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Article: Owner Groups Can Levy Taxes, Md. Court Rules; Case Involves Upkeep Costs For Beaches at Cape St. Clair
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- The Washington Post
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- February 19, 1994
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Maryland's highest court this week ruled that homeowners'
associations can use special taxing districts to pay for the upkeep
of community property.
The case involved Cape St. Clair, an Anne Arundel County
community of about 2,200 homes that sits on the eastern shore of the
Chesapeake Bay at the Magothy River.
When the community was founded in the 1940s annual dues to the
homeowners association were set at $10 a year. The money went to run
the association and to maintain community property, including three
beaches that only are open to Cape St. Clair residents.
In 1989 a majority of homeowners petitioned the county council
to set up a special taxing district so that the association ...