Amending a HOA declaration to allow short term rentals

[Paul Weller]

Hello all,

I own a condo in downtown Bellevue, Washington. I have been running it as an airbnb/short term rental for about 4 months now and it has been very successful. Now here is the problem... another owner got word of me doing it and has turned me into my board and I have been made stop. Now I am presenting my case to the entire HOA and requesting an amendment to the declaration to allow short term rentals (less than 30 days). Has anyone ever experienced this? To all the HOA lawyers out there, what percentage of ownership would I need to vote in favor for me to change the declaration. And, I would love to get a sample declaration and if there are any policies to allow for a regulated approach, ie. "no more than 5 units can be used as short term rentals" or...

Thanks in advance!

Paul