BONUS: The Complete Guide
to Preventing Violations in
Your Community
Mitch Krauss, Regional Sales Director
If boards make an effort to prevent violations in the first place, the net effect
will be less-stressed board members, happier residents and all around more
beautiful communities all year long. Use the points in this bonus guide to
help residents stay in compliance so that your community can better meet
its goals of maintaining property values and providing a positive living
experience.
GIVE NEW RESIDENTS AN
ORIENTATION.
Reach out to new residents and offer
them the chance to sit down with
management, the board and/or the
covenant compliance committee.
This not only serves as an official
welcome to the neighborhood, it also
allows the board to tell newcomers
everything they need to know to
take full advantage of community
living – which should include an
explanation of how covenants
benefit the community and how to
avoid the most common violations.
CREATE EASY-TO-READ VERSIONS
OF IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
Here are two examples of how your
association could do this:
• Condense your governing
documents into a brochure or
booklet. This is especially helpful
for your rules and regulations.
Make sure that it's written in
laymen's terms.
• Create a maintenance matrix.
By creating a simple chart
that clearly indicates who's
responsible for tasks like lawn
maintenance, irrigation and
external painting, you'll take
ambiguity out of the equation –
and therefore, reduce violations.
