We”ve been reading a lot of negative letters regarding the Clearlake Riviera Association, not all factual unfortunately. This push to dissolve the above association could be motivated by individuals who may have personal reasons for doing so. Such as, refusing to clear their own properties, which is a fire danger to all of us; or not getting an approval on a change to their property not following our CC&R”s.
We will now tell you how the CLR Association protects your property. We had an association member build a house approximately nine feet higher than the acceptable CC&R codes. Unfortunately for us, this house affected 100% of our lake view and probably decreased our property value by 50 percent. We tried to get help from the county, but to no avail. Some county codes were waived for this individual and very little sympathy for our situation. This can be reviewed in the 2005-2006 Grand Jury report, titled alleged special treatment.
Thank God for the CC&Rs and the Association. They went through all the proper steps to get this individual to come to code. When it was obvious this individual had no regard for his fellow Riviera homeowners or the Association, an attorney was hired. The case has been won by the Association. The owner of the approximately nine-foot too tall home is required to come to code and pay attorney fees incurred by the Association. Without the Association, we would have had to pay an attorney approximately $70,000 to fight this individual in court. Without any CC&R guidelines, we feel our chance for winning this case would have been slim. What a great investment for $86.00 per year.
Steve Crist
Kelseyville
