Property Owner Appeal Regarding Land Cooperative Usage Fee Assessment

A property owner appealed a decision concerning the assessment of usage fees owed to a land cooperative for the use of common property, arguing that the established fee structure, based on the proportion of the main property's area to the total cooperative area, unfairly burdened their smaller lot compared to larger lots, especially since the smaller lot had limited actual use of the common areas. The court rejected the appeal, reasoning that while the fee structure might appear disproportionate in individual cases, it was based on a principle of objective proportionality derived from the cooperative's foundation and bylaws, and deviating from this established, neutral allocation method would require a demonstrably untenable or inequitable result, which was not established by the appellant.