Lee's Summit, MO HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)

UDO Sec. 310 makes clear that a private declaration's own enforcement mechanism is not the City's only remedy. Failure of the developer, the condominium or property owners' association, or another approved entity to properly maintain common property shall subject them to enforcement action pursuant to the City's Property Maintenance Code, Ordinance No. 200 (Sec. 310(A)-(B)). For a failing common storm water facility, Sec. 310(C) sets out the City's own administrative process: if the Director and Director of Public Works find probable cause that a facility fails to meet the standard set in the final development plan, the Director must mail notice describing the deficiency and set an administrative hearing at least ten days out (24 hours in an emergency).

At the hearing the Director takes evidence from the association and any interested party, then either orders the association to make repairs by a deadline or orders the City to abate the condition itself. The Director's decision is final unless appealed within ten days under the contested-case procedures of RSMo ch. 536. If the City abates, the Director of Public Works certifies all costs, including enforcement costs and staff time, to the Finance Director, who issues a special tax bill or adds the cost to the real estate tax bill, split proportionally per lot and capped at five percent of assessed valuation, becoming a first lien on the property and bearing eight percent interest if unpaid.

In other words, the CC&Rs may set the association's private maintenance duty, but the City's own Property Maintenance Code and tax-bill lien process, not private CC&R litigation, is what actually forces compliance when the association fails.