Facts Defendant, Acacia on the Green (“Association”), is a 273-unit condominium in Ohio. The Association has a common grilling area because the Association bans grills on patios and balconies because of, among other things, the fire code. Weiss and Phillips, two Unit Owners, wanted grills on their patios: Weiss asked for a grill and demanded […]
Summary If smoking is otherwise allowed in your association, you do not need to ban it as a reasonable accommodation for a person with asthma. The Facts Phyllis Davis suffers from asthma but lives in a condominium complex that allows residents to smoke in their units. Davis claimed that the smoke from a neighboring unit
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Mental health issues can impact community associations in a myriad of ways. Often Associations become the “reluctant care provider” (owners have no family/next of kin, or the family “dumped” the owner in the Association rather than in a care facility). This can be true of older residents (“aging-in-place”) as well of younger residents. The COVID
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