1% STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER BOOK PAGE 2571 0170 DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR *99 MAY 7 PM 2 57 раз 2:57 RECORDED & VERIFIED MARY SUE 0OTS RECISTER OF DEEDS OLEANDER OAKS CONDOMINIUMS NE NYER CO. NC 006204 ARTICLE 1 SUBMISSION; DEFINITIONS Section 1.1. Submission of Property. Oleander Oaks, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, with an address of 1510 South Third Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 ("Declarant"), owner in fee simple of the real estate described in Exhibit "A", located within the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, and State of North Carolina, hereby submits such real estate, including all improvements, easements, rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the provisions of Chapter 47C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, known as the North Carolina Condominium Act ("Condominium Act"), and hereby creates with respect to said real estate a condominium to be known as "OLEANDER OAKS CONDOMINIUMS", a condominium.
Section 1.2. Definitions. As used in the Condominium Documents, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. "Allocated Interests" means the undivided interest in the Common Elements and Common Expense liability, and votes in the Association, allocated to Units in the Condominium. The Allocated Interests are described in Article 7 of this Declaration and shown on Exhibit "B".
b. "Association" means "Oleander Oaks Condominium Association, Inc.", a non-profit corporation organized under Chapter 55A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. It is the Association of the Unit Owners pursuant to Section 47C-3-101 of the Condominium Act.
c. "Bylaws" means the Bylaws of the Association, as they may be amended from time to time.
orth Carolina. It is the Association of the Unit Owners pursuant to Section 47C-3-101 of the Condominium Act.
c. "Bylaws" means the Bylaws of the Association, as they may be amended from time to time.
d. "Common Elements" means all portions of the Condominium other than the Units.
e. "Common Expenses" means the expenses or financial liabilities for the operation of the Condominium. These include: (i) expenses of administration, maintenance, repair or replacement of the Common Elements; (ii) expenses declared to be Common Expenses by the Condominium Documents or by the Condominium Act; (iii) expenses agreed upon as Common Expenses by the Association; and (iv) such reasonable reserves as may be established by the Association, whether held in trust or by the Association, for repair, replacement or addition to the Common Elements or any other real or personal property acquired or held by the Association.
f. "Condominium" means the real property described in Exhibit "A".
g. "Condominium Documents" means this Declaration, the Plats and Plans recorded and filed pursuant to the provisions of the Condominium Act, the Bylaws, and the Rules and Regulations as they may be amended from time to time. Any exhibit, schedule, or certification accompanying a Condominium Document is a part of that Condominium Document.
582542 DRAWN BY * Returned To W Придавах BOOK PAGE 2571 0171 Page 2 h. "Declarant" means Oleander Oaks, LLC, or its successors as defined in Section 47C-1103(9) of the Condominium Act.
i. "Development Rights" means any rights reserved by the Declarant under Article 6 of this Declaration to create Units, Common Elements, and Limited Common Elements within the Condominium and to withdraw real estate from the Condominium.
hts reserved by the Declarant under Article 6 of this Declaration to create Units, Common Elements, and Limited Common Elements within the Condominium and to withdraw real estate from the Condominium.
j. "Declarant Control Period" means the period prior to the earlier of: (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after conveyance of seventy-five percent (75%) of the maximum number of Units which may be created to Unit Owners other than Declarant; (ii) two years after Declarant has ceased to offer units for sale in the ordinary course of business; or (iii) two years after any Development Right to add new units was not exercised.
k. "Director" means a member of the Executive Board.
1. "Eligible Mortgagee" means an institutional lender holding a first mortgage or first deed of trust ("First Mortgage") encumbering a Unit that has notified the Association in writing of its status, stating both its name and address and the Unit number or address of the Unit its First Mortgage encumbers, and has requested all rights under the Condominium Documents. For purposes of Article 16 only, when any right is to be given to an Eligible Mortgagee, such right shall also be given to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Veterans Administration, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association and any other public or private secondary mortgage market entity participating in purchasing or guarantying mortgages if the Association has notice of such participation.
m. "Executive Board" means the board of directors of the Association.
n. "Improvements" means any construction, structure, fixture or facilities existing or to be
ion has notice of such participation.
m. "Executive Board" means the board of directors of the Association.
n. "Improvements" means any construction, structure, fixture or facilities existing or to be constructed on the land included in the Condominium, including but not limited to, buildings, trees and shrubbery planted by the Declarant or the Association, paving, utility lines, pipes, and light poles.
o. "Limited Common Elements" means the portion of the Common Elements allocated for the exclusive use of one or more but fewer than all of the Units by the Declaration or by operation of Section 47C-2-102(2) and (4) of the Condominium Act. The Limited Common Elements in the Condominium are described in Article 3 of this Declaration.
p "Majority or Majority of Unit Owners" means the owners of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes in the Association.
q. "Manager" means a person, firm or corporation employed or engaged to perform management services for the Condominium and the Association.
r. "Notice and Comment" means the right of a Unit Owner to receive notice of an action proposed to be taken by or on behalf of the Association, and the right to comment thereon. The procedures for Notice and Comment are set forth in Section 22.1 of this Declaration.
s. "Notice and Hearing" means the right of a Unit Owner to receive notice of an action proposed to be taken by the Association, and the right to be heard thereon. The procedures for Notice and Hearing are set forth in Section 22.2 of this Declaration.
¡ AMY My Files Jones Neandertals. Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0172 Page 3 t. "Person" means an individual, corporation, company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, government subdivision or agency, or other legal
0172 Page 3 t. "Person" means an individual, corporation, company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, government subdivision or agency, or other legal or commercial entity.
u. "Plats and Plans" means the Plats and Plans recorded simultaneously with this Declaration in Condominium Map Book 11, Page 274, constituting a part hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time.
v. "Property" means the land, all Improvements, easements, rights and appurtenances, which have been submitted to the provisions of the Condominium Act by this Declaration.
w. "Rules and Regulations" means Rules and Regulations for the use of Units and Common Elements and for the conduct of persons within the Condominium, adopted by the Executive Board pursuant to this Declaration.
x. "Security Interest" means an interest in real estate or personal property, created by contract or conveyance which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The term includes a lien created by a mortgage, deed of trust, contract for deed, land sales contract, lease intended as security, assignment of lease or rents intended as security, pledge of an ownership interest in an Association, and any other consensual lien or title retention contract intended as security for an obligation.
y. "Special Declarant Rights" means the rights reserved for the benefit of a Declarant in Section 6.4 hereof.
z. "Trustee" means the entity which may be designated by the Executive Board as the Trustee for the receipt, administration, and disbursement of funds derived from insured losses, condemnation awards, special assessments for uninsured losses, and other like sources as defined in the Bylaws. If no Trustee has been designated, the Trustee will be the Executive Board from time
es, condemnation awards, special assessments for uninsured losses, and other like sources as defined in the Bylaws. If no Trustee has been designated, the Trustee will be the Executive Board from time to time constituted, acting by majority vote, as executed by the president and attested by the secretary.
a.a. "Unit" means a physical portion of the Condominium designated for separate ownership or occupancy, the boundaries of which are described in Section 2.2 of this Declaration.
b.b. "Unit Owner" means the Declarant or other Person who owns a Unit. Unit Owner does not include a Person having an interest in a Unit solely as security for an obligation. The Declarant is the initial owner of any Unit created by this Declaration.
ARTICLE 2 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS; BOUNDARIES Section 2.1. Maximum Number of Units. The Condominium will contain a maximum of forty-eight (48) Units.
Section 2.2. Boundaries. Boundaries of each Unit created by this Declaration are shown on the Plats and Plans and are described as follows: a. Upper Boundaries: The horizontal or sloping plane or planes of the unfinished lower surfaces of the ceiling bearing structure surfaces, beams, and rafters and the unfinished inner surfaces at sky lights, extended to an intersection with the vertical perimeter boundaries.
b. Lower Boundary: The horizontal plane or planes of the undecorated or unfinished upper surfaces of the floors extended to an intersection with the vertical perimeter boundaries and open, horizontal, unfinished surfaces of trim, sills and structural components.
TAMY MyFiles Unas Oleander Oaks_Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0173 Page 4 c. Vertical Perimeter Boundary: The planes defined by the inner surfaces of the studs and
s of trim, sills and structural components.
TAMY MyFiles Unas Oleander Oaks_Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0173 Page 4 c. Vertical Perimeter Boundary: The planes defined by the inner surfaces of the studs and framing of the perimeter walls; the unfinished inner surfaces of the masonry walls; the unfinished surfaces of the interior trim and thresholds along perimeter walls and floors; the unfinished inner surfaces of closed windows and closed perimeter doors; and the innermost unfinished planes of all interior bearing studs and framing of bearing walls, columns, bearing partitions, and partition walls between separate Units.
d. Inclusions: Each Unit will include the spaces and Improvements lying within the boundaries described in Subsections 2.2 a, b, and c, above, and will also include the spaces and Improvements within such spaces containing any space heating, water heating and air conditioning apparatus, smoke detector systems and all electrical switches, wiring, pipes, ducts, conduits, smoke detector systems and television, telephone, and electrical receptacles and light fixtures and boxes serving that Unit exclusively, the surface of the foregoing being the boundaries of such Unit, whether or not such spaces are contiguous.
e. Exclusions: Except when specifically included by other provisions of Section 2.2, the following are excluded from each Unit: The spaces and Improvements lying outside of the boundaries described in Subsections 2.2a, b, and c, above; and all chutes, pipes, flues, ducts, wires, conduits, and other facilities running through or within any interior wall or partition for the purpose of furnishing utility and similar services to other Units and Common Elements or both.
s, wires, conduits, and other facilities running through or within any interior wall or partition for the purpose of furnishing utility and similar services to other Units and Common Elements or both.
f. Non-Contiguous Portions: Certain Units may include special portions, pieces or equipment such as air conditioning compressors, meter boxes, utility connection structures that are detached or semidetached from the building containing the principal occupied portion of the Units. Such special equipment and storage portions are a part of the Unit notwithstanding their non-contiguity.
g. Inconsistency with Plats and Plans: If this definition is inconsistent with the Plats and Plans, then this definition will control.
h. The Units of Phase I of the Condominium are contained in three buildings. Building "A" contains 7 Units and Building "C" contains 5 Units and Building "E" contains 7 Units. The dimensions and square footage of each Unit is set forth on the Plats and Plans. Each Unit shall have such interior partitions and walls as the Unit Owner may elect. Units created by the exercise of Development Rights may not have the same dimensions as the Units existing at the time of the creation of the Condominium.
i. Units are designated by Unit number and Building letter shown on the Plats and Plans.
j. The Declarant reserves the right to alter the boundaries between Units so long as the Declarant owns the Units so altered. Any such change shall be reflected by an amendment to the Declaration which may be executed by the Declarant alone. Notwithstanding this procedure, no such change shall increase the number of Units nor alter the boundaries of the Common Elements without amendment of this Declaration in the manner described in Article 13. The interior design and
, no such change shall increase the number of Units nor alter the boundaries of the Common Elements without amendment of this Declaration in the manner described in Article 13. The interior design and arrangement of any Unit may be changed without amending this Declaration.
k. Annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit B is a list of all Units located in Phase 1 of Oleander Oaks Conominiums. The Unit designation, location, area, Common Elements and Limited Common Elements are shown on the Plats and Plans which have been certified to be true and correct by Cothran Harris, A.L.A. The percentage of interest of each Unit in the Common Elements has been determined on the basis of the proportion which the square footage of each Unit bears to the total square footage of all Units.
T AMY MyFales Jones Cleanderaka_Dec wpd ARTICLE 3 BOOK PAGE 2571 0174 Page 5 LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS The following portions of the Common Elements are Limited Common Elements assigned to the Units as stated: a. If a chute, flue, pipe, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, skylight or other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a Unit, the portion serving only the Unit is a Limited Common Element, allocated solely to the Unit, the use of which is limited to that Unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one Unit or a portion of the Common Elements is a part of the Common Elements.
b. Any shutters, awnings, doorsteps, porches, terraces, and each exterior door and window or other fixture designed to serve a single Unit that is located outside of the boundaries of the Unit, are Limited Common Elements allocated exclusively to the Unit and their use is limited to that Unit.
ther fixture designed to serve a single Unit that is located outside of the boundaries of the Unit, are Limited Common Elements allocated exclusively to the Unit and their use is limited to that Unit.
c. Stoops and steps at the entrances to a building, which provide access to less than all Units, the use of which is fimited to the Units to which they provide access.
d. Utility areas, the use of which is limited to the Unit or Units as shown on the Plats and Plans, if any.
e. Storm windows and storm doors, if any, will be Limited Common Elements of the Unit which they serve.
f. Exterior doors and windows will be Limited Common Elements allocated to the Units sheltered.
g. Mailboxes, nameplates, and exterior lighting affixed to the building will be Limited Common Elements allocated to the Unit served.
h. HVAC units, the use of which is limited to a particular Unit.
ARTICLE 4 MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT Section 4.1. Common Elements. The Association will maintain, repair and replace all of the Common Elements, except the portions of the Limited Common Elements which are required by this Declaration to be maintained, repaired or replaced by the Unit Owners.
Section 4.2 Units. Each Unit Owner shall maintain, repair and replace, at his or her own expense, all portions of his or her Unit, except the portions thereof to be maintained, repaired or replaced by the Association.
Section 4.3. Limited Common Elements. Any Common Expense associated with the maintenance, repair or replacement of a heat exchanger, heat outlet, enclosures and mechanical attachments will be assessed against the Unit or Units which the Limited Common Element serves.
Common Expenses associated with the maintenance, repair or replacement of components
ures and mechanical attachments will be assessed against the Unit or Units which the Limited Common Element serves.
Common Expenses associated with the maintenance, repair or replacement of components and elements attached to, planted on or a part of exterior doors, windows and skylights, will be assessed against the Unit or Units to which the Limited Common Element is assigned. No additional component or element may be attached without consent of the Executive Board.
7 AMY MyFies Jones MeanderOaks Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0175 Page 6 If any such Limited Common Element serves more that one Unit, the Common Expenses attributable to the Limited Common Element will be assessed equally among the Units which it serves.
Common Expenses associated with the cleaning, maintenance, repair or replacement of all other Limited Common Elements will be assessed against all Units in accordance with Section 7.2.b.
Each Unit Owner shall be responsible for removing all snow, leaves and debris from all doorsteps or stoops which are Limited Common Elements appurtenant to his Unit.
Section 4.4. Access. Any Person authorized by the Executive Board shall have the right of access to all portions of the Property for the purpose of correcting any condition threatening a Unit or the Common Elements, and for the purpose of performing installations, alterations or repairs, and for the purpose of reading, repairing, replacing utility meters and related pipes, valves, wires, and equipment provided that such requests for entry are made in advance and that any such entry is at a time reasonably convenient to the affected Unit Owner. In case of an emergency, no such request or notice is required and such right of entry shall be immediate, whether or not the Unit Owner is present at the time.
convenient to the affected Unit Owner. In case of an emergency, no such request or notice is required and such right of entry shall be immediate, whether or not the Unit Owner is present at the time.
Section 4.5. Repairs Resulting from Negligence. Each Unit Owner will reimburse the Association for any damages to any other Unit, to the Common Elements or to the Limited Common Elements caused intentionally, negligently or by his or her failure to properly maintain, repair or make replacements to his or her Unit. The Association will be responsible for damage to Units caused intentionally, negligently or by its failure to maintain, repair or make replacements to the Common Elements. If such expense is caused by misconduct, it will be assessed following Notice and Hearing ARTICLE 5 SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOCATED LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS Those portions of the Common Elements now or hereafter improved as parking spaces may be subsequently allocated as Limited Common Elements in accordance with Article 6 and Article 10 of this Declaration. Parking spaces may be assigned to Units by the Rules and Regulations or may be limited by Rules and Regulations to visitors only, handicapped or other appropriate category. The assignment of parking spaces in the Rules and Regulations shall not prohibit a subsequent allocation of parking spaces as Limited Common Elements.
ARTICLE 6 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND SPECIAL DECLARANT RIGHTS Section 6.1 Reservation of Development Rights. The Declarant reserves the following Development Rights: a. The right by amendment, within all portions of the Condominium created by this Declaration or which may be hereinafter added to the Condominium, to create Units, Common Elements or Limited Common Elements and to subdivide Units or convert Units into Common Elements
eated by this Declaration or which may be hereinafter added to the Condominium, to create Units, Common Elements or Limited Common Elements and to subdivide Units or convert Units into Common Elements b. The right to construct underground utility lines, pipes, wires, ducts, conduits and other facilities across the land anywhere in the Condominium for the purpose of furnishing utilities and other services to any Improvements. The Declarant also reserves the right to grant easements to public utility companies and to convey Improvements within those easements for the abovementioned purposes.
Section 6.2. Limitations on Development Rights. The Development Rights reserved in Section 6.1 are limited as follows: T. AMYMyFiles Sowes Meandertals. Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0176 Page 7 a. The Development Rights may be exercised at any time but not more than seven (7) years after the recording of the initial Declaration; b. The Declarant reserves the right to exercise development rights on that property described on Exhibit "C" however, a total of not more than 48 Units may be created under this Declaration and pursuant to the Development Rights reserved herein; c. The quality of construction of any buildings and Improvements to be created pursuant to the Development Rights shall be consistent with the quality of those constructed pursuant to this Declaration as initially recorded; d All Units and Common Elements created pursuant to the Development Rights will be restricted to the same general plan of development as the Units created under this Declaration as initially recorded.
Section 6.3. Method of Exercising Development Rights. To the extent a Development Right may be exercised with respect to different parcels such rights may be exercised at different times. No
recorded.
Section 6.3. Method of Exercising Development Rights. To the extent a Development Right may be exercised with respect to different parcels such rights may be exercised at different times. No assurances are made by the Declarant that it will exercise any or all of the Development Rights, that the Development Rights will be exercised in any order or that any parcel will be subjected to the Development Rights in any order. If any Development Right is exercised in any portion of the real estate to which the Development Right is applicable, the Development Right need not be exercised in all or any other portion of the remainder of such real estate.
Section 6.4. Special Declarant Rights. The Declarant reserves the following Special Declarant Rights, to the maximum extent permitted by law, which may be exercised, where applicable, anywhere within the condominium: a. To complete Improvements indicated on the Plats and Plans filed with the Declaration and in connection therewith, to maintain on premises during the construction period construction equipment, building materials, maintenance building and a construction office; b. To exercise a Development Right reserved in the Declaration; c. To maintain sales offices, management offices, signs advertising the Condominium, and models; d. To use easements through the Common Elements in accordance with N.C.G.S. 47C-2-116 for the purpose of discharging the Declarant's obligations or exercising the Declarant's Development Rights and Special Declarant Rights, including the making of Improvements within the Condominium or within any area in which the Declarant has reserved Development Rights and the right to convey utility and drainage easements to public utilities, municipalities, the State of North Carolina, riparian
within any area in which the Declarant has reserved Development Rights and the right to convey utility and drainage easements to public utilities, municipalities, the State of North Carolina, riparian owners or upland owners to fulfill the plan of development; e To appoint or remove an officer of the Association or an Executive Board member during the Declarant Control Period subject to the provisions of Section 6.5 of this Declaration.
Section 6.5. Declarant Control of the Association.
a. Subject to Subsection 6.5b, during the Declarant Control Period, a Declarant or persons designated by the Declarant may appoint and remove the officers and members of the Executive Board A Declarant may voluntarily surrender the right to appoint and remove officers and members of the Executive Board before the termination of the Declarant Control Period, but in that event the Declarant may require, for the duration of the Declarant Control Period, that specified actions of the Association or Executive Board, as described in a recorded instrument executed by the Declarant, be approved by the Declarant before they become effective.
1 AM MyFiles Jones & Keandertals Dec wyd BOOK PAGE 2571 0177 Page 8 b. Not later than sixty (60) days after conveyance of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Units to Unit Owners other than a Declarant, at least one member and not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the members of the Executive Board shall be elected by Unit Owners other than the Declarant. Not later than sixty (60) days after conveyance of fifty percent (50%) of the Units to Unit Owners other than a Declarant, not less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the members of the Executive Board must be elected by Unit Owners other than the Declarant.
ercent (50%) of the Units to Unit Owners other than a Declarant, not less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the members of the Executive Board must be elected by Unit Owners other than the Declarant.
c. Not later than the termination of the Declarant Control Period, the Unit Owners shall elect an Executive Board of at least three (3) members, at least a majority of whom shall be Unit Owners.
The Executive Board shall elect the officers. The Executive Board members and officers shall take office upon election.
d. Notwithstanding any provision of this Declaration or the Bylaws to the contrary, following notice under Section 47C-3-108 of the Condominium Act, the Unit Owners, by a sixty-seven percent (67%) vote of all persons present and entitled to vote at a meeting of the Unit Owners at which a quorum is present, may remove a member of the Executive Board with or without cause, other than a member appointed by the Declarant.
Section 6.6. Limitations on Special Declarant Rights. Unless sooner terminated by an amendment to the Declaration executed by the Declarant, and except as provided in Section 6.5 hereof, any Special Declarant Right may be exercised by the Declarant until the earlier of the following: (i) so long as the Declarant owns any Unit; or (ii) seven (7) years after recording this Declaration.
Section 6.7. Interference with Special Declarant Rights. Neither the Association nor any Unit Owner may take any action or adopt any rule that will interfere with or diminish any Special Declarant Right without the prior written consent of the Declarant Section 68. Fasement Declarant reserves to itself, its successors and assigns, the perpetual easement in favor of buildings located on the land described on Exhibit C, to connect to and use all
larant Section 68. Fasement Declarant reserves to itself, its successors and assigns, the perpetual easement in favor of buildings located on the land described on Exhibit C, to connect to and use all water lines, water wells, stormwater lines, drainage ditches, and sanitary sewer lines within the Condominium.
ARTICLE 7 ALLOCATED INTERESTS Section 7.1. Allocation of Interests. The table showing Unit numbers and their Allocated Interests is attached as Exhibit "B". These interests have been allocated in accordance with the formulas set out in this Article 7.
Section 7.2. Formulas for the Allocation of Interests. The interests allocated to each Unit have been calculated on the following formulas: a. Undivided Interest in the Common Elements. The percentage of the undivided interest in the Common Elements allocated to each Unit is based on the relative floor area of each Unit as compared to the floor area of all of the Units in the Condominium. For the purpose of this calculation, the floor areas of attics, if any, are not to be counted.
b. Liability for the Common Expenses. Each Unit in the Condominium shall share equally in the Common Expenses of the Condominium so that the percentage of liability for the Common Expenses allocated to each Unit is calculated by dividing the number 100 by the total number of Units TAMY MyFiles Jones Clearsdert Jaks Dec ward BOOK PAGE 2 5 7 1 0178 Page 9 in the Condominium. Nothing contained in this Subsection shall prohibit certain Common Expenses from being apportioned to particular Units under Article 17 of this Declaration.
c. Votes. Each Unit in the Condominium shall have one equal vote. Any specified percentage portion or fraction of Unit Owners, unless otherwise stated in the Condominium
rticle 17 of this Declaration.
c. Votes. Each Unit in the Condominium shall have one equal vote. Any specified percentage portion or fraction of Unit Owners, unless otherwise stated in the Condominium Documents, means the specified percentage, portion, or fraction of all the votes as allocated in Exhibit "B".
ARTICLE 8 RESTRICTIONS ON USE, ALIENATION AND OCCUPANCY Section 8.1. Use and Occupancy Restrictions. Subject to the Special Declarant Rights reserved under Article 6, the following use restrictions apply to all Units and to the Common Elements: a. Each Unit is restricted to office use and any other commercial activity permitted under applicable zoning ordinances, subject to the following: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Designated parking areas may not be used for any purpose other than vehicular parking. No outside storage of any property shall be permitted on the Common Areas (including parking areas) or Limited Common Areas except that operative and licensed vehicles used in a trade or business conducted in a Unit may be parked overnight on any designated parking areas which have not been allocated to another Unit; Without the prior written consent of the Executive Board, which consent shall be at the Board's sole consent, no health spa, dance or karate studio, skating rink, bowling alley, establishment which sells alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption, or any other recreational or entertainment type activity shall be operated or permitted to operate within any Units in the condominium.
Each Unit shall be used and occupied in a careful, safe and proper manner and shall be maintained in a clean and safe condition in accordance with local ordinances and the lawful directions of proper public officers. No Unit shall be used or occupied, in
e and proper manner and shall be maintained in a clean and safe condition in accordance with local ordinances and the lawful directions of proper public officers. No Unit shall be used or occupied, in whole or in part, in a manner which would in any way violate any certificate of occupancy affecting the condominium.
No Unit shall be used for any purpose other than as specified herein, and shall not be used for any unlawful, disreputable or immoral purpose or in any way that will injure the reputation of the Condominium.
The owner of each unit agrees that it will not do or permit to be done, or keep or suffer to be kept, anything in, upon or about the Unit which will contravene insurance policies insuring against loss or damage by fire or other hazards, or which will prevent the Condominium from procuring such policies in companies acceptable to the Executive Board. Owner shall not use or occupy or permit a Unit to be occupied, nor do or permit anything to be done in the Unit, in whole or in part which will cause or be apt to cause structural injury to the Condominium or the Building or any part of either, or as or will constitute a public or private nuisance.
The owner of each Unit agrees that it will not mark, paint, decorate, drill or in any way deface the exterior of the Unit or the Building without first obtaining the written approval of the Executive Board. Owner shall remove promptly upon order of the Executive Board any paint or decoration which has been applied to or installed upon the exterior of the Unit by owner, its agents, employees or contractors without the TAMY My Files Joues OleanderOaks_Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0179 Page 10 prior written approval of the Executive Board or take such other action with reference thereto as the Executive Board may require.
TAMY My Files Joues OleanderOaks_Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0179 Page 10 prior written approval of the Executive Board or take such other action with reference thereto as the Executive Board may require.
(vii) The owner of each Unit agrees not to permit the accumulation of rubbish, trash, garbage or other refuse in and around the Unit or the Building, and to remove same at owner's expense, and will keep such refuse in proper containers on the interior of the unit until called for to be removed. In the event owner fails to remove any accumulation of rubbish within three (3) days after notice to remove the same, the Association shall have the right to remove the same, in which event the cost thereof shall be paid by owner as an additional Assessment for the following month.
(viii) The owner of each Unit will, at its sole cost: (i) comply with all laws or ordinances and all valid rules, regulations and requirements of all county, municipal, state, federal and other governmental authorities, now in force or which may hereafter be in force, pertaining to the Condominium; (ii) comply with all recommendations of any public or private agency having authority over insurance rates with respect to the use or occupancy of the Unit; (iii) comply with all reasonable Rules and Regulations which the Association from time to time, may establish for the use and care of the Units, building, and Common Areas, and other facilities in the Condominium; (iv) not load or unload or permit the loading or unloading of merchandise, supplies or other property from any doors except those doors designed for such purpose.
(1) (2) (3) (ix) The owner of each Unit agrees that it will not use, generate, manufacture, produce, store, release, discharge, or dispose of on, under or about the Unit and the
gned for such purpose.
(1) (2) (3) (ix) The owner of each Unit agrees that it will not use, generate, manufacture, produce, store, release, discharge, or dispose of on, under or about the Unit and the Condominium or transport to or from the Unit and the Condominium any Hazardous Substance, or allow any other person or entity to do so.
The owner of each Unit agrees that it shall keep and maintain the Unit in compliance with, and shall not cause or permit the Unit to be in violation of, any Environmental Law.
The owner of each Unit agrees that it shall give prompt written notice to the Association of: (i) any proceeding or inquiry by any governmental authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Substance in the Unit or the migration thereof from or to other property; (ii) (iii) all claims made or threatened by any third party against owner or the Unit relating to any loss or injury resulting from any Hazardous Substance; and Owner's discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of the Condominium that could cause the Unit or any part thereof to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use of the unit under any Environmental Law.
The owner of each Unit agrees to protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Association, its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns from and against any and all loss, damage, cost, expense or liability (including attorney fees and costs) directly or indirectly arising out of or attributable to the use, generation, manufacture, production, storage, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, or presence of a Hazardous Substance on, under or about the unit, including, without
butable to the use, generation, manufacture, production, storage, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, or presence of a Hazardous Substance on, under or about the unit, including, without limitation: (i) all forseeable consequential damages, and (ii) the costs of any required or necessary repair, cleanup or detoxification of the condominium and the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial or other required plans.
TAMY MyFales Jones Weanderfaks Dec wpd BOOK PAGE 2571 0180 Page 11 b. The use of Units and Common Elements is subject to the Bylaws and the Rules and Regulations of the Association.
Section 8.2. Restrictions on Alienation. A Unit may not be conveyed pursuant to a timesharing plan.
A Unit may be leased or rented subject to any applicable Rules and Regulations. All leases of a Unit shall be deemed to include a provision that the tenant will recognize and attorn to the Association as landford, solely for the purpose of having the power to enforce a violation of the provisions of the Condominium Documents against the tenant, provided the Association gives the landlord notice of its intent to so enforce, and a reasonable opportunity to cure the violation directly, prior to the commencement of an enforcement action.
ARTICLE 9 EASEMENTS AND LICENSES All easements, reservations, restrictions, agreements, or licenses to which the Condominium is presently subject are recited in Exhibit "A" to this Declaration. In addition, the Condominium may be subject to other easements or licenses granted by the Declarant pursuant to its powers under Article 6 of this Declaration.
ARTICLE 10 ALLOCATION AND REALLOCATION OF LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS A Common Element not previously allocated as a Limited Common Element may be so
ant to its powers under Article 6 of this Declaration.
ARTICLE 10 ALLOCATION AND REALLOCATION OF LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS A Common Element not previously allocated as a Limited Common Element may be so allocated only pursuant to provisions of Article 5 of the Declaration. The allocations will be made by amendments to the Declaration, specifying to which Unit or Units the Limited Common Element is allocated.
The Declarant has reserved the right, under Article 5 of this Declaration, to allocate parking spaces to each Unit as Limited Common Elements. If any such parking spaces are so allocated, they shall be assigned to particular Units by amendment to this Declaration. Any parking spaces which are not allocated as Limited Common Elernents at the termination of the Development Rights period may be so allocated by the Association by amendment to this Declaration. All amendments shal!
specify to which Unit or Units the Limited Common Element is allocated.
No Limited Common Element depicted on the Plats and Plans may be reallocated by an amendment to this Declaration pursuant to this Article 10 except as part of a relocation of boundaries of Units pursuant to Article 12 of this Declaration. Such amendment shall require the approval of all holders of Security Interests in the affected Units, which approval shall be endorsed thereon. The Person executing the amendment shall provide an executed copy thereof to the Association which, if the amendment complies with the provisions of this Declaration and the Condominium Act, shall record it. The amendment shall contain words of conveyance and must be recorded and indexed in the names of the parties and the Condominium. The parties executing the amendment shall be
ium Act, shall record it. The amendment shall contain words of conveyance and must be recorded and indexed in the names of the parties and the Condominium. The parties executing the amendment shall be responsible for the preparation of the amendment and shall reimburse the Association for its reasonable attorneys' fees in connection with the review of the amendment and for the recording costs.
ARTICLE 11 ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS Section 11.1. Additions, Alterations and Improvements by Unit Owners.
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BOOK PAGE 2571 0181 Page 12 a. No Unit Owner will make any structural addition, structural alteration, or structural Improvement in or to the Condominium without the prior written consent thereto of the Executive Board in accordance with Subsection 11.ic.
b. Subject to Subsection 11.1a, a Unit Owner: (i) may make any other Improvements or alterations to the interior of his Unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the Condominium; (ii) may not change the appearance of the Common Elements, or the exterior appearance of a Unit or any other portion of the Condominium, without permission of the Association; and (iii) may, after acquiring an adjoining Unit, remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures therein, even if the partition is a Limited Common Element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the Condominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries.
c. A Unit Owner may submit a written request to the Executive Board for approval to do
dominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries.
c. A Unit Owner may submit a written request to the Executive Board for approval to do anything that he or she is forbidden to do under Subsection 11.1a or 11.1b(ii). The Executive Board shall answer any written request for such approval, after Notice and hearing, within sixty (60) days after the request thereof. Failure to do so within such time shall not constitute a consent by the Executive Board to the proposed action. The Executive Board shall review requests in accordance with the provisions of its Rules and Regulations.
d. Any applications to any department or to any governmental authority for a permit to make any addition, alteration or Improvement in or to any Unit shall be executed by the Association only.
Such execution will not, however, create any liability on the part of the Association or any of its members to any contractor, subcontractor or materialman on account of such addition, alteration or Improvement or to any person having any claim for injury to persons or damage to property arising therefrom.
e. All additions, alterations and Improvements to the Units and Common Elements shall not, except pursuant to prior approval by the Executive Board, cause any increase in the premium of any insurance policies carried by the Association or by the Owners of any Units other than those affected by such change.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Declarant in the exercise of any Special Declarant Right.
Section 112. Additions, Alterations and Improvements by Executive Board. Subject to any limitations contained in this Declaration, the Executive Board may make any additions, alterations
larant Right.
Section 112. Additions, Alterations and Improvements by Executive Board. Subject to any limitations contained in this Declaration, the Executive Board may make any additions, alterations or Improvements to the Common Elements which, in its judgment, it deems necessary.
ARTICLE 12 RELOCATION OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ADJOINING UNITS Section 12.1. Application and Amendment. Subject to approval of any structural changes and required permits pursuant to Article 11, the boundaries between adjoining Units: may be relocated by an amendment to the Declaration upon application to the Association by the Owners of the Units affected by the relocation. If the Owners of the adjoining Units have specified a reallocation between their Units of their Allocated Interests, the application shall state the proposed reallocations. Unless the Executive Board determines, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the application, that the ↑ AMY My Files Jones (Meander als Dec wpd BOOK 2571 PAGE 0182 Page 13 reallocations are unreasonable, the Association shall consent to the reallocation and prepare an amendment that identifies the Units involved, states the reallocations and indicates the Association's consent. The amendment must be executed by those Unit Owners and contain words of conveyance between them, and the approval of all holders of Security Interests in the affected units shall be endorsed thereon. On recordation, the amendment shall be indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee, and in the grantee's index in the name of the Association.
Section 12.2. Recording Amendments. The Association shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries between adjoining Units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers.
tion 12.2. Recording Amendments. The Association shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries between adjoining Units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers.
The applicants will pay for the costs of preparation of the amendment and its recording, and the reasonable consultant fees of the Association if it is deemed necessary to employ a consultant by the Executive Board.
ARTICLE 13 AMENDMENTS TO DECLARATION Section 13.1 General. Except in cases of amendments that may be executed by the Declarant in the exercise of its Development Rights or by the Association under Article 10 of this Declaration and Section 47C-1-107 of the Condominium Act, or by certain Unit Owners under Article 10 and Section 12.1 of this Declaration and Section 47C-2-118 of the Condominium Act, and except as limited by Section 12.1 and Article 16 of this Declaration, this Declaration, including the Plats and Plans, may be amended only by vote or agreement of Owners of Units to which at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the votes in the Association are allocated.
Section 13.2. Limitation of Actions. An action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the Association pursuant to this Article may not be brought more than one year after the amendment is recorded.
Section 13.3. Recordation of Amendments. Each amendment to the Declaration must be recorded in the county in which the Condominium is located and the amendment is effective only upon recording. An amendment, except an amendment pursuant to Article 12 of this Declaration, must be indexed in the grantee's index in the name of the Condominium and the Association and in the grantor's index in the name of the parties executing the amendment.
Article 12 of this Declaration, must be indexed in the grantee's index in the name of the Condominium and the Association and in the grantor's index in the name of the parties executing the amendment.
Section 13.4. Unanimous Consent Required. Except to the extent expressly permitted or required by other provisions of the Condominium Act, an amendment may not create or increase Special Declarant Rights, increase the number of Units, change the boundaries of a Unit, the Allocated Interests of a Unit, or the uses to which a Unit is restricted, in the absence of the unanimous consent of the Unit Owners.
Section 13.5. Execution of Amendments. An amendment to the Declaration required by the Condominium Act to be recorded by the Association, which has been adopted in accordance with this Declaration and the Condominium Act, must be prepared, executed, recorded and certified on behalf of the Association by an officer of the Association designated for that purpose, or in the absence of designation, by the president of the Association.
Section 13.6 Special Declarant Rights. Provisions in this Declaration creating Special Declarant Rights may not be amended without the consent of the Declarant.
Section 13.7. Consent of Holder of Security Interests. Amendments are subject to the consent requirements of Article 16 of this Declaration.
TAMY MyFiles Jones Meander aks Diec wpd BUON 2571 01 8 3 Page 14 Section 13.8. Amendments to Create Units or Withdraw Real Estate. To exercise any Development Rights reserved under Section 6.1 of this Declaration, the Declarant shall prepare, execute and record an amendment to the Declaration. The Declarant shall also record either new Plats and Plans necessary to conform to the requirements of Section 47C-2-109(a), (b), and (c) of
repare, execute and record an amendment to the Declaration. The Declarant shall also record either new Plats and Plans necessary to conform to the requirements of Section 47C-2-109(a), (b), and (c) of the Condominium Act or new certifications of the Plats and Plans previously recorded if those Plats and Plans otherwise conform to the requirements of those Sections.
The amendment to the Declaration shall describe any Common Elements and any Limited Common Elements created thereby and designate the Unit to which each Limited Common Element is allocated to the extent required by Section 47C-2-108 of the Condominium Act.
ARTICLE 14 AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS The Bylaws may be amended only by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Executive Board, following Notice and Comment to all Unit Owners, at any meeting duly called for such purpose.
ARTICLE 15 TERMINATION Termination of the Condominium may be accomplished only in accordance with Section 47C2-118 of the Condominium Act.
ARTICLE 16 MORTGAGEE PROTECTION Section 16.1. Introduction. This Article establishes certain standards and covenants which are for the benefit of Eligible Mortgagees. This Article is supplemental to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of the Condominium Documents, but in the case of conflict, this Article shall control.
Section 16.2. Percentage of Eligible Mortgagees. Wherever in this Declaration the approval or consent of a specified percentage of Eligible Mortgagees is required, it shall mean the approval or consent of eligible mortgagees holding First Mortgages in Units which in the aggregate have allocated to them such specified percentage of votes in the Association when compared to the total allocated to all Units then subject to First Mortgages held by Eligible Mortgagees.
he aggregate have allocated to them such specified percentage of votes in the Association when compared to the total allocated to all Units then subject to First Mortgages held by Eligible Mortgagees.
Section 16.3. Notice of Actions. The Association shall give prompt written notice to each Eligible Mortgagee of: a. Any condemnation loss or any casualty loss which affects a material portion of the Condominium or any Unit in which there is a First Mortgage held, insured, or guaranteed by such Eligible Mortgagee, as applicable; b. Any delinquency in the payment of Common Expense assessments owed by an Owner whose Unit is subject to a First Mortgage held, insured, or guaranteed, by such Eligible Mortgagee, which remains uncured for a period of sixty (60) days; c. Any lapse, cancellation, or material modification of any insurance policy or fidelity bond maintained by the Association; TAMY MyFiles Jones Cleandertals Dec wyd 2571 0184 Page 15 d. Any proposed action which would require the consent of a specified percentage of Eligible Mortgagees as specified in Section 16.4; and e. Any judgment rendered against the Association.
Section 16.4 Consent Required.
a. Changes in the Condominium Documents. Notwithstanding any lower requirement permitted by this Declaration or the Condominium Act, no amendment of any material provision of the Condominium Documents by the Association or Unit Owners described in this Subsection 16.4a may be effective without the vote of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Unit Owners (or any greater Unit Owner vote required in this Declaration or the Condominium Act) and until approved in writing by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Eligible Mortgagees (or any greater Eligible
r any greater Unit Owner vote required in this Declaration or the Condominium Act) and until approved in writing by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Eligible Mortgagees (or any greater Eligible Mortgagee approval required by this Declaration). The foregoing approval requirements do not apply to amendments effected by the exercise of any Development Right. "Material" includes, but is not limited to, any provision affecting: (i) assessments, assessment liens or subordination of assessments liens; (ii) voting rights; (iii) reserves for maintenance, repair and replacement of Common Elements; (iv) responsibility for maintenance and repairs; (v) reallocation of interests in the Common Elements or Limited Common Elements except that when Limited Common Elements are reallocated by agreement between Unit Owners, only those Units Owners and only the Eligible Mortgagees holding First Mortgages in such Units must approve such action; (vi) rights to use Common Elements and Limited Common Elements; (vii) boundaries of Units except that when boundaries of only adjoining Units are involved, then only those Unit Owners and the Eligible Mortgagees holding First Mortgages in such Unit or Units must approve such action, (viii) convertibility of Units into Common Elements or Common Elements into Units, (ix) expansion or contraction of the Condominium, or the addition, annexation or withdrawal of property to or from the Condominium; (x) insurance or fidelity bonds; (xi) leasing of Units; (xii) imposition of restrictions on a Unit Owner's right to sell or transfer his or her Unit; (xiii) establishment of self-management when professional management had been required previously by any Eligible Mortgagee; (xiv) restoration or repair of the Condominium after a hazard damage or
it; (xiii) establishment of self-management when professional management had been required previously by any Eligible Mortgagee; (xiv) restoration or repair of the Condominium after a hazard damage or partial condemnation in a manner other than that specified in the Condominium Documents; 1 AMY My Files Joveseander taks Dec wpd