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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>First, I want to thank everyone who has responded. Your comments are very helpful. In response to Joshua’s question, in reading <b><i>Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, </i></b>180 Wash.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614 (2014), it may not be enforceable. The case talks in terms of changing existing covenants versus adding completely new ones and whether they are consistent with the general plan of development. You need to look at the restrictions before the changes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Like Rob said, read Wilkinson about 10 times, it might make sense. The next step if to go to Casemaker and see what newer cases have cited it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeff Davis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Enforcing Amendments to CC & R's<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>So I’m living in a non-condominimum HOA which CC&R’s said it only took 50% to amend. They got over 50% last summer to restrict Airbnb’s (no leases less than 30 days). Is that likely to fly? No one asked me or any other attorney for legal advice, or I would have dug into it....</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Josh</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#004080'>Joshua F. Grant</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#004080'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><img width=207 height=43 style='width:2.1562in;height:.4479in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D6B363.151D8A40" alt=advocates></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><br></span><span style='color:#004080'>P. O. Box 619<br>Wilbur, WA 99185<br>509 647 5578</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Patrick McDonald <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Thursday, November 05, 2020 8:46 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> WSBA Real Property Listserv ; <a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Re: [WSBARP] Enforcing Amendments to CC & R's<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>That case is <i>Filmore LLLP v. Unit Owners Ass’n of Centre Pointe Condo.</i>,<i> </i>and it only applies to certain condominiums. The court ruled that 90% owner approval was required for amendments that changed the uses to which units were restricted based on the court’s interpretation of the particular condominium declaration at issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Patrick McDonald<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Pody & McDonald, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1410<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Seattle, WA 98101-3106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>T: 206-467-1559<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>F: 206-467-4489<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Gourley<br><b>Sent:</b> November 4, 2020 5:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Enforcing Amendments to CC & R's<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I recall a court case a few years back that said a change in use requires a much larger percentage (100% ???) Regardless of what the declaration says. Sorry I don't have the cite and who knows maybe it has been overruled by now. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/ghei36">Outlook for Android</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> on behalf of Patrick McDonald <<a href="mailto:pmcdonald@podymcdonaldlaw.com">pmcdonald@podymcdonaldlaw.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:50:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a>>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Enforcing Amendments to CC & R's <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>If you are talking about a non-condominium homeowners association, usually the covenants will provide that they can be amended upon approval of a certain percentage owners. You’d think that would be the end of the analysis, but you may still need 100% approval based on the Supreme Court’s decision in <i>Wilkson v. Chiwawa</i> in 2014. It’s a very fact-specific and subjective analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>If the covenants don’t have an amendment provision, then you would need 100% approval. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Patrick McDonald<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='color:black'>_______________________</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='color:black'>Pody & McDonald, PLLC</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1410<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Seattle, WA 98101-3106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>T: 206-467-1559<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>F: 206-467-4489<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Davis<br><b>Sent:</b> November 4, 2020 3:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Enforcing Amendments to CC & R's<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Listmates:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Client, HOA, wants to amend CC & R’s. However, before spending the money, the Board wants to know are amendments enforceable? This is always a tricky question. Had one case where HOA wanted to ban Airbnb rentals. However a home owner, within the association, said they bought the house as an investment and a source for retirement funds. They would not agree with any amendment that stopped them from leasing their home. I know there are cases on rentals, both short term and long term that deal with this type of amendment. I also know amendments that deal with tree/bush height are causes for big bonfires with the board being burned in effigy. Are there cases out there that acknowledge that most CC & R’s have provision for amendment, and everyone who buys into the area knows that and are subject to it. Where is the line drawn? What have been your experiences with amending CC & R’s and HOA Bylaws for that matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Jeff Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>W. Jeff Davis, Esq.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>BELL & DAVIS PLLC<br>P.O. 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