Lake Monticello Owners’ Ass’n v. Ritter

In this appeal, Lake Monticello Owners’ Association (the Association) contends that certain property owned by it in the Lake Monticello residential subdivision of Fluvanna County was erroneously assessed by the County in the years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980. The property in question consists of a golf course and clubhouse (sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “common area”).

According to the Association, the lot owners in the subdivision have easement rights over and to the common area such that the lots are dominant estates as to the common area. The Association contends…