Re: Is there any other way?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "John D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If a housing development has common area aminities that must have
> maintenance
> and wants to set some architectural standards etc. Is there any other way to
> organize it besides the typical covenents and a HOA, that will not subject
> the the individual homeowner to the possibility of abuse?

Simple-minded answer might be, a very tightly written and restrictive 
set of CC&Rs, strictly limiting what the HOA is authorized to do and 
what it's *not* authorized to do, along with stringent requirements 
(like approval by 85% of full membership) for making any changes in the 
CC&Rs.

I think you may be asking for the near-impossible, however.  

Maintaining common areas: hopefully not likely to cause serious problems 
or differences of opinion downstream. 
 
"Architectural standards" however:  can be an open invitation for 
conflict. Different people just have widely differing views on what 
these should mean; it's very hard to define these standards in a clear 
and definite fashion; and when someone violates the stated standards, 
then you have to have an official and quasi judicial procedure for 
handling the situation -- and then the can of worms is really open.