Eldorado Community Improvement Ass'n v. Billings

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} This case pits a subdivision association against several subdivision residents who keep hens as pets. The dispute is over a subdivision covenant that disallows “animals, birds, or poultry” on residents’ lots unless kept as “recognized household pets.” The subdivision association sued the defendant hen owners to rid their properties of hens. The defendants (the owners) claimed that their hens met the recognized household pet exception. On motions for summary judgment, the district court agreed with the subdivision association and required the owners to remove their hens…