East Brunswick, NJ HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Section 192-37 sits in Chapter 192, Design Guidelines & Standards, which governs site plan, P.U.R.D. and subdivision design. It lets a homeowners association be established to own and maintain common open space and common property designed within a development. The developer files a declaration of covenants and restrictions to govern the association with the application for preliminary approval, and if an association is established it incorporates the listed provisions.

Subsection E is the assessment rule. Owners pay their pro rata share of the cost, and the assessment levied by the association can become a lien on the property if allowed in the master deed establishing the association. The lien therefore depends on what the master deed says; the Township text does not create it by itself. Subsection F requires that the association be able to adjust the assessment to meet changed needs, so the amount is not frozen at the level set when the units were sold.

Other provisions in the same list explain why assessments bind every owner. Subsection B makes membership mandatory for each buyer and any successive buyer. Subsection D makes the association responsible for liability insurance, local taxes, the maintenance of recreation detention, retention and other facilities and any other obligations assumed by the organization. Subsection G requires bylaws that clearly describe all the rights and obligations of each tenant and owner.

Two related Township rules touch an association's costs. Under § 228-118.6, planned unit residential open space can be dedicated to a homeowners' association or trust whose incorporation and bylaws the Planning Board approves, and title is not conveyed before maintenance guaranties are posted. Under § 189-1(C), a homeowners association or condominium association that owns a private street must remove snow and ice within twelve (12) hours of daylight, and § 189-3 lets the Township charge removal cost to the property as a lien.