Court Says Non-Members of an HOA Lack Standing to Challenge HOA

This case involved an issue as to whether or not two homeowners associations who brought suit against the City of Charlotte and others had standing to bring the action because the filing of the lawsuit had not been done in accordance with the associations’ governing documents. The two associations, representing the homeowners in two residential communities, filed the initial action in pursuit of a declaratory judgment that a zoning ordinance which permitted multifamily housing on parcels of land that abutted property owned by the associations was invalid.