Palatine, IL HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Section 8-176 of the Palatine Village Code requires a developer to submit three copies of the proposed documents forming and organizing any condominium owners' association, or similar organization responsible for common-area maintenance, to the village manager along with the property report. The village manager does not simply receive the documents; the manager can approve them, approve them with modifications, or disapprove them outright, giving the village direct editorial control over how a Palatine condominium association is structured before it exists. The statute lists minimum content the association document must include: an access easement letting the village maintain and repair streets, curbs, gutters, and sewer and water lines in common-ownership areas outside the buildings, paired with village lien rights to recover the cost of that work, and a guarantee that every unit owner is automatically a member of the association.

Section 8-177 then sets the outer limit on how long a developer can keep control: under the Illinois Condominium Property Act, control must pass from the developer to the elected board of managers no later than 60 days after the developer has conveyed 75 percent of the units, or three years after the declaration is recorded, whichever comes first. Read together, these sections mean a Palatine condominium association's founding paperwork, its mandatory membership structure, and the timing of its transition to owner control are all set by ordinance rather than left entirely to the developer or the declaration.