In a homeowners association there are at least two rules:

1.) Your governing documents may refer to an owner’s property, with a statement similar to:

Each owner shall keep all lots owned by him, and all. improvements therein or thereon, in good order and repair, including but not limited to the seeding, watering and mowing of all lawns, the pruning and cutting of all trees and shrubbery and the painting (or other appropriate external care of all buildings and other improvements, all in a manner and with such frequency as is consistent with good property management.

2.) The owner’s Deed of Trust typically carries a statement similar to:

Borrower shall not destroy, damage or impair the property, allow the property to deteriorate or commit waste on the property. Borrower shall maintain the property in order to prevent the property from deteriorating or decreasing in value due to condition.

July 10, 2018
WV Senate Bill 412 Passed
Authority of county commission to regulate unsafe or unsanitary structures and refuse on private land
§7-1-3ff (Amended Code)