{"id":19080,"date":"2021-07-20T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=19080"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:06:13","slug":"maryland-composting-in-hoas","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/maryland-composting-in-hoas","title":{"rendered":"Maryland \u2013 Right to Compost for HOAs and Condos"},"template":"","migration":[],"article_type":[36],"initiatives":[15],"topics":[42,86],"impact_areas":[],"authors":[629],"class_list":["post-19080","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-state-policy","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-community-composting","topics-home-composting","authors-sophia-jones"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"tan","article_type":[36],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"display_case_study_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","locality":"","state":"","topics":[42,86],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"The right to engage in composting is often prohibited or highly restricted for those living within homeowners\u2019 associations (HOAs) or condominiums. Maryland House Bill 248, which became law on May 30th, 2021 without the Governor\u2019s signature, clarifies rights and restrictions on composting regulations in condominiums and HOAs throughout Maryland. The new law, sponsored by Delegate Emily Shetty (District 18), allows condominium and HOA unit owners to subscribe to food scrap collection services and HOA lot owners to compost at home. It will take effect on October 1, 2021.","authors_tax":[629]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"The right to engage in composting is often prohibited or highly restricted for those living within homeowners\u2019 associations (HOAs) or condominiums. <a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/2021RS\/Chapters_noln\/CH_459_hb0248t.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland House Bill 248<\/a>, which became law on May 30th, 2021 without the Governor\u2019s signature, clarifies rights and restrictions on composting regulations in condominiums and HOAs throughout Maryland. The new law, sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/mgawebsite\/Members\/Details\/shetty01?ys=2021RS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delegate Emily Shetty<\/a> (District 18), allows condominium and HOA unit owners to subscribe to food scrap collection services and HOA lot owners to compost at home. It will take effect on October 1, 2021.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><b>Compost Collection Services<\/b><\/h3>\r\nHOAs and condominium lot or unit owners may organize, free from unreasonable barriers, with a private compost collection service for the collection of their household organic waste.\r\n<h6>\u201cSection 11-111.4<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(B) A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a condominium may not prohibit or unreasonably restrict a unit owner from contracting with a private entity to collect organic waste materials from the unit owner for composting at a composting facility.\u201d<\/h6>\r\n<h6>\u201cSection 11B-111.8<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(B) A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a homeowners association may not prohibit or unreasonably restrict a lot owner from:<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(2) Contracting with a private entity to collect organic waste materials from the lot owner for composting at a composting facility.\u201d<\/h6>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><b>At-Home Composting<\/b><\/h3>\r\nThe law outlines that HOAs may not prohibit or unreasonably restrict lot owners from composting organic waste for household use, provided that the composting activities are conducted in an area to which the lot owner has exclusive usage rights.\r\n<h6>\u201cSection 11B-111.8<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(B) A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a homeowners association may not prohibit or unreasonably restrict a lot owner from:<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(1) Composting organic waste materials for the lot owner\u2019s personal or household use, provided that the lot owner:<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(i) Owns or has the right to exclusive use of the area where the composting is conducted; AND<\/h6>\r\n<h6>(ii) Observes all laws, ordinances, and regulations of the state and local jurisdiction that pertain to composting;\u201d<\/h6>\r\nNote that at-home composting for condominium unit owners is not covered by this law.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><b>Updating archaic laws\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\r\nThis bill is one of the first of its kind in the United States and a great example of the power of updating older laws that can unduly restrict environmentally-friendly activities. ILSR\u2019s report, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/yimby-compost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting for Local Government<\/i><\/a>, has explained the importance of amending archaic policies in order to proactively support sustainable practices like home composting.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><b>Lectura adicional<\/b><\/h4>\r\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.sll.texas.gov\/property-owners-associations\/ccrs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar law in Texas<\/a> states that property owners associations cannot prohibit, but can regulate composting systems.\r\n\r\nRead our written testimony in support of the bill <a href=\"https:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/cmte_testimony\/2021\/ent\/1Jzo6h_4qOeUYWgRLYN-YS5PFK3oSpFNc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.\r\n\r\nCheck out our <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/new-maryland-composting-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art\u00edculo<\/a> on MD House Bill 248 and three other new Maryland laws that spur local composting.\r\n\r\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\r\n\r\nOriginal post from July 20, 2021","":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maryland \u2013 Right to Compost for HOAs and Condos | Composting for Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Composting for Community article by Sophia Jones explores Community Composting and Home Composting, focusing on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/maryland-composting-in-hoas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maryland \u2013 Right to Compost for HOAs and Condos | 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