Colonie, NY HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Town Code § 190-30L(2) governs how a Colonie conservation-subdivision HOA can bill and collect from its own members once it owns the preserved open space. Subsection (d) requires each property owner to pay a prorated share of the HOA's costs and expressly authorizes that assessment to become a lien on the individual owner's property, giving the HOA a real collection tool rather than relying only on the covenants for enforcement. Subsection (e) lets the HOA adjust the assessment over time to meet changed needs, so the figure set at the subdivision's approval is not locked in permanently as expenses for insurance, taxes, private roads and common facilities rise.

Subsection (g) reinforces this by structuring ownership so that real property taxing authorities can satisfy property tax claims against the open space lands by proceeding directly against individual owners in the HOA and the dwelling units each one owns, rather than treating the open space parcel as untouchable common land. Together these provisions mean an owner's obligation to the HOA is not just contractual: unpaid assessments can ripen into a recorded lien and the underlying property tax exposure follows the individual owner, not an abstract association. The Planning and Economic Development Department (PEDD) administers and enforces the Conservation Development Overlay District under § 190-33A.