"...the Board will be discussing the satellite TV system upgrade. This upgrade targets all satellite TV owners and users at CCV (the name of condo development). Sometime in the next 60-90 days current satellite owners and users will be given a deadline to contact the office and register their satellite service and equipment. For a brief time every line in CCV will be cut and a new line installed in its place. We will also be relocating the dishes onto NPR mounts to prevent roof damage. Aside from the fact that this upgrade will enhance the curb appeal of our complex we have hopes that by registering the equipment with the office, we might curb theft in the future because we will be able to trace most hardware to specific units.
Owners and users please note that a minor fee will be required from current satellite dish owners to conform their dishes to the new system.
As the president of my HOA, I thought I'd put in my two cents. Remember these are general comments and your state, city, etc may have different rules.
1. You don't say what state you are in, but some states have laws that significant changes to the CC&R's require a majority vote of a quorum of owners. In almost all cases, CC&R's have a method for a large group of owner's to force a general vote regarding proposed changes.
2. Usually HOA's can require that dishes mounted on common area property be mounted in a specific area or manner as long as it does not prevent reception. My association requires, like yours is attempting to do, that dishes be mounted on the roof attached to poles we have on the roof for that specific purpose. They have no control. however, if you want to put a dish on a tripod on your deck or patio unless is is a common shared deck/patio.
3. Since they are enacting this as a new rule, they cannot pass the cost on to specific owners. They association must pass the cost on to all owners equally either by paying out of the general reserves or a special assessment to all owners.
4. They cannot require that you use their installer, but can require that your installer meets their guidelines and require that you remedy or charge you to remedy the situation if your installer does not meet their specs. (For example, we require that all cable runs be fastened every foot, that each fastening is sealed with silicon sealant, and that all entry points are at least 6 inches from the base of the wall and again each entry point must also be sealed.)
5. They cannot just cut off your service. They either need to cut your line and move the dish to the new location and run a new line at the same time or reimburse you for lost programming costs.
Hope some of this information helps.