Stonecrest, GA HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Stonecrest's open-space standards, division 5 of article 5 of the zoning ordinance, let a development satisfy its open-space requirement through ownership by a homeowners or property owners association instead of dedicating the land to the city or a land trust. Sec. 5.5.2(A)(3) spells out what that means for assessments: the association 'may own and be responsible for maintenance and management of open space,' and the association 'shall have lien authority to ensure the collection of dues from all members.' That lien power exists specifically to fund the maintenance obligations the same section imposes: keeping the open space free of hazards, nuisances, and unhealthy conditions, replacing dead landscaping within six months, and keeping natural water courses free of litter and obstructions under the stream buffer rules in chapter 14.

Because open space maintained this way must stay recorded as a conservation easement or restrictive covenant on the final plat, the association's dues authority runs with the land for as long as that open space designation stands; it lapses only if the property is formally redeveloped and the recorded document is voided. The city ties this dues-collection power to oversight: before an HOA takes on this open-space role, its organizational documents must be reviewed by the director of planning, and the association must be formed and maintained under Georgia law, so the lien mechanism an owner relies on is not a purely unreviewed private arrangement.