Wedgefield Homeowner Associations History & Legacy

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  1. Lawsuits
  2. WHOA growth and change – 2020s
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Lawsuits

A Short History of LONDERGAN, MARK et al. vs. WEDGEFIELD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC et al. – Case number 2019-CA-012014-O

This lawsuit involved the Wedgefield HOA known as Wedgefield Community (WHOA), as distinct from The Villas of Wedgefield Home Owners Association and/or The Reserve at Wedgefield . These latter HOAs were not involved in the Londergan lawsuit. – Ed.

According to the Orange County Court Records Search website, on Sept. 27, 2019, a lawsuit was filed before Judge John E. Jordan by Attorney Richard B. Weinman based on “…application of the Marketable Record Titles to Real Property Act (“MRTA”), Chapter 712, Florida Statutes, to those certain covenants and restrictions pertaining to Wedgefield, a census-designated place (“Wedgefield”), recorded in Orange County, Florida…”

According to the Final Judgement filed May 14, 2025 by Judge Eric J. Netcher, the court found in favor of Mark Londergan et. al. (a total of 144 plaintiffs) and against the Wedgefield Homeowners Association Inc. and three of its officers as regards the HOAs application of the revitalized 2019 Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions (CCRs) to the Plaintiffs and their property in Wedgefield.

The Final Judgement relieves the Plaintiffs of any obligation to observe the 2019 CCRs of the HOA, or any future CCRs enacted. “Any current or future revitalization efforts of the Covenants and Restrictions (including any one of them), under Chapters 712 or 720, Florida Statutes, would unconstitutionally deprive the Plaintiffs (as the owner of their respective property) of rights or property.”

On May 22, 2025, the WHOA President posted on social media (Wedgefield HOA Information Facebook), saying in part:

“The Court found that, in short, MRTA has extinguished the Covenants and Restrictions, and had done so prior to the 2017/2018 revitalization attempt, and that any prior recorded amending of said did not have the legal effect of revitalization … the reality of the voting threshold required to revitalize is, in our opinion, unreachable … At this time, the Architectural Review processes is suspended pending our consultation with counsel, and we will also consult with counsel as to how to handle the discontinuance of the Estoppels process … Once we’ve converted or replaced the organization [meaning the WHOA – Ed.], under the advice of our legal counsel, we’ll reach out as regards membership, as it still will require some money to do the things that should be done, like maintaining the entrances, the community website, and such … Now begins the hard part…. as now we are all responsible for the well-being of our community. Keep an eye out not only for yourselves but your neighbors, and be considerate to others. Remember that all zoning and code enforcement regulations still apply to all the properties, same as they ever did.”

WHOA growth and change – 2020s

[Ed. note: as of Aug. 29, 2025 the current WHOA website does not provide a newsletter archive that could be a source for the following information. The statements below are made based on research of social media posts. The Wedgefield Chronicle welcomes substantiation/correction in the form of printed material or attributive statements.]

According to several social media accounts, prior to 2023, the Wedgefield Community (WHOA) was largely inactive and did not enforce the Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions (CCRs) and Bylaws of the WHOA as recognized by the county and state. At times, the WHOA board consisted of a single resident who managed all aspects of the board’s business. WHOA was designed to be ‘voluntary’ in the sense that while voting membership was a resident’s choice (for a fee), adherence to the CCRs and Bylaws was mandatory for all residents in the ‘city’ and ‘estates’ areas. It is reasonable to say this definition of ‘voluntary’ was cause for some confusion among residents.

In 2023 the WHOA board began to notify residents that the CCRs and Bylaws would be enforced through an ‘enlighten, then enforce’ methodology, with fees to be enforced over time and with prior notice. Poor recordkeeping on the part of previous WHOA board members, however, meant that it was sometimes unclear which residents had complied with the CCRs. For example, the board was sometimes not able to show if a resident had paid an architectural review fee, while the resident might have proof of payment, or, alternately, was also unable to show proof due to the builder going out of business or being unresponsive in producing proof the builder had filed the correct paperwork and paid the fees.

Other proposed changes to the CCRs in 2023 included the introduction of new fees, applied retroactively; this created estoppels for home sales which negatively impacted some residents. Meetings were scheduled without the required prior notice to membership, board seats were rotated among elected individuals, which extended the presence of the board as it was composed at the time, and monthly meetings were not held on schedule. One proposed amendment limited the time pets (as defined) could be outside the home to an hour per day. Another limited the amount and type of livestock (as defined) allowed. A lack of record keeping transparency (meeting minutes, voting information requests, financial records, member lists) plagued the 2023 WHOA board’s efforts to enforce the CCRs and Bylaws. Some residents complained of a lack of response when they asked for records and information.

Starting in 2023 and gaining momentum through 2024, residents began to question the board’s legitimacy, to include whether or not the organization met the definition of an HOA or a Property Owners Association (POA) under state law. [For the purposes of this article, we will continue to refer to the organization as an HOA, or the WHOA; this keeps our references in line with what readers can find elsewhere in legal documents, websites, and other sources. – Ed.] At an annual meeting on Dec. 8, 2022, the only candidate for WHOA president was voted into office with 15 votes. This election would prove to be another cause to question the board’s legitimacy, as the Bylaws required a quorum of 25% of eligible voting members, OR 20 eligible voting members, whichever is lesser.

The Facebook group Make Wedgefield Free Again (MWFA) formed on August 20, 2023 and began the process of replacing the sitting board at the time with a new board that would dissolve the CCRs as soon as legal/practicable. After an membership drive organized by the “MWFA” group, on Nov. 9, 2023, proposed amendments to the CCRs and Bylaws were voted on, with the amendments failing to receive the required votes and thus failing to be adopted.

On Dec. 18, 2024, voting residents elected a new president, treasurer, and four directors to the WHOA board, with the vice president, secretary, and two directors remaining in their current term per the WHOA Bylaws. This board replaced the 2023 board who had drafted the divisive amendments and fees.

As of this August, 2025, and per the statement made on social media by the current WHOA president on May 22, (see “Lawsuits” above), the WHOA is pursuing a laissez-faire approach to governance in Wedgefield. The Wedgefield Community website does not update regularly, the payment page allows only for directory listing payments, the only contact method offered is an email address to a general inbox, or one of four officers of the board. While the documents link offers Codes, Covenants, and Declarations and includes a link to pay for an architectural review, the payment links default to a directory listing payment. According to the Wedgefield HOA Information Facebook page and the HOA website, the last monthly meeting was March 19, 2025 and neither the Facebook page nor the website forecast another meeting. As of this writing, the last Facebook post as May 29, 2025.

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Many of the preceding statements below are made based on research of social media posts. The Wedgefield Chronicle welcomes substantiation/correction in the form of printed material or attributive statements.