DECLARATION OF COVENANTS
The owners of Cedar Ridge Estates, also known as Thurston County Large Lot #0547 wish to record their Declaration of Protective Covenants and Easements.
The Road Maintenance Agreement will be a separate Agreement under the name "Cedar Ridge Estates Road Maintenance Association, Inc.".
The Protective Covenants and Easements are as follows:
Hereafter the development will be known as "Cedar Ridge Estates". The owners of Lots 1 through 64 of Thurston County Large Lot #0547 wish to establish certain protective covenants to promote the orderly use and enjoyment of all said property, to protect and otherwise to generally benefit all owners of said real property and the community at large. We therefore declare the following:
ARTICLES A - DEFINITIONS
1. As used herein the word or words:
"Real Property" shall refer to all of the real property described on the attached Exhibit.
"Parcel" shall refer to any portion of the Real Property hereafter conveyed by Seller or by any subsequent Owner, regardless of size of Parcel.
"Owner" shall refer to the holder of a fee simple interest in any parcel of the Real Property, except for any parcel subject to a contract for the sale thereof, in which event "Owner" shall refer to holders of the vendee's interest under such contract, all to the exclusion of any other interest in the Real Property. Such interests shall be determined by the public records of the County in which the parcel is located.
ARTICLES B - LAND USE RESTRICTIONS
PROPERTY USE - Parcels shall be used for rural single-family residential purposes only. Each parcel is 5 acres in size and can never be sub-divided.
SIGNS - Seller may place signs on any parcel that it owns or has authorized an agent to resell for the owner. However, except for such signs, no sign of any kind shall be displayed on any parcel, except for a professional sign of not more than 3 square feet.
PARCEL MAINTENANCE - Each parcel and the external appearance of improvements thereon shall be maintained in a clean, neat, and orderly condition and in good repair. No trash, junk, debris, equipment, cut growth, noxious odor or other waste shall be permitted to accumulate on any Parcel. The only exception shall be compost which will be used for gardening.
COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS - The work of construction, altering or repairing any structure shall be diligently pursued from its commencement until completion and, in any event, the exterior appearance and lot landscaping thereof, shall be completed within 12 months after commencement thereof.
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS - All structures shall conform to the setback requirements established by the appropriate government authority of the County in which the real property is located. No home or building will be closer than 50 feet to the road.
All homes will be of a permanent nature, built to Uniform Building Code Standards and constructed with concrete foundations. Homes built to H.U.D. Standards, i.e. those normally considered "mobile" homes will not be allowed. All homes shall include no less than 1600 square feet of total living space and shall at minimum include a two car garage. All additional structures on each five acre parcel shall be constructed and finished, in a like type as to the existing structures on the same 5 acre parcel, and shall conform to all County codes and standards and be approved by the review of the architectural committee.
LANDSCAPING AND FENCING - All foundations will be landscaped in a professional manner. No fence, wall hedge, or mass planting other than foundation planting, shall be erected, placed, planted, or altered on any parcel nearer to any easement road than the building setback line, and no fence or wall shall be erected or permitted on the front portion of any parcel except for split-rail, wood fence, or professional landscaping, any of which are not to exceed three feet in height. Fences shall be of finished wooden building materials only (i.e., no log slab, used building materials, barbed wire). Cyclone fences shall not be over 6 feet in height and must not be facing the road. New Zealand type fencing will be allowed, if it does not face the road.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION VEHICLES - No commercial vehicles (i.e., tractor-trailer, bulldozers, horse-trailers, logging and construction equipment, etc.) will be allowed to be parked or stored upon the parcels, unless completely garaged. In addition all motor homes, vans, buses, boats, snow mobiles and other recreation equipment must be stored outside of the open view from the street or any other lot. This can be accomplished with a suitable landscaped barrier, a solid 6 foot high fence, or a permanent enclosed structure meeting all county codes and standards and the restrictions of paragraph #6 above, this shall not exclude temporary, (less than 24 hours) parking of the above items on the designated driveway areas adjacent to garages.
NUISANCES - No noxious or offensive trade activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or become an annoyance to the neighborhood.
INCINERATORS - No outdoor incinerators will be permitted.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES - No structures of a temporary character, including, but not limited to, travel trailers, motor homes, basement houses, tents, garages, barns, or other outbuildings, shall be used on any lot at any time as a residence either temporarily or permanently, except for a 6 month construction period, and must be connected to a septic system.
BUSINESSES - No type of business shall be conducted on any lot or within any dwelling or structure that is visible to the public view. No forms of advertising shall be allowed that are visible to the public view.
GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL - No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash, garbage or other waste shall not be kept except in sanitary containers. No garbage shall be disposed of by burning or burying, except as compost.
FIREARMS - The shooting of any type of weapon or firearm is prohibited within the development, including, but not limited to, BB guns and pistols, air rifles and pistols, pellet guns and sling shots.
Each residence shall place a light at the start of their driveway.
TREES - No purchaser shall remove any trees located on the subject property until such time as they have received their deed to said property. The only exception shall be building site preparation for one building site. The building site shall be defined as an area 1/2 acre in size, surrounding a home.
WELLS - To preserve the water quality, Cedar Ridge Estates Water Maintenance Association, and/or assigns, successors shall be the only entity allowed to have wells on the subject property for the supply of domestic water within the development boundaries. Each new owner must agree to be supplied with water from the water system maintained by Cedar Ridge Estates Water Maintenance Association at time of purchase of their property. Each owner will receive 1 share in the Water Association.
No animals or fowl shall be raised for commercial production, kept or permitted upon any lot as defined by this declaration. In each single family dwelling unit, not more than a total of two (2) domestic dogs and/or cats and caged birds may be kept within the dwelling, provided that said dogs, cats, and pet birds are not permitted to run at large and are not kept, bred or raised for commercial purposes. No livestock may be kept except for personal use.
All outside television and radio aerials and antennas are prohibited without express written approval of the Community Association. Dishes are okay, provided they are screen.
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ARTICLE C - MISCELLANEOUS
DURATION OF COVENANTS - All provisions of Article B of this instrument shall remain in full force and effect for a period of ten (10) years from the date of recording this instrument and thereafter until amended, changed, revoked or terminated in whole or in part by the following process. An instrument entitled Declaration of Amendment shall be recorded with the Auditor of the appropriate County, which Declaration shall contain all amendments and modifications hereto and which shall only be recorded upon approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the owners by vote at a meeting called for such purpose. All other provisions of the Articles contained herein shall remain in full force and effect until amended, changed, revoked or terminated in whole or part by the same process as set forth above for Article B.
HEIRS, ASSIGNS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST BOUND - Unless and until amended, changed, revoked or terminated as above provided, the provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect as covenants, restrictions, easements, rights, liens, and encumbrances running with the land and binding upon the real property and any or all parts thereof, the parties in interest thereto and their heirs, assigns, personal representatives and successors in interest. Accepting an interest in and to any portion of the Real Property shall constitute an agreement by any person, firm, or corporation accepting such an interest, that they and each of them shall be bound by and subject to the provisions of this instrument.
SEVERABILITY - In the event that any provision thereof shall be declared invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, no other provision shall be affected thereby and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
WAIVER - No waiver or a breach of any provision shall constitute a waiver of a subsequent breach of the same provision or any provision.
LEGAL PROCESS - The parties of interest in and to any part of the Real Property, and each of them, shall have the right and authority to enforce the provisions thereof and in addition to any other remedy for damages or otherwise, shall have the right and authority to enforce the provisions thereof shall recover a reasonable sum as attorney's fees and the costs of searching and abstracting the public records, which sums shall be paid by the unsuccessful party.