08/20/2026
As per the DECLARATION of Snapper Village - PHASE I, SECTION ONE, A Condominium.
Paragraph X. THE ASSOCIATION. ITS POWERS AND RESPONSABILITIES.
(A) The operation of the condominium shall be vested in Snapper Village Condominium Association, INC., A Non-Profit Corporation.
(B) No unit owner, except as an officer of the association shall have any authority to act for the association.
(C) The association shall fix and determine from time to time the sums necessary and adequate to provide for the common expenses of the condominium property, and such other sums as are specifically provided for in this declaration and the By-Laws, and the Exhibits attached hereto. The POWERS and DUTIES of the association shall include those set forth in the BY-LAWS referred to in Article IX above, but in addition thereto, the association shall have all the POWERS and DUTIES set forth in the Condominium Act, as well as all powers duties granted to or imposed upon it by this Declaration, including:
🔺 (1) The irrevocable right to have access to each unit from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any common elements there in, or accesible there from, or for making emergency repairs there in necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to another unit or units.
🔺(2) The power to make and collect assessments and to lease, maintain, repair and replace the common elements.
🔺 (3) The duty to maintain accounting records according to good accounting practices which shall be open to inspection by unit owners or their authorized representatives at reasonable times and written summaries of which shall be supplied at least annually to unit owners or their authorized representatives. Failure of the ASSOCIATION to permit unspecified its accounting records by unit owners or their authorized representatives shall entitle any person prevailing in an action for enforcement to recover reasonable attorney’s fees from the ASSOCIATION, such records shall include:
(A) A record of all receipts and expenditures.
(B) An account for each unit which shall designate the name and address, the amount of each assessment, the dates and amounts in which the assessments come due, the amounts paid upon the account and the balance due.
🔺 (4) The POWER to enter into contracts with others for a valuable consideration, for the maintenance and management of subject property, including the normal maintenance and repair of the common elements, and in connection therewith to delegate the powers and rights herein contained, including that of making and collecting assessments, perfecting liens for non-payment, etc. The service and maintenance contracts referred to herein may delegate to the service company the duty and responsibility to maintain and preserve the landscaping, gardening, painting, and of the common elements but shall not relieve the the condominium unit owner from his personal responsibility to maintain and preserve the interior surface of the condominium parcels and to paint, clean, decorate, maintain and repair the individual condominium unit.
🔺(5) The POWER to adopt reasonable RULES AND REGULATIONS for the maintenance and conservation of the condominium property and for the health, comfort, safety and welfare of the condominium unit owners, all all of whom shall be subject to such RULES AND REGULATIONS.
🔺(6) The POWER, unless prohibited by this DECLARATION of CONDOMINIUM, THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, or BY-LAWS of the ASSOCIATION, to units in the condominium and to acquire and hold, , and convey the same.
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Remember, when we bought our condos, we were given 3 days to review the condominium documents. How many of us actually read all of them? 😅
Were you aware the Association had all of these powers?
Which one surprised you the most?
