UPDATE: Judge Allows Bow Hunting In Emerald Isle Gated CommunityIt’s been 2 weeks since bow hunting in Emerald Isle began to help control the deer population, and Monday night a judge ruled bow hunting can begin in a gated community there. Since January 17th select volunteers have been bow hunting for deer in 4 locations on Emerald Isle.
751 developers seek legal fees from opponents – By Ray Gronberg gronberg@heraldsun.com; 419-6648 DURHAM – A lawyer for 751 South’s would-be developers wants a judge to make opponents of the project pay his clients’ legal bills as penalty for pur…751 developers seek legal fees from opponents DURHAM – A lawyer for 751 South’s would-be developers wants a judge to make opponents of the project pay his clients’ legal bills as penalty for pursuing “frivolous litigation” to slow work on the controversial real-estate development.
Homeowners, HOAs battle at General Assembly :: WRAL.comRaleigh, N.C. – Dozens of angry homeowners came to a public hearing at the General Assembly Monday to ask lawmakers to tighten regulations for homeowners associations. HOA boards have the power to put liens on homes or foreclose on them if owners don’t pay their membership dues and fines.
HOA hearing shows conflictsRALEIGH Conflicts between individual homeowners and the homeowners associations that govern many housing developments took center stage at a state legislative hearing Monday afternoon. Homeowners portrayed the homeowners associations, or HOAs, as arrogant and abusive organizations that trample their rights and need to be reined in.
Lawmakers turn attention to homeowners groupsFriction between homeowners associations and their members in North Carolina played out in a Raleigh auditorium Monday before a committee charged with coming up with ways to ease the sometimes-contentious relationship. The state House Select Committee on Homeowners Associations heard from dozens of speakers on both sides of the issue during a three-hour hearing at the Legislative Building.
751 South opponents begin appeals processAn attorney for plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit over the controversial 751 South development filed a notice in court Friday that they’ll appeal a judge’s ruling in favor of Durham County and the developers. Property owners near the land to be developed, including the Chancellor’s Ridge Homeowners Association, sued the county in 2010 over the county’s decision to rezone the proposed site of the development.
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Judge’s ruling favors 751 South developerDURHAM — Superior Court Judge Henry Hight has ruled in favor of Durham County and Southern Durham Development in the 751 South lawsuit. Hight’s ruling “dismissed with prejudice” the complaint brought by two private landowners and the Chancellor’s Ridge Homeowners Association. The landowners claimed their protest petition against a rezoning for the proposed development was improperly ruled invalid.
Judge: Controversial rezoning for 751 South was legalEditor’s note: This story has been modified since its original post. A judge in Durham dismissed a lawsuit Friday (PDF) that opponents of the controversial 751 South development near Jordan Lake filed in 2010. The ruling means the judge agreed with the defendants, that the actions Durham County Commissioners took to rezone the case in 2010 were legal.
S.C. association laws differ from N.C.’sQ: Does South Carolina have similar laws as North Carolina when it comes to HOAs? Mike Hunter is handing this question to Cynthia Jones, an associate who is licensed to practice in both North and South Carolina. Her practice focuses on representation of homeowners associations and real estate developers.