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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 23, 2015 11:19 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] CCR and neighboring property<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> The covenants fix the relationship of the parties. Unless otherwise specified, the only people who can enforce the covenants are those people who are a party(by
buying land burdened by the covenants), or successors. Which means it usually has to be someone with an ownership interest, an HOA presumably, and sometimes the developer under a clause reserving such a right. But any time I have ever seen such a reservation,
it goes away at some point in time for the simple reason that while the developer owns lots, it wants some control, but after that, the developer wants to get away from any of the problems that might arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Some covenants also have some language that reserves rights to the developer to add things at a later date. As an example, some times a developer will want
to do things in phases, and wants the ability to eventually bring them all together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> So you really have to look at the covenant language carefully. Absent a reservation of the right to do what the developer is doing, the developer can't do it.
The tricky part comes in to play if the developer reserved the right, to a certain point, to amend the covenants at will. Then you get in to the cases as to what amendments are allowed. Your starting point is Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, 180
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From: John M. Riley III <<a href="mailto:JMR@witherspoonkelley.com">JMR@witherspoonkelley.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There are several covenants case near to or on point. In one a developer tried to allow a neighboring subdivision to use the roads in his subdivision. In another
folks who had no interest in the land subject to the covenants tried to enforce them. Good luck.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Fry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:15 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] CCR and neighboring property<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This is going back to law school and real property 101. I have a situation where there is a development that has CCRs in place (call primary
development). The owners in that development want to grant to a neighboring development the right to enforce the CCRs, but not be bound by them. First blush, I think the neighboring property needs to become part of the CCRs (could be specifically exempted
out of the use restrictions) in order to be effective. I don’t think a deed/contract from the primary development to the neighboring development granting such enforcement rights would be sufficient.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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