The community where my son lives formed an association. Mostly to have the lake front kept up. Since living there, you had to pay the $35. per year fee. First they take the concrete ramp out. Then no more gas engines on the water. If you have a trolling motor on the boat, someone has called you in for having a motor on the lake. It's a motor, some people don't know the difference. They want paddle boats only now. I use to see a team of yard workers out. Weedeaters, push mowers and small lawn tractor cutting around the lake. They bought a large tractor with a bushhog. I know you can't cut lake fronts with a tractor. The fee has gone to over $100 per year. Grass gets knee high before the tractor is brought back to cut. You can't walk the bank because of the ruts.
Don't vote for an association.