05-02-2014, 08:12 PM
@Terracore: if you rezone your multiple lots into a single lot, you are still assessed road fees based on the original multiple lots according to the Association rules. That question has been asked and answered by the Board a while back. And I still don't follow your logic regarding rthe volume discount: you say if you own a lot you should pay road fees regardless where you live (so usage of the roads isn't a factor in the decision to pay or not). But you seem to be saying that someone who owns 10 lots should pay less in road fees than the total paid by ten individual lot owners.
The Association has had a degree of success in collecting from deadbeat owners since they started implementing the new collections policy. Unfortunately, the policy is still way to lenient (in my opinion) so it'll take a few years before any serious consequences kick in -- the kind of consequences that woild motivate hard-core deadbeats to pay. Until then, we need to depend on property owners who accept the responsibility for road maintenance fees that comes with being an Orchidland resident.
@Julie, the rosad maintenance fee of $85 was increased to $150 in a motion that had a two-year kickout date (I may be off on the timing, but the gists is the same). My understanding is that that increase is about to expire, so without a new road fee vote, maintenance fees will revert back to $85.
The Association has had a degree of success in collecting from deadbeat owners since they started implementing the new collections policy. Unfortunately, the policy is still way to lenient (in my opinion) so it'll take a few years before any serious consequences kick in -- the kind of consequences that woild motivate hard-core deadbeats to pay. Until then, we need to depend on property owners who accept the responsibility for road maintenance fees that comes with being an Orchidland resident.
@Julie, the rosad maintenance fee of $85 was increased to $150 in a motion that had a two-year kickout date (I may be off on the timing, but the gists is the same). My understanding is that that increase is about to expire, so without a new road fee vote, maintenance fees will revert back to $85.