Nicholas P. Karamessinis and John Parker, In Re: Pelican Bay Yacht Club Condominium, Building A, Inc., Docket No. 2014053553, filed on December 29, 2014.; 1) Whether an informal committee of unit owners which was set up to advise the Board of the ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, State of Florida, has received the petition for declaratory statement from Nicholas P. Karamessinis and John Parker, In Re: Pelican Bay Yacht Club Condominium, Building A, Inc., Docket No. 2014053553, filed on December 29, 2014. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Sections 718.112(2)(c)(1)-(2), and Section 718.113(2)(a), Florida Statutes, as they apply to the petitioner.

1) Whether an informal committee of unit owners which was set up to advise the Board of the desirability of installing solar panels in the association’s common elements is required to post notices of all its meetings under Sections 718.112(2)(c)(1)-(2), Florida Statutes. 2) Whether the construction of covered parking spaces to accommodate proposed solar panels constitutes a “material alteration or substantial addition. . . to the common elements” requiring the approval of condominium unit owners under Section 718.113(2)(a), Florida Statutes. 3) Whether the unit owners of an adjoining condominium would need to approve the installation of solar panels on a garage that is jointly owned with the other association.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Danny Brown, Administrative Assistant II, at Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2217, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Michael Martinez, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202. Responses, motions to intervene, or requests for an agency hearing, §120.57(2), Fla. Stat., must be filed within 21 days of this notice.