Dixmont, ME HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

The rule is in the Dixmont Planning Board Subdivision Ordinance, in the minor subdivision standards at Article XI-A, Section 11A.7, titled Dedication and Maintenance of Common Open Space and Services. Item 1 requires all common land, facilities and property to be owned jointly or in common by the owners of the dwelling units through a home-owners association, through an association whose principal purpose is conservation or preservation of land in essentially its natural condition, or by the municipality.

The association's money rule is item 7: the association shall levy annual charges against all owners of dwelling units to defray the expenses connected with the maintenance of common property and tax assessments. The ordinance prints no dollar amount, formula or cap for those charges. The charge is tied to two costs only, maintenance of the common property and tax assessments, and it falls on all owners of dwelling units.

The Planning Board polices the structure behind the charge. Item 4 requires the by-laws of the proposed association to specify maintenance responsibilities and be submitted to the Board before Final Plan approval. Item 5 requires covenants for mandatory membership, setting forth the owners' rights, interests and privileges in the association and the common property, to be reviewed by the Board and included in the deed for each lot or dwelling. Item 6 makes the association responsible for maintaining the common property or facilities. Item 8 keeps the developer or subdivider in control of the common property, and responsible for its maintenance, until development sufficient to support the association has taken place.

The major subdivision standards repeat the same seven-item scheme at Article XI-B, Section 13B.8.

A second association duty appears in the Site Plan Review Ordinance. Section 9.10(4) requires a subsurface disposal system shared by two or more lots or buildings in different ownership to be owned and maintained in common by an owners' association, with deed covenants that require mandatory membership and provide for adequate funding of the association to assure proper maintenance of the system.