TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions 5
ARTICLE II PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION;
NAME OF THE COMMUNITY
Section 2.1 The Property 8
Section 2.2 Name of Community 8
Section 2.3 Applicability of the Uniform Planned Community ct 8
ARTICLE III DESCRIPTION OF UNITS AND COMMON ELEMENTS
Section 3.1 Boundaries 8
Section 3.2 Maximum Units 9
Section 3.3 Description of Common Elements 9
ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS IN THE
ASSOCIATION; PERIOD OF DECLARANT CONTROL
Section 4.1 Membership 9
Section 4.2 Allocation of Voting Rights and Common Expense
Liability 9
Section 4.3 Period of Declarant Control 10
ARTICLE V PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE COMMON FACILITIES
Section 5.1 Members' Easements of Enjoyment 11
Section 5.2 Title to Common Facilities 11
Section 5.3 Extent of Members' Easements 11
Section 5.4 Notification of Parkland Use 13
Section 5.5 Declarant's Easement to Construct 13
ARTICLE VI COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS
Section 6.1 Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligations of
Assessments 13
Section 6.2 Purpose of Assessments 14
Section 6.3 Special Assessments for Capital Improvements 14
Section 6.4 Notice and Quorum for Any Action Authorized
Under Section 6.3 15
Section 6.5 Uniform Rate of Assessment 15
Section 6.6 Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments:
Remedies of the Association 15
Section 6.7 Lien Priority and Divestiture 17
Section 6.8 Exempt Property 17
ARTICLE VII RESTRICTIONS ON COMMON FACILITIES
Section 7.1 Uses 17
Section 7.2 Subdivision of Common Facilities 17
Section 7.3 Landscaping and Planting 17
Section 7.4 Trees 17
Section 7.5 Fences 18
Section 7.6 Easements 18
ARTICLE VIII MAINTENANCE OF COMMON FACILITIES AND
CONTROLLED FACILITIES
Section 8.1 Maintenance Responsibility 18
Section 8.2 Maintenance of Common Facilities 19
Section 8.3 No Interference with Controlled Facilities 19
ARTICLE IX EFFECT OF NON-MAINTENANCE OF COMMON FACILITIES AND CONTROLLED
FACILITIES BY ASSOCIATION
Section 9.1 Right of Municipality 19
Section 9.2 Offer to Municipality 20
Section 9.3 No Liability of Township 20
ARTICLE X RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS
Section 10.1 Compliance with Final Plan 20
Section 10.2 Residential Use 20
Section 10.3 Prohibition of Use of Garages 21
Section 10.4 No Further Subdivision 21
Section 10.5 Industrial, Manufacturing Uses 21
Section 10.6 Parking of Certain Vehicles 21
Section 10.7 Swimming Pools 21
Section 10.8 Rubbish, Trash and Garbage 21
Section 10.9 Clotheslines and Laundry 22
Section 10.10 Lot Owners' Landscaping Obligations 22
Section 10.11 Motorbikes and Unlicensed Vehicles 22
Section 10.12 Storm Water Maintenance Obligations 22
Section 10.13 Application of Municipal Ordinances 22
Section 10.14 Review of Plans and Proposed Improvements 23
Section 10.15 Responsibility of Review / Architectural Review Committee... 23
Section 10.16 Delegation of Rights and Duties 23
Section 10.17 Applicability to Declarant 24
ARTICLE XI RETENTION OF SPECIAL DECLARANT RIGHTS
Section 11.1 Reservation of Access Easement 24
Section 11.2 Reservation of Rights for Future Easements 24
Section 11.3 Offices and Models 24
Section 11.4 Signs 25
Section 11.5 Executive Board 25
Section 11.6 Indemnification from Liability for Use of Streets and/or
Easements 25
Section 11.7 Capital Reserve Fund Contribution at Purchase 25
ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12.1 Duration and Amendment 26
Section 12.2 Exceptions to General Amendment Process 26
Section 12.3 Recordation of Amendments 26
Section 12.4 Technical Corrections 26
Section 12.5 Recording Data for Easements and Licenses 27
Section 12.6 Indemnification of Officers, Executive Board and
Committee Members 27
Section 12.7 Notices 27
Section 12.8 Enforcement 27
Section 12.9 Severability 28
LIST OF EXHIBITS 30
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS,
EASEMENTS, CHARGES AND LIENS
FOR KENMARA
THIS DECLARATION, made this day of 1998, by ROUSE/CHAMBERLIN LTD., a
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership, hereafter referred to as "Declarant."
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner by virtue of Deed dated January 28, 1998, and
recorded in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office in Record Book 4295,
page 1976, of real property referred to in Article 11 and more fully described
in Exhibit "A" of this Declaration, and desires to develop thereon a
residential Community to be known as "KENMARA" with Common Elements and Storm
Water Management Facilities for the benefit of the said Community; and
WHEREAS, Declarant desires to provide for the preservation of the values and
amenities in said Community and for the maintenance of said Common Elements
and, to this end, desires to subject the real property referred to in Article
11 and described in Exhibit "A" of this Declaration, to the covenants,
restrictions, easements, charges and liens, hereinafter set forth, each and all
of which is and are for the benefit of said property and each subsequent owner
thereof; and
WHEREAS, Declarant has deemed it desirable, for the efficient preservation of
the values and amenities in said Community, to create an entity to be known as
"KENMARA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION" to which shall be delegated and assigned the
powers of maintaining and administering the open space areas and other common
facilities, administering and enforcing the covenants and restrictions and
levying, collecting and disbursing the assessments and charges hereinafter
created; and
WHEREAS, Declarant has incorporated or intends to incorporate under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a non-profit corporation the "KENMARA
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION" for the purposes of exercising the functions aforesaid;
and
WHEREAS, this Declaration is intended to be a master document governing the
ownership and use of all of the Lots and Common Facilities which collectively
constitute the Property, and of the Controlled Facilities which, together with
the Common Facilities, constitute the Common Elements.
WHEREAS, the governing body of the Association has determined to amend and
restate this Declaration, and the Declaration as amended and restated shall
supercede in its entirety the Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions,
Easements, Charges and Liens that was filed in the Chester County Recorded of
Deeds Office on January 28, 1998, at Book 4295, page 1986.
NOW THEREFORE, the Declarant declares that the real property referred to in
Article 11 hereof and more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and forming a part hereof, is and shall be held, transferred, sold,
conveyed and occupied subject to the covenants, restrictions, easements,
charges and liens (sometimes referred to as "covenants and restrictions")
hereinafter set forth. All the provisions of this Declaration shall, as to the
Owners of the Properties, Common Elements and Lots, their heirs, successors or
assigns, operate as covenants running with the land for the benefit of each
other and all other properties, Common Elements and Lots in the development and
their respective owners and, as their interests are affected, the Municipality.
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions.
The following words when used in this Declaration or any Supplemental
Declaration (unless the context shall prohibit) shall have the following
meanings:
(a)"Act" or "UPCA" shall mean and refer to the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned
Community Act, as amended by the 1998 amendments, and as may be amended in the
future.
(b)"Association" shall mean and refer to the "KENMARA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION",
its successors and assigns, organized under Section 5301 of the Act.
(c)'Capital Reserve Fund" shall mean an account held for new capital
improvements or replacement of existing common elements.
(d)"Common Elements" shall mean and refer to the Common Facilities and the
Controlled Facilities.
(e)"Common Expense Liability" shall mean and refer to the liability for common
expenses allocated to each unit in Section 4.2 of this Declaration.
(f) "Common Expenses" shall mean and refer to the expenditures made by, or the
financial liabilities of, the Association, together with any allocations to
reserves.
(g)"Common Facilities" shall mean and refer to those areas of land shown on the
recorded subdivision plan of the Property which are not lofted, and including
therein the open space, Entrance Features located in the open space, a proposed
Tot Lot and those portions of the Stormwater Management Facilities located in
the open space (but not including (i) roads, which are intended to be dedicated
to the Municipality for public use, and (ii) Open Space "4" ("Parkland") which
is intended for dedication to the Municipality for public use). Said areas are
designated as "open space" on the Plat of "KENMARA" and described in Exhibit
"B", attached hereto and made a part hereof, and intended to be devoted to the
common use and enjoyment of the members of the Association as herein defined,
and, except as herein below specified, are not dedicated for use by the general
public. The open space areas include:
Open Space "l" 1.717 acres
Open Space "2" 0.963 acres
Open Space "3" 20.036 acres
Open Space "5" 7.514 acres
Open Space "6A" 0.27 acres
Open Space "6B" 0.26 acres
The location and content of the Common Elements may be modified by Declarant for
so long as Declarant retains ownership of one or more Lots, provided that any
such modification is approved by the Municipality and is in compliance with the
Act. The area of open space designated as "Parkland" is intended to be
dedicated to the Municipality and, hence, is not a Common Facility. The legal
description of the basin areas and the stormwater easements over certain of the
Lots is attached as Exhibit "D" hereto.
(h)"Community" shall mean the Kenmara residential community.
(i)"Controlled Facilities" shall mean and refer to: (1) those portions of the
Stormwater Management Facilities that are not located within the open space
area; and (ii) the Entrance Features located on Parcel A. The Controlled
Facilities shall be maintained, improved, repaired and replaced by the
Association.
(j) "Declarant" shall mean and refer to Rouse/Chamberlin Ltd., its successors
and assigns, if such successors or assigns should acquire more than one
undeveloped Lot from the Declarant for the purpose of development.
(k)"Executive Board" shall mean and refer to the Executive Board of the
Association, which shall manage the Association's operations in compliance
with, and subject to, the provisions of the Act.
(l)"Entrance Features' shall mean and refer to any entrance signage, walls,
fencing, landscaping, sprinklers, lighting, or other structures or plantings
which are located on one or both sides of an entrance road from Copeland School
Road and located within Open Space Areas 1, 6A, and/or 6B, or which may be
located on Parcel A.
(m)"Lot" shall mean and refer to any plot of land intended and subdivided for
residential use, shown upon the recorded subdivision plan of the Property, but
shall not include the Common Elements as herein defined. There is presently a
total of sixty-six (66) Lots subject to this Declaration, consisting of Parcel
"A" and Lots I through 65 inclusive as shown on the Final Plat of "KENMARA"
(the "Plat"). The total number of Lots and configuration thereof shall be
subject to modification in the event that a revised Final Subdivision Plan is
approved by the Municipality and properly recorded.
(n) "Member" shall mean and refer to all those owners who are members of the
Association; every Owner of a Lot which is subject to assessment shall be a
member of the Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be
separated from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment.
(o) "Municipality" shall mean and refer to the municipality within which the
Property is located, being East Bradford Township, situate in Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
(p) "Owner" shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one or more
persons or entities, of the fee simple title to any Lot, but shall not mean or
refer to any mortgagee or subsequent holder of any mortgage, unless or until
such mortgage or holder has acquired title pursuant to foreclosure or any
proceeding in lieu of foreclosure.
(q) "Parkland" shall mean and refer to that portion of the open space (being
open space "4") designated as "parkland" on the plat, and more particularly
described in Exhibit B-1 appended hereto, which shall be dedicated to East
Bradford Township as a public park at the time the escrow is posted for Phase I
of the development.
(r) "Plat" shall mean and refer to the Plat which is attached hereto as Exhibit
"C", based upon and including information from the Final Subdivision Plans of
"KENMARA" prepared by E. B. Walsh & Associates, dated 2/20/90 and last
revised 7/3/97, as the same may, however, be further revised in accordance with
the Municipality's Ordinances, with any such revisions to be subject to
approval by the Municipality.
(s) "Property" shall mean and refer to all lands, both Lots and Common Elements,
which are described in Exhibit "A" or are hereafter made subject to this
Declaration.
(t) "Storm Water Management Facilities" shall mean all of the land areas and
improvements thereto within and adjacent to the Property devoted to the
purposes of detaining, retaining, and/or controlling the volume and/or rate
and/or the direction of storm water (including both Common Facilities located
within the open space area of the Property, and Controlled Facilities located
within certain of the Lots, including but not necessarily limited to berms,
cisterns, detention basins, diversion terraces, drainage easements, energy
dissipaters, infiltration structures, retaining walls, retention basins,
sedimentation basins, seepage pits, seepage drenches, storm sewers, and swales.
Without limiting the foregoing, the primary portions of the Storm Water
Management Facilities consist of three Storm Water Management basins, all of
which are located within common open space areas, as follows:
Basin No. 1 - Open Space "1"
Basin No. 2 - Open Space "3"
Basin No. 3 - Open Space "2"
(u)"Tot Lot" shall mean a recreational area to be established in one of the
Open Spaces that may contain benches, tables, and recreational facilities
intended for use by children.
ARTICLE II PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION; NAME OF THE COMMUNITY
Section 2.1. The Property.
The real property which is, and shall be, held, transferred, sold, conveyed and
occupied subject to this Declaration is located in East Bradford Township, and
as more particularly described in Exhibit "A", being the "KENMARA TRACT" as
shown on the Plat, and consisting of 94.27 acres, more or less.
Section 2.2. Name of Community.
The name of the Community to be developed within the Property is "KENMARA".
Section 2.3. Applicability of the Uniform Planned Community Act.
The Community contains Common Elements which include only stormwater management
facilities and related devices, real estate containing signage, lighting,
landscaping, gates, walls, fences and/or monuments or open space, and therefore
is subject only to those provisions of the Act as stated in the 1998 amendments
to the Act.
ARTICLE III DESCRIPTION OF UNITS AND COMMON ELEMENTS
Section 3.1. Boundaries.
The boundaries of each unit are coterminous with the boundaries of each Lot as
depicted on the Plat. For purposes of this Declaration, a "unit" is synonymous
with the term "Lot". The identifying number of each unit or Lot is set forth on
the Plat appended hereto.
Section 3.2. Maximum Units.
The maximum number of units or Lots that may be created in KENMARA is sixty-six
(66). No individual units may be further subdivided.
Section 3.3. Description of Common Elements.
A description of the Common Elements of the Community (including both Common
Facilities and Controlled Facilities) is contained in Article I (Definitions).
There are no limited Common Facilities or limited Controlled Facilities
provided for under this .Declaration. There are no time-share estates created
under this Declaration.
ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS IN THE
ASSOCIATION; PERIOD OF DECLARANT CONTROL
Section 4.1. Membership.
Every person who is an Owner (as defined in Article 1) of any Lot which is
subject by this Declaration to assessment by the Association shall be a member
of the Association. However, in the event that a member of the Association
should lease his Lot to another person then, and only in that event, the lessee
shall be entitled to all of the privileges of membership in the Association,
except that the Owner will still be responsible for payment of all assessments
and will still be entitled to the vote allotted to the particular Lot in
question.
Section 4.2. Allocation of Voting Rights and Common Expense
Liability.
Each Lot is allocated one vote in the Association. The voting right allocated to
each Lot is equal with respect to all sixty-six (66) Lots. Likewise, each Lot,
and the Owner thereof, is allocated an equal one sixty-sixth (1/66th) share of
the liability for Common Expenses; provided, however, that if a Common Expense
is caused by the negligence or misconduct of any Owner, the Association may
assess such expense exclusively against his or her Lot.
Section 4.3. Period of Declarant Control.
Notwithstanding the allocation of voting rights, as set forth in Section 4.2
above, there is hereby declared to be a period of Declarant control, which
shall extend from the date of the first conveyance of a Lot to an Owner other
than a Declarant, for a maximum of five years thereafter. During the period of
Declarant control, the Declarant or persons designated by the Declarant shall
appoint and remove the officers and members of the Executive Board of the
Association.
(a)The period of Declarant control shall terminate no later than the earlier of:
(1) 60 days after conveyance of 75% of the Lots to Lot Owners other than a
Declarant; or
(2) two years after all Declarants have ceased to offer Lots for sale in the
ordinary course of business, whichever shall first occur.
(b)During the period of Declarant control, there shall be a transfer of control
of the Executive Board as follows:
(1) not later than 60 days after the conveyance of the seventeenth Lot to a Lot
Owner other than a Declarant, one of the four members of the Executive Board
shall be elected by Lot Owners other than the Declarant;
(2) not later than 60 days after the conveyance of the 33rd Lot to a Lot Owner
other than Declarant, the Executive Board shall be increased to six members,
and two of the six members shall be elected by Lot Owners other than the
Declarant.
(3) not later than 60 days after the conveyance of the 50th Lot within the
Community to a Lot Owner other than a Declarant, the period of Declarant
control shall terminate, the number of members of the Executive Board shall be
set at five (5), and all five members of the Executive Board shall thereafter
be elected by the Lot Owners as a whole (including the Declarant as a Lot
Owner) in accordance with the allocation of voting rights set forth in Section
4.2 above.
(c) Declarant may voluntarily surrender the right to appoint and remove officers
and members of the Executive Board before termination of that period. In that
event, Declarant may require, for the duration of the period of Declarant
Control, that specified actions of the Association or Executive Board, as
described in a recorded instrument executed by the Declarant, be approved by
Declarant before they become effective.
ARTICLE V PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE COMMON FACILITIES
Section 5.1. Members' Easements of Enjoyment.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 of this Article V, every member shall
have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Facilities and such
easement shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot,
and shall commence at the time of such membees acquisition of his or her lot
whether or not title to the Common Facilities has been then conveyed to the
Association. Such easement shall include the right of access to, ingress to and
egress from the Common Facilities, the right to make reasonable passive
recreational use of the Common Facilities, and the right to use drainage
facilities and utilities placed within the Common Facilities and Controlled
Facilities. A Lessee shall have all of the rights of this section belonging to
the Owner of the Lot with the exception that they are not permitted to vote and
are not required to pay any assessment since the vote and assessment remain
with the Lot Owner.
Section 5.2. Title to Common Facilities.
Declarant hereby covenants for itself, its successors and assigns, that it shall
convey the Common Facilities by special warranty deed to the Association, and
the Association will accept same, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances,
excepting mortgage encumbrances as may be provided for in Section 5.3(a)
existing building restrictions, ordinances, easements of roads, privileges or
rights of public service companies as provided for herein, and any other
rights, easements, restrictions or conditions existing of record not later than
the termination of the period of Declarant control, as defined in Section 4.3
above.
Section 5.3. Extent of Members' Easements.
The rights and easements of enjoyment created hereby shall be subject to the
following:
(a) the right of the Association in accordance with its Articles and Bylaws, to
borrow money for the purpose of improving the Common Facilities and Controlled
Facilities and, in aid thereof, to mortgage said Common Facilities and the
rights of such mortgagee in said Common Facilities shall be subordinate to the
rights of the Owners hereunder;
(b) the right of the Association to take such steps as are reasonably necessary
to protect the Common Facilities against foreclosure;
(c) the right of the Association, as may be provided in its Articles and Bylaws,
to suspend the enjoyment rights to recreational open spaces of any members for
any period during which any such member's assessment remains unpaid, and for
any period not to exceed thirty (30) days for any infraction of its published
rules and regulations.
(d) the right of the Association to charge reasonable admission and other fees
for the use of any recreational facilities within the Common Facilities;
(e) the right of the Declarant, and of the Association, to grant and reserve
easements and rights-of-way through, under, over and across the Common
Facilities, for the installation, maintenance and inspection of the lines and
appurtenances for access, ingress and egress, for public or private water, gas,
electric, telephone, sewage, drainage, fuel oil, cable television, other
utilities; provided, however, that such easements and rights-of-way will not be
contrary to either (i) the Plan, or (ii) the purposes for which the Common
Facilities can be utilized under the governing ordinances of the Municipality;
and
(f) the right of the Association, contingent upon the prior written approval of
the Municipality, to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common
Facilities to any public agency, authority, utility, or non-profit organization
or other entity, for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be
agreed to by the members, provided that no such dedication and transfer or
determination as to the purposes or conditions thereof shall be effective
unless an instrument executed by the president of the Association and attested
to by the secretary thereof certifies that after due notice in accordance with
the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Association that two-thirds
(2/3) of the persons present, in person or in proxy, approve such action;
provided, however, that notwithstanding any such transfer, the Common
Facilities are restricted to utilization as open space.
(g) the free right and privilege of Declarant at all times hereafter to go upon
the Common Facilities to construct, reconstruct, repair, renovate or correct
any work heretofore or hereafter done by Declarant, its agents, servants,
workmen or contractors.
(h) the free right and privilege of Declarant, its agents, servants,
contractors, licensees and invitees to enter upon the Common Facilities or upon
Lots not yet conveyed to third parties at all times for purposes incident to
the construction of the residential subdivision and the marketing of dwellings;
including, without limitation, the right to complete all improvements denoted
on the Plat and/or the Final Subdivision Plans, the right to maintain and
remove offices, trailers, construction vehicles, models and signs, the right to
use easements within and through the Common Facilities and Controlled
Facilities, as more fully set forth herein below.
(i) the absolute right of Declarant at any time until the conveyance of the last
Lot to an Owner other than Declarant to modify the boundary lines of the
individual Lots and the Common Facilities, provided, however, that any such
change must first be approved by the Municipality. No individual owner shall be
deemed to have a vested right in and to the area, content or location of the
Common Facilities until the conveyance of the last lot to an owner other than
Declarant, except that any such change shall not reduce the amount of the
Common Facilities to less than the amount required under the applicable
municipal ordinances.
Section 5.4 Notification of Parkland Use.
Open Space "4" (the "Parkland") is not a Common Facility and all Lot Owners are
placed on notice that the Parkland will be owned by the Municipality as a
public park and will be used for active recreation.
Section 5.5 Declarant's Easement to Construct.
Declarant, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, reserves and
shall have the right to enter upon the Property, and any Lot as may be
necessary from time to, time, in connection with the construction, completion,
monitoring, grading, seeding, mowing, maintenance or repair of any storm water
detention basin and/or other facilities required or permitted to be constructed
by Declarant, pursuant to the Plan or applicable Township ordinances and
requirements including, but not limited to, storm water management basins,
culverts, subsurface pipes or conduits for the conveyance of storm water
runoff, drainage swales or berms, soil and surface runoff control devices,
whether permanent or temporary, and similar improvements ("Storm Water
Management Facilities").
ARTICLE VI COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS
Section 6.1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligations of
Assessments.
(a) Assessments. The Declarant, for each Lot owned by it within the Property,
hereby covenants and each subsequent Owner of any such Lot by acceptance of a
deed therefore, whether or not it shall be so expressed in any such deed or
other conveyance, shall be deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the
Association (1) annual assessments or charges; (2) special assessments for
capital improvements, such assessments to be fixed, established and collected
from time to time as hereinafter provided; and (3) special assessments for
maintenance, restoration or repair as hereinafter provided. The annual and
special assessments, together with such interest thereon and costs of
collection thereof as are hereinafter provided shall be a charge on the land
and shall be a continuing lien upon the Lot against which each assessment is
made, as more fully set forth in Section 5315 of the Act. Each such assessment,
together with such interest thereon and costs of collection thereof as are
hereinafter provided, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who
was the Owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due.
(b) Notification. The Owner of a Lot intending to sell the same shall notify
the Executive Board as to his intent to sell the Lot so that the Resale
Certificate required under Section 5407 of the Act may be prepared.
(c) Resale Certificate. Within ten (1 0) days of the receipt of such
notification, the Board shall prepare a Resale Certificate, which shall set
forth all information required under Section 5407 of the Act. This certificate
shall be mailed to the place designated by the Owner. No conveyance shall
discharge the personal liability of the Owner for unpaid assessments or charges
whether or not shown on such certificate. A reasonable fee shall be established
from time to time for the cost of preparation of such certificate and shall be
paid at the time of request for such certificate. The certificate shall be
signed by an officer of the Association or by an employee of the Association's
management company. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to
the status of assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as to any
purchaser or mortgagee relying thereon in good faith as of the date of its
issuance, but shall not relieve the Owner of personal liability.
Section 6.2 Purpose of Assessments.
The Assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively for the
purpose of paying the Common Expenses of the Association, including promoting
the recreation, health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Property and
in particular for the improvement and maintenance of properties, services and
facilities devoted to this purpose and related to the use and enjoyment of the
Storm Water Management Facilities, Entrance Features, water distribution
facilities, sanitary sewage collection facilities, recreational open spaces and
other lands within the Common Facilities, including but not limited to, the
payment of insurance thereon and maintenance, repair, replacement and additions
thereto, and for the cost of labor, equipment, materials, management and
supervision thereof, and for the costs of operation of the Association.
Section 6.3 Special Assessments for Capital Improvements.
In addition to the annual assessments authorized 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 capital improvement upon the Common
Areas, including fixtures and personal property related thereto and including
Storm Water Management Facilities, provided that any such assessment shall have
the assent of two-thirds (213) of the votes of the members who are voting in
person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose.
Section 6.4 Notice and Quorum for Any Action Authorized Under
Section 6.3.
Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking any action
authorized under Section 6.3 shall be sent to all members not less than 14 days
nor more than 60 days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting
called, the presence of members or of proxies entitled to cast fifty percent
(50%) 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 60 days following the preceding
meeting.
Section 6.5 Uniform Rate of Assessment.
Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots
and may be collected on a monthly or other periodic basis; provided, however,
that in the event that a Common Expense is caused by the negligence or
misconduct of an Owner, or tenant or invitee of an Owner, the Association may
assess such expense exclusively against such Owner's Lot.
Section 6.6 Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association.
(a) Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall be
subject to such late charge as may be established by the Board, and shall also
bear interest from the due date at the rate of twelve (12) percent per annum,
unless a lesser rate is required by law, but then at the maximum rate
permitted. The Association may bring an action at law against the Owner
personally obligated to pay the same, or may foreclose the lien against the
Lot, as set forth in §5315 of the Act, or both. No Owner may waive or otherwise
escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the
Common Facilities or abandonment of his Lot.
(b) Each Owner on becoming an owner of any Lot shall be deemed to covenant and
agree to the enforcement of all assessments in the manner specified in this
Declaration and in the Act. Each Owner agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees
as established from time to time by the Board and costs incurred in the
collection of any assessment against such Owner and/or his Lot, whether by suit
or otherwise, or in enforcing compliance with or specific performance of the
terms and conditions of this Declaration or other governing documents as
against such Owner and/or his Lot.
(c) Any assessment installment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due
date shall be delinquent. Thereupon, the Association may provide notice of such
delinquency and may (a) declare the entire balance of such annual or special
assessment due and payable in full; or (b) charge a late fee in an amount to be
set by the Board; or (c) upon registered or certified mail notice to the Owner,
suspend the right of such Owner to vote and/or to use the recreational and
other facilities until the assessment and accrued charges are paid in full; or
(d) employ other remedies available at law or equity or, without limitation of
the foregoing, including either of the following procedures:
(1) Enforcement by Suit. The Association may commence and maintain a suit by law
against any Owner or Owners for such delinquent assessments as to which they
are personally obligated. Any judgment rendered in any such action shall
include the amount of the delinquency, together with late fees, interest
thereon at the rate not to exceed fifteen percent (1 5%) per annum from the
date of delinquency, costs of collection, court costs and reasonable attorneys'
fees in such amount as the Board has established from time to time. Suit to
recover a money judgment for unpaid assessments shall be maintainable without
foreclosing or waiving the lien hereinafter provided for.
(2) Enforcement by Lien. Pursuant to §5315 of the Act, there is hereby created
and perfected a claim of lien, with power of sale, on each and every Lot to
secure payment to the Association of any and all assessments levied against any
and all Owners of such Lots pursuant to this Declaration, together with late
fees, interest thereon as provided for by this Section, and all costs of
collection which may be paid or incurred by the Association in connection
therewith, including reasonable attorneys' fees. At any time after the
occurrence of any delinquency in the payment of any such assessment, the
Association, or an authorized representative thereof, may make a written demand
for payment to the delinquent Owner. Said demand shall state the date and
amount of the delinquency. Each delinquency shall constitute a separate basis
for a demand or claim or lien, but any number of defaults may be included
within a single demand or claim or lien on account of prior delinquencies shall
be deemed to include subsequent delinquencies and accounts due on account
thereof. If such delinquency is not paid within ten (10) days after delivery of
such demand, the Association, or its duly authorized representative, may
thereafter elect to commence foreclosure or other enforcement action in court,
as set forth in §5315 of the Act. The Board is hereby authorized to appoint any
attorney or any officer or director of the Association for the purpose of
conducting such proceeding.
(d) All remedies provided herein or in the Act are cumulative.
(e) Failure by Declarant or Association to enforce any restrictions, conditions,
covenants or agreements herein contained in no event shall be deemed a waiver
of the right to do so thereafter as to the same breach or as to the one
occurring prior to or subsequent thereto. Nothing herein contained shall impose
upon Declarant any obligation to enforce any of the provisions hereof; nor
shall Declarant be liable for the failure to enforce any of the provisions
hereof.
Section 6.7 Lien Priority and Divestiture.
The priority of any lien for assessments authorized hereunder or by the Act,
shall have such priority as against any and all other liens on a Lot, as is set
forth in §5315 of the Act. Any such lien shall be subject to divestiture only
as set forth in §5315 of the Act.
Section 6.8 Exempt Property.
The following property subject to this Declaration shall be exempted from the
assessments, charges and liens created herein: all Common Facilities as defined
in Article 1, Section I hereof. Notwithstanding any provisions herein, no land
or improvements devoted to dwelling use shall be exempt from said assessments,
charges or liens.
ARTICLE VII RESTRICTIONS ON COMMON FACILITIES
Section 7.1 Uses.
The Common Facilities shall be used for only the following purposes: utilities
(including without limitation water distribution and sanitary sewage collection
facilities), and Entrance Features, Storm Water Management Facilities, resource
conservation, flood plain conservation, Tot Lot, and active or passive
recreational purposes. No other use shall be permitted in the Common
Facilities, except that which may be designated and approved by the Declarant
and/or the Executive Board.
Section 7.2 Subdivision of Common Facilities.
There shall be no further subdivision of the Common Facilities, except for
Declarant's right to adjust or modify lot line boundaries as specified in
Article V, Section 5.3(j).
Section 7.3 Landscaping and Planting.
No individual landscaping, gardening or planting shall be permitted in the
Common Areas, except Entrance Features and except that landscaping, gardening
or planting which is approved by the Association in accordance with its
Articles and Bylaws.
Section 7.4 Trees.
No trees within the Common Areas, except dead or diseased trees, shall be cut
except when approved by the Association in accordance with its Articles and
Bylaws.
Section 7.5 Fences.
No fences shall be erected on the Common Areas space (other than fences part of
the Entrance Features), except those approved by the Association in accordance
with its Articles and Bylaws.
Section 7.6 Easements.
Declarant hereby reserves, for the benefit of itself and the Association, and/or
the municipality and/or municipal or private utility companies ultimately
operating such facilities, perpetual easements over all Lots and Common
Elements for the installation, repair and maintenance, and renewal and
replacement of: (i) sewer, water, gas, electric, telephone, fuel oil, cable
television, and other utility services that may from time to time be necessary
or beneficial to the Community, and (ii) the Common Elements (including without
limitation the Entrance Features, Storm Water Management Facilities, and Open
Spaces). Each of these easements will include rights of access over Lots and
Common Elements in order to perform the necessary work in the easement areas.
No buildings or structures shall be erected by any Owner within the easement
areas occupied by such facilities.
ARTICLE VIII MAINTENANCE OF COMMON FACILITIES AND CONTROLLED FACILITIES
Section 8.1 Maintenance Responsibility.
The maintenance of the Common Facilities, Entrance Features, and Controlled
Storm Water Management Facilities shall be the responsibility of the Declarant
until such time as the initial Common Expense assessment is made. Thereafter
the maintenance of the Common Facilities (including Tot Lot), Entrance
Features, and Controlled Storm Water Management Facilities shall be the
responsibility of the Association. Maintenance shall include, but is not
limited to, Storm Water Management Facilities maintenance and repair, Entrance
Feature maintenance and repair, Tot Lot maintenance and repair, lawn care,
liability insurance, landscaping and planting, construction of any kind and
anything else associated with the use and enjoyment of the Common Facilities
and Controlled Facilities by the Owners. Storm Water Management Facilities
maintenance and repair shall include, but not be limited to, the continuing
obligation to mow and keep clear of debris, silt and other obstructions the
Storm Water Management Facilities and component and to keep the same in good
condition and repair so that the Storm Water Management Facilities shall not be
obstructed with brush, shrubs, trees or other growth which will prevent the
egress, ingress and regress, if necessary, by tractor or similar motor vehicle
from the closest public or private road to the Storm Water Management
Facilities. In addition, the Declarant, the Association, and any person or
entity is expressly prohibited from erecting or causing or permitting the
erection of any structure, or the installation of any plant material (other
than an appropriate ground cover) or the change of the grade of the land or the
installation of buried utility lines or other improvements in the Storm Water
Management Facilities without the permission of the Township, or conducting any
activity therein or thereon, which may interfere with the proper, safe and
efficient functioning of the Storm Water Management Facilities, or access
thereto.
Section 8.2 Maintenance of Common Facilities.
The Common Facilities shall be maintained as set forth in the Open Space
Management Plan for Kenmara dated July 9, 1997, as approved by East Bradford
Township, and any such other rules and regulations as may be adopted by the
Association for the Open Space.
Section 8.3 No Interference with Controlled Facilities.
No owner or occupant shall obstruct, interfere with or alter in any way any
Controlled Facilities (including stormwater management systems or facility
relating thereto and Entrance Features) or any easement located in whole or in
part on such lot. The foregoing restriction shall include, but is not limited
to modifying or obstructing the surface area of any land within a stream or
drainage easement, allowing growth of trees or shrubs within such areas if the
growth of such trees or shrubs would interfere with the flow of surface water
or otherwise impair the function of such facilities or systems, and allowing
the accumulation of debris within such areas.
ARTICLE IX EFFECT OF NON-MAINTENANCE OF COMMON FACILITIES AND CONTROLLED
FACILITIES BY ASSOCIATION
Section 9.1 Right of Municipality.
In the event that Declarant or the Association neglects the maintenance of or
repair to the Common Elements (including both Common Facilities and Controlled
Facilities), as provided for in Article VIII hereof, the Municipality shall
have the right, but not the obligation, to provide for the maintenance of or
repair to the Common Elements, and the costs thereof shall be assessed equally
among the Owners. The assessment shall be a charge of the Lots and shall be a
continuing lien upon the Lots. The Municipality, before it may exercise the
above-mentioned rights, shall notify the Board of Directors of the Association
by certified mail of its intention to do so. The notice to the Board of
Directors of the Association shall specifically set forth in what manner the
Association has neglected
the maintenance of or repair to the Common Elements. If the Association fails
to correct or repair the items listed in the notice, within thirty (30) days
thereafter the Municipality may exercise its above-mentioned rights.
Section 9.2 Offer to Municipality.
In the event that the Association is abandoned or abolished, or otherwise ceases
to exist, or the Association proposes to dispose of the Common Facilities as
provided herein, such Common Facilities shall first be offered for dedication
to the Municipality, at no cost to the Municipality, before any other steps are
taken in conformity with these Covenants and Restrictions.
Section 9.3 No Liability of Township.
The Township shall have no liability to the Owners or their respective heirs,
successors or assigns as a result of, or in connection with, the Township's
review and/or approval of this Declaration, the Bylaws, the Plan, and/or the
Declarant's application for subdivision and land development with respect to
the Property, whether such a review and/or approval takes place before or after
the execution and recording hereof. The Association shall hold the Township
harmless against any liability on the part of the Township for its acts or
omissions (except acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct on the part
of the Township or its officials or agents, in the event the Township exercises
its rights hereunder as a result of Declarant's or Association's failure to do
so.
ARTICLE X RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS
Section 10.1 Compliance with Final Plan.
No use of any Lot shall be made which is contrary to the Final Plan approved by
the Municipality, as provided for in the relevant provisions of the
Municipality Zoning Ordinances, or such changes or amendment to such plan as
may from time to time be properly approved by the Municipality. Each Owner
shall by bound by all provisions of such Plans, whether or not recorded,
including but not limited to all Notes shown thereon.
Section 10.2 Residential Use.
The lots on the Property as depicted on the Plan (the "Lots") except as
hereinafter provided, shall be used for private residential purposes only. No
buildings of any kind shall be erected or maintained thereon except for private
dwelling houses and such outbuildings as are customarily appurtenant to
residences and as are approved in accordance with the provisions of this
Article. No sheds or doghouses are permitted. Each house shall be detached and
designated for occupancy by a single family for the exclusive use of the
respective owner or occupant.
Section 10.3 Prohibition of Use of Garages.
No garage erected on any Lot shall be used as residential living space,
temporarily or permanently, nor shall any structure of a temporary character be
used as a residence
Section 10.4 No Further Subdivision.
No Lot, once conveyed by the Declarant to an individual Lot owner, may be
further subdivided.
Section 10.5 Industrial, Manufacturing Uses.
No building designed or intended for any industrial or manufacturing purpose nor
for any dangerous or offensive trade or business, shall be erected, permitted,
maintained or operated on the Property. No dangerous or offensive trade or
business shall be permitted upon any of the Lots. No live poultry, pigeons,
hogs, cattle, or other livestock may be kept on any Lot.
Section 10.6 Parking of Certain Vehicles.
Travel trailers, horse trailers, utility trailers, mobile homes, motor homes,
boats, commercial vans and commercial trucks are not permitted to be parked on
the roadways of the Property or Lots unless parked entirely within the garage
of a dwelling erected on a Lot. The only exception is temporary placement of
such vehicles for purposes of loading, unloading, or servicing.
Section 10.7 Swimming Pools.
No above ground swimming pools shall be erected on any Lot. Temporary children's
pools are permitted only if removed and stored inside daily
Section 10.8 Rubbish, Trash and Garbage.
No rubbish, trash or garbage (other than that kept in closed sanitary containers
immediately adjacent to a dwelling), scrap metal, waste, new or used lumber or
wood (except firewood to be used in fireplaces in, a dwelling) shall be placed
or permitted on any Lot. Any firewood stored on a Lot should be stacked
adjacent to the house no more than 4' high. Trash and rubbish may be left at
curbside for collection purposes only; containers shall be removed promptly
after collection.
Section 10.9 Clotheslines and Laundry.
No outside clothesline shall be erected or maintained on any Lot and no regular
outside drying or hanging of clothes or linens shall be permitted
Section 10.10 Lot Owners' Landscaping Obligations.
Each Lot owner shall be responsible at such owners expense for grading, seeding,
care and maintenance of any grounds and trees between the road pavement and the
owners Lot line. This responsibility shall be perpetual and shall run with the
ownership of the respective Lot.
Section 10.11 Motorbikes and Unlicensed Vehicles.
The use of motorbikes, mini-bikes or similar unlicensed motorized devices shall
not be permitted in KENMARA except duly licensed motorcycles may be used on the
roads for the purpose of normal transportation to and from the Lots.
Section 10.12 Storm Water Maintenance Obligations.
Each owner of a Lot shall be responsible for maintaining at such owners expense
all drainage easements, drainage channels or other storm water management
systems situated on the owners Lot. No owner or occupant shall obstruct,
interfere with or alter in any way such channel or storm water management
system. The foregoing restriction shall include, but is not limited to
modifying or obstructing the surface area of any land within a stream or
drainage easement, allowing growth of trees or shrubs within such areas if the
growth of such trees or shrubs would interfere with the flow of surface water
or otherwise impair the function of such facilities or systems, and allowing
the accumulation of debris within such areas. No trees, shrubbery or other
plantings, other than grass and shallow rooted shrubbery and planting, shall be
permitted on the land under which any storm water management facilities or
swales are located. No grading, landscaping or excavation or driveway
installation shall be constructed on any Lot in a manner that burdens, damages
or interferes with drainage along, across or under the road right-of-way, or
which interferes with any on-Lot drainage swales, pipes, berms, basins or other
drainage facilities of any type.
Section 10.13 Application of Municipal Ordinances.
All restrictions provided for herein shall be in addition to any restrictions
contained in Municipal ordinances, rules or regulations, and in all events, in
the case of conflict between such rules and regulations and the Restrictions
provided for herein, the most stringent of the two shall apply.
Section 10.14 Review of Plans and Proposed Improvements.
No building, outbuilding, fence, wall, driveway, swimming pool or other
structure shall be commenced, erected or maintained, nor shall any addition or
alteration be made to any building, nor shall any shrubbery, bushes or trees be
planted on a lot which would act as a fence, screen or continuous property line
delineation until plans and specifications, plot plan and grading plan, or
other satisfactory information has been submitted to and approved in writing by
the Declarant which shall have the right to refuse to approve any such plans or
specifications which in its opinion are not suitable or desirable. In so
passing upon such plans and specifications, the Declarant may take into
consideration the suitability of the proposed building or other structure and
of the materials of which it is to be built, the site upon which it is proposed
to erect same, the harmony thereof with the surroundings and the affect of the
building or other structure as planned on the outlook from the adjacent or
neighboring properties. It is the intention of the, Declarant that a generally
open and unobstructed condition be maintained between buildings and throughout
the Community. From time to time, the Declarant may issue guidelines to Lot
owners indicating acceptable changes to buildings and Lots. Such guidelines are
subject to modification from time to time in the discretion of the Declarant.
Section 10.15 Responsibility of Review / Architectural Review Committee.
Declarant or its successors in title to whom "special Declarant rights" (as
defined in the Act) have been transferred shall be responsible for reviewing
and acting upon any requests under Section 10.14 until such time as it shall no
longer own any Lots within KENMARA or a period of five (5) years from the
conveyance of the first Lot to a third-party buyer, whichever shall first
occur. Thereafter, the rights of the Declarant described in Section 10.14 shall
be transferred to the Executive Board of the Association or to an Architectural
Review Committee appointed by the Executive Board of the Association.
Section 10.16 Delegation of Rights and Duties.
All of the rights and powers, given to the Declarant or Association in this
section may be delegated or assigned to any one or more individuals,
governmental bodies, partnerships, corporations or associations that will agree
to assume said rights, powers, duties, and obligations and carry out and
perform the same. Any such delegation, assignment or transfer shall be made by
appropriate instrument in writing to which the delegee, assignee or transferee
shall join for the purpose of evidencing its consent to the acceptance of such
rights and powers and such delegee, assignee or transferee shall thereupon have
the same rights and powers and be subject to the same obligations and duties as
are herein given and assumed by the Declarant, the Declarant thereupon being
released therefrom.
Section 10.17 Applicability to Declarant.
The provisions of this Article 1 0 are intended to preserve and enhance the
nature and appearance of the completed Community, and are not intended to be
used to prohibit the Declarant from developing the Community as planned. The
restrictions of this Article therefore shall not apply to the Declarant, or any
transferee of special declarant rights, and its activities at the site during
the continuance of its construction and marketing efforts related to the
Kenmara Community.
ARTICLE XI RETENTION OF SPECIAL DECLARANT RIGHTS
Section 11.1 Reservation of Access Easement.
Declarant retains, for a period ending two (2) years after the sale by Declarant
of the last Lot, an easement to enter upon each Lot to perform any corrective
grading deemed necessary or desirable by Declarant; the Association and the
Municipality shall each have the same easement, perpetually.
Section 11.2 Reservation of Rights for Future Easements.
Declarant retains the sole right to subject any portion of the Community to an
easement or license in favor of any real estate not included in KENMARA, or in
favor of any person who is not an Owner or occupant of a Lot in the Community,
until such time as the termination of the period of Declarant control. In such
event, in exercising any such right, the use and enjoyment of any Lot by the
Lot Owner shall not be adversely affected by the easement rights, nor shall
there by any adverse impact on the budget of the Association.
Section 11.3 Offices and Models.
Declarant reserves the right to maintain and remove offices and models within
the Common Facilities portions of the Community and/or individual Lots within
the Community, in connection with the management of and/or sale or rental of
Lots or units owned by the Declarant. Model homes may be placed on any Lot.
Temporary sales trailers and/or construction trailers and/or equipment trailers
may be placed anywhere within the Common Facilities portions of the Community,
and/or within individual Lots. Declarant reserves unto itself the right and
easement over, under, through and across the Property for the purpose of
constructing buildings, structures or improvements upon the Property, including
without limitation the right to park motor vehicles and maintain construction
and marketing activities of any nature whatsoever, including the moving and
storage of building materials and equipment, the conduct of sales, leasing and
management activities, the maintenance of models and offices, and the erection
and maintenance of directional, identification, promotional and marketing
signs. These rights shall be retained for so long as the Declarant retains
ownership of any one or more Lots within the Community.
Upon removal of any temporary sales trailers or construction or equipment
trailers, Declarant shall restore the disturbed areas to their prior condition.
Section 11.4 Signs.
Declarant retains the right to maintain signs in any one or more of the Lots in
the Community, as well as on the Common Facilities thereof, advertising Lots or
units in the Community for sale or lease.
Section 11.5 Executive Board.
Until the termination of the period of Declarant control, Declarant retains the
right to appoint or remove all officers of the Association and/or members of
the Executive Board, subject to the limitations set forth hereinabove and in
the Act.
Section 11.6 Indemnification from Liability for Use of Streets and/or
Easements.
Nothing herein contained shall impose upon Declarant any liability for property
damage or personal injury occurring to any person, firm or corporation by
reason of the use of the streets as shown on said plot plan or by reason of the
use of the easements as shown on said plot or herein reserved, and all persons,
firms or corporations using such streets and easements shall do so at their own
risk and without liability on the part of the Declarant.
Section 11.7 Capital Reserve Fund Contribution at Purchase.
Every Unit Owner, at the time of such Unit Owners purchase of a Unit from the
Declarant, shall pay to the Declarant a sum equal to the annual assessment in
effect for that year. If no annual assessment is in effect, then Declarant may
calculate the estimated amount that a Unit would pay based upon budgeted
expenses for the year, and that amount will serve as the measure of the
purchasers payment to the Declarant. The Declarant shall deposit these amounts
to the Capital Reserve Fund. After the period of Declarant control ends, the
Association shall have the right to impose a capital improvement fee on the
resale of Units, in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Each such fee
shall be payable in the time and manner as determined from time to time by the
Board.
ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12.1 Duration and Amendment.
The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind the
land, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Association,
or the Owner of any land subject to this Declaration, their respective legal
representatives, heirs, successors and assigns and the municipality,
perpetually. This Declaration may be amended only by the affirmative votes (in
person or by proxy) or written consent of members representing two-thirds (2/3)
of the total voting power of the Association. Amendments to Articles 11, III,
V, VII, VIll, IX, & Xii must also be approved in writing by the
Municipality, except as specified in the Act. Any amendment must be recorded in
the Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office.
Section 12.2 Exceptions to General Amendment Process.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.1 above, the following exceptions
to the general amendment process shall apply:
a. unanimous consent or joinder of the Declarant shall be required for all
circumstances set forth in §5219(d) of the Act. No Declaration provisions
pursuant to which any special Declarant rights have been reserved to a
Declarant shall be amended without the express written joinder of the Declarant
in such Amendment;
b. amendments may be executed by Declarant under all circumstances set forth in
§5219(a)(3)(i) of the Act;
c. amendments may be executed by the Association under all circumstances set
forth in §5219(a)(3)(ii) of the Act;
d. amendments may be executed by certain unit Owners under all circumstances set
forth in §5219(a)(3)(iii) of the Act.
Section 12.3 Recordation of Amendments.
Every Amendment to this Declaration must be recorded in the Recorder of Deeds
Office of Chester County, Pennsylvania in order to become effective.
Section 12.4 Technical Corrections.
The Executive Board may effect an appropriate corrective amendment without the
approval of the unit Owners or the holders of liens, in accordance with the
authorization and procedures set forth in §5219(f) of the Act.
Section 12.5 Recording Data for Easements and Licenses.
The following recorded easements and licenses affect KENMARA:
Those matters listed on Exhibit "E" attached hereto.
Section 12.6 Indemnification of Officers, Executive Board and Committee
Members.
The Association shall indemnify every Executive Board member, officer and
committee member, his heirs, executors and administrators, against all loss,
cost and expenses, including attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred by him in
connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he may be made a party
by reason of his being, or having been, an Executive Board member, officer or
committee member, except as to matters as to which he shall be finally adjudged
in such action, suit or proceeding, to be liable for gross negligence or
willful misconduct. All liability, loss, damage, cost and expense incurred or
suffered by the Association by reason, or arising out of or in connection with,
this indemnification provision shall be treated by the Association as common
expenses.
Section 12.7 Notices.
Any notice required to be sent shall be deemed to have been properly sent when
mailed, postpaid, to the last known address of the person who appears as a
member of Owner on the records of the Association at the time of such mailing.
Section 12.8 Enforcement.
Enforcement of these covenants and restrictions shall be by and proceeding at
law or in equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to
violate any covenant or restriction, either to restrain violation or to recover
damages and against the land to enforce any lien created by these covenants.
Violation of any restrictions or conditions or breach of any covenant or
agreement herein contained shall give the Declarant or Association, in addition
to other remedies, the right to enter upon the lands as to which such violation
or breach exists, and summarily to abate and remove at the expense of the
owners thereof, any structure, thing, or condition that may be or exist thereon
contrary to the intent and meaning of the provision hereof-, and the Declarant
or Association shall not thereby be deemed guilty of any manner of trespass for
such entry, abatement or removal. Failure by the Declarant the Association or
the Municipality or 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. Nothing herein contained shall impose upon Declarant any obligation
to enforce any of the provisions hereof; nor shall Declarant be liable for the
failure to enforce any of the provisions hereof.
Section 12.9 Severability.
Invalidation of any one of these covenants or restrictions by judgment or court
order shall in no way affect the validity of any other provisions, which shall
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Declarant, by its sole general partner, has caused
this Declaration to be executed this 14th day of September 1998.
Attest: Attest: ROUSE/CHAMBERLIN LIMITED,
by its managing general
partner, R/C MANAGEMENT CORP., INC.
___________________________
By:_____________________________
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CHESTER
On this, the 14th day of September, 1998, before me, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared ____Sarah Peck___ , who acknowledged
herself to be the ____President___ of ___R/C Management Corp., Inc.
and that she, being authorized so to do, executed the within instrument
for the purposes therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
______________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/05/2001
NOTORIAL SEAL
LINDA S. MCDANIEL. Notary Public
West Whiteland Twp. Chester County
My Commission Expires Nov. 5, 2001
LIST OF EXHIBITS
A - Description of the Property
B - Description of Common Facilities
B-1 - Description of Parkland
C - Plat
D - Descriptions of Basin Areas and Stormwater Easements
E - List of recorded easements and licenses affecting Community
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