2011 Vermont Code
Title 27A Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)
Chapter 1 General Provisions
§ 203 Exception for small projects and limited expense liability planned communities

§ 1-203. Exception for small projects and limited expense liability planned communities

(a) If a planned community:

(1) contains no more than 24 units and is not subject to any development rights; or

(2) provides in its declaration that the annual average common expense liability of all units restricted to residential purposes, exclusive of optional user fees and any insurance premiums paid by the association may not exceed $300.00 as adjusted pursuant to section 1-115, it is subject only to sections 1-105, 1-106 and 1-107 of this title unless the declaration provides that this entire title is applicable.

(b) The exemption provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section applies only if:

(1) the declarant reasonably believes in good faith that the maximum stated assessment will be sufficient to pay the expenses of the planned community; and

Subdivision (b)(2) effective until January 1, 2012; see also subsection (b)(2) effective January 1, 2012 set out below.

(2) the declarant provides that the assessment may not be increased during the period of declarant control without the consent of all unit owners.

Subdivision (b)(2) effective January 1, 2012; see also subsection (b)(2) effective until January 1, 2012 set out above.

(2) the declarant provides that the assessment may not be increased above the limitation in subdivision (a)(2) of this section during the period of declarant's control without the consent of all unit owners. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.)