HomeMy WebLinkAbout0962 16.5 Association's Ri ht of Access. The Association
shall have the irrevocable rig t of access to all units from time
to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the main-
tenance, repair or replacement of any common element therein or
accessible therefrom or for making emergency repairs therein
necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or another
unit.
17. ASSESSMENTS. The Association, through its Board of
Directors, s a have the power to fix and determine from time to
time the sums necessary to provide for the common expenses to the
extent maintained by, contracted for, or the responsibility of the
Association. A unit owner, regardless of how title is acquired,
shall be liable for all assessments coming due while he is the
owner of a unit. In a voluntary conveyance, the grantee shall be
jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid
assessments against the grantor for his share of the common
expenses up to the time of such voluntary conveyance.
17.1 No Avoidance By Waiver of Use. The liability
for assessments may not be avoided by waiver of the use or enjoy-
ment of any common elements or services, or by abandonment of the
unit for which the assessment was made.
17.2 Interest in Default. Assessments and install-
ments thereon, not paid when due, shall bear interest from the
date when due until paid at the rate of ten percent (10$) per
annum. In the event the unit owner shall be more than thirty (30)
days delinquent in the payment of any assessment, the Board of
Directors, at its discreetion, may upon five (5) days' written
notice to the unit owner, delcare due and payable all assessments
applicable to such unit for the fiscal year of the Association in
which the delinquency occurs.
17.3 Lien for Unpaid Assessments. The Association
shall have a lien on each condominium parcel and all- tangible
personal property located within said parcel for the amount of any
unpaid assessments, and interest thereon, until paid. Such lien
shall also include a reasonable attorney's fee incurred by the
Association incident to the collection of such assessment or
enforcement of such lien, including such fee in connection with
any appellate proceedings arising out of any suit for collection
or enforcement, and further including costs of collection. Such
liens shall be executed and recorded in the Public Records of St.
Lucie County, Florida, in the manner provided by the Condominium .
Act, but such liens shall be subordinate to the lien of any mort-
gage or any other lien recorded prior to the time of the recording
of the claim of lien by the Associatio n. The Board of Directors
may take sucl-, action as it deems necessary to collect assessments
by personal action or by enforcing and foreclosing said lien, and
may settle and compromise the same if in the best interests of the
Association. The lien shall be effective as and in the manner
provided by the Condominium Act and shall have the priorities
established by said Act.
17.4 Foreclosure of Lien. Liens for assessments may
be foreclosed by suit brought in the name of the Association in
like manner as a foreclosure of a mortgage on real property, as
more fully set forth in the Condominium Act. The Association may,
at any sale, bid in the sale and apply as a cash credit against
its bid all sums due the Association covered by the Lien being
enforced.
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