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Summary of declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions for Vineyard Estates Subdivision
Homeowners Association dues shall be, prorated monthly, payable annually on or before the 31st day of January each year subject to Section 6 below. The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all lots on January 1, 2007.
Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are shown on the recorded Subdivision map. No dwelling unit or other structure of any kind shall be built, erected, or maintained on any such easement, reservation, or right-of-way, and such easements, reservations, and rights-of-way shall at all times be open and accessible to public and quasi-public utility corporation, their employees and contractors, and shall also be open and accessible to Declarant, its successors and assigns, all of whom shall have the right and privilege of doing whatever may be necessary in, on, under, and above such locations to carry out any of the purposes for which such easements, reservations, and rights-of-way are reserved.
All lots, and each and every one thereof, are for single-family residential purposes only. No building or structure intended for or adapted to business purposes, and no apartment house, double house, lodging house, rooming house, hospital, sanatorium or doctor’s office, or other multiple-family dwelling shall be erected, placed, permitted or maintained on such premises, or on any part thereof, save and except the business of the Declarant and the transferees of the Declarant in developing all of the lots are provided in Section 18 below. No improvement or structure whatever, other than a quality private dwelling house, patio walls, swimming pool, garage, carport, or servants’ quarters may be erected, altered, placed, maintained or permitted to remain on any lot in the Subdivision, without the express written consent of the Committee.
Any single story residence constructed on said Lots 1-55 (excluding Lots P1 – P17, inclusive) must have a ground floor area of not less than two thousand eight hundred (2,800) square feet, exclusive of open or screened porches, terraces, patios, driveways, carports and garages. The exterior walls of any residence shall consist of not less than eighty percent (80%) masonry or masonry veneer construction, unless the unanimous consent of the Committee is obtained. The roof shall either be flat, or have a pitch of not less that 7/12 meaning that for every 12 inches in from the edge of the roof, there shall be arise of 7 inches. The roof consists of either tile or metal roof. Flat roofs can be built up. No evaporative cooler or air conditioner shall be placed, installed, or maintained on the roof or wall of any building or structure. All coolers and air conditioning units shall be concealed from any view from the street.
Any single story residence constructed on Lots P1-P17 (excluding Lots 1-55, inclusive of the Subdivision must have a ground floor area of not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet, exclusive of open or screened porches, terraces, patios, driveways, carports and garages. The exterior walls of any residence shall consist of not less than eighty percent (80%) masonry or masonry veneer construction, unless the unanimous consent of the Committee is obtained. The roof shall either be flat, or have a pitch of not less than 7/12 meaning that for every 12 inches in from the egde of the roof, there shall be a rise of 7 inches. The roof consists of either tile or metal roof. Flat roofs can be built up. No evaporative cooler or air conditioner shall be placed, installed, or maintained on the roof or wall of any building or structure. All coolers and air conditionaing units shall be concealed from any view from the street.
All buildings, structures, fences, hedges, outbuildings and appurtenances are subject to the setback restrictions noted in the Subdivision Plat. Easements for the installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as shown on the recorded Subdivision Plat. No utility company, water district, political subdivision, or other authorized entity using the easement herein referred to shall be liable for any damage done by them or their assigns, agents, employees or servants to shrubbery, trees or flowers, or to other property of the Owners situated within any such easements.
No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any Lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become any annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. No private dwelling house erected upon any Lot shall be occupied in any manner while in the course of construction, nor at any time prior to its being FULLY completed. No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish or trash and no garbage or other waste shall be kept except in sanitary containers. If trash, garbage, debris or waste is left on the property and not in sanitary containers, written notice will be given to remove within ten (10) days. If trash, garbage, debris or waste has not been removed within the time allotted, the developer will remove the trash, garbage, debris or waste at the expense of the owner and/or place a lien on the property. All clotheslines, garbage cans, equipment, coolers wood piles or storage piles shall be walled or fenced in to conceal them from the view of the neighboring Lots, roads or streets. Plans for all enclosures of this nature must be approved by the Committee prior to construction. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any Lot, except that no more than two (2) dogs, two (2) cats or other common household pets may be kept, provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purposes.
No fence, wall hedge or utility meter shall be placed or permitted to remain on any Lot nearer to the street or streets adjoining such Lot than is permitted for the main residence on such Lots. All fences shall be constructed of western cedar, redwood, masonry, brick or combination of masonry or brick and cedar or redwood, wrought iron or aluminum only. FENCING FOR ALL LOTS ON THE LAKE WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE. There shall be no chain-link or inferior constructed in accordance with subparagraph. All cedar or redwood fencing shall be six (6’) or eight (8’) inch boards with a minimum height of six (6’) feet with tops clipped two (2”) inches on the top corners. All cedar fences to be constructed with metal center posts. There will be a maximum height of fence of eight (8’) feet, although an eight (8’) foot masonry fence can be capped with the proper capping of no more than six (6”) inches in height
No automobiles, trucks, buses, motor homes, trailers, commercial vehicles, boats or other equipment shall be left parked orplaced in the street in front of any lot; and such shall not be permitted on any Lot except for construction and repair equipment while the residence or residences are being built or repaired on such Lot; and no truck, bus, boat or trailer shall be parked in the driveway or any portion of the Lot in such manner as to be visible from the street. No professional, business or commercial activity to which the general public is invited shall be conducted on any Lot.
All Electrical service and telephone lines shall be placed underground. No exposed or exterior radio or television transmission or receiving antennas shall be erected, placed, or maintained on any of the Lots. No garage or other outbuilding for less than two (2) cars shall be placed, erected or maintained upon any part of such premises, except for use in connection with a residence already constructed or under construction at the time that such garage or other outbuilding is placed or erected upon the Lot. Nothing herein shall be constructed to prevent the incorporation and construction of a garage as part of such dwelling house. No garage shall face the street. Driveways must be constructed of concrete, brick or other material receiving the approval of the Committee, only.
BOATING, SWIMMING OR WADING IN THE LAKE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Owners may fish along the bank of the lake. However, in order to preserve the fish in the Lake, Owners are urged to catch and release fish rather than take them from the lake. The Board shall have the right to require catch-and-release if the number of fish falls too low in the Board’s sole discretion. No person shall introduce any animal or vegetative species into the Land without the Board’s prior, written approval, and no Owner shall landscape any Common Area surrounding the Lake without the Board’s prior written approval. ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT, IN AND AROUND LAKE AREA.
An Architectural Control committee shall consist of three (3) adult persons (at the sole discretion of Declarant), which Committee shall serve until eighty percent (80%) of the subdivision has been conveyed from Declarant. After the sale of eighty percent (80%) of the lots by Declarant, the duties, rights, powers and authority of the Committee shall automatically transfer, without any further formality, to the Association, further, any or all of the duties, rights, powers and decision of the Committee, to the Association. NO HOME SHALL BE ERECTED UNTIL THE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED. If plans have not been submitted and approved, all construction will be stopped. Approval for said plans shall be completed within a week after submission. A building permit shall not be applied for until the members of the Architectural Control committee have signed the plans evidencing their approval thereof. No building, fence, wall, road, driveway or other structure shall be commenced, erected, altered or maintained upon the Properties, nor shall any exterior addition to, or change or alteration therein, be made except as set forth below, until samples of the brick or exterior paint (if brick is not being used) and roofing materials, and the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, and location of the same shall been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Committee as to the harmony of external design and location of such improvements in relation to the surrounding structures and topography.
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