03-11-2018, 01:37 PM
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Originally posted by My 2 cents
From the Cabral reoprt:
By their ownership in the subdivision each individual lot owner is a member of the Association.
Not true. Membership in OLCA is based solely on the payment of the road fees, which is a legal issue in itself, but that is how the bylaws are written. She is quoting the structure of a "Planned Community Association", which OLCA is not.
I’m just having a look at my deed. It specifically states the premises of my property as consisting of the lot that I live on, as well as approx. 1/2400 of a lot that consists of every road in Orchidland. Assuming every other Orchidland owner has a similar description in the premises section of their deed. And I always thought that this ownership stake was the basis of my membership in OCLA. Since I’m legally obligated to maintain our collectively owned "lot" there is no way to bow out of said membership in the organization that was formed primarily to maintain that very lot. I may choose to forgo mandatory fees, but then the court prescribed remedies will be applied. No legal way to divorce myself from OCLA however, as far as I understand....