<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you, Teena</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM Teena Williams <<a href="mailto:Teena@jaglaw.net">Teena@jaglaw.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6556647354819930081">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Depends on if the grantee of the easement is the County. If they agree to terminate the covenant for lack of applicability/necessity, it should be simple to record if the planning department agrees that it
is not needed any longer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I would connect with whoever at King County signed the covenant or required it to be done.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">A covenant cannot be unilaterally terminated. If homeowner is both grantor and grantee, then they can sign as such.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC"">Teena Williams<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lynn Clare<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 6, 2026 1:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property listserve <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Covenant<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PC planned an extensive remodel of her King County home. As part of the permit process, King County required a covenant to be recorded "for maintenance and inspection of flow control."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As I understand, because she was going to expand the footprint of the house, King County wanted her to add two trench infiltration systems to her yard that were to be attached to the existing
gutter system (as near I can see from the sketch.) Being enthusiastic about her remodel, she recorded the covenant.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">And then the whole project fell through as it turned out the addition couldn't be built as designed without spending about as much as the house is already worth. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Her question to me was, can she somehow undo the recording of that covenant since the permit is expired and she isn't going to do anything about it? She really doesn't want to build the trench
infiltration system if it isn't required for a remodel.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lynn Clare<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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