Tanglewood Road Association
TRA Background
Sixty-two properties (1) are accessed using the private portion of Tanglewood Drive. Maintenance and repair of the road relies on the collective contribution of property owners. The Tanglewood Road Association is a means for owners to gather and select approaches for maintaining and repairing the road.
(1) One parcel with no structure, measuring 0.21 acres, was not included in this total.
The private portion of the road, approximately 0.8 miles in length, begins at the mailbox station and dead-ends near the Washington State Forest boundary. The ends of Tanglewood are depicted by red arrows in the image. Parcels south of the yellow border depict properties accessed using Tanglewood.
In a signed agreement dated 7 July 1993, property owners agreed to maintain and repair Tanglewood Drive. In the time since that agreement was filed, many of the original parcels have been subdivided.
The text of the Road Maintenance Agreement is shown below and also within the History section.
ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
COMMON USE: The Owners agree that each above-named landowner signing this petition is entitled to unrestricted use of Tanglewood Drive, in common with other Owners, their invitees, and for all utilities now or in the future serving their property.
MAINTENANCE: The Owners agree to share equally in all costs and expenses of maintaining and repairing Tanglewood Drive in a condition at least equal to its present condition.
CONTRACT: Maintenance and repair shall be agreed to by a majority of Owners (counting husband and wife and other joint Owners as a single Owner). Upon such agreement to maintain or repair, one or more of the owners shall be designated to contract for the same on behalf of all the owners.
This agreement shall run in perpetuity with the land.
The agreement (9401956) can be accessed by navigating to the Lewis County Auditor website and search using "Auditor File Number" 1094690.