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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOak Forest Unit 8 f1'~ ~1 t~ r< y t\ r.; ~.~,FM 0 R )~. CL.EHK OF Ci~~'I=Uir' f~:~-:'''T q:~iI'lO' r h"';' ::~ ..,;,;.. J J,,- I L._ l,l.c'.i I ,'-'. RECOHDED er. VCR1FIU} j/~lJP "l'l"'[' b + i~ 'J J DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS :r~_~~~~::~~.ill~~':!~'j' GULF~~~~~E~g~~~~~ogOR~ade og ihe date herein~fter set forth by B 1 . ., a e aware corporatlon doing business as ~ -A1re Homes, successor by merger to Bel-Aire Florlda corporation, hereinafter referred to as IIDe~~:~:;t~~c., a ,'S 'I:'; ,I'll'') (i .1l! I'" I I . -"'''',' ,t!...IJ 0~.J hd W. WIT N E SSE T H: Cit WHERE~S, Decla~ant is the owner of certain property in the '~'YhO~ Wlnter Spr~ngs, County of Seminole, State of Florida lC 1S more partlcularly described as: ' (I) m P NOWt.THERdEFOR~b' dDecblarant hereby declares that all of the ~ roper les escrl e a ove sha~l be hQld sold . ~ ject to the following easements. re:;;~;ict" and conveyed sub", . .' " . ~ons, cover"~n"'<:: and ("') condl tlons, '",hlCh are for the purpes~of P~".... . ...... ,\..~ 1 <::) and desirability of, and which shall rUh\vith, ~~!:1.<.l. tne value ~ and shall be binding on all parties having any right;-ll~~~pert~ interest in the described properties or any part thereof, theTr heirs, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each owner thereof. ~ee Exhibit "A" attached hereto and lnc0rporated herein by reference. I'.) c:. m C> ~~ ..., ~.. M .:;.; r- ~ l'.) .-..:) ~: ,..... ; ("''7) ~:.~ ~~ -ot:.:t :t.'t- t,'oJ c.~ m ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1. "Association" shall mean and refer to OAK FOREST UNIT EIGHT HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida corporation, not for profit, its successors and assigns. Section 2. "Common 'Area" shall mean all real property (including the improvements thereto) owned by the Association for the common benefit of the owners. The Common Area to be owned by the Association at the time of the conveyance of the first Lot is described as follows: Tract A, Tract B, Tract C, Tract D and Tract E - according to the Plat of Oak Forest Unit ~- ~4 Eight, recorded in Plat Book 41-, Page J!r:}'21) 5) -./ Public Records of Seminole County, Florida. 1 Q6TUtl.tJ T'J", ~""',.",,,_,,'C . /D'"1~<>~~'-'" Q, le.'B.....~Nc.... I V \ \'1 ot=' '.0\ \,j \t.....:Q S'll. ~ ,~6.. ~ ,~ _ \ \ '1 " E .sJ~- d3:h T wl~R S~,tJUSj Fl ; l -:s'11C C!CEP 061110lDEl 06/14/89.1 . " L~ . ~.- ,-~~ ~ --' ,~~. ~ ~ --i..j , , Section 3. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to GULFSTREAM HOUSING CORP., a Delaware corporation doing business as Bel-Aire Homes, successor by merger to Bel-Aire Homes, Inc., a Florida corporation, its successors and assigns, if such successors or assigns should acquire more than one undeveloped Lot from the Declarant for the purpose of development. Section 4. "Lot" shall mean and refer to any plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties with the exception of the Common Area. Section 5. "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. ~ rn C"l Section 6. "Properties" shall mean and refer to that certain P real property hereinbefore described, and such additions thereto ~ as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of the Asso- . ciation. ,...., CD - 0 c::;:) o. ~. - - -' ... 1: N ( f 0.> ARTICLE II PROPERTY RIGHTS Section 1. Owners' Easements. Every owner shall have a right and nonexclusive easement in and to the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions: (a) The right and duty of the Association to levy Assessments against each Lot for the purpose of main- taining the Common Areas and facilities in compliance with the provisions of this Declaration and with the restrictions on the Plats of portions of The Properties from time to time recorded. (b) The right of the Association to suspend the Owner's (and his permitees') voting rights for any period during which any Assessment against his Lot remains unpaid and for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for any infraction of lawfully adopted and published rules and regulations. (c) The right of the Association to adopt at any time, and from time to time, and enforce rules and regu- lations governing the Common Areas, including the right to fine Members as hereinafter provided. Any rule and/or regulation so adopted shall apply until rescinded or modified as if originally set forth at length in this Declaration. 2 C/CEP 0611101DEl 06/14/89.1 (d) 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 the members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective unless an instrument agreeing to such dedica- tion or transfer signed by two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members has been recorded. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS Section 1. Membership. Every owner of a Lot which is subject to assessment shall be a member of the Associa- tion. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment. Section 2. Voting Rights. The Association shall have two (2) 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 (1) 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 exer- cised as they determine, but in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any Lot. Class B. The Class B member(s) shall be the Declarant and shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot owned. 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 total votes outstanding on the Class A membership equal the total votes out- standing in the Class B membership, or (b) on January 1, 1995. ARTICLE IV COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS Section 1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of 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 3 C/CEP 06l1101DEl 06/14/89.1 N ." ~ X o r- "" ('") o . c:o - <::> o ~ o - - ..,., -.s ;;: r- N ~ ..r::- 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 improve- ments, 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 con- tinuing lien upon the property 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 person's successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. Section 2. Purpose of Assessments. The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the Lot Owners and the maintenance of the Common Area, including, but not limited to, the payment of taxes and insurance. Section 3. Maximum Annual Assessment. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be Three Hundred dollars ($ 300.00 ) per Lot. (a) From and after January 1 of the year immedi- ately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased each year not more than five percent (5%) above the maximum assessment for the previous year without a vote of the membership. (b) From and after January 1 of the year immedi- ately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased above five percent (5%) by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose. (c) The Board of Directors may fix the annual assessment at an amount not in excess of the maximum as stated above. Section 4. Special Assessments for Capital Improvements. In addition to the annual assessments author- ized 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, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a 4 C/CEP 0611101DEl 06/14/89.1 ......, co - a eft 0.,.., ~ c:::> ~::: ~ - r 5 y f' r- ~ ("') - 0 -.a ." .." l" r- ......, ~ I"" U" capital improvement upon the Common Area, including fixtures and personal property related thereto, provided that any such assessment shall have the assent of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of each class of members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose. Section 5. Notice and Quorum for Any Action Authorized 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 thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of members or of proxies entitled to cast sixty percent (60%) of all the votes of each class of membership 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 (1/2) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent meeting shall be held more than sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting. Section 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 an annual, quarterly or monthly basis. Section 7. Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments: Due Dates. The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all Lots on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the Common Area; provided, no lots owned by the Class B member shall be subject to assess- ments. The first annual assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar year and shall be collected at the .time of conveyance of the subject Lot by the Developer. The Board of Directors shall fix the amount of the annual assessment against each Lot at least thirty (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 the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance. 5 C/CEP 06lll0lDEl 06/14/89.1 ....., CJ:) C) ~~ ..., c:; ;,; r - en f"l :~ :i: o r- r1 ("') o - . c:;:) - ? '" < c ""0' ..., -I >' ..... f"ooo,) ~ en Section 8. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association. Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of six percent (6%) 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. No owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by abandonment of his Lot. Section 9. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. The lien of the assessments provided for herein shall be subor- dinate to the lien of any 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 fore- closure or any proceeding in lieu thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments 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 there- after becoming due or from the lien thereof. ARTICLE V PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE COMMON AREAS/OTHER EASEMENTS Section 1. Platted Easements. Easements for installa- tions and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as shown on the recorded plat. Within these easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of a flow of drainage channels in the easements, or which may obstruct or retard the flow of water through drainage channels in the easements. The ease- ment area of each Lot and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the Owner of the Lot, except for those improvements for which a public authority or utility company is responsible. Section 2. Maintenance. The Association shall at all times maintain in good repair and manage, operate and insure, and shall replace as often as necessary, the Common Areas and the drainage structures (including but not limited to all vertical control structures), landscaping, signs, improvements, and other structures (except utilities) situated on the Common Areas, if any, all such work to be done as ordered by the Board of Directors of the Associa- tion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Association shall assume all of Developer's responsibility of any kind to any applicable governmental authority with respect to the Common Areas and shall indemnify and hold the Developer harmless with respect thereto. All work pursuant 6 C/CEP 06l1l01DEl 06/14/89.1 ~ co .... c> ~ ~ c>~ rn ~: ~ .... ~ a ~ f r- rn ~ .... C) . ~ -0 ~ ~ r- ~ c ~ ~ to this Section and all expenses incurred hereunder shall be paid for by the Association through Assessments (either gen- eral or special) imposed in accordance herewith. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for Assessments by abandonment of his Lot. Section 3. Utility Easements. Use of the Common Areas for utilities, as well as use of the other utility easements as shown on relevant plats, shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Declaration. The Developer and its designees shall have a perpetual easement over, upon and under the Common Areas for the installation and mainte- nance of electric, power, gas, sewer, water, community and/or cable television and security and other communication lines, equipment and materials and other similar underground television, radio and security cables for service to the Lots and other portions of The Properties. Section 4. Public Easements. Fire, police, health and sanitation, park maintenance and other public service per- sonnel and vehicles shall have a permanent and perpetual easement for ingress and egress over and across the Common Areas. Section 5. Ownership. As shown on the Plat, the Greenbelt, Drainage and Conservation Areas of the Common Areas are hereby dedicated, non-exclusively, to the joint and several use, in common of the Owners of all Lots that may from time to time constitute part of The Properties, for greenbelt, drainage and conservation purposes. The Greenbelt, Drainage and Conservation Areas of the Common Areas (or appropriate portions thereof) as shown on the Plat, shall, at the time of the conveyance of the first Lot (or at any time and from time to time at the sole election of the Developer), be conveyed to the Association, which shall accept such conveyance. The Association is hereby granted an easement over and across all Lots for access of personnel and equipment to maintain, repair, renovate or construct improvements upon, or achieve the objectives of Article V, Section 3 hereof, upon all parts and parcels of the Common Areas. Beginning from the date these covenants are recorded, the Association shall be responsible for the maintenance of such Common Areas (whether or not then con- veyed or to be conveyed to the Association), such mainte- nance to be performed in a continuous and satisfactory manner. It is intended that all real estate taxes, if any, assessed against that portion of the Common Areas owned or to be owned by the Association shall be proportionally assessed against, and payable as part of, the taxes of the applicable Lots within The Properties. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such taxes are assessed directly against the Common Areas, the Associa- 7 C/CEP 061ll0lDEl 06/14/89.1 N 0') - 0 ~ 0 0... .,c::: ::c - i ~ , I r- 1'1' n - 0 -' -c ~ 'P' r N c rr co tion shall be responsible for the payment of the same, including taxes on any improvements and any personal property located thereon, which taxes accrue from and after the date these covenants are recorded, and such taxes shall be prorated between Developer and the Association as of the date of such recordation. Developer shall have the right from time to time to enter upon the Common Areas and other portions of The Properties for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement and/or alteration of any improvements or facilities on the Common Areas or elsewhere on The Properties that Developer elects to affect, and to use the Common Areas and other portions of The Properties for sales, displays and signs or for any other purpose during the period of construction and sale of any portion of. The Properties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Developer shall have the specific right to maintain upon any portion of The Properties sales, admin- istrative, construction or other offices without charge, and appropriate easements of access and use are expressly reserved unto the Developer and its successors, assigns, employees and contractors, for this purpose. Any obligation to complete portions of the Common Areas shall, at all times, be subject and subordinate to these rights and ease- ments and to the above-referenced activities. Accordingly, the Developer shall not be liable for delays in such comple- tion to the extent resulting from the above-referenced activities. The Common Areas cannot be mortgaged. Section 6. Other Easements. Easements are reserved over each Lot and the Common Areas in favor of each other Lot and the Common Areas in order to permit drainage and run-off from one Lot (and its improvements) to another or to the Common Areas or from the Common Areas to any Lot or Lots. Section 7. Area and Setbacks Restrictions. No building shall be constructed on a plot having an area of less than seventy-five hundred (7,500) square feet, and such plot shall be not less than seventy-five (75) feet in width at the front building setback line. No dwelling shall be erected nearer than twenty-five (25) feet to the front lot line nor farther than forty (40) feet from the front lot line. No building shall be erected nearer than seven and one-half (7.5) feet to any interior lot line. No dwelling shall be erected nearer than fifteen (15) feet to the side lot line on a corner lot adjacent to the street. No fence or wall shall be erected, placed or altered on any Lot nearer to any street than the minimum setback restrictions of the applicable provisions of the City Code of the City of Winter Springs, State of Florida, in effect at the time of said construction. It shall be the Lot Owner's responsi- bility to verify compliance with said Code. 8 C/CEP 06ll101DE1 06/14/89.1 r-..) 0' g ...r. ,,-"' - ~a ~ - "6 ';, g - < i --.I ""C ..." 'Jl r r-..) ~ <.0 Section 8. Maintenance of the Surface Water Treatment and Management Facility. The Association shall at all times maintain in good repair, and manage, operate and insure the surface water treatment and management facility, in accordance with the conditions to be established by the permit issued by the St. Johns River Water Management District in accordance with the Technical Staff Report and recommendations contained therein. Section 9. Drainage and Utility Easements. All Lots shall have drainage and utility easements along the rear portion and side portion of said Lots (except adjacent to street rights of way or as otherwise shown on the plat), in accordance with the provisions of the plat, for the purpose of drainage and utilities. There shall be no structures of any kind, including fences, patios, pools, maintenance sheds or any other structures constructed on the easement. All vegetation shall remain, with the only clearing allowed to be for the construction of the berms and drainage structures. This easement will be maintained by the Lot Owner. The Association will have the right to enter said easement to maintain the drainage. ARTICLE VI CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS Section 1. Applicability. The provisions of this Article VI shall be applicable to all of The Properties but shall not be applicable to the Developer or property owned by the Developer. Section 2. Land Use and Building Type. No Lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No building"con- structed on a Lot shall be used except for residential pur- poses. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot other than one single-family home. Temporary uses by Developer for model homes, sales displays, parking lots, sales offices and other offices, or anyone or combination of such uses, shall be permitted until permanent cessation of such uses takes place. No changes may be made in buildings erected by the Developer (except if such changes are made by the Developer) without the consent of the Architectural Control Board as provided herein. Section 3. Nuisances. No noxious, offensive or unlawful activity shall be carried on upon The Properties, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to other Owners. 9 C/CEP 061l101DE1 06/14/89.1 ~ ~ .... ~ U' ~ ~~ rn ~ ~ .... ~ a ~ r ~ ~ < g . .... . . ~ ~ -n ~ r ~ ~ ~ Section 4. Temporary Structures. No structure of a temp- orary character, or trailer, tent, mobile home, motor home, or recreational vehicle, shall be permitted on The Properties at any time or used at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently, except by the Developer during construction. Section 5. Signs. No sign of any kind shall be permitted to be placed inside a home or on the outside walls of the home or on any fences on The Properties, nor on the Common Areas, nor on dedicated areas, if any, nor on entryways within The Properties, except such as are placed by the Developer. Section 6. Pets, Livestock and Poultry. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any Lot, except domestic pets; provided such domes- tic pets are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose and provided that it does not become a nuisance or annoyance to any neighbor. No dogs or other pets shall be permitted to have excretions on any Common Areas, and Owners shall be responsible for the clean-up of any such improper excretions. Section 7. Visibility at Intersections. No obstruction to visibility at street intersections or Common Area inter- sections shall be permitted. No fence, wall, hedge or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two (2) and six (6) feet above the roadways shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangu- lar area formed by the street property lines and a line connecting them at points twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of the street lines, or in the case of a rounded property corner from the intersection of the street property lines extended. The same sight line limitations shall apply on any lot within ten (10) feet from the inter- section of a street property line within the edge of the driveway or on any lot within ten (10) feet from the inter- section of a street property line with the edge of a drive- way or alley pavement. No tree shall be permitted to remain within such distances of such intersections unless the foilage line is maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of such sight lines. Section 8. Architectural Control. No building, fence, wall or other structure shall be commenced, erected or main- tained upon the Properties, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, and location of the same shall have been sub- mitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of external design and location in relation to surrounding structures 10 C/CEP 0611101DEl 06/14/89.1 r--) clO <:) ~~ - c:: ~ ... - <<A 0 ':(: - ~ (:) ~ s- --1 -0 ~ u) ~ - and topography by the Board of Directors of the Association, or by an architectural committee composed of three (3) or more representatives appointed by the Board (the "Architectural Control Board"). In the event said Board, or the Architectural Control Board, fails to approve or dis- approve such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plans and specifications have been submitted to it, approval will not be required and this Article will be deemed to have been fully complied with. Where a building has been erected or the construction thereof is substan- tially advanced and it is situated on any Lot in such manner that same constitutes a violation or violations or any of the above Covenants, said Developer, its successors and/or assigns, shall have the right at any time to release such lot or portions thereof from such part of the said provi- sions of any said Covenants as are violated: provided, how- ever, that said Developer, it successors and/or assigns, shall not release a violation or violations of any said Covenants except as to violations they, in their sole dis- cretion, determine to be minor, and the power to release any such Lot or portion thereof from such a violation or viola- tions shall be dependent on a determination by them that such violation or violations are minor. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. Duration. The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind The Properties, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Developer, the Association, the Architectural Control Board and the Owner of any land subject to this Declaration, and their respective legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns, for a term of fifty (50) years from the date this Declaration is recorded, after which time said cove- nants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each unless an instrument signed by the then Owners of seventy five percent (75%) of all the Lots subject hereto has been recorded, agreeing to revoke said covenants and restrictions. Provided, however, that no such agreement to revoke shall be effective unless made and recorded three (3) years in advance of the effective date of such revocation, and unless written notice of the proposed agreement is sent to every Owner at least ninety (90) days in advance of any action taken. Section 2. Enforcement. The Association, or any Owner, shall have the right to enforce, by any proceeding at law or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reserva- tions, easements, liens and charges now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of this Declaration. Failure by the 11 C/CEP 061110lDEI 06/14/89.1 ~ co .... C' ~ ~ ~~ ~ .... r a ) , ~ s .... ~ -c ~ ~ r ~ c ~ ~ Association or by an 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 3. Severability. Invalidation of anyone of these covenants or restrictions by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. Amendment. In addition to any other manner herein provided for the amendment of this Declaration, the covenants, restrictions, easements, charges and liens of this Declaration may be amended, changed or added to at any time, and from time to time, upon the execution and recorda- tion of an instrument executed by the Developer alone, for so long as it holds title to any Lot affected by this Declaration: or alternatively by approval at a meeting of Owners holding not less than 66 2/3% vote of the membership in the Association, provided, that so long as the Developer is the Owner of any Lot affected by this Declaration, the Developer's consent must be obtained if such amendment, in the sole opinion of the Developer, affects its interest. No dedication of the Common Areas or amendment of this Declara- tion may occur without FHA/VA approval for so long as there is any Class B membership in the Association. Dedication of the Common Areas or amendment of this Declaration may occur without FHA/VA approval, if only Class A Association member- ship exists. The foregoing may not be amended. Section 5. Covenants Running With The Land. ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN NOTWITHSTANDING AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY (AND SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS) OF SECTION 1 HEREOF, IT IS THE INTENTION OF ALL PARTIES AFFECTED HEREBY (AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS) THAT THESE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS SHALL RUN WITH THE LAND AND WITH TITLE TO THE PROPERTIES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF SECTION 3 HEREOF, IF ANY PROVISION OR APPLICATION OF THIS DECLARATION WOULD PREVENT THIS DECLARATION FROM RUNNING WITH THE LAND AS AFORESAID, SUCH PROVISION AND/OR APPLICATION SHALL BE JUDI- CIALLY MODIFIED, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, TO COME AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE INTENT OF SUCH PROVISION OR APPLICATION AND THEN BE ENFORCED IN A MANNER WHICH WILL ALLOW THESE COVE- NANTS AND RESTRICTIONS TO SO RUN WITH THE LAND: BUT IF SUCH PROVISION AND/OR APPLICATION CANNOT BE SO MODIFIED, SUCH PROVISION AND/OR APPLICATION SHALL BE UNENFORCEABLE AND CONSIDERED NULL AND VOID IN ORDER THAT THE PARAMOUNT GOAL OF THE PARTIES AFFECTED HEREBY (THAT THESE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS RUN WITH THE LAND AS AFORESAID) BE ACHIEVED. 12 C/CEP 061l101DE1 06/14/89.1 ~ ~ .... ~ ~ 0_ ~ ~= ~ .... ~ 5 ~ r r- ~ rn r C) ( .... < 0 ~ -0' -n ~ r ~ rn ~ . .. . . . . .. ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS Section 1. Amendments. Notwithstanding any other provi- sions contained herein, no amendments may be made to this document without the prior approval of the City of Winter Springs, Florida. ,. , i (1' ~ :ii ~ "" Section 3. Applicability of City Code. Nothing contained P herein shall be construed to permit or authorize any viola- ~ tion of or deviation from the City Code, City of Winter . Springs, Florida. Section 2. Third Party Beneficiary. The City of Winter Springs is intended to be a third-party beneficiary hereof, with the right to legally enforce this document. r..;) ~ _ 0 Oc:o> c::> ~.~ ~ f- ,., ....' r"> c.:..> ::c' -s ~~~ "'~ #'" - - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigne~ has hereunto set its hand and seal this ~ day of ---HU&US.--r , 1989. "DECLARANT" Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence a GULFSTREAM HOUSING CORP., a Delaware corporation doing business as Bel-Aire Homes, successor by merger to Bel-Aire Homes, Inc., a Florida corporation ~~ ~~o-.__'~, STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF SEm:r.nJOL 6- By: ~ Its V \ C"i: President I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day personally appeared before me, an officer duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, ~. P. d?> LAX/? , as VUI: President of GULFSTREAM HOUSING CORP., a Delaware corporation doing busi- . ness as Bel-Aire Homes, successor by merger to Bel-Afre Homes,\ Inc., a Florida corporation, to me well known to be the person] described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and he)A acknowledged before me that he executed the same for ,the purpd'9'es........ t, , therein expressed. ,,~~11 ~ If t"v....,'. '..'..... . I" '. "0 ,v'o' WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and .stat"e /l~......a...\ last aforesaid, this .2.Li.L day of AUl,us'- Ilf'iR ::.... 7'<;<.- 'll... '? ~ ~ : Z2 ~ ' 1>-' 0.-' 'u : '(.' ...( ./ ~ k /?JtO~, C/v../~:/ Notary PUb~ic, State ot Flor'14lt.:I,\ici ",.", My commission expires :~f "" ...~.~.:, ~." \. "u. .J;' ,. .'1,.'<< ,.oU: .~ .' I".f"(- ; -. 13 Notary PubUc, State of Rorlda at large My ComrnWslon Expires Ft'b, 19. 1992 Bonded Tht\.l ^p'r. Notary llro"era&e C/CEP 0611101DEl 06/14/89.1