They posted a sign that was too big.
They were notified of the violation.
They reduced the size of the sign.
The HOA still levied a fine. The owners fought back and won.
The other owners should be very angry at the Board members who approved the fine against the compliant sign.
HOAs are great, as long as everyone follows the rules they agreed to when they bought.
While that's generally correct, there are always people who can become obsessed with even a small amount of power over their fellow beings.
Yeah, but what happens when the day comes you cannot but into anything that isn't HOA?
Ever read Agenda 21?
Who, grants HOA's their power?
HOA’s are evil, we know all know it
“HOAs are great, as long as everyone follows the rules they agreed to when they bought.”
Unfortunately, those rules always allow for MORE rules to be created. In the HOA where I live (with 1 acre lots), they tried to pass rules like, “No yardwork except from 8AM-4PM on weekdays”, and to ban horses, and to require permission before you stained your wood door. The CC&R had almost NO rules in them, but the HOA BOD couldn’t resist the desire to add more rules, and more, and more...
We had so many recall elections that the HOA voted to dissolve by an 85:15 margin...
Feels good to live in a no-HOA area.
Around here you are only allowed to see the HOA rules at closing. It's awfully late to back out at that point so you are stuck no matter what the rules are.
The owner should sue the Board personally. I very much doubt that the entire Home Owners Assn. membership actually voted to pursue the asinine legal action.