The Fairway Pines homeowners association will pay Kopper Creek Homes $40,000 to avoid litigation, according to information presented by HOA board members at a meeting this week.

The settlement is expected to resolve a conflict over the Log Hill Mesa HOA’s enactment of a moratorium against modular-built, or factory-built, homes.

The moratorium adopted in June was in response to loud opposition by some residents to modular homes being built in the subdivision, sold by Montrose-based Kopper Cre...