Rules and Regulations

Can your HOA’s restrictive covenants or condominium documents ban flags? The ability to ban flags in community associations has become controversial in recent years.  In many states, there have been news articles, and even lawsuits, involving owners who have encountered issues displaying political flags, thin-blue line flags, or flags from other countries.  Generally, a community association has broad authority to…

As Illinois became the 11th state to legalize marijuana in June 2019, it greatly impacted a condominium association’s right to simply restrict the consumption of marijuana in the condominium building(s).  Previously, associations could rely on bans on criminal behavior to assert that marijuana could not be consumed, but that does not appear to be a valid basis after June of…

Many condominium and other common interest communities throughout Illinois have pools as part of the amenities for their members. Due to the nature of this amenity, and the nature of potential liability exposure, associations will generally have very specific rules and regulations that govern the use of these pools for the unit owners. For the most part, reasonable rules and…

Parking in an Illinois condominium or common interest community association setting can create many different issues for a board. Community associations may have to deal with everything from requests for parking accommodations made by unit owners to enforcing rules regarding the parking spaces and the use of same. Many times, a unit owner may be improperly using the parking area,…