New Association need Information

Willow Grove Condo's is located in Norman, Oklahoma. We are 32 units strong. Most of the owners are ages 55 and
up, during the slow selling of the rest of condo's the builder sold the last units to college students or I should saw their parents. Ok, so now we are full. We have recently held our second annual meeting and I was voted in to be the spokes person for the Owners and create a General Rules and Regulation for things that are happening in our condo's like, Student all nite parties, driving of cars fast in our private street, load noise from parties, etc.
We also are having a problem with the students double parking in our private street, god forbid someone of our elder set should have a bad problem the EMT's would not be able to get in. I would like information on how I can
write a set of general rules and violations, filing of complaints, handling of complaints, and the schedule of fees, that can be charged to the homeowners that violate the rules. Any information and suggestions will be appreciated. We are a new assoication and would like to keep our places safe and clean. I would say that the precentage of age are as follows: 55 over- 80% under 21- 20%. We do have current CC& R's in place and filed with the county. Thank You, Barbara R. Meyers- Norman, Oklahoma

Hi Barbara:

Some things you might want to consider as well:
1) A newsletter to owners might be helpful, to discuss issues of compliance in a non-threatening way, etc.
2) Give out the local police/sheriff's non-emergency dispatch numbers. My experience is that noise/party issues are never a high priority call but they will get there when they can.
3) Check out how the HOA can enforce parking in your jurisdiction. Since you say you have private streets, the police might not enforce (check on this...) and you might need to hire a towing company to patrol for double parking, etc. - check with the Association's lawyer and also with your local fire departement (to see how the fire code affects your parking situation - it may be that you need to park only on one side of the street, etc. in order to leave an adequate emergency vehicle access).
4) Check your local noise ordinance, and talk to the police about enforcement - what they will/won't do, how best to report problems, etc.

J. Patrick Moore, CMCA

We have a problem with a house owned by someone but used by his son in college. I took several photos of the and sent them with a letter to the father. He called me and apologized and said everything would be better; it was for about a week.