| Mindy97 |
09-02-2011 12:09 PM |
I've lived in a Sun City on the left side of the country for almost ten years. I can tell you that people who have children living with them for longer than the limited time (in our case a generous 180 days) will have to leave.
How will the HOA management find out about them? Surely at least one of their neighbors will report them. Perhaps several. After all, as has been pointed out, they did not move into the community to have children on their block.
Once reported, our Community Standards enforcement officer sends them a letter explaining the violation and the remedy. They are given a cutoff date, by which they have to leave (they can rent the house or sell it, either one, or even keep it vacant). They may also request a hearing, but it really does no good to have one. If they do not leave by the cutoff date fines will ensue, and if necessary eviction proceedings will occur. By this time they will generally have lived there with the child for at least 1-1/2 times the 180 days.
That's the way it works here, I've seen it done more than once, not just anecdotal information. As previously mentioned, everyone knows or should know the rules, they were given a copy of the CC&R's, which they had to sign off on, when they closed on the house. If they are renters they didn't, but it is then the responsibility of the owners, who would be fined and be responsible for getting the people removed.
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