Mebane, NC HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

UDO Section 7-7.1(A) requires an Owners' Association to be established to fulfill the requirement of the North Carolina Condominium Act or to accept conveyance and maintenance of all common areas and facilities within a development containing common areas. Section 7-7.1(B) requires fee-simple title to those common areas to be conveyed to the association, and Section 7-7.1(C) bars the association from later subdividing or reselling common area without a revised preliminary and final plat approved by the city. A narrow exception in Section 7-7.1(D) excuses developments of only two units joined by a party wall from forming an association at all, so long as the two owners have their own written agreement covering maintenance of the shared wall.

For every larger development, Section 7-7.2 governs how the association is set up: before or along with the final plat submission, the applicant must hand the city a copy of the association's proposed bylaws, and the submitted documents are reviewed by the City Attorney with a recommendation made to the City Council as to their sufficiency before the plat can be approved. Section 7-7.2(A) requires the association to be organized and legally existing before any unit is conveyed, leased, or otherwise transferred, and Section 7-7.2(B) makes membership mandatory for each original purchaser and each successive purchaser of a lot or unit, with provision required for folding later phases of the development into the same association. The same governance chain reaches condominium projects through UDO Section 4-7.3(C)(6)(a), which cross-references Section 7-7 directly for condominium homeowners associations.