed limit throughout the community is 20mph and you're traveling 30mph, then they can write a citation and fine you just like they can fine you if you don't mow your lawn.
In the guard-gated community in Las Vegas where I first retired, the guards sometimes set up on the through roads with radar guns and issued citations to those who sped through the community or ran stop signs. If the violators we're visitors, the citation went to the homeowner.
I don't think the OP's HOA is going to issue radar guns to all residents though.
This is a he said, she said kind of thing.
I don't think the OP's HOA is going to issue radar guns to all residents though.
This is a he said, she said kind of thing.
My comment had nothing to do with the OP's specific circumstance; it was a rebuttal to bpollen's statement that HOAs have no authority to issue citatations for traffic violations. They most certainly do if the roads are private and community-owned.
A Godwin'd thread on the initial post. Delightful.
Nope, you are making the "fallacist's fallacy". The point is about totalitarian regimes (HOA corp) and the comparison is apt. The regime is recruiting as many Blockwart/Blockleiter as it can.
You know the management companies do this for profit and LOVE it when people call in with "complaints" no matter how inane - because the management company charges money for those letters of accusation they flood the subdivision with. More churn/chaos = more $$$ for the management company.
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