Parma, OH HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

10, Development Plans Required, requires that alongside site development plans submitted under Chapter 1105, the developer of a Single-Family Cluster District must send the City's Law Director a copy of all covenants, restrictions and easements to be recorded, plus the association's governing documents. Subsection (b)(2) specifically requires 'Bylaws of the Homeowners Association, including: A. Meetings; B. Board of Managers; C. Officers and their duties; D. Assessments and finances; and E. ' The Law Director reviews these bylaws for adequacy and applicability and reports recommendations to the Planning Commission, which controls final approval of the cluster development.

In practice this means a Parma HOA's basic governance structure, how often the board must meet, how the Board of Managers is constituted, what officers exist and what they are responsible for, how assessments are set and collected, and what rulemaking authority the board holds, was subject to municipal review before the development was ever approved and lots sold to homeowners. This is a separate check from the internal governance disputes state law otherwise leaves to the association itself; it is the City confirming the governance framework exists and is adequately drafted as a condition of development approval under Chapter 1156, which governs the Single-Family Cluster District classification.