Article Fourteen
Membership,Dues,Assessments And Other Charges
Article 14 Section 14.1 Power to Levy Dues, Assessments, And Other Charges: The Board of Directors on behalf of the Association shall adopt and promulgate membership dues and assessments, fines, and other charges against the lots and owners thereof, which shall be used to defray the costs of operating, maintaining, repairing, constructing and replacing the amenities and common areas, including roads, and other costs and expenses incurred by the Association including salaries, and to achieve and further the Association's purposes. The Board of Directors may increase the annual dues and assessments subject to the approval of a majority of the members present in person or by proxy at any annual or special meeting. Section 14.2 Enforcement of Payment: The dues and assessments levied by the Association as provided herein shall be paid to it on or before the date or dates fixed by resolution of the Board. Written notice of the dues and assessments and the date of payment shall be sent to the owner of each lot at the address last given by such owner to the Association. If any charge levied against any lot shall not be paid when due, it shall become a lien upon said lot, subject only to matters of record on such due date and shall remain a lien until paid in full. The Board on behalf of the Association may bring such action as it shall determine appropriate at law or in equity, by way of foreclosure of such lien or otherwise, to collect the amount of said charge, including interest at a rate fixed by resolution of the Board which does not exceed for purposes of comparison the rate current in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided in the Goods and Services Installment Sales Act, as amended, costs of collection, including court and sheriff's costs, administrative costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees to be billed at current acceptable and reasonable rates, accepted by resolution of the Board. The sale or transfer of any lot, either voluntarily or involuntarily, including Sheriff's Sales or Tax Sales, shall not extinguish any lien for charges provided for herein, except discharges of any lien pursuant to the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Section 14.3 Voluntary and Involuntary Conveyances: A. All voluntary transfers and conveyances of a property between parties shall be recorded with the Association Office, and no transfers will be accepted unless all delinquent dues and assessments and other charges are paid at or before the time of the transfer. B. The grantor and grantee of such property in a voluntary conveyance, and the previous owner and the grantee in an involuntary conveyance, including the Sheriff's Sales, Tax Sales or Judicial Sales, shall be jointly and severally liable for all unpaid dues and assessments and other charges pertaining to said property up to the date of conveyance, and the grantee shall be solely liable for all dues and assessments and other charges accrued after the date of conveyance.
