...explicitly sets forth the standard for creating a common law common-interest community. However, as the trial court noted, section 6 of the Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes provides a useful and persuasive overview of the general common law principles applicable to common-interest communities.
¶ 30...(Third) of Prop.: Servitudes § 6.1 cmt. a ("Common-interest communities are usually created by a declaration of servitudes that, at a minimum, imposes use restrictions and assessment obligations and provides for creation of an association."); Restatement (Third..., but fails to include a mechanism for providing the funds necessary to carry out its functions. When such an implied obligation is established, the lots are a common-interest community within the meaning of this Chapter.
Id. (quoting Restatement (Third) of Prop.: Servitudes § 6.2 cmt. a).
¶ 40 In Evergreen Highlands, then, the supreme court answered two questions. First, it decided whether common-interest communities have...