CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2764, 2009 WL 886214
...Coffield testified he thought that Windsong Place's homeowners' association had fewer than 15 members, and could not, therefore, change its by-laws. While requiring the association to maintain drainage facilities, the by-laws did not authorize assessments for other purposes. Section
336.125, Florida Statutes (2006), allows a county's governing body to convey an interest in a public road to a relevant homeowners' association, provided, inter alia, the homeowners' association is a "`homeowners' association' as defined in s.
720.301(9) with the power to levy and collect assessments for routine and periodic major maintenance and operation of street lighting, drainage, sidewalks, and pavement in the subdivision." §
336.125(1)(a)3., Fla....
...Stat. (2006). For this reason, Mr. Coffield testified, he thought the homeowners' association's application would be denied. [2] His erroneous assumption might have been that the fee underlying the roadway had belonged to ("been vested in") the City. Section 336.12, Florida Statutes (2006), provides: The act of any commissioners in closing or abandoning any such road, or in renouncing or disclaiming any rights in any land delineated on any recorded map as a road, shall abrogate the easement there...
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CC/tgh 1 Section
316.640(3)(a), Fla. Stat. 2 Section
336.12, Fla. Stat., provides for the closing and abandonment
