Illinois Attorney Lawyer

Q: I am a newly elected member of a dwelling. Over the past year, our Board of Directors a number of rules for all landlords and tenants. Some of these animals.

One of the rules say that the owner lives in the United States, dogs may have, but perhaps not the tenants. Another rule stipulates that dogs are not allowed, elevators. Owners of these animals must be at the bottom of the stairs, which leads us to question. One of our residents is an older woman, living on the fourth floor. It is a unit of the establishment and a dog. His daughter lives on the second floor, but rents. The girl took her mother, the dog, but uses the elevator.

The owner of the dog, a letter was adviser to the fact that his daughter is contrary to our rule. She knows. Several members of the supervisory board want dog owners end, but our property manager has recommended a court to focus on the top with the owner of the dogs.

Please give us your feedback.

A: In both cases, we say that the map is available on the sculptor of trees. These rules are not valid.

Rules to be satisfied by the law applicable and reasonable. The board can not accept that the rule prohibits a tenant to keep dogs, but allows the owners to have. This Regulation establishes two categories of property and violation of the Condominium Act.

The staircase rule is not valid because it discriminates against the physical limitations of the residence and create an unfair burden on pet owners. Under the Fair Housing Act, associations must be reasonably the needs of persons with physical limitations, and may not be repaid on a general rule, that the access of residents of the town, the elements and a unit. Thanks to an older woman, feet up and down stairs with a dog, the mother is a violation of their rights.

If the association had freight and passenger elevators, the mother may, as a general rule, require that all residents in the use of burden lift.

The board has exceeded its authority with the rules. Senior representatives of the parties should have before applying the rules to implement.

Q: Our theatre directors called a special meeting of the facility to fill a vacancy in the mother. After the vote, we discovered that our president came up with a new procedure to vote in favour of their candidates elected. The procedure is in our statutes, and demands that the owners vote on a cumulative basis.

For decades, our association understood that the term “cascade” has meant an entity owner is entitled to one vote. In our last choice, we discovered that the owners can vote up to four times for a candidate. .

Please specify “cumulative voting.

A: An association must be cumulative, the method of voting, if this process by its statutes. As in Illinois Not for Profit Corporation Act, cumulative voting means that the owners of their votes multiplied by the number of candidates who choose.

According to your request, it is clear that the owners of four elected members of the Governing Council.

With cumulative voting owner of the unit can be moulded four votes for a candidate or of its four votes to two, three or four candidates. Each vote is the part of the property, in a single device.

The president of the association no mistake, the owners, but only the method of voting by the statutes. The board of directors must explain cumulative voting ownership because it is often misunderstood.

Q: I am the president of the Association of owners. We Corporate files for the last four years. The former president refused to turn over the files for previous years. These individual written questions ignored.

What does the action on board? This individual is on the table, but not to an elected officers.

A: The board of directors of the latter is to adopt or maintain files of the officer. This is expensive and unfortunate. I suggest that the leaders of the club and the lawyer to discuss with the former president, before the situation deteriorates in a costly legal battle for him.