Fwd: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19 | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: maura deering (mauradeeringyahoo.com) | |
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:57:53 -0700 (PDT) |
Sorry - I forgot to indicate that I live at Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, WA. --- maura deering <mauradeering [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:13:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: maura deering <mauradeering [at] yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19 > To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > > Norm, > > To fully answer this question, you would need to > look > at your condo docs and your state's condominium > statute. Without knowing specifics, I can only > surmise > that it sounds like some of the members are trying > to > convert common elements into limited common elements > assigned to particular members. In Washington, this > process requires a vote by the association. > > Maura Deering > http://www.raining.us/attorney.htm > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:40:52 -0700 > From: "O3C11N6G" <normangauss [at] charter.net> > Subject: [C-L]_ Non-approved changes to common areas > To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Message-ID: <022f01c7fb59$92b205b0$c1aeb018@Anne> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am co-owner of the common area of our condominium > community, and I am > witnessing changes, by a few members, to the > private > usage and legal > definition of our common area without any > permission > from the general > community. > > This group of people have unilaterally (without the > community's > permission) declared that three general parking > spaces (available to anybody > in the community) have been converted to private > ones. That is, a > portion of the common area has been declared off > limits to the general > community. In addition, three private parking > spaces are being converted > to a workshop, again without permission from the > community. > > Are there any lawyers in cohousing land, who have > some > ideas on whether > what I have described is legal? > > I am interested in finding out if other communities > have ever had > changes made to the legal definition of the common > area without formal > approval from every co-owner. > > Every deed makes reference to a permanent exclusive > parking space > defined on a map called the Condominium Plan. The > group I referred to above > wants me to believe that they can, without my > permission, (1) create > new private parking spaces in the common area, and > (2) create a workshop > out of existing permanent exclusive parking spaces. > > The entire map of > private parking spaces is being changed, and I am > not > being ask for > approval. > > Does this sound right? I hope somebody get give me > some perspective on > this state of affairs. I have approached the > members > planning this > change, and they say that their lawyer says that it > is OK, end of > discussion. > > If anybody knows whether similar things have been > done > before without > approval from the general membership, I would be > interested in the > story. > > Thanks, > > Norm Gauss > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here > and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! > Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/
- Re: Changing common elements, (continued)
- Re: Changing common elements Sharon Villines, September 22 2007
- Re: Changing common elements Matt Lawrence, September 22 2007
- Re: Changing common elements O3C11N6G, September 22 2007
- Re: Changing common elements O3C11N6G, September 22 2007
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