Hartstene Point Maintenance Ass'n v. Diehl

— John Diehl appeals a judgment that he violated the restrictive covenants of Hartstene Point when he cut down a tree on his property. Because the architectural control committee was not properly constituted when it denied Diehl’s tree cutting application, we reverse the judgment in part.

FACTS

Hartstene Pointe is a 530-lot community formed by a subsidiary of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation on Hartstene Island in Mason County. Lots in the community are subject to restrictive “Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions” (CC&Rs), whose purpose is “to protect the value and desirability of the aforesaid…