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What could HOAs possibly have in common with the pharmaceutical industry?

You'll know if you've experienced pharmaceutical advertising. There's the voice-over at the end of ads, at warp speed, spewing out warnings -- disclaimers -- about products. Pharmaceutical companies obviously are exercising an abundance of caution.

How far would HOAs have to go to exercise an abundance of caution, like pharma firms? Will associations someday need disclaimers like these about hypothetical tripping hazards and foliage crises?

  • In our HOA, there may be, on occasion, ever-so-slightly uneven pavement on sidewalks in common areas as a result of an unanticipated circumstance. While every attempt is made to keep sidewalk surfaces as level as possible, sometimes as a result of a slight, unpredictable, possibly overnight shift somewhere -- maybe in the earth beneath sidewalks perhaps brought on by an earthquake or similar occurrence -- a slight change in sidewalk pavement could occur. Doing what civilizations have done for generations to avoid tripping may be helpful...WATCH YOU STEP!!
  • The association's landscape contractor takes steps to nurture trees and plants in common areas. But even best efforts may not always ensure positive results, should there be an unexpected onset of such foliage diseases as Bacterial Leaf Scorch, Canker Stain, Armillaria Root Rot, Slime Flux, Anthracnose, Crown Gall, Diplodia, Oak Leaf Blister or Ascochyta. It may become necessary -- at times -- to extensively trim or fully remove foliage, in the event such conditions occur. Please keep this in mind if upon observing trimming or removal work underway, you experience symptoms of stress or agitation.

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