Court Opinion

ID: 9790461
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:53:22.253458+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:29.676864
License: Public Domain

SCHROEDER, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result but do so on the basis that it is clear, as the district court determined, that the declaration of restrictions has been abandoned as it applies to swimming lessons of the type conducted by the respondent’s children. The Court’s decision goes too far in using evidence of conduct within the neighborhood to interpret the meaning of the restriction. That evidence clearly establishes abandonment but should not be used to say that this commercial activity is not a business. If this activity had been challenged shortly after the subdivision was developed it would seem almost certain that there would be a finding that this was a business. However, the neighborhood has abandoned objection to this commercial activity. Even those who now object have conducted business on their property.