Location: Washington State
We bought land in town to build a house on in March 2024. In signing for the land, we had to sign CC&Rs. In those CC&Rs there was a line about the sidewalk. I states that the sidewalk needs to be 4 feet wide, 6 feet from the curb.
My wife is the architect on the project, so she designed the plans to have the sidewalk 4 feet wide, 6 feet from the road. It was in our plans approved by the city in September last year.
Now we are pouring the sidewalk, and the city inspector is stating that there was a change, and now we need to move the sidewalk to be up against the curb, saying that we need to eat the cost and move it.
So we have any recourse for this? We have signed CC&Rs about the sidewalk, we have approved plans from the city with the sidewalk placement, and we have an email from the development in March stating that we are keeping the sidewalk 6 feet from the curb. Any recommendations would help greatly.