Watts v. Oak Shores Community Ass'n
Watts v. Oak Shores Community Ass'n, 235 Cal. App. 4th 466, 185 Cal. Rptr. 3d 376 (Ct. App. 2015)
A homeowners association may adopt reasonable rules and impose differential fees on short-term rental owners to cover the additional costs imposed by short-term rentals. The association demonstrated that short-term rentals generated disproportionate use of amenities, security calls, and management time. Annual fees imposed only on rental owners and a seven-day minimum rental period were reasonable under Nahrstedt and supported by Lamden judicial deference. Fees need not be exact — a reasonable good-faith estimate of the costs to be defrayed is sufficient.
Leading California authority on differential fees for short-term rentals in HOAs. Docket number not yet verified — to be filled in from courts.ca.gov.