The minium rental period for any / all condominium unit(s) at The Enclave is 180 days (6 months). This coincides with the City of Gulf Shores regulation of the same time frame. This is stated in the Association's Rules and Regulations (Rule 42 (d) ).

No. As provided in the Declaration of Condominium for The Enclave at Oak Hill (Article VIII, Rules and Regulations), ONLY owners are allowed to have pets

From the Enclave’s Declaration of Condominium:

6.03. Share of Common Expenses and Limited Common Expenses. Each Unit Owner shall be assessed and is individually liable for a proportionate share of the Common Expenses and the proportionate share of the Common Expenses shall be the same ratio as the Unit Owner's percentage ownership in the Common Elements as the case may be. Each Unit Owner shall be assessed and is individually liable for the Limited Common Expenses in connection with the patio, balcony, terrace, or porch and storage area and the doorsteps or stoops, if any, as set out in Paragraph 5.12 above. Payment of Common Expenses and Limited Common Expenses shall be in such amounts and at such times as determined in the By-Laws.

Assessments shall be collected by the Association on a monthly basis, except assessments for insurance may, at the determination of the Board of Directors, be collected on an annual or semi-annual basis, and insurance deductibles may be assessed against Unit Owner at the time they become due. No Unit Owner shall be exempt from payment of his or her proportionate share of the Common Expenses or Limited Common Expenses by waiver or nonuse or non-enjoyment of the Common Elements or Limited Common Elements, or by abandonment of his Unit. Common Expenses and Limited Common Expenses shall include but shall not necessarily be limited to expenditures made or liabilities incurred by the Association, together with payments or obligations to reserve accounts.

7.01. Powers and Duties (in part)

The Board shall have the authority and duty to levy and enforce the collection of general and specific Assessments for Common Expenses and Limited Common Expenses and is further authorized to provide adequate remedies for failure to pay such Assessments.

Reasoning for implementing Rental Impact Administration Fees for rental unit..

1. Landlord owners have expected the Enclave’s Property Manager to communicate with the owner’s property manager when our governing documents specify that the Association is to deal only with the owner of the unit. Our Property Manager is only responsible to the owners unless a tenant is violating Rules & Regulations or one of the other governing documents.
2. Many tenants call the Association’s’ Property Manager when governing documents state that any contact should go through the landlord or owner of the unit.
3. The Association’s Property Manager has had to communicate with tenants in order to supply parking passes when this is the owner of the unit’s responsibility.
4. Based on numerous concerns that have been received from owners as to rentals not paying their fair share of expenses.
   1. Many owners use their condo as second home and only use services 2-4 months a year. Rental unit’s tenants are year-round residents.
   2. Rental units consume water year-round and in excessive amounts.
   3. Rental units have leaky faucets that are never repaired or only repaired when the tenant is not present after moving out.
   4. Rental units’ tenants use elevators disproportionate to owners.
   5. Tenants use the pool areas disproportionately to second home users and more than many full-time owners that call our association home.  This contributes to requiring pump replacement, need for extra chemical additives, leaving excessive trash in pool area creating extra work for cleaning personnel.
   6. Tenants have destroyed neighboring owner’s security cameras, door arrangements, and made verbal threats against owners.
   7. Tenants have stood in the parking lot and screamed threats and cursed our Property Manager.
   8. Tenants have come to the front door of current and past Board members units and screamed threats against the Property Manager and Board members.

Rental Impact Admin Fees are deposited in Association’s operating account helping to offset other COA costs.

The Rental Admin Fee covers the time involved for screening and dealing with tenants and covers the cost for the time involved for move-in and move-out, distributing or replacing new front gate cards or codes, new parking passes, new pool / clubhouse pass cards. If the tenant needs a parking permit or the owner does not provide a pool / clubhouse card, the owner is charged separately for those. It is up to the owner if they choose to give an entry gate card to their tenant. The front gate code has never been an extra charge. The background screening fee is charged separately and not included in the Rental Impact Fee.