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... (A) No declaration, bylaw, rule, regulation, or agreement of a condominium property or construction of any of these items by the board of managers of its unit owners association shall prohibit any of the following: (1) The placement of a flagpole that is to be used for the purpose of displaying, or the display of the flag of the United States or the national league of families POW/MIA flag on or within the limited...

... (A) Unless specifically prohibited in the declaration, any owner of a solar appropriate unit may install a solar energy collection device on the roof of that unit if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The unit, as defined by the declaration, includes the roof, for which the cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace is not a common expense and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declarat...

...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the unit owners association by statute or otherwise, the unit owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. In any action of that nature, service of summons or other process may be made upon the unit owners association by serving the process personally upon the president or other design...

... Unless retained by the board of directors as reserves, the common profits of a condominium property shall be distributed among, and, except as provided in division (B) of section 5311.041 of the Revised Code, the common expenses shall be charged to the unit owners according to the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to their respective units.

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, each unit owner may exercise that percentage of the total voting power of all unit owners on any question for which the vote of unit owners is permitted or required that is equivalent to the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the owner's unit. (B) Fiduciaries who are owners of record of a unit or units may vote their respective in...

...(A) A declarant, developer, agent, or unit owner or any person entitled to occupy a unit is liable in damages in a civil action for harm caused to any person or to the unit owners association by that individual's failure to comply with any lawful provision of the condominium instruments. (B) Any interested person, including a unit owners association, may commence an action for a declaratory judgment to determine ...

...(A) Sections 5311.25 to 5311.27 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following, unless the method of disposing of the condominium property is adopted for the purpose of evading their provisions: (1) The sale of a condominium ownership interest solely for commercial or industrial purposes or uses; (2) The sale of real estate under or pursuant to court order; (3) The sale of real estate by the United State...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, any deposit or down payment made in connection with the sale of a condominium ownership interest shall be held in trust or escrow until delivered at settlement, returned to or otherwise credited to the purchaser, or forfeited to the developer. If a deposit or down payment of more than two thousand dollars is held for more than ninety days and is not wit...

... Except as provided in section 5311.24 of the Revised Code, no developer or agent, directly or indirectly, shall sell or offer to sell a condominium ownership interest in a residential or water slip condominium development unless the developer or agent provides the prospective purchaser a condominium development disclosure statement that discloses fully and accurately all material circumstances or features affectin...

...(A)(1) In addition to any other remedy available, a contract or agreement for the sale of a condominium ownership interest that is executed in violation of section 5311.25 or 5311.26 of the Revised Code shall be voidable by the purchaser until the later of fifteen days after the contract is entered into for sale of the condominium ownership interest or fifteen days after the purchaser executes a document evidencin...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Assessment" means the liability for an expense that is allocated to a lot in a planned community. (B) "Bylaws" means an instrument filed with the declaration that provides for the operation of the owners association. "Bylaws" also is referred to as "regulations" pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. (C) "Common element" means any property in a planned community that the...

... (A) Any planned community in this state is subject to this chapter. No person shall establish a planned community unless that person files and records a declaration and bylaws for that planned community in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the planned community is located. (B) Any declaration for a planned community shall be accompanied by bylaws that provide for the operation of the p...

... (A)(1) An owners association shall administer a planned community, and a board of directors the owners elect from among the owners and their spouses shall exercise all power and authority of the owners association. If an owner is not an individual, any principal, member of a limited liability company, partner, director, officer, trustee, or employee of the owner may be elected to the board. The majority of the board...

...(A) A board of directors of an owners association shall elect officers from the members of the board, to include a president, secretary, treasurer, and other officers as the board designates. (B) A board may act in all instances on behalf of an association unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the declaration, or bylaws. The board may appoint persons to fill vacancies in its membership for the unexpired ...

... (A) Unless otherwise specified in division (C) of this section or the declaration or bylaws, the owners may amend the declaration and bylaws by the consent of seventy-five per cent of the owners, either in writing or in a meeting called for that purpose. No amendment to the declaration or bylaws is effective until filed in the office of the county recorder. (B) A vote to terminate the applicability of the declara...

... (A) The owners association, through its board of directors, shall do both of the following: (1) Annually adopt and amend an estimated budget for revenues and expenditures. Any budget shall include reserves in an amount adequate to repair and replace major capital items in the normal course of operations without the necessity of special assessments, unless the owners, exercising not less than a majority of the vot...

... (A) Unless otherwise prohibited by this section, any owner may examine and copy the books, records, and minutes of the owners association that division (C) of section 5312.06 of the Revised Code describes, pursuant to reasonable standards set forth in the declaration, bylaws, or rules the board promulgates. The standards may include, but are not limited to, standards governing the type of documents that are subject ...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration, the owners association is responsible for reasonable maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common elements, and each owner is responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of the owner's lot and improvements to that lot, including the dwelling unit and the utility lines serving that dwelling unit. (B) An owner shall permit agents or employees of th...

...(A)(1) The owners association may not assign the right to common assessments, or the future income from those assessments, or convey any fee interest or any security interest in any portion of the common elements unless the declaration specifically provides for such a conveyance or seventy-five per cent of the voting power of the owners association, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, approves t...

...(A)(1) In accordance with its declaration, all costs the owners association incurs in the administration, governance, and maintenance of a planned community are common expenses. Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, all costs of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common elements are common expenses. (2) The common expense liability of each lot shall be allocated...

... (A) An owners association may assess an individual lot for any of the following: (1) Enforcement assessments and individual assessments for utility service that are imposed or levied in accordance with the declaration, as well as expenses the board incurs in collecting those assessments; (2) Costs of maintenance, repair, or replacement incurred due to the willful or negligent act of an owner or occupant of a lo...

...(A) The owners association has a lien upon the estate or interest in any lot for the payment of any assessment or charge levied in accordance with section 5312.11 of the Revised Code, as well as any related interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, collection costs, attorney's fees, and paralegal fees, that are chargeable against the lot and that remain unpaid ten days after any portion has b...

...The owners association and all owners, residents, tenants, and other persons lawfully in possession and control of any part of an ownership interest shall comply with any covenant, condition, and restriction set forth in any recorded document to which they are subject, and with the bylaws and the rules of the owners association, as lawfully amended. Any violation is grounds for the owners association or any own...

...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the owners association by statute or otherwise, the owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. Service of summons or other process may be made upon the owners association by serving the process personally upon the president of the board of directors or the person named as statutory...

...This chapter shall be construed to establish a uniform framework for the operation and management of planned communities in this state and to supplement any planned community governing document that is in existence on the effective date of this chapter. In the event of a specific conflict between this chapter and express requirements or restrictions in such a governing document, the governing document shall control. ...