The Poudre Overlook HOA Board has proposed a Home Occupancy Policy out of thin air on the heels of a Pandemic that put nearly everyone in their homes for work. […]
Category: HOA Law
“VERY CONFUSING”: POHOA Responds to Petition & Proposes Complex Garage Sale Policy
The proposed Small Sales Event Policy (embedded below) by the POHOA Board is overly complex, will lead to disputes (and potential/inevitable legal expenses), has conflicts with Colorado State Law making […]
BANNED OR NOT: Mowery Announces Candidacy For POHOA Director
On January 25, 2023, I submitted my resignation at the Special Meeting which was called to consider my removal. According to the POHOA Bylaws, the resignation is immediate. There is […]
COOKED BOOKS: How to Hide HOA Legal Expenses With Cash Accounting
The POHOA Annual Homeowner’s Meeting is on Tuesday December 5, 2023*. CCIOA requires that homeowners get a notice 30 days in advance, and usually this includes a financial report and […]
WEAPONIZED HOA: How Enforcement Requires Proof To Avoid Appearance of Retaliation
In September of 2020, one of our neighbors wrote to the Poudre Overlook HOA (POHOA) Board demanding that they issue us a violation for having an in-home “commercial business” that […]
NOTHING TO HIDE? POHOA Board Votes Down Adding “Private Sales Policy” To Agenda
At the July 11, 2023 Regular Board Meeting, Dr. John Tunna, a sitting Director, made a motion to add to the agenda a new Private Sales Policy. The official Meeting […]
SHAKEDOWN STREET: Board Targets Homeowners Over Yard Sale (with Plants)
On four days in May over a period of 2 weeks (May 13, 20, 21, 27), we had a Yard Sale in our Front yard. We’ve held this sale many […]
SURPRISE: POHOA Board Bans Garage/Yard Sales (and Lemonade Stands)
THE POHOA BOARD ISSUED AN OFFICIAL VIOLATION NOTICE FOLLOWING A YARD SALE IN MAY. June 21, 2023 We received a USPS First Class Letter on June 8, 2023 claiming that […]
WATER-WISE HOA: SB23-178 Requires Landscape Policy Updates
The Colorado Legislature has fully passed SB23-178 Water-wise Landscaping In Homeowners’ Association Communities. It was signed by the President of the Senate on Thursday 5/4, and the Speaker of the […]
WATER-WISE HOA: SB23-178 Passes Local Government & Housing Committee Unanimously
Today in the Colorado Senate Local Government & Housing Committee SB23-178 passed a bipartisan vote unanimously. The bill, which has bipartisan sponsors as well, raised several issues that go beyond […]