HAWKES BLUFF HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION
THIS DECLARATION is made this 6thday
of May, 1988, by IVANHOE LAND INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida
corporation, herein after referred to as "Declarant".
Section 1 Purpose and Definitions
1.01 Purpose. Declarant owns fee simple
title to the Property. Declarant desires to develop or contract with
others for the development of single family residential homes on the Lots
and Multi-Family Units on the Multi-Family Parcels. By this Declaration,
Declarant desires to : (i) Promote the health and safety of Lot Owners and
Unit Owners, (ii) Provide for the preservation of the values and amenities
to be constructed on the lots and the Multi-Family Parcels., and
(iii) Provide for the proper maintenance of the Lots and the Multi-Family
Parcels and the administration thereof by the Association and by the
Multi-Family Associations.
1.02 Definitions. As used in this Declaration, the following words shall have the meaning stated below:
A. "Association" shall mean and refer to
Hawke's Bluff Homeowner's Association, a Florida corporation
not-for-profit, its successors or assigns.
"Declarant" shall mean and refer to Ivanhoe Land Investments, Inc., a Florida corporation, its successors or assigns.
"Declaration" shall mean and refer to the provisions of the Declaration and any amendments thereto properly adopted in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Developer" shall mean the Declarant and
any person, corporation or partnership to whom Declarant sells any part of
the property for the purpose of having the Developer construct on Lots or
the Multi-Family Parcels, residential homes or Units for sale to the
consuming public.
"Drainage District" shall mean and refer
to the South Broward Drainage District, a water control district, formed
under Chapter 298 of the Florida Statutes, its successors or assigns.
"Drainage Easement" shall mean and refer
to the drainage easements delineated and referred to as such on the Plat.
"Entranceway Feature Easement" shall mean
and refer to each easement for the construction and maintenance of an
entranceway feature established under Section 6.01 below.
"Institutional Lender" shall mean any savings and loan association, state bank, federal bank, insurance company, an agency of the Untied States government, a real estate investment trust, pension trust, an FHA approved mortgage lender or banker, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or its assigns, or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company or its assigns.
"Lake Parcels" shall mean and refer to the
parcels delineated and described as Lake Parcels "B", "C",
"D", "E", and "F" on the Plat.
"Lot" shall mean and refer to any Lot
numbered Lots 1 through 21 of Block 1, Lots 1 through 105 of Block 2, Lots
1 through 17 of Block 3, Lots 1 through 14 of Block 4, Lots 1 through 61
of Block 5, Lots 1 through 22 of Block 6, Lots 1 through 37 of Block 7,
Lots 1 through 25 of Block 8, Lots 1 through 16 of Block 9, Lots 1 through
8 of Block 10, Lots 1 through 23 of Block 11, Lots 1 through 13 of Block
12, Lots 1 through 22 of Block13, Lots 1 through 10 of Block 14. The word
"Lots" shall mean all of the aforesaid Lots shown on the Plat.
"Lot Owner" shall mean and refer to the
record title holder of any Lot.
"Plat" shall mean and refer to the Plat of
HAWKES BLUFF and HAWKES BLUFF "TOO" containing the property as
recorded in Plat Book 134, Page 25, of the Public Records of Broward
County.
"Property" shall mean and refer to all of
the property delineated and described on the Plat, except dedicated roads
shown thereon, the Lake Parcel, Parcels "B" and "A".
"School Site" shall mean and refer to all
of the property delineated and described as Parcel "A"
"Utility Easement" shall mean and refer to
the utility easements delineated on and described as such on the Plat,
including Parcel "B".
Section 2 Jurisdiction
2.01 Declarants. Until Declarant or any
Developer sells the last Lot in the Property to the consuming public (the"Development
Period") Declarant reserves the rights contained in Sections 2.02
through 2.04 and 3.01 through 3.03 below.
2.02 Reservations. Declarant
reserves, on behalf of itself and Developers, the right to maintain on the
Property, sales models, sales offices, advertising signs, lights and
banners and to erect and maintain temporary dwellings, model homes and/or
other structures on the Property.
2.03 Further Restrictions. Declarant
reserves the right to impose further restrictions, amend the present
restrictions, or grant or dedicate additional easements or rights-of-way
on the Property. Such additional restrictions, easements or dedications
shall not encumber any Lot if title pass to a purchaser from the Developer
prior to the placing of such easement or dedication of record, unless the
purchaser or subsequent owner of the Lot affected thereby joins in the
execution of such amendment as provided for herein. Any further amendments
to this Declaration by Declarant shall be made in accordance with Section
11.02.A of this Declaration.
2.04 Right of Release. If any home
constructed on a Lot or Unit constructed on any Multi-Family Parcel shall
violate any covenant of this Declaration, and if, in the opinion of
Declarant, such violation is not substantial, Declarant may grant a
release of such violation by acknowledging such release in writing and
placing it of record in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida.
After the date of the termination of the Development Period under Section
2.01, this right of release shall succeed to the appropriate Association
or Multi-Family Association having jurisdiction over the Lot or
Multi-Family Parcel or Unit, as provided under Section 3.03.
2.05 Multi-Family Association. Each Unit constructed by Declarant or a Developer on a Multi-Family Parcel shall be
subject to the jurisdiction of a Multi-Family
Association to be formed by the Declarant or Developer. If the Developer
is other than Declarant, then the Developer shall submit to Declarant for
its approval the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Multi-Family
Association, and the Declarations and related documents governing any
planned unit development or condominium prior to the commencement of the
construction of a Unit on a Multi-Family Parcel. Declarant shall not
unreasonably withhold its approval of the aforesaid documents and shall
either approve or submit its objections to such documents in writing
within thirty (30) days after Developer submits the documents to Declarant
for Declarant's approval. The Articles, By-Laws, Declaration and related
documents governing the Units shall be obligated to enforce the covenants
contained herein as they pertain to the Multi-Family Parcel. The
Declaration of Covenants pertaining to the Units shall not contain any
provisions that are contrary or inconsistent with the covenants of this
Declaration pertaining to a Multi-Family Parcel.
2.06 Association. The Association shall have
jurisdiction over the Lots, with the powers and duties defined in Sections
8, 9 and 10.
Section 3 Architectural and Construction
Restrictions
3.01 Construction. No improvement or structure of any kind including, without limitation, any building,
fence, wall, swimming pool, tennis court, screened enclosure, sewer,
drain, disposal system, decorative building, landscape device or object,
or other improvement shall be commenced, erected, placed or maintained
upon any Lot or Multi-Family Parcels, whether or not the purpose thereof
is purely decorative or otherwise, nor shall any addition, change or
alteration therein or thereon be made, unless and until the plans,
specifications and location of the same shall have been submitted to, and
approved in writing by Declarant or after the termination of the
Development Period by the respective Associations under Section 3.03. All
plans and specifications shall be evaluated as to harmony of exterior
design materials, and location in relation to surrounding structures and
topography and as to conformance with this Declaration. If Declarant
approves plans for a Developer's model home or Multi-Family Units, such
approval shall be deemed the approval for all subsequent construction of
single-family residences or Multi-Family Units constructed under the
approved plans and no subsequent approval shall be needed, except
approvals must be obtained if there are any subsequent substantial
exterior modifications to the plans by a Developer or an individual prior
to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for such single-family
residence or Multi-Family Unit.
3.02 Construction. If construction of any
improvement shall not commence six (6) months after the date of such
Declarant's approval of plans and specifications as provided in Section
3.01, the approval shall become null and void unless Declarant extends the
time in which to commence the construction. Upon commencement,
construction shall be prosecuted diligently and completed within a
reasonable period of time not to exceed twelve (12) months, unless such
time is extended by Declarant. Site appearance during construction shall
be kept in a neat and orderly condition so as not to cause an unsightly
condition. No dumping of building materials is permitted on any Lot and
all construction material shall be disposed of in the manner conforming to
the requirements of Broward County. In the event the Lot Owner, Parcel
Owner, Unit Owner or Developer or his agents, contractor or subcontractor
shall fail to maintain the site as specified and continue such failure
more than seven (7) days following delivery of a written notice with
respect thereto from Declarant, Declarant may order a clean-up of the site
and assess the respective Owner the cost and expense thereof and enforce
payment of same as provided in Section 10.
3.03 Succession. On the date the Development
Period terminates under Section 2.01, Declarant's rights underthis Section
shall succeed to the Association or Multi-Family Association with respect
to any construction after such date on Lots or any Multi-Family Parcel
over which those Associations have jurisdiction.
3.04 Restrictions. The architectural and
construction restrictions pertaining to the Lots are contained in Sections
3.05 through 3.13. When the Association is granted right of approval or
discretion as to any matter described in those Sections, such right of
discretion shall be exercised by Declarant only during the Development
Period.
3.05 Homes. No building shall be erected,
altered, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot other than one (1)
detached single-family dwelling containing liveable enclosed floor area of
not less than the total square footage described herein, exclusive of open
or screened porches terraces, garages, pools, out buildings and tennis
courts. A dwelling on any Lot shall contain no less than 1100 square feet
of liveable enclosed floor area on the first floor. The total required
square feet of liveable enclosed floor area of any single-family dwelling
shall be one thousand eight hundred (1800) square feet as to all Lots,
except Lots 1 through 14 and 16 through 21 of Block 1, Lots 1, 15 through
28, 30 through 36, 38 through 60, 62 through 67, 69 through 93, 95 through
105 of Block 2, 43 through 61 of Block 5, and 1 through 12 of Block 8,
shall have two thousand (2000) square feet of liveable enclosed floor
area.
B. Single-family dwellings shall not exceed
thirty-five (35) feet in height and shall have roofs made of cement tile,
vitreous clay or wood shingles, except that dwellings may have "built-up"
roofs which overhang patio areas not visible from the street. Minimum roof
pitch shall be not less than (rise over run) 5/12 unless contemporary
design requires same and written approval is given by the Association.
Unless approved by the Association as to use, location and architectural
design, no garage, tool or storage room may be constructed separate and
apart from the residential dwelling and if such structure is approved it
may not be constructed prior to construction of the main residential
dwelling.
3.06 Garages. Each dwelling on a Lot shall
have a private and enclosed garage for not less than two (2) nor more than
four (4) cars. All garages located on Lots shall have a minimum width of
18 feet for a two (2) car garage, 28 feet for a three (3) car garage, and
38 feet for a four (4) car garage as measured from the inside wall of the
garage. All garages must have either a single overhead door with a minimum
door width of sixteen (16) feet for a two (2) car garage or two (2)
sixteen (16) foot doors for a four (4) car garage or two (2), three (3) or
four (4) individual overhead doors each with a minimum of eight (8) feet
in width. No carports will be permitted unless approved in writing by the
Association. If prior written consent is obtained from the Association,
garages may be enclosed for air conditioned living space.
3.07 Set-Backs. Except as provided in this
Section, no building, or any part or any projection thereof, shall be
erected on any portion of the Lots within five feet (5') of any side lot
line, fifteen feet (15') of any rear lot line, twenty-five feet (25') of
any right-of-way contiguous to the front lot line or fifteen feet (15')
from any right-of-way contiguous to the side or rear lot line, except with
respect to Lots 1 through 8 and 218 through 224. With respect to such Lots
the set-backs will be the same as set forth above except that there shall
be a set-back of forty (40) feet from any right-of-way contiguous to the
front lot line. A roof overhang of any building may project into a
set-back area no more than two and one half feet (2 1/2'). Any set-back
shall be enlarged to prevent any building or any part or any projection
thereof (except for the aforesaid permitted roof overhang projection) from
encroaching upon any drainage or other public utility easement.
3.08 Driveway Construction. All dwellings
shall have a paved driveway of stable and permanent construction which
shall be not less than sixteen feet (16') in width at the entrance to the
garage. All driveways should be constructed with concrete, asphalt, or a
comparable material, approved by Declarant. If the driveway is elevated
above the natural topography, the sides shall be sloped (rise/run) no
greater than 1/4 and shall be grassed or sodded. If the driveway is
elevated above the natural topography and does not provide a drainage
swale at the right-of-way line, then six inch (6") drainage culverts
of P.V.C. Schedule Forty (40) pipe or other culvert material approved in
writing by the Association shall be installed at the minimum elevation in
any driveway which might act as a dike or impediment to the natural flow
of water.
3.09 Property Elevation. No changes in the
elevation of a Lot shall be made without prior written approval of the
Declarant. No fill shall be used to extend a Lot beyond the lot line. No
sod, top soil, rock, gravel, sand, clay or earth, except for the
landscaping, shall be removed from the Lot, or any lake or pond dug,
without the written consent of the Association and no change in
elevation resulting in surface water drainage onto another Lot shall be
permitted.
3.10 Landscaping. A landscaping plan for
each Lot and Multi-Family Parcel must comply with the ordinances of the
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Lots and Multi-Family
Parcels. Each Lot shall be fully sodded, including the area, if any,
between the lot line and the street pavement. No Bahia grass or sod shall
be used except for the area between the lot line and the street pavement.
No gravel or pavement shall be used as a ground cover unless approved by
the Association.
3.11 Fences and Walls. The composition,
location and height of any fence or wall to be constructed on any Lot
shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Association. All
fences shall be erected so as not to interfere with drainage, maintenance
or utility easements. No barbed wire, wire mesh, chicken or hog wire
fences shall be allowed. No chain link or cyclone fence shall extend
closer
to the front of a Lot than the front of the dwelling. Fences and walls
shall be at all times maintained in good repair and condition.
B. No fence, wall, hedge, or shrub planting which
obstructs the line of sight and elevations between two (2) and six (6)
feet above the roadway shall be placed, or permitted to remain, on any
corner Lot within the triangular area formed by the street, property lines
and a line connecting them at a point twenty-five (25) feet from the
intersection of the street lines, or in case of a rounded Lot corner, from
the intersection of a street property line with the edge of a driveway. No
trees shall be permitted to remain within such distances of such
intersections unless the foliage line is maintained at sufficient height
to prevent obstruction of such lines of sight.
3.12 Play Structures. All basketball
backboards and play structures, including but not limited to, swing sets
and playground equipment, shall be located at the rear of the dwelling or
on the inside portion of corner Lots within the set-back lines, but in no
event closer to the front of the Lot than the rear line of the dwelling,
unless an exception is granted in writing by the Association. No doghouse,
playhouse or similar structure shall be constructed on any part of the Lot
in front of the rear line of the residence thereon and all such structures
and their locations must, prior to construction, be approved in writing by
the Association.
3.13 Recreational Areas. Any swimming pool, tennis, racquetball, handball, basketball, badminton or similar courts or recreation areas to be constructed on any Lot shall be subject to the requirements of the Association which include, but are not limited to, the following: Composition to be of material thoroughly tested and accepted by the industry for such construction. Such facility must be constructed on the same Lot as the residence of the Lot owner and the location of such facility on such Lot must be first approved in writing by the Association. Lighting shall be designed so as to buffer lighting from the surrounding residences to prevent same from constituting anuisance.
Section 4 Use Restrictions
4.01 Application. All restrictions contained
in this Section pertain to Lots, the Multi-Family Parcels and the Units
constructed thereon, except Section 4.14.
4.02 Residential. Each Lot and Unit
constructed on a Multi-Family Parcel may be used for a residential
dwelling for one (1) family only and for no other purpose. No business or
commercial building may be erected on any Lot and no business or
commercial activity, or any advertising thereof, may be conducted on any
part thereof.
4.03 Nuisance. No nuisance shall be
permitted to exist or operate on any Lot, Multi-Family Parcels, or any
Unit constructed on any Multi-Family Parcel to the detriment or continued
annoyance of any Lot Owner or Unit Owner in the vicinity of such nuisance.
4.04 Trash/Clotheslines. No Lot or
Multi-Family Parcels shall be used as a dumping ground for rubbish, trash
or other waste. All trash, garbage and other waste must be kept in
sanitary containers and, except during days of pick up, shall be totally
shielded from public view. Such enclosures must be constructed with the
dwelling and be approved by the Declarant. No exterior clotheslines will
be permitted as to any Lot or Unit visible from the street.
4.05 Temporary Structures. No structures of
a temporary character or tents, sheds, tanks, mobile homes, campers,
barns, motorized vehicles, trailers, vans, shacks, or out-buildings shall
be used on the Property as a residence, either temporarily or permanently,
and such structures shall not be erected or permitted to remain on the
Property without the written consent of Declarant.
4.06 Motor Vehicles. All trucks and
commercial vehicles shall be required to be parked in a garage and shall
not be permitted to be parked or stored in any other place on any Lot or
any Multi-Family Parcel except during periods of approved construction on
the Lot or Multi-Family Parcel. This prohibition of parking shall not
apply to temporary parking of trucks and commercial vehicles such as for
pick-up, delivery and other commercial services. No vehicle without a
current valid license plate shall be permitted upon the property. Vehicles
which are missing one (1) or more wheels or which are not in an operating
condition shall not remain upon any portion of the Property for more than
two (2) consecutive days. No airplanes, helicopters, or gliders shall be
permitted upon the Property. No major maintenance or repairs shall be
performed upon any vehicle, boat or similar machine or portion thereof on
any Lot or Multi-Family Parcel, except within an enclosed garage. No
recreational vehicles, swamp buggies or airboats shall be parked overnight
on any Lot or Multi-Family Parcel, except in an enclosed garage. Boats
must be kept out of sight in side yards and not visible from the streets
or kept in enclosed garages.
4.07 Signs. No sign, advertisement or notice
of any type or nature whatsoever shall be erected or displayed on any Lot
or Unit, except for a sign no larger than 576 square inches, or where the
express prior written approval of the size, shape, content and location
thereof has been obtained from the Association.
4.08 Oil Drilling and Mining. No oil or
natural gas drilling, refining, quarrying or mining operations of any kind
shall be permitted upon any Lot or any Multi-Family Parcel and no derrick
or other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall
be erected, maintained or permitted on any Lot or any Multi-Family Parcel;
nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be
permitted on any Lot or Multi-Family Parcel.
4.09 Utility Connections. Connections for
all utilities to any Lot or Unit including, but not limited to, water,
sewer, electricity, telephone and television shall be run underground from
the proper connecting points to the building structure in such a manner as
to be acceptable to the Declarant and the governing utility authority.
4.10 Air Conditioning Units and Antennae.
A. No window air conditioning units shall be
permitted to be installed in or extend from the front or sides of a
single-family dwelling or Unit without the consent of the Association.
B. Except as provided in this paragraph, no aerial,
windmill, antennae or parabolic dishes shall be placed or erected upon any
Lot, any Multi-Family Parcel or Unit or fixed in any manner to the
exterior of any single-family dwelling or Multi-Family Building without
the prior written approval of the Association. An Owner of a dwelling may
erect a standard residential television antenna attached to or supported
by his dwelling if the antenna extends no more than eight (8') feet above
the crown of the dwelling's roof.
4.11 Fuel Tanks and Storage. No fuel or gas
storage tanks may be permitted on any Lot or Multi-Family Parcel. That
notwithstanding, a Lot Owner or Unit Owner may keep and maintain a small
heating, fuel or gas tank for gas barbecue, fireplaces, spa or pool
heating in an area on a Lot or Unit specifically approved by the
Association or by rules or regulations promulgated by the Association.
Propane gas tanks shall be less than 250 pounds and other fuel tanks shall
have a capacity of less than 100 gallons.
4.12 Illegal Use, No illegal use may be made
of any Lot, any Multi-Family Parcel or Unit or any part thereof. Each Lot,
Multi-Family Parcel and Unit must comply with all laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations or other requirements of any governmental agency having
jurisdiction thereof. Compliance shall be at the sole expense of a Lot
Owner or Unit Owner.
4.13 Compliance. It is the responsibility of
each Lot Owner or Unit owner to insure that the members of the family of
the Lot owner or Unit Owner, his guests, tenants, invitees and employees
abide by the covenants of this Declaration and all rules and regulations
from time to time adopted by the Association or Multi-Family Association
having jurisdiction over the Lot or Unit.
4.14 Subdivision. The Lot Owner of two (2)
or more contiguous Lots may apply to Declarant for permission to use them
as a site of a single dwelling. Upon receiving the written consent of
Declarant, said contiguous Lots shall thereafter be treated as a single
dwelling Lot except that said Lots shall continue to be treated as
separate and distinct Lots for purposes of voting and assessment. Lot
Owners qualifying under this Section shall not be required to comply with
the side yard set-backs except as to the outside Lot lines. No Lot shall
be divided, subdivided or reduced in size without the prior written
approval of Declarant and unless the divided or subdivided portion thereof
is consolidated with one or more contiguous Lots under one ownership. In
the event of the division or subdivision of any Lot in accordance
herewith, the obligation for Declarant expenses attributable to the
divided or subdivided Lot shall be and become proportionately attributable
and chargeable to the contiguous Lot and the Lot Owner thereof. In the
event of such division or subdivision of any Lot the voting rights of the
divided or subdivided Lot shall be proportionately attributable to the
contiguous Lot to and with which portions the divided or subdivided Lot
become consolidated. Any provision of this Section to the contrary
notwithstanding, no dwelling or other structure or improvement shall be
erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any site not including
at least one full platted Lot.
Section 5 Exterior Maintenance
5.01 Lots. Each Lot Owner shall be
responsible for keeping the exterior of his residential home, and all
other improvements situated on his Lot in a clean, sanitary, safe and
orderly condition. Each Lot Owner shall be responsible for the
maintenance, replacement or repair of all doors, windows, screens, roofs
and other portions of his property and to keep the paint on the exterior
walls and roof in a reasonably good state of repair. If any Lot Owner
breaches this covenant, and the Association fails to enforce this covenant
against the Lot Owner, any Multi-Family Association may, on behalf of its
members, enforce this covenant under the provisions of Section 10 below.
5.02 Parcels. The Multi-Family Association
shall cause each Unit and all other improvements related thereto under its
jurisdiction to be kept in a clean, sanitary, safe and orderly condition.
The Multi-Family Association shall have the responsibility of, or provide
for, the maintenance, replacement and repair of all doors, windows,
screens, roof and other portions of the improvements of the Unit under the
Declaration of covenants governing the maintenance of Units. If a Unit
Owner under the applicable declaration of covenants is required to
maintain his Unit in accordance with this covenant and fails to do so,
then the Association may enforce this covenant against the Multi-Family
Association having jurisdiction over any Unit and said Unit Owner under
the provisions of Section 10.
5.03 Lawn Maintenance. No underbrush and/or
other unsightly growth shall be permitted to grow upon any Lot and no
refuse or unsightly objects shall be allowed to remain thereon. The lawns
and grounds on each Lot shall be maintained by the Lot Owner in a neat and
attractive manner including, without limitation, having grass, weeds,
undergrowth and other vegetation cut no less than once a month, and the
shrubbery and trees located on the Lot trimmed periodically in accordance
with good husbandry practices, including the removal of any dead trees,
shrubs or plants. If any Lot Owner shall fail or decline to keep his Lot
free of underbrush, refuse and/or other unsightly objects then the
Association, after providing the Lot Owner with seven (7) days written
notice thereof, may enter upon said Lot and remove the refuse or otherwise
cure the Lot Owner's default of his obligations hereunder. Such entry by
the Association shall not be deemed a trespass and the Lot Owner shall be
assessed the cost incurred by the Association in curing said default with
such assessment constituting a lien upon the Lot as provided for in
Section 9.08 below. If the Association fails to enforce this covenant
against any Lot Owner who has breached the covenant, then any Multi-Family
Association may, on behalf of its members, enforce this covenant against
such Lot Owner.
5.04 Parcel Grounds. No underbrush and/or other unsightly growth shall be permitted to grow on any Multi-Family Parcel, nor shall any refuse or unsightly objects shall be allowed remain thereon. The Multi-Family Association shall cause the grounds and lawns on each Multi-Family Parcel to be maintained by it or by the Unit Owners in a neat and attractive manner including, without limitation, having grass, weeds, undergrowth and other vegetation cut no less than once a month, and the shrubbery and trees located on the Lot trimmed periodically in accordance with good husbandry practices, including the removal of any dead trees, shrubs or plants. If such Multi-Family Association or its Unit Owners shall break this covenant and continue to breach this covenant after written demand by the Association for compliance therewith, then the Association may enforce this covenant against any such Multi-Family Association and/or its Unit Owners in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 below.
Section 6 Common Areas and Easements
6.01 Entranceways. Declarant reserves an
easement for the construction, location, access, maintenance and repair of
entranceway features which are to be constructed on the southeast corner
of Lot 1, Block 1, the southwest corner of the Multi-Family Parcel 'A'
(the "Stirling Road Entranceway Feature) and Parcel "H",
the southwest corner of Lot 1, Block 12 and the northwest corner of Lot 1,
Block 11 (the "Dykes Road Entranceway Feature").
6.02 Maintenance. The easement for the
Stirling Road Entranceway Feature on Lot 1, Block 1, and Parcel "H"
and the "Dykes Road Entranceway Feature" on Lot 1, Block 11 and
Lot 1, Block 12 shall inure to the benefit of the Association, who shall
have the responsibility for the maintenance and repair of those
Entranceway Features. The cost thereof shall be a common expense of the
Association. The easement for each Stirling Road Entranceway Feature on
the Multi-Family Parcel "A" shall enure to the benefit of the
Multi-Family Association having jurisdiction over the Multi-Family Parcel
where the Multi-Family Entranceway Feature is located. The cost of
maintaining and repairing the Multi-Family Entranceway Feature shall be a
common expense to the Multi-Family Association having jurisdiction over
the Parcel where the Multi-Family Entranceway Feature is located. The
expense of such maintenance and repair shall be assessed equally to all
units which each Multi-Family Association administers.
6.03 Wall Easement.
A. Declarant hereby reserves a Wall or Fence
easement for a privacy wall or fence which may be constructed by Declarant
along the east boundary of Lots 12 through 25, Block 8, and Parcel "H"
in the Utility Easement as shown on the Plat, and an easement in the
utility easement for the repair and access to the privacy wall and fence,
and on the west boundary of Lots 1 through 8 of Block 11 and Lot 1 of
Block 12 in the utility easement as shown on the plat, which easement
shall be for the repair, maintenance and access to the privacy wall or
fence. The easement for the privacy wall or fence shall enure to the
benefit of the Association and the Association shall maintain the privacy
wall or fence on the above Easement in a state of good repair. Declarant,
however, shall be under no obligation to construct a wall or fence in the
Easement.
B. Declarant hereby reserves a Wall or Fence
Easement for a privacy wall or fence which may be constructed by Declarant
commencing at the northwest corner of Multi-Family Parcel "A"
and continuing along the north lot line of Parcel "A" to the
northeast corner of Parcel "A". Declarant reserves an easement
six (6) feet in width along the north boundary of Parcel "A" for
the construction, repair, and access to the privacy wall or fence built on
the Parcel "A". The easement for the privacy wall or fence shall
enure to the benefit of the Association having jurisdiction of Parcel "A",
and such Association shall maintain the privacy wall or fence on the above
easement in a state of good repair. Declarant, however, shall be under no
obligation to construct the wall or fence in the easement.
Section 7 Lake Parcel and Park Parcel
7.01 Ownership. The Lake Parcels are to be
owned by the Drainage District, which parcels are part of a drainage
system serving the Property and adjoining owned by Declarant.
7.02 Lakefronts. No lakefront Lots shall be
increased in size by filling in all or any portion of the lake or water on
which it abuts or decreased in size by dredging. No dishwasher, septic
tank, grease trap or washing machine shall be allowed to drain into any
lake or body of water. The shore line contours of the Lots abutting a lake
may not be changed without the written approval of the Association having
jurisdiction over the waterfront Lot and the Drainage District. Any Lot
Owner may use the lake for the purposes of propelling small boats of not
more than eighteen (18) feet in length by sail, oar, or electric motor.
Under no condition shall any Lot Owner use the Lake for any other purpose
except as permitted by rules and regulations governing the use and
enjoyment of the Lake Parcels adopted by the Drainage District. No boat
docks, bulkhead, moorings, pilings or permanently moored rafts shall be
constructed on any lake or body of water adjacent to any Lot unless
permitted by the Drainage District rules and approved by the Association
having jurisdiction over the appropriate lakefront lot.
7.03 Maintenance. The Drainage Easements
enure to the benefit of the Drainage District and its successors for the
maintenance, repair and replacement of the drainage system and facilities
lying within the boundary of the Property. No structure, planting or other
material shall be placed or permitted to remain within the Drainage
Easement which may interfere with the installation and maintenance of the
Drainage Easement or which may change the direction of flow or drainage
channels in the drainage easements or which may obstruct or retard the
flow of water through drainage channels in the Drainage Easement or which
may change the contour of the Drainage Easement located in the
rights-of-way or easements. The easement area on each Lot shall be mowed
periodically by the Lot Owner.
Section 8 The Association
8.01 The Association. The
Association is a corporation not-for-profit incorporated under the Laws of
the State of Florida, and charged with the duties and empowered with the
rights set forth herein. The affairs of the Association shall be governed
by its Articles of Incorporation and its Bylaws.
8.02 Membership. The Association shall have
two (2) classes of membership:
A. Class A Membership. Each Lot Owner in Hawke's
Bluff Subdivision and Hawke's Bluff "Too" Subdivision, including
the Declarant, shall automatically be a Class A Member of the Association.
Such Class A Membership is appurtenant to the ownership of each Lot and
shall not be separable from the ownership of the Lot and shall be deemed
to have been conveyed with the conveyance of each Lot, whether or not such
membership is expressly referred to in the instrument effecting such
conveyance.
B. Class B Membership. Declarant is the sole Class B
Member of the Association, provided that said Class B Membership shall
cease and terminate upon the earlier of: (a) the delivery by Declarant to
the Association of written notice that Declarant irrevocably terminates
and cancels its Class B Membership; or (b) the date of the termination of
the Development Period.
8.03 Voting. Voting by Members in the
affairs of the Association shall be as follows
A. Number of Votes.
(1) Each Class A Member shall be entitled to one (1)
vote for each Lot owned.
(2) The Class B Member shall be entitled to a number
of votes equal to the sum of: (i) The total number of votes possessed by
the Class A Members at the time of any particular vote by the membership;
plus (ii) one (1) additional vote.
B. No cumulative voting. There shall be no
cumulative voting on any vote by the Members of the Association.
8.04 Duties and Power of the Association. Except as provided for in Paragraph B. of Section 8.02 above, the Association shall have powers and duties which shall include the following:
A. The Association shall have all of the common law and statutory powers of a corporation not-for-profit, under the laws of the State of Florida.
B. The Association shall have all of the powers and duties reasonably necessary to perform all the acts required to be performed under the Declaration including but not limited to the following:
(1) To make and collect assessments against Lot Owners to defray the cost and expenses in carrying out the duties to be performed by the Association under the Declaration.
(2) To use the proceeds of assessments in the exercise of its powers and duties.
(3) To maintain, repair, replace and make additions to the wall easements.
(4) To Purchase insurance insuring the improvements of the Common Easements, liability insurance for the protection of the Association and its Members, policies of insurance for its Directors and Officers insuring them against personal liability arising out of the performance of their duties, and such other insurance as may be deemed necessary in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Association.
(5) To take all necessary action to properly enforce the provisions of the Declaration and to commence and maintain actions to restrain and enjoin any breach or threatened breach of any provisions of the Declaration.
(6) To employ personnel to perform the services
required to carry out the duties of the Association.
C. No power stated above shall be exercised by the
Association to allow its net earning to inure to the benefit of any Member
or Owner as such limitation is now and hereafter interpreted under
Internal Revenue Code Section 528 and the Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
D. All funds and the title to all properties
acquired by the Association shall be held in trust for the members in
accordance with the provisions of the Declaration, the Articles of
Incorporation and the Bylaws. Upon the dissolution of the Corporation all
such property shall be distributed to the .Lot Owners as
tenants-in-common.
Section 9 Assessments
9.01 Liens. Each Lot Owner, by accepting a
deed to any Lot in the Property from the Declarant, whether or not it
shall be so expressed in such deed, agrees to pay to the Association an
annual assessment for reasonable charges incurred in connection with the
enforcement of any of the terms and conditions hereof and assessments for
the costs of exterior maintenance as described in Section 5and other
features to protect health, safety and welfare of the owners. The
Association may impose a lien on each Lot for any unpaid assessments with
respect to that Lot together with interest, costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees. The lien is effective from and after recording a Claim of
Lien in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida stating the
description of the Lot or Lots, the name of the record Lot Owner, the
amount due and the due dates of the unpaid assessments. The lien is in
effect until all sums secured by it have been fully paid. The Claim of
Lien includes only assessments which are due when the Claim is recorded
and must be signed and acknowledged by an officer or authorized agent of
the Association and shall include a statement that a copy of the Claim of
Lien has been forwarded by certified mail, return receipt requested to the
Lot Owner.
9.02 Purpose. The assessments levied by the
Association shall be used exclusively for the purposes of promoting the
recreation, health, safety and welfare of the residents and Lot Owners of
the Property and for the improvement and maintenance of the Common
Easements.
9.03 Uniform Rate of Assessment. Both annual
and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots in
the Property. Exterior Maintenance assessments as provided in Section 5
hereof and assessments for charges incurred in connection with the
enforcement of any of the terms and conditions hereof, may be assessed
against one or more Lots as determined by the Association.
9.04 Due Date of Assessments. The due date
of any assessment shall be fixed in the resolution authorizing such
assessment, and any such assessment shall be payable, in advance, in
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments, as determined by
the Association.
9.05 Amount and Basis of Annual Assessment.
Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each fiscal
year, the directors of the Association shall estimate the costs and
expenses, including a reasonable provision for contingencies and for a
reserve for capital replacements, to be incurred by the Association during
such fiscal year in the performance of the duties of and exercise of the
powers of the Association. This amount shall then be divided by the total
number of Lots within the Property to determine the Assessment due with
respect to each Lot. Written notice of the annual assessment shall be sent
to every Lot Owner subject thereto. During the calendar year 1998, the
total annual assessment with respect to any Lot shall not exceed one
hundred thirty five ($135.00) Dollars per Lot.
9.06 Additional Assessments. If the annual
assessment estimated at the commencement of any fiscal year shall, for any
reason, prove to be insufficient to cover the actual expenses incurred by
the Association during such fiscal year the Association shall, at any time
it deems necessary and proper, levy an additional assessment against the
Lot Owners. Each Lot Owner shall pay a share of such additional assessment
determined in accordance with subparagraph A. above, as if the additional
assessment were an annual assessment.
9.07 Certificate. The Association shall,
upon demand, furnish to any Lot Owner a certificate in writing signed by
an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments with
respect to that Owner's Lot have been paid, and, if not paid, the amount
due. Such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of payment of
assessments therein stated to have been paid.
9.08 Effect of Non-Payment of Assessments.
If any assessment is not paid on the date when due, such assessment shall
then become delinquent and shall, together with interest from the due date
at the maximum rate permitted by law and the costs of collection thereof,
become a lien on the Lot or Lots against which such assessment is made
upon recording a Claim of Lien, which shall bind such Lot or Lots in the
hands of the Lot Owner, his heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and
assigns. If any assessment remains delinquent for thirty (30) days after
recording a Claim of Lien, the Association may, at any time thereafter,
bring an action to foreclose the lien against the Lot or Lots in manner as
a foreclosure of a mortgage on real property, for all delinquent
assessments assessed against such Lot or Lots, together with the costs,
expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees, for bringing such action and any
appeal thereof or post judgement proceedings with respect thereto.
9.09 Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages.
The lien of the Assessments provided in this Section and any other Section
in this Declaration is subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage to an
Institutional Lender which now encumbers or at any time hereafter
encumbers any Lot or Lots. Sale or transfer of any Lot does not affect the
assessment lien, except that the sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to
foreclosure of a first mortgage to an Institutional Lender or any deed in
lieu thereof, extinguishes the assessment lien as to payments that became
due prior to such sale or transfer. No such sale or transfer relieves such
Lot from liability for assessments thereafter becoming due or from the
lien thereof.
9.10 Exempt Property. Declarant and the
Association shall have the right but not the obligation to exempt any
property subject to this Declaration from the Assessments, charge and lien
created herein, provided that such exempt property is used, and so long as
it is used for any easement or other interest dedicated for community use
and accepted by the Association, or dedicated for public use and accepted
by the appropriate governmental authority.
Section 10 Enforcement
10.01 Benefit. Each Lot Owner, or Unit Owner
of a Multi-Family Parcel, or Parcel Owner, their successors and assigns,
by acceptance of a deed to such property shall be bound to each and every
covenant, condition, easement, restriction, charge and lien recited
herein, whether or not it shall be so expressed in the deed.
10.02 Enforcement. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary stated in this Declaration, Declarant shall have the right
during the Development Period to enforce the terms of this Declaration. If
any person or Association shall violate or attempt to violate any covenant
contained herein, any Lot Owner, Unit Owner, or the Association or any
Multi-Family Association acting on behalf of its members, shall first send
by certified mail, return receipt requested, to any person and/or
Association who may be violating this Declaration a letter setting forth
the violation and stating the steps to be taken to cure the violation. If
any such person or Association should fail to cure the alleged violation
set forth in the above letter within thirty (30) days after the receipt
thereof by the recipient then the complaining Owner or Association may
bring a suit at law or at equity against such person violating the
covenants of this Declaration to prevent or abate any violation of the
covenants of this Declaration or to recover damages for the violation of
same. In any such proceedings, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover all costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees. Violation of any
restrictions shall give the Association or the Multi-Family Association
having jurisdiction over any Lot or Multi-Family Parcel the right to enter
upon any Lot or any Unit over which it has jurisdiction and as to which
the violation exists, or similarly to abate and remove, at the expense of
the Lot Owner or Unit Owner, as the case may be, any construction, thing
or condition which may be contrary to the provisions hereof. Failure of
any Association or any Owner to object to any violation or to enforce any
restriction contained herein shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the
right to do so thereafter as to the same breach or as to one occurring
prior or subsequent thereto.
Section 11 Duration and Amendments
11.01 Duration. The covenants and
restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind each Lot and
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Association, any
Multi-Family Association, or any Lot Owner or Unit Owner, their respective
legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns for a term of
twenty-five (25) years from the date of this Declaration. Thereafter this
Declaration shall automatically be extended for successive periods of ten
(10) years unless an instrument is placed of record containing certified
resolutions of the Association and each Multi-Family Association
certifying that two-thirds (2/3) of the members of each Association have
voted to terminate this Declaration. Invalidation of any part of the
restrictions herein contained shall not invalidate the remaining
restrictions and shall remain in full force and effect.
11.02 Amendments. This Declaration may be
amended as follows:
A. During the Development Period, Declarant reserves
the right amend this Declaration without the consent of Lot Owners, Unit
Owners or Multi-Family Parcel Owners. Such amendments may be made by
Declarant without the consent of Institutional Lenders, if such amendments
do not amend Sections 9.03, 9.05 or 9.09 of this Declaration. Such
amendments shall be effective when the amendment is signed by Declarant
and a signed copy thereof recorded in the public Records of Broward
County, Florida.
B. After the termination of the Development Period,
the Association may amend Sections 3.04 through 3.13 and Sections 8 and 9
of the Declaration without the joinder of any Institutional Lender if such
amendments do not amend Sections of this Declaration specified in
Paragraph A. The proposed amendment shall be sent to each Lot Owner by the
Association in accordance with its Bylaws, considered at a Member's
meeting duly called in accordance with the Bylaws, and approved by not
less than fifty-one (51%) percent of all of the Members of the Association
at such duly called meeting. An amendment of this Declaration as to the
above Sections by the Association shall be effective when a written
instrument is filed in the Public Records of Broward County, Florida. Such
written instrument shall contain the amendment, and a certificate signed
by the President and Secretary of the Association certifying that
fifty-one (51%) percent of the Members of the Association approved the
amendment at a duly called meeting. Such amendment shall become effective
when the properly executed amendment and certificate are recorded in the
Public Records of Broward County, Florida.
C. Except for the Sections described in Paragraph B.
above, all other Sections of the Declaration may be amended without
joinder of an Institutional Lender, provided that Section 9.09 of the
Declaration is not amended as provided for in this Paragraph C. The
proposed amendment shall be sent to each Lot Owner and Unit Owner in
accordance with the provision of the respective Bylaws of the Association
and each Multi-Family Association, considered by the Members of each of
those Associations at a meeting duly called in accordance with the Bylaws
of those Associations, and approved by not less than sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the total Membership of each of those
Associations. Such amendment and certificate by the President and
Secretary of each of those Associations certifying that sixty-six and
two-thirds (66 2/3%) percent of the total membership of each Association
approved the amendment at a meeting duly called in accordance with the
respective Bylaws of each of those Associations are recorded in the Public
Records of Broward County, Florida.
Section 12 Severability
12.01 Invalidation of any one of the provisions, covenants or restrictions by judgement or court order shall in no way affect any other covenant, restriction or provision of this Declaration and same shall remain in full force and effect.