Parker, TX HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Any commonly owned subdivision area or amenity
- Review
- City Attorney reviews HOA documents pre-final-plat
- Mandatory membership
- § 155.060(A)(2)(a) for all lot owners
- Reserve fund
- 2 months' dues before transfer, § 155.060(D)
- Penalty
- Up to $2,000 per offense, § 155.999(B)
Summary
Any Parker subdivision that creates a commonly owned area or amenity must form a homeowners association before the city approves the final plat. Code of Ordinances § 155.060(A) requires the association's governing documents to go to the City Attorney for review, and § 155.060(A)(2) sets minimum contents: mandatory membership, defined responsibilities, bylaws, and maintenance covenants.
§ 155.060 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS; COMMON AMENITIES. (A) Homeowners association. Any subdivision creating an area or amenity to be owned in common by the owners of lots within the subdivision shall require the establishment of a homeowners association prior to the approval of the final plat. (1) Documents establishing the homeowners association shall be submitted to the city for review by the City Attorney for conformance with this chapter and other applicable ordinances prior to approval of a final plat. (2) The documents shall specify: (a) Membership in the association is mandatory for all owners of property within the subdivision; (b) All association responsibilities and property interests; (c) Bylaws related to the governance of the association;
Full Breakdown
Chapter 155, Parker's subdivision regulations, ties HOA governance directly to the plat approval process rather than leaving it to private covenant drafting alone. 060(A)(1) requires the developer to submit the documents establishing that association to the city so the City Attorney can review them for conformance with Chapter 155 and other city ordinances. 060(A)(2) then dictates what those documents must say at minimum: membership is mandatory for every lot owner in the subdivision (subsection (a)); the documents must spell out the association's responsibilities and property interests (b); they must include bylaws governing the association (c); and they must include maintenance-assessment covenants that run with the land (d).
060(C) adds a consumer-notice piece: builders must post notice in every model home and sales office that an HOA has been established and that membership is mandatory, and must provide, on request, the association documents and a five-year projection of dues income and expenses. 060(E) requires the developer to hand over control of amenity-related utilities and disclose the total cost to date of operating and maintaining common property at that same transfer.
Violations & Fines
Section 155.999(B) makes violating any Chapter 155 provision, including the § 155.060 HOA-formation requirements, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 per offense, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense. Practically, the City Attorney's pre-approval document review is the enforcement point: a final plat will not be approved until the HOA's governing documents meet every § 155.060(A)(2) requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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