City of Olympia v. Palzer

This case involves whether a tax foreclosure sale conducted by the Thurston County Treasurer extinguishes restrictive covenants which limit the manner in which a property owner in a planned unit development may use his or her land. The trial court and the Court of Appeals held that the restrictive covenants were not extinguished by the tax sale. Olympia v. Palzer, 42 Wn. App. 751, 713 P.2d 1125 (1986). We affirm.

Evergreen Park, an integrated residential-commercial planned unit development, was initially approved in 1969. It contains a greenbelt area set aside for the enjoyment and benefit of…