Mount Vernon, NY HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

D(2)(d)[5] sets the assessment rules for property owners associations formed to own and maintain common land in a PUD-2 development. The association's governing agreement must make every property owner within the PUD-2 District automatically and continuously a member, with no opt-out. Each owner is subject to a charge covering a proportionate share of the association's expenses, which the Code says includes but is not limited to the maintenance and operation of the common land and any improvements on it. If an owner does not pay that charge within 60 days after the association's governing body assesses it, the unpaid amount becomes a lien against the owner's property.

That structure mirrors, on the private association side, the enforcement mechanism the City itself uses when it has to step in and maintain neglected common land under a related PUD-2 provision, where unpaid City maintenance costs are collected through the annual tax levy. The Code also spells out who can go to court to collect an unpaid PUD-2 assessment: the obligation of each property owner to pay a proportionate share of the association's expenses may be enforced by an action brought in the name of the association, by the City, or by both together.

This dual enforcement path means an owner who ignores an assessment notice faces exposure to both a private lien action from the association and potential City involvement, in addition to the underlying lien attaching to the property itself once the 60-day window passes.