Compliance and Default

Section 20: Compliance and Default

Each Occupant and the Association shall be governed by and shall comply with the terms of this Declaration of Condominium and all exhibits annexed hereto, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to those. documents, as the same may be amended from time to time. The Association (and Unit Owners, if applicable) shall be entitled to the following relief in addition to the remedies provided by the Act:

20.1 Negligence. A Unit Owner shall be liable for the expense of any maintenance. repair or replacement made necessary by his negligence or by that of any member of his family or his or their guests, employees, agents or lessees, but only to the extent such expense is not met by the proceeds of insurance actually collected in respect of such negligence by the Association.

20.2 Compliance. In the event a Unit Owner fails to maintain a Unit or fails to cause such Unit to be maintained, or fails to observe and perform all of the provisions of the Declaration, the By‐Laws, the Articles of Incorporation, applicable rules and regulations, or any other agreement, document or instrument affecting the Condominium Property or administered by the Association, in the manner required, the Association shall have the right to proceed in a court of equity to require performance and/or compliance, to impose any applicable fines or to sue in a court of law for damages. For purposes of this Declaration, the failure of an Occupant who is not a Unit Owner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Declaration shall not relieve the Unit Owner from liability and responsibility.

20.3 Costs and Attorneys’ Fees. In any proceeding arising because of an alleged failure of a Unit Owner or the Association to comply with the requirements of the Act, this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation, the By‐Laws or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to said documents, as the same may be amended from time to time, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover the costs of the proceeding and reasonable attorneys’ fees (including appellate attorneys’ fees).

20.4 No Waiver of Rights. The failure of the Association or any Unit Owner to enforce any covenant, restriction or other provision of the Act, this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation, the By‐Laws or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to said documents, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall not constitute a waiver of their right to do so thereafter.