Stevens v. Tarpon Bay Moorings Homeowners Ass'n

In a suit between 2 owners in a community of related homes and their Homeowners Association, the court was asked to decide whether the 2 owners had a right to space on a community dock. The community is comprised of three buildings having 22 townhomes in all. Two buildings face a canal, one a river. The community’s original site plan provided 8 dock spaces on the river and 14 on the canal. The developer built river docks having 13 dock spaces, the ownership of which was open to all members of the community, regardless of their unit’s building. The developer never built the canal docks.

Later,…