WCST Enterprises v. Ling CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

I.

THE DISPUTE’S BACKGROUND

The parties generally agree on the facts underlying the dispute, which were recited in our prior opinion in this case, WCST Enterprises, LLC v. Ling (Feb. 23, 2023, G060377) [nonpub. opn.] (WCST Enterprises). The complex was developed by the Huntington Harbor Corporation (the Huntington Corporation) in the 1960s. In 1965, the Huntington Corporation recorded a plan for the complex (the Plan), a map of the complex (the Map), and the governing documents for the complex’s homeowners association (the CC&Rs). (WCST Enterprises, supra, G060377.) The complex contains dozens of units and detached one-car and two-car garages that are each assigned to various units. WCST owns Unit 38, and Ling owns Unit 39. “Units 38 and 39 are adjoining two-story residences that along with several other units in the same building form a row of condominiums. Units 36 and 37 are in that same row of adjoining units and . . . share what looks to be a two-car garage. Units 36 and 37 are smaller than Units 38 and 39 and are allocated only one garage parking space each, which may explain why the garage they share is labeled on the Map with ‘36G’ and…