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The original was posted on /r/fuckhoa by /u/LuckyCharms201 on 2023-08-10 19:10:46.

Twice since Polis’s updated HOA regulations went in to effect last year, I have received “violation notices”; the first was because the HOA management company felt my lawn was too long (it was a dirt patch when I bought the house, which was not apparently a problem until literally the day I took posession). I received a fine while still moving in that the lawn wasnt green enough. Way to get started on a good note, eh? Apparently it needs to be nice and short to establish a new robust drought-resistant root system in the high desert of CO. News to me with my plant molecular ecophysiology academic background, but I digress.

I got another for my popup camper being parked in my driveway- where it was kept for less than 24 hours! I came home on sunday evening and left it out so I could clean it up and get it put away with a second set of eyes from the neighbor (after work on Monday) to guide me in to the garage. Apparently they “inspected” on Monday.

Anyway, with these notices, there isnt a “fine” so to speak, but rather a “fee”, which they stated via email inquiry last time, is prescribed by Polis’s new bill? In that they are allowed to charge me a 10$ “fee” (not a fine, a fee; its different in that its the same thing) for “processing costs” via that new bill? I do not see anything anywhere which allows them to (over)reach further than they already do by simply existing. I hope they are making that up and I can establish a paper trail to rain legal hell on them.

Note: these fines/fees/whatever do NOT come from the HOA board: there is a board of homeowners, and a third party management company who is just the worst people imaginable. Not enough residents of the neighborhood are owners, and rather rent, to do anything about the management company so they are checked in power only by the board, who cant end the contract without 51% owner vote.)

Here is a picture of the violation notice.