More-on STR'S

We had another melee on Labor Day weekend, this time they picked a fight with a homeowner.
We now have the address of the homeowner who is illegally renting out their property.
The STR renter insisted they reserved the pool for a party which is a BS lie because there is no reservation at all.

The homeowner went to the hospital the the assailant went to jail and was not the person listed on the STR rental.
There was over 20 people taking over the pool.
We are unable to find out what platform the person rented on to contact them.
The A word company was very proactive and de-listed them from their platform after sending them a copy of our covenants
the V company blew us off. How many platforms are there?

WE simply cannot keep having these incidents, there will be a breaking point to where we will have to get rid of the pool because it
draws unwanted attention or raise assessments and have on-site security.

How are you other small non guard gated HOAs handling STR messes???

After the first brawl in May we had 2 pool rules made and installed just as a butt bandage CYA.

I prefer a more subtle approach to solve this STR problem like a bulldozer. It's just a hint of what's to come.
Yes this STR is illegal, they do not have a county license and since our covenants say all rentals must be a minimum of
6 months we are covered to prohibit STR's. I just wish the county would flex their muscles and board up the place.
The homeowners do not deserve this.

Mark has a good point. If you know who the owner is, use your community rules to take legal action against him or her. If the tenants and/or their guests caused damage to the common area and you can prove it, ask for damages to cover repairs, as well as reimbursement of legal costs incurred by the association in pursuing the action

You've read enough conversations on this website to know this is how these things are addressed after you've tried everything else. I dont know if anyone had a come to Jesus meeting with the owner - that should have happened before this dust up.

Reread Mark's last paragraph carefully - this isn't a pleasant option, but may be the only one you have left.

Once again, your board seems to hesitate to make certain decisions because you're more worried about what the property manager will think or say. If you're going to let him or her run the community, why should your community bother with voting for a board of directors? Maybe you and your colleagues aren't the ones that should be doing what your documents mandate and should be replaced because you can't or refuse to make tough decisions.

The rest of the community will have to decide that, but in the meantime, discuss this with your board and see how they feel and then take a vote. If everyone agrees, do some comparison shopping on who could provide services, check out backgrounds and make your selection. Announce to the community what you're doing, along with other steps the board feels are necessary to bring some order to the pool. If that means reducing operating hours, limits in the numbers of guests allowed, do what you gotta do. If the homeowners don't like it, they can behave themselves or elect another board to do what they want. You may not have the luxury to wait until the county commission comes up with something.

And stop with the name calling. Obviously, you and the manager have a difference of opinion, and you may be right on some issues, but the decisions aren't only up to you or him/her. Could it be the property manager has made some decent suggestions and/or pointed out some things you hadn't thought of or choose to ignore? We're only getting your side - what would we hear if your board colleagues, the manager and homeowners were asked about all this?

Youve heard this already, but your property manager is there to e ecute the board'sdecisionsin managing the community. It's ok to express his/her opinion, but at the end of the day, it's the BOARD'S decision - and you have to live with the decision and its consequences.