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DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND
RESTRICTIONS
OF
SEASONS
TRACE, SECTION VI
This Declaration, made on the date
hereinafter set
Inc., hereinafter referred to
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of
certain property in
which is
the
properties described above shall be held, sold and conveyed
conditions,
which are for the purpose of protecting the value and
successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1. "Owner" shall mean and
refer to the
record
simple
SECTION 2. "Properties" shall mean
and refer
to that
SECTION 3. "Declarant" shall mean
and refer to
Seasons
ARTICLE II
Architectural Control
SECTION 1. No building, fence, wall
or other structure
shall
nor
kind,
of external
committee compose
committee, fails to
have been submitted to
Furthermore, no living tree
with a
diameter of six
Declarant or architectural committee.
Any construction
SECTION 2. Only those General
Contractors approved by
improvements on any lot.
ARTICLE III
Use
Restrictions
SECTION 1. Each lot shall be used
exclusively for
or permitted to remain thereon other than one single-
pursuant to Article II of this Declaration
SECTION 2. Declarant reserves for
the benefit of
maintenance and/or replacement of utility
aforementioned plat and where no
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rear
lines of each lot, as well as the right to use said areas
the right, before or after the sale of any of
SECTION 3. There shall be no
outdoor open airing or
drying of any clothing, bed linens, blankets, rugs, etc. on
the Properties
except at such locations and on such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed
by the Declarant.
SECTION 4. No obnoxious or
offensive activity shall be
conducted or permitted on any of the Properties, and
nothing shall be done
thereon which may be or become an annoyance or a nuisance to the
neighborhood. No business
or profession of any kind or
nature shall be carried on or practiced in any dwelling the express
written
consent of Declarant.
SECTION 5. No trailer, tent, shack,
barn garage, or
outbuilding shall be used on any of the Properties at any
time as a residence,
either temporarily or permanently. Nor
shall any boat, boat trailer, school bus, truck with commercial
lettering or
commercial use, or any truck over 3/4 ton, camper or camping trailer,
or other
mobile living or recreational
vehicle, be stored, parked or kept on any of the
Properties for more than eight (8) hours, except in such area or areas
as
may
be designated by the Declarant, and such units shall not be used as
living
quarters while so stored or parked.
SECTION 6. No animals, livestock or
poultry of any kind
shall be raised, bred or kept on any of the Properties,
except that dogs, cats
and other household pets may be kept, provided they are not kept, bred
or
maintained for any
commercial purposes and provided that they do not become a
nuisance to other owners or occupants.
No permitted
animal shall be allowed outside of a dwelling unless under
the owner's control and in his presence.
SECTION 7. No sign or poster of any
kind shall be
displayed to the public view on any of the Properties,
except contractors'
signs during construction period and one professional real estate sign
of not
more than six square
feet, advertising a lot, and any dwelling constructed
thereon, for sale or for rent.
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SECTION 8. It shall be the owner's
responsibility to
subdivision
and the surface of any adjoining road or roads,
other
waste. If the Owner of any
right
to perform any necessary maintenance or clearing and the Owner
hereby agrees to reimburse Declarant his costs.
SECTION 9. No owner, resident or
lessee shall install wiring
for electrical or telephone installation, radio or
television
antennae, machines or air conditioning units, etc., on the
exterior or any building or structure or in a way that causes
same to
protrude through the walls or the roof of any building or
SECTION 10. Inoperative or
unlicensed cars, trucks or other
vehicles shall not be parked or stored on streets, parking
areas
or lots.
SECTION 11.
The respective lots shall not be rented by
be
defined as (a) rental for any period less than thirty (30) days;
or (b) any rental if the occupants are provided customary
hotel
services, such as room service for food and beverage, maid
Other
than the foregoing obligations, the Owners of the
provided
that said lease is made subject to the covenants and
ARTICLE
IV
General Provisions
SECTION
1. ENFORCEMENT. The Declarant, or any Owner,
(a Virginia
reservations,
liens and charges now or hereafter imposed by the provisions
of this Declaration. Failure by the
Declarant or by
any
Owner to enforce any covenant or restriction herein contained shall
in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so
thereafter.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
Invalidation of any one of
order shall
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SECTION
3. AMENDMENT.
The covenants and restrictions
of
twenty (20) years from the date this Declaration is recorded, after
which time they shall automatically be extended for
successive
periods of ten (10) years. This
Declaration
may be amended
except Article IV, Section 6 during the first twenty (20)
year
period by an instrument signed by not less than eighty percent
(80%) of the Lot Owners, and thereafter by an instrument
signed
by not less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the
hereof
shall not be subject to amendment.
SECTION 4. SUBSTITUTION.
Declarant shall have the
an
association or committee of lot owners by instrument duly recorded
in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City
of
SECTION 5. SEASONS TRACE SINGLE
FAMILY ASSOCIATION.
Each
owner shall be a member of the Seasons Trace Single Family
By-Laws
including payment of any dues properly assessed. Unpaid
dues,
interest, late charges and collection costs, including
reasonable
attorney's fees, if any shall be a lien against the lot on
which they were assessed.
SECTION 6. ANNEXATION.
Additional land within the
Clerk,
Circuit Court of the City of
of the
date of this instrument by the filing of a supplementary declaration
in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the
City of
SECTION 7. MAINTENANCE OF PONDS. The Owners of lots
Seasons
Trace recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the
City of
37,
Page 59 shall be responsible for maintenance of the pond on their
lot. In the event any such Owner shall
fail to maintain
the
pond on their lot, the Seasons Trace Single Family Association
(a Virginia Corporation) shall perform the necessary
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maintenance
and charge the cost thereof as an additional dues to
WITNESS the following signature and
seal this 4th day
SEASONS TRACE
DEVELOPMENT, INC.
DAVID L.
HERTZLER, President
CITY/COUNTY
OF JAMES CITY, to-wit:
The foregoing instrument was
acknowledged before me by
DAVID
L. HERTZLER, President of SEASONS TRACE DEVELOPMENT, INC.,
this
4th day of AUGUST, 1982.
/signature on
original/
NOTARY
PUBLIC
My commission
expires: 7 1 85
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All
that certain lot piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
1-25 on
that certain plat entitled "PLAT OF SEASONS TRACE-SECTION
INC.-OWNER, DEVELOPER,
professional
corporation of
of the
City of
County
of
In the
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of
1982
this Declaration was presented with certificate annexed and
Teste: Helene S. Ward, Clerk
by /signature on original/
Deputy Clerk