HOA banned just about anything with wheels — skateboards, roller blades, bicycles,...

[disappoint]

LOL. What amazes me is people actually pay a premium to live in an HOA neighborhood. Lots on my street sell for $150K/acre in the HOA development. My lot was only about $20K/acre and literally the only difference is HOA vs non-HOA. But hey, if you want to pay a hundred grand to have someone tell you how to live, more power to you

Don't you mean "less power to you"?

 

[Squisher]

The thing about an HOA is if you don't like what they are doing, you have every right to run for the board and oust the group in charge. Also, there may be a means to have the any rules be voted on by the entire association including the use of petitions, it would all depend on the bylaws.

 

[Golgatha]

Why? Because for $200/month I get water, trash, recycling and yard maintenance all taken care of. Not all HOA's are created equal though and part of the buying process should be to check out the HOA and make sure it's something you can work with. Shit like the OP is ridiculous and anyone with a right mind would realize the absurdity of it, but that's far from the norm.

Yeah, $400 a year gets me weekly trash service, upkeep on nature trails and any HOA owned public grounds, and a neighborhood pool. Not a bad deal at all, but all HOAs are definitely not created equally.

 

[dmcowen674]

They hired a property management company.

http://www.tridentproperty.com/homeowner/

The other thing they did was lower the speed limit to 5MPH and they will be using a rental cop to issue speeding fines.

The Courts just ruled that HOA's can issue speeding tickets using their own police force and or automatic mailed tickets using a radar system.

All of this is about the revenue people.

These people just got a wake up call and will be spending money out the ass.


11-5-2012


http://consumerist.com/2012/11/05/hoa-installs-radar-issues-speeding-tickets/

HOA Installs Radar, Issues Speeding Tickets

A homeowners association in Colorado has set up a radar system and begun issuing tickets to speeders.

Drivers caught violating the max. 30 mph speed limit in the community will be subject for fines from anywhere from $15 to $100, depending on how fast they are driving.


If the violating driver is a visitor of the subdivision, their ticket will be given to whichever homeowner they are visiting at the time.



1-26-2013


http://hoareformcoalition.org/2013/01/26/illinois-private-cops-get-permission-to-ticket/




Private cops get permission to ticket

Illinois Supreme Court rules subdivision police can detain drivers



The homeowners associations responsible for managing subdivisions across the state have the power to enforce their own traffic rules through a private security force, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning a lower-court ruling that found they could be unlawful.

Former DuPage County prosecutor Ken Poris sued LaSalle County’s Lake Holiday Property Owners Association after he was pulled over for speeding in 2008 by a vehicle with flashing lights.

A uniformed officer wearing a badge and duty belt took his driver’s license and Lake Holiday membership card back to his squad car and wrote him a $50 speeding ticket.

The man wasn’t a police officer but a homeowners association employee with little police training and no state certification.

 

[Thebobo]

Illinois Supreme Court rules subdivision police can detain drivers

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Oh yea like I would let a rent-a-cop detain me. I mean seriously how would he do that? Ask me nicely?

 

[Hugo Drax]

High quality established neighborhoods do not need HOA's

There is a reason HOA's exist in those Zero-lot Particleboard/Tyvek McMansion ghettoes.

 

[Josh123]

This reminds me of the Duck Dynasty episode where Jase burns the leaves. It was pretty damn funny.

 

[waggy]

Oh yea like I would let a rent-a-cop detain me. I mean seriously how would he do that? Ask me nicely?

and put you under arrest. go ahead and fight. now you are in for longer.

 

[SSSnail]

High quality established neighborhoods do not need HOA's

There is a reason HOA's exist in those Zero-lot Particleboard/Tyvek McMansion ghettoes.

Oh but you'd be wrong, just ask George and his Lucas ranch studio...

 

[Thebobo]

and put you under arrest. go ahead and fight. now you are in for longer.

Look I 'm not trying to be an internet bad ass but seriously I would just walk drive away.

Unless I live there lol

 

[Bateluer]

Why anyone would choose to live in an HOA community is beyond me...

Because any community built in the last 20 years or so is in a mandatory HOA.

 

[DrPizza]

Look I 'm not trying to be an internet bad ass but seriously I would just walk drive away.

Unless I live there lol

Bah, if you don't live there, the person you're visiting gets the ticket. "I'm visiting the HOA president."

 

[dud]

Because any community built in the last 20 years or so is in a mandatory HOA.

Ding, ding, ding ... we have a winner!

It seems like a LOT of people are out of touch with reality.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Define "eye sore"? Like you don't like the color they choose or a hugh hole in the roof?

Like my jackass neighbor who had his front yard filled with Christmas decorations until the middle of March. They were blowing around in the wind, overturned, etc. too. There is no excuse for that shit. It's funny he had enough energy to put them up in time for Xmas but wouldn't get off his ass until St. Patrick's Day to put them away.

 

[waggy]

Look I 'm not trying to be an internet bad ass but seriously I would just walk drive away.

Unless I live there lol

and no you couldn't.

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol HOAs are such fail. Time to put tracks on everything then. :biggrin:

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If the violating driver is a visitor of the subdivision, their ticket will be given to whichever homeowner they are visiting at the time.

And if I lived there that's how I would end the tickets within 24 hours. Get a list of the board members, invite all of my friends over to speed and use a random board member for each ticket. Those rent-a-cops would be on their way back to the mall before the ink on the first ticket dried.

 

[Ns1]

And if I lived there that's how I would end the tickets within 24 hours. Get a list of the board members, invite all of my friends over to speed and use a random board member for each ticket. Those rent-a-cops would be on their way back to the mall before the ink on the first ticket dried.

such genius.

 

[sandorski]

The wheel goes round and round. You can't explain that!

 

[nanette1985]

what about wheelchairs, walkers?

 

[IronWing]

I went in search of a witty "They see me rollin" image to post here.

This thread is now about "they see me rollin" google image search. NSFW!!

 

[Quakester]

nm, just read the article. So 'anything with wheels' does not include cars. Strange double-standard there, given that its the cars that create the danger in the first place.

Uh, no...it's the idiot kids playing in the streets einstein.

 

[Bryf50]

Like my jackass neighbor who had his front yard filled with Christmas decorations until the middle of March. They were blowing around in the wind, overturned, etc. too. There is no excuse for that shit. It's funny he had enough energy to put them up in time for Xmas but wouldn't get off his ass until St. Patrick's Day to put them away.

Are you alright? How'd you make it through such a traumatic experience. Blowing in the wind, overturned, all the way until St. Patrick's Day. That would break most men. Are you seeing anyone about it, do you suffer from PTSD?

Sorry felt like being a dick for a second.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Did they ban Segways? If not start a Segway gang? Or better yet what about wheel chairs? Start a wheelchair gang!

 

[sdifox]

What is HOA?

Hoes of America