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DECLARATION
OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR
RIDAUGHT LANDING UNIT 3
This declaration is
made on the date hereinafter set forth by HUTSON LAND
GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Declarant".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of all those certain properties
in Clay County,
Florida, being more particularly described:
RIDAUGHT LANDING UNIT
3, as recorded in Plat Book
25, Pages 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, of the public records
of Clay County, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant
hereby declares that all of the properties described
above shall be held, sold, and conveyed subject to the following
easements, restrictions,
covenants, agreements and conditions, which are for the purpose
of protecting the value and desirability of, and which shall run
with, the real property and be binding on all parties having any
right, title or interest n the described properties having any right,
title or interest in the described properties or any part thereof,
their heirs, successors, and assigns, and shall insure to the benefit
of each owner thereof. Any person accepting a deed to any portion
of the property shall be deemed to have agreed to all the easements,
restrictions covenants and agreement as set forth herein.
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
1. "Association"
shall mean and refer to the Ridaught Landing Three Association,
Inc., a Florida corporation not for profit, its successors and assigns.
2. "Owner"
shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one or more persons
or entities, of a fee simple title to any lot which is a part of
the properties, including contract sellers, but excluding those
having such interest merely as security for the performance of an
obligation.
3. "Properties"
shall mean and refer to that certain real property hereinabove
described and such additions thereto as may hereafter be brought
within the jurisdiction of the Association.
4. "Common Areas"
shall mean all real property (including the improvements
thereto) owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment
of the owners. The
Declarant may hereafter convey portions of the properties to the
Association to constitute additional Common Areas but shall have
no obligation to do so.
5. "Lot" shall
mean and refer to the building plots of land shown upon the recorded
subdivision plat of the properties described above.
6. "Declarant"
shall mean and refer to Hutson Land Group, Inc., and any person
or
entity to whom Delcarant shall assign its right and duties under
this agreement.
7. "Surface Water
or Stormwater Management System" means a system which is
designed and constructed or implemented to control discharges which
are necessitated by rainfall events, incorporating methods to collect,
convey, store, absorb, inhibit, treat, use or reuse water to prevent
or reduce flooding, overdrainage, environmental degradation, and
water pollution or otherwise affect the quantity of discharges from
the system, as permitted pursuant to Chapters 40C-4, 40C-40, or
40C-42, F.A.C.
8. "Builder"
shall mean and refer to any individual or entity duly licensed and
qualified in the State of Florida for the construction of residential
dwellings who purchases a lot or lots in the subdivision for the
sole purpose of constructing a residential dwelling for sale to
an Owner.
9. "Plat"
shall mean the subdivision plat of Ridaught Landing Unit 3 recorded
in Plat
Book 25, pages 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, of the public records
of Clay County, Florida.
ARTICLE II - PROPERTY RIGHTS
1. Owner's Easements
of Enjoyment. Every owner and the Association shall
have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to any common area
which shall be
appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every lot, subject
to the following provisions:
a) the right of the Association to charge reasonable admission and
other
fees for the use of any recreational facility hereafter situated
upon any Common Area;
b) the right of the Association to suspend the voting rights and
right to
use of any recreational facilities, if any, as to any owner for
any period during which any assessment against such owner's lot
remains unpaid and for a period not to exceed 60 days for any infraction
of the Association's published rules and regulations;
c) the right of the Association to dedicate or transfer all or any
part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority, or utility
for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed
to by its members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective
unless an instrument agreeing to such dedication or transfer is
signed by two-thirds of all votes eligible to be cast.
2. Delegation of Use.
Any owner may delegate, in accordance with the by-laws, such owner's
right of enjoyment to the Common Area and facilities to the members
of such owner's family, tenants, or contract purchasers who reside
on the property.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS
1. Assessment. Every
owner of a lot which is subject to assessment shall be a member
of the Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not
be separated from ownership of any lot which is subject to assessment.
2. Membership. The Association
shall have two classes of voting membership:
CLASS A - Class A members shall be all owners, with the exception
of the Declarant, and shall be entitled to one vote for each lot
owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any lot, all
such persons shall be members. The vote for such lot shall be exercised
as they determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be cast
with respect to any lot.
CLASS B - The Class B member shall be the Declarant and shall be
entitled to
one hundred votes. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted
to Class A
membership on the happening of either of the following events, whichever
occurs earlier:
a) when the Declarant has conveyed one hundred percent (100%) of
the lots in
the subdivision; or
b) when Declarant requests that Class B membership be converted
to Class A
membership.
ARTICLE IV - COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS
1. Creation of the Lien
and Personal Obligation for Assessments. The Declarant,
for each lot owned within the Properties, hereby covenants, and
each owner of any lot by
acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed
in such deed, is
deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: 1) annual
assessments or
charges, and (2) special assessments for capital improvements, such
assessments to be
established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual and
special assessments,
together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, shall
be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the
lot against which each such assessment is made.
Each such assessment, together with interest, costs and reasonable
attorney's fees, shall
also be the personal obligation of the person who was the owner
of such property at the
time when the assessment fell due. The personal obligation for delinquent
assessments
shall not pass to such owner's successors in title unless expressly
assumed by them, but
the lien shall survive any conveyance of title.
2. Purpose of Assessments.
The assessments levied by the Association shall be
used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety and welfare
of the residents in the Properties and for the improvement and maintenance
of the common areas, islands in roadways, entranceway, perimeter
fence, and the storm and/or surface water management system and
shall have the right to utilize the private easements shown on the
Plat for such purposes. Maintenance of the surface water or stormwater
management system(s) shall mean the exercise of practices which
allow the system(s) to provide drainage, water storage, conveyance
or other surface water or stormwater management capabilities as
permitted by the St. Johns River Water Management District. The
Association shall be responsible for such maintenance and operation.
Any repair or reconstruction of the surface water or stormwater
management system shall be as permitted, or if modified as approved
by the St. Johns River Water Management District. The Association
shall execute any minutes or other documents required to cause the
permit(s) to be transferred to it from the Declarant, and accepting
complete responsibility for the St. Johns River Water Management
District permits for the Property.
3. Maximum Annual Assessment.
Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance
of the first lot to an owner, the maximum assessment shall be $60.00
per year per lot.
a) From and after January
1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first
lot to an owner, the maximum assessment may be increased each year
but not more than 10% above the maximum assessment for the previous
year without a vote of the membership.
b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the
conveyance of the first lot to an owner, the maximum assessment
may be increased more than 10% by a vote of two-thirds of the members
who are voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting duly called for
such purpose.
c) The Board of Directors shall fix the assessment annually at amounts
not in
excess of the maximum.
4. Special Assessments
for Capital Improvements. In addition to the annual assessments
authorized above, the Association may levy, in any assessment year,
a special assessment applicable to that year only for the purpose
of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction,
re-construction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement
upon any common area, including fixtures and personal property related
thereto; provided that any such special assessment shall have the
assent of two-thirds of the votes of members who are voting in person
or by proxy at a meeting duly called for
such purpose.
5. Notice and Quorum
for any Action Under Sections 3 and 4. Written notice of any meeting
called for the purpose of taking any action authorized under Section
3 or 4
shall be sent to all members not less than 30 days nor more than
60 days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called,
the presence of members or of proxies entitled to case 60% of all
votes shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present,
another meeting may be called subject to the same notice requirement,
and the required quorum at the subsequent meeting shall be one-half
of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent
meeting shall be held more than 60 days following the preceding
meeting.
6. Uniform Rate of Assessment.
Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate
for all lots and may be collected on a quarterly basis or as determined
by the Board of Directors.
7. Date of Commencement
of Annual Assessments. Due Dates: The annual assessments provided
for herein shall commence as to all lots on the date of the recording
of this Declaration in the public records of Clay County, Florida.
No lot owned by the
Declarant or a Builder shall be subject to any assessment until
a residence has been
constructed thereon and occupied. Model homes are specifically exempt.
The first annual
assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining
in the alendar year. The Board of Directors shall fix the amount
of the annual assessment against each lot at least 30 days in advance
of each annual assessment period. Written notice of the annual assessment
shall be sent to every owner subject thereto. The due dates shall
be established by the Board of Directors. The association shall,
upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate
signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether or
not the assessments on a specified lot have been paid. A properly
executed certificate of the Association as the status of assessments
on a lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance.
8. Effect of Nonpayment
of Assessments: Remedies of the Association. Any assessment not
paid within 30 days after the due date shall bear interest from
the due date
at the rate of 18% per annum. The Association may bring an action
at law against the
owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien
against the property
involved, or both. No owner may waive or otherwise escape liability
for the assessments
provided for herein by non-use of the common area or abandonment
of such owner's lot.
9. Subordination of
the Lien to Mortgages. The lien for the assessments provided for
herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any institutional first
mortgage. Sale or transfer of any lot shall not affect the assessment
lien. However, the sale or transfer of any lot pursuant to mortgage
foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof, shall extinguish
the lien or such assessment as to payments which became due prior
to such sale or transfer. No sale or transfer shall relieve such
lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or
from the lien thereof.
ARTICLE V - LAND USE
AND BUILDING TYPE
1. Land Use and Building
Type. No one other than Declarant shall use any lot except for residential
purposes. Unless otherwise specifically allowed or permitted under
these covenants, no structure shall be erected, altered, placed,
or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single-family
dwelling not to exceed two stories in height.
No outbuilding or other
structure at any time situated on said land shall be used as a hospital,
sanitarium, church, charitable, religious or philanthropic institution,
or for business or manufacturing purposes, and no duplex residence,
garage apartment or apartment house shall be erected or placed on
or allowed to occupy said land.
2. Declarant's Right
to Resubdivide, Replat or Assign. Declarant shall have the right
to resubdivide or replat any of the said land owned by it. In the
event any of said land is resubdivided or replatted for rights-of-way
for roads, streets or easements, none of
the restrictions contained herein shall apply to the portions thereof
used for such purposes. Declarant shall have the right to assign
to any person or corporation its rights and duties under these covenants.
3. Storm/Surface Water
Management. The St. Johns River Water Management District has jurisdiction
over this subdivision and has issued Stormwater Discharge Permit
No. 4-019-0047E authorizing construction and operation of a storm
and/or surface water management system to serve the subdivision.
No alteration to any part of the forementioned system, including
but not limited to, lakes, swales and pipes, will be
allowed without the written consent of Declarant and the St. Johns
River Water
Management District. All clearing, grading and other construction
activities must comply
with the terms and conditions of the said permit. Specifically,
the owners of lots requiring rear lot water treatment are required
to install rear lot water treatment at the time of house construction
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the said permit and
said owners or their heirs, successors or assigns shall be responsible
for the continuing compliance with said permit. In the event that
any owner fails to comply with the terms of the permit, the Association
shall have the right to enter upon the premises to bring any Lot
into compliance and levy a special assessment against the Lot for
any costs incurred as a result thereof.
4. Sidewalks. When a
dwelling is constructed on any lot, or within twenty-four months
from the initial purchase of any lot, the lot owner must also construct
a sidewalk on that lot if a sidewalk is shown on the county approved
engineering plan for the subdivision. All sidewalks must conform
to county standards.
5. Garage. Unless otherwise
approved by Declarant, each home shall have an attached two car
garage. No garage shall be permanently enclosed or converted to
another
use. All garages must have doors which shall be maintained in a
useful condition and shall be kept closed when not in use. One-car
garages or carports may be permitted, if
specifically approved by Declarant.
6. Outbuildings. No
outbuilding shall be erected, placed or altered on any lot without
the prior approval of the Architectural Control Committee.
7. Approval of Structure.
No residence, structure, wall or swimming pool shall be erected,
placed or altered on any lot until the construction plans and specifications
and a plan showing the location of the structure have been approved
by the Architectural Control Committee as to quality of workmanship
and materials, harmony of external design with existing structures,
and as to location of improvement with respect to topography and
finished grade elevation. No exposed block or built up roof will
be permitted in the construction of any dwelling. Approval shall
be as provided in paragraph 25 below. No outbuildings or drives,
walks, fences, walls or swimming pools shall be erected or constructed
on any lot prior to the erection or construction of a permanent
residence thereon. No fence, wall, bulkhead or structure of any
kind will be permitted below the top of the slope of the lake bank
as shown on the final survey on waterfront lots without the prior
approval of the Architectural Control Committee. Said approval shall
be in writing and shall specify the exact nature, size, location
and appearance of any such exception. The decision to grant such
exception is discretionary with the Architectural Control Committee
and shall be capable of being withdrawn should the terms and conditions
set forth by the Architectural Control Committee not be complied
with by the lot owner to whom such exception is granted. The decision
to grant such exception is discretionary with the Architectural
Control Committee and the decision to not grant such an exception
shall not be subject to judicial review.
8. Dwelling Size. Unless
specifically approved in writing by the Architectural
Control Committee, no dwelling shall be permitted on any lot unless
the ground floor area of the main structure, exclusive of one-story
open porches and garages, shall contain at least 1,000 square feet
for a one-story dwelling and at least 800 square feet for the ground
floor of a dwelling of more than one story, with at least 1,200
square feet for both stories combined.
9. Building Location.
No building shall be located on any lot nearer than 20 feet
to the front line or nearer than 10 feet to the side street line.
No building shall be located nearer than 5 feet to an interior lot
line. No dwelling shall be located on any lot nearer than 15 feet
to the rear lot line, or nearer to the rear lot line than the rear
building restriction line. No dwelling shall be closer than 10 feet
from any existing dwelling. The Declarant shall be empowered to
issue a variance in regard to the above measurements as it may deem
prudent, and the Declarant may assign such power.
10. Lot Area. No dwelling
shall be erected or placed on any lot having an area of less than
6,000 square feet.
11. Nuisances. No noxious
or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall
anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance
or nuisance to the neighborhood.
12. Recreational and
Commercial Vehicles. No commercial vehicles, boats, or trailers
of any type shall be permitted to be placed on any lot subject to
these covenants, unless such shall be placed or parked in a fenced
side yard or fenced rear yard of a lot and
screened from view of passing motorists and neighboring lots, but
not placed in the side
yard of a corner lot on the side abutting a street. No wheeled vehicles
of any kind or any other offensive objects may be kept or parked
in a state of disrepair between the paved road and residential structures.
No automobiles, trailers, or boats shall be parked in the roadways
or on the right-of-way adjoining the lots. For purposes of this
paragraph, a vehicle which is a 3/4 ton or less struck used as transportation
to and from the lot owner's employment shall not be considered a
commercial vehicle. No travel trailers or motorized homes shall
be permitted unless specifically approved by the Architectural Control
Committee.
13. Temporary Structure.
No structure of a temporary character, trailer, tent,
motorized home, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding shall be
used on any lot at any
time as a residence either temporarily or permanently.
14. No Subdivision.
No Lot located within the Property shall be subdivided to constitute
more than one building plot.
15. Mailboxes. Declarant
shall provide locations and construct cluster mailbox receptacles,
as approved by the United States Postal Service. No individual lot
owner
shall cause to be constructed any mailbox facility other than those
provided by the
Declarant.
16. Fences. All fences
shall be constructed of and shall have a permanent appearance of
natural wood unless otherwise approved by the Architectural Control
Committee. All fences must be approved by the Architectural Control
Committee prior to installation. No fence shall be installed which
restricts or prohibits ingress and egress as granted by easements
herein. No fence or wall shall be erected, placed or altered on
any lot nearer to any street than the rear of the house or the side
of the house in the case of a corner lot unless approved by the
Architectural Control Committee and in no event shall any fence
exceed a maximum height of six (6) feet or be lower than a minimum
height of
five (5) feet unless approved by such committee. All fences shall
be constructed and
maintained to present a pleasing appearance as to quality of workmanship
and materials,
harmony of external design with existing structures and as to location
with respect to
topography and finished grade elevation. It shall be within the
sole and exclusive purview of the Architectural Control Committee
to make the determination as to whether or not a fence is pleasing
in appearance as provided herein. Chain link fences will not be
permitted. Declarant reserves the right to release areas such as
sewer lift stations,
playgrounds, etc., from the above fence restrictions.
17. Signs. No sign of
any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot without
the prior written approval of the Architectural Control Committee
except one sign of not more than two square feet advertising the
property for sale, or after one (1) year from the closing date on
the Lot, one sign of not more than two (2) square feet dvertising
the property for rent, or signs used by the builder to advertise
the property during the construction and sales period. The entranceway
identification sign shall be exempt from this provision and shall
remain for the enjoyment of the owners of all Lots. The Architectural
Control Committee shall have the right to promulgate standards for
the
quality, size, appearance, location and type of all signs to be
displayed to public view.
18. Clotheslines. There
shall not be permitted any exterior clotheslines on any lots.
19. Oil and Mining Operations.
No oil drilling, oil development operation, oil refining, quarrying
or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any
lot,
nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavation or shafts
be permitted upon or in any lot. No derrick or other structure designed
for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be erected, maintained
or permitted upon any lot.
20. Livestock and Poultry.
No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred
or kept on any lot, except that dogs, cats or other household pets
in reasonable numbers may be kept provided they are not kept, bred
or maintained for any commercial use and do not create safety, health
or nuisance problems.
21. Exterior Appearance
and Maintenance. Every house and lot shall be maintained so as to
present a pleasing appearance. Window coverings and decorations
shall be of conventional materials, e.g. draperies, blinds or shutters.
Windows shall not be covered with aluminum foil, paper or the like.
Lawns shall be maintained in a neat manner. Houses shall be kept
in reasonable repair and excessive visible deterioration shall not
be allowed.
22. Garbage and Refuse
Disposal. No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground
for rubbish, trash, garbage or other waste. Rubbish, trash, garbage
or other waste shall be kept in closed sanitary containers constructed
of metal or rigid plastic. All equipment for the storage or disposal
of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition
and shall not be visible from the street except on scheduled garbage
pick up days.
23. Motorists' Vision
to Remain Unobstructed. The Declarant shall have the right, but
not the obligation, to remove or require the removal of any fence,
wall, hedge, shrub, bush, tree or other thing, natural or artificial,
placed or located on any lot, if the location of same will, in the
sole judgement and opinion of the Declarant, obstruct the vision
of motorists upon any of the streets.
24. Landscaping. The
mass indiscriminate cutting down of trees is expressly prohibited
without the written consent of the Architectural Control Committee,
EXCEPT those areas where buildings and other improvements shall
be located; i.e., homes, patios, driveways, gardens, parking and
recreational areas, etc. Also, selective cutting and thinning for
lawns and other general improvements shall be permitted. All disturbed
areas on any lot must be seeded or covered with sod or mulch and
maintained to present a pleasing appearance and to prevent the growth
of weeds. It is the responsibility of each lot owner whose lot abuts
a lake to maintain the lake bank to the water's edge. It is the
responsibility of each lot owner to seed or sod and maintain the
area between the front property line of his lot and the street,
as well as the side property line and the street in the case of
corner lots, and between the rear property line and the street in
the case of double frontage lots. It is the responsibility of each
lot owner to prevent erosion on all areas of his lot, including
easements, by sodding, seeding and mulching, or other methods which
may be deemed appropriate.
25. Architectural Control
Committee.
a) Membership. The Architectural Control Committee shall be composed
of three (3) persons appointed by Declarant. A majority of the committee
may designate a representative to act for it. In the event of the
death or resignation of any member of the committee, the remaining
members shall have full authority to designate a successor.
Neither the members of the committee nor its designated representative
shall be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant
to this covenant. So long as Declarant owns any lots in the subdivision,
Declarant shall have the right to appoint the members of such committee.
At any time after Declarant has sold all lots or has waived, in
writing, its right to appoint such committee members, the Association
shall have the power and right to elect the members of the committee,
to change the membership of the committee or to withdraw from or
restore to the committee any of its powers and duties.
b) Procedure. The committee's approval or disapproval as required
in these covenants shall be in writing. In the event the committee,
or its designated representative, fails to approve or disapprove
withing thirty (30) days after the plans and specifications have
been submitted to it, approval will not be required and the related
covenants shall be deemed to have been fully complied with.
26. Conservation Easement.
The Declarant hereby reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns,
a perpetual, non-exclusive easement (the "Conservation Easement")
over and across all areas noted on the Plat as jurisdictional wetlands.
No right-of-access by the general public to the Property or any
portion thereof is conveyed by this easement.
This easement, and all
terms and conditions thereof, shall run with the land and be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors,
assigns and personal
representatives of the Declarant and the St. Johns River Water Management
District.
This easement may be amended or cancelled, or portions of the property
released
herefrom, only by written instrument duly recorded in the public
records of Clay County, Florida, and executed by the Declarant and
the St. Johns River Water Management District or their respective
heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. The purpose
of this Conservation Easement is to preserve the land predominately
in its natural state pursuant to the following description of "Prohibited
Activities" and "Permitted Activities":
A. The following activities
shall constitute prohibited activities on the Conservation Easement
area (the "Prohibited Activities"):
a) Construction or placing
of buildings, roads, utilities, or other structures on or above
the ground.
b) Dumping or placing of soil or other substance or material as
landfill, or dumping or placing of trash, waste or unsightly or
offensive materials.
c) Removal or destruction of trees, shrubs or other vegetation,
except trimming or pruning permitted by the Declarant.
d) Excavation, dredging or removal of loam, peat, gravel, soil,
rock, or other material in such a manner as to affect the surface.
e) Any surface use which does not permit the Conservation Easement
area to remain predominately in its natural condition.
f) Any activity detrimental to drainage, flood control, water conservation,
erosion control, soil conservation, or fish and wildlife habitat
preservation.
B. The following activities shall constitute permitted activities
(the "Permitted
Activities"):
a) Trails.
b) Any activities for passive recreational purposes, such as those
listed
in a) above, which do not require the removal or destruction of
vegetation or the dumping
or placing of landfill.
c) Any activities and improvements required or permitted under St.
Johns
River Water Management District Permit No. 4-019-0047E.
27. Utility Lines. All
water, sewer, electrical, telephone, television, gas and other utility
lines shall be placed underground. No antennas or satellite dishes
of any kind shall be placed on any lot.
28. Air Conditioning Units. No air conditioning units may be installed
in any window.
29. Roadways. No one,
other than Declarant, shall use any lot or any portion thereof for
roadway purposes and no one, other than Declarant, shall construct
a driveway upon any lot except to serve the lot upon which it is
constructed. Unless approved in writing by the Architectural Control
Committee, only one driveway per lot, said driveway serving the
garage on the lot, shall be permitted.
30. Utility Provisions. Kingsley Services Company or its successors
has the sole and exclusive right to provide all water and sewage
facilities and service to the property described herein. No well
of any kind shall be dug or drilled on any one of the lots or tracts
to provide water for use within the structures to be built, and
no potable water shall be used within said structures except potable
water which is obtained from Kingsley Service Company or its successors
or assigns. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the
digging of a well to be used exclusively for use in the yard and
garden of any lot or tract or to be used exclusively for air conditioning.
All sewage from any building must disposed of through its sewage
lines and through the sewage lines and
disposal plant owned or controlled by Kingsley Service Company or
its successors or
assigns. No water from air conditioning systems, ice machines, swimming
pools, or any
other form of condensate water shall be disposed of through the
lines of the sewer system.
Kingsley Service Company
has a non-exclusive perpetual and unobstructed easement and
right in and to, over and under property as described in this Declaration
and the Plat of the Property for the purpose of ingress, egress
and installation and/or repair of water and sewage facilities.
31. Drainage and Utility
Easements. The Declarant hereby reserves unto itself a perpetual
alienable and releasable privilege and right on, and under the ground
to construct, maintain and use electrical, telephone, wires, cables,
conduits, sewer, water mains or pipes, drainage swales or pipes
and other suitable equipment for the conveyance and use of electricity,
telephone, water or other public conveniences or utilities on, in
or over a 7.5 foot strip at the back and a 5 foot strip along each
side of each lot. The said Declarant shall have the unrestricted
right and power to release said easement. The private easements
noted on the Plat are and shall remain privately owned and the sole
and exclusive property of the Declarant, its successors and assigns.
32. Enforcement. Any
person owning any portion of the above described lands or the St.
Johns River Water Management District, its successors or assigns,
may institute proceedings at law or in equity against any person
or persons violating or attempting to
violate any covenants or, in the case of the St. Johns River Water
Management District,
the provisions contained in this Declaration which relate to the
maintenance, operation and repair of the surface water or stormwater
management system, either to restrain any existing or threatened
violation or to recover damages. Additionally, the Association shall
have the right but not the obligation to enforce the provisions
of this Declaration.
33. Severability. Invalidation of any one of the covenants by judgement
or court order shall in no wise affect any of the other provisions
hereof which shall remain in full force and effect.
34. Indemnification.
The owner or owners of all lots abutting the lakes within the Property
shall, by virtue of having acquired said lots subject to these covenants
and restrictions, be deemed to have assumed all of the obligations
and responsibilities of
Declarant, as set forth in the Plat, and have agreed to indemnify
Declarant and save
Declarant harmless from suits, actions, damages and liability and
expense in connection
with loss of life, bodily or personal injury, or property damage,
or any other damage
arising from or out of any occurrence in, upon or at or from the
lakes as shown on the Plat, or any part thereof, or occasioned wholly
or in part by any act or omission of owners, owner's agents, contractors,
employees, servants, licensees, or concessionaires with the property.
35. Reservation for
Subdivision Improvements. Hutson Land Group, Inc. reserves the right
to enter any lot for the purpose of completing or correcting subdivision
improvements as required by agencies of the City, County, State
or Federal government.
36. Amendment. The covenants
and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind the
land for a term of thirty (30) years from the date this Declaration
is recorded, after which time they shall be automatically extended
for successive periods of ten (10) years. The Declarant reserves
and shall have the sole right to: a) amend these covenants and restrictions
so long as the Declarant owns at least one (1) lot within the subdivision;
b) to amend these covenants and restrictions at any time if, in
the discretion of the Declarant, such amendment is necessary to
comply with the aforementioned St. Johns River Water Management
District permit; c) to waive as to any lot any provisions of the
covenants and restrictions; and d) to release any building plot
from any part of the covenants and restrictions which have been
violated (including, without limiting the
foregoing, violations of building restriction lines and provisions
hereof relating thereto) if Declarant, in its sole opinion, deems
such violations to be insubstantial violations or if
Declarant, in its sole opinion, deems such violations necessary
for construction and/or
sales. Declarant may assign its right to release such violations.
Subject to the above rights reserved by the Declarant, this Declaration
may be amended by an instrument signed by not less than 66% of the
lot owners, EXCEPT that the covenants herein contained pertaining
to (1) the required maintaining of an owners association or (2)
to the surface water or stormwater management system, beyond maintenance
of its original condition, including the water management portions
of the common areas, if any, may not be amended without the approval
of the St. Johns River Water Management District.
37. Legal Action on
Violation. If any person, firm or corporation, or other entity shall
violate or attempt to violate any of these covenants and restrictions,
it shall be lawful for the Declarant or the Association or any person
or persons owning any lot on said land (a) to proceed at law for
the recovery of damages against those so violating or attempting
to violate any of such covenants and restrictions; and (b) to maintain
a proceeding in equity against those so violating or attempting
to violate any such covenants and restrictions, for the purpose
of preventing or enjoining all or any of such violations or attempted
violations. The remedies contained in this paragraph shall be construed
as cumulative of all other remedies now or hereafter provided by
law. The failure of Declarant, its successors or assigns, to enforce
any covenant or restriction or any obligation, right, power, privilege,
authority, or reservation herein contained, however long continued,
shall in no event be deemed as a waiver of the right to enforce
the same thereafter as to the same breach or violation thereof occurring
prior to or subsequent thereto. Lot owners found in violation of
these restrictions shall be obliged to pay attorney's fees to the
successful plaintiff in all actions seeking to prevent, correct
or enjoin such violations or in damage suits thereon. All restrictions
herein contained shall be deemed several and independent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Declarant has executed this instrument this 15th
day of December, 1993.
(Signatures and notarization)
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