Absent that, can you explain what the situation is? What does the board want to do, or what do you want to prevent the board from doing? “Amenity” is not really a word commonly used in the condo/HOA governance field, it’s more of a casual term.

As a general rule, a board cannot materially alter the common elements without a vote of the membership. Removing a gym, for example, might very well be a material alteration. Knocking down a social hall would almost certainly be one. Adding heat to a pool is more of a gray area.

How can an HOA add or remove an amenity.

Our docs do not define or describe any process for managing amenities. For example, we added heat to our pool. Is the addition of heat an amenity above and beyond the pool itself?

Our declarations state that the developer may add amenities such as pools, sports facilities, etc. But that is the only place in any docs (or statutes) the word is used.

But what about productivity and technology? There is nothing that says that HOA management has to be as manual a process as you describe. True, a portfolio manager with 5 HOAs only spends 8 hours or less per week on individualized attention to those HOAs but many tasks can be automated or computerized such that they can be shared across all the managed HOAs. At face value, it is reasonable for HOAs to expect good management for a lower price … because productivity and technology allows managers to be more efficient when managing multiple HOAs instead of devoting themselves completely to one HOA.

But productivity and technology gains aren’t realized if managers don’t care about them. Under-performing and over-promising on contracts doesn’t do anything for productivity or technology.

1. Only owners can have dogs on the grounds.
2. Renters are not aloud to have any dogs. Even is it is just visiting. (say a friends dog) They will be finned if caught in possession with a dog.
3. Family members that visit a family condo may not bring a dog unless the owners on the condos title is present.

I find these rules to be very out of line and overly hostel. Why can an owner have a dog but not a renter? Shouldn’t it be the owners desision if his renter can have a pet? Not the board. THey tell me that it’s their insurance company that implied these rules for them but they just don’t make since. I have a lot of owners there that would love to know if the board is just being a holes or if they are not telling them the truth.
Thanks