Covenants
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000488 ROBER, J. HUFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW P. O. BOX 162
DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS WATKINSVILLE, GA 30677
FOR CONEE COUNTY, GEORGI, EASTVILLE VILLAGE
GEORGIA,) Clerk. Superio Court SAM/ (PM)
FLEMAN 5. 1091 AND RECORDED IN BOOK # OCONDE COUNTY. j ON _PAGE /
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. CLEAK SC. this 23rd THIS DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, made and published day of and E. LYNN NORTON Of December 1996, bY ANNELLE D. NORTON identified as "Declarants". Oconee County, Georgia, and hereinafter
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Declarants are the owners of property in 239th Exhibit attached heret and ade a part here and being particularly described on Declarants, and WHEREAS, it is to the interest, benefit and advantage of to each and purchase or otherwise acquire a lot every party who shall hereafter certain protective covenants regulating and governing the use and in said subdivision that occupancy of lots in said subdivision be established, set forth and declared Covenants running with the land; and
the benefits to be derived, NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and establish, promulgate and declare Declarants
covenants to apply to the lands described on the aforesaid plat of said subdivision and to all persons or entities owning
acquiring said lots, them hereafter;
protective covenants shall become effective immediately and with the land
and shall be binding on all persons or parties claiming under and through Declarants such time
covenants may be extended, modified or terminated, in whole or in part, as hereinafter provided, to wit:
LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE. No lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No structure shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one single-family dwelling not to two and one-half than three cars stories in height and a private garage or carport for not more and other out buildings or servants'
customarily used in connection with and incidental to a singers family dwelling.
2. ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL. No structure or improvement of any description shall be erected, placed or altered any lot unless and until the construction plans and specifications thereof, and a site plan showing the location of the proposed structure on the lot have been submitted to and approved by the Architectural Control Committee, as hereinafter defined, as to quality of workmanship and harmony of external design and existing grade elevation and surroundings. Without prior written Architectural Control Committee, no dwelling shall be erected, altered or placed on any lot having less than a 5 on 12 foot pitch on the roof thereof.
DWELLING SIZE.. No dwelling shall be constructed, erected, placed, altered or maintained on said lots consisting of a one-story structure; and not less 1500 square feet of heated floor space, in the case of ground floor area and not less than 1500 square feet overall,
the case of a one and one-half, two or two
Construction, erection, placement or alteration of any structure, once begun, shall be completed as expeditiously as
In any event, the exterior of any structure shall be completed within one (1) year of the date of issuance
original building permit therefor by the Building Inspector of oconee County, Georgia, or his successor in title or office.
IED Dres earer to the front lot line or BUILDING LOCATION.
line than the minimum building set-back line lease to the side stren 5C. nearer thanato feet to a rear property line. And no building shall be located on any lot shown on the control Committee shall have the authority to grant slight The Architectural adjustments to the above requirements if it is found that these requirements the site for a home. Approval for an undue hardship on a property owner must be in writing. For the purpose of this covenant, any such exception carports, and open porches shall be considered as a part of to the 5. CARPORTS AND GARAGES.
structure unless otherwise All garages must be attached permitted Architectural Control Committee. by the
FENCES. No fence or wall shall be erected, placed or altered on any lot nearer to any street than the rear building dwelling thereon, Architectural Control Committee and the adjoining property unless approved by the owner (s).
EASEMENTS . Easements for installation shown on the recorded plat. maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as and on the recorded plat, easements for installation and maintenance In addition to those easements shown of utilities and drainage facilities including the right to trim if necessary, feet of each side of each lot and over the rear ten (10) feet of are hereby reserved over may carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which No noxious or offensive activity shall be
An excessive number of vehicles shall not be annoyance or nuisance to the permanently parked on the street in front of any lot. No mobile kind, home, motor home, travel trailer, camper, boat, trailer of any vehicle shall remain on the street or parked in the front or side tractor or other farm equipment, motorcycle or inoperable yards of any lot.
shall be in the backyard. such vehicle, if parked or stored on a lot, buses or any vehicle with tonnage in excess of One (1) ton shall not be permitted to park on the streets, overnight,
transports flammable and no vehicle of any size which normally explosive cargo, hazardous materials may be kept in the subdivision at any time. garbage, waste shack, garage, TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. detached carport, barn or other ene building erected or placed on any tract of land shall at any time be used as a residence, temporarily or permanently; structure of a temporary character be used as a residence, at any nor shall any "log time, nor shall any pre-assembled nor factory-built structure nor thereon conventionally constructed, permanent dwellings shall be erected as a residence, but only fences used for drying clothes shall be constructed, erected or No clothes lines, drying racks or maintained nearer the front street line than the rear line of the residence constructed on said tract of land or said rear line to the side lines of said tract of land, and such an extension of must not be visible generally from the street.
public view on any lot except: SIGNS. No sign of any kind shall be displaced to the square foot, or one sign of not more than five square one professional sign of not more a builder or realtor to advertise the property during the feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by Oconee County Sign Ordinance. and initial sales period, in accordance with the
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OIL AND MINING OPERATIONS. No oil drilling, 011 development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavation or shafts be permitted upon any lot. No derrick or other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any lot.
POULTRY. livestock, poultry of any kind shall be housed, maintained, animals' raised, bred, tr kept on any lot, except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept, provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose.
GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL. No lots shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash, garbage, or other waste shall not be kept lot except in sanitary containers. All equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
SUBDIVIDING OF LOTS. These shall be no sub-dividing of lots without the express, written permission of Declarants.
UTILITIES. All utilities shall be underground. earth-station satellite receiving/transmitting dish
similar apparatus shall be erected or placed on any lot in excess of twenty-four (24") inches.
17. SIGHT DISTANCE AT INTERSECTIONS.
hedge, or shrub planting obstructs sight
elevations between 2 and 6 feet above the roadways
placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the street property line and a line connecting them at points 25 feet from the intersection of the street lines, or in the case of a rounded property corner, such points being 25 feet from the intersection of the street property lines extended. The same sight line limitations shall apply on any lot within 10 feet from the intersection of a street property line with the edge of a driveway.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL. No individual sewage-disposal system shall be permitted on any lot unless such system is designed, located and constructed in accordance with the requirements, standards and recommendations of the Georgia Department of Public and the Oconee County, Georgia, Health Department. such authorities. of such systems, as installed, shall be obtained from sewerage is or shall reasonably available, all dwellings shall be connected to public
19. ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE.
(A) Membership. The Architectural Control Committee shall be composed of E. Lynn Norton, who reserves the right to designate a representative, successor, to act
committee. of the committee, any representative thereof, shall be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant to this covenant.
record owners of a majority of the lots shall have time, the powex, through a duly written instrument, to change the membership of the committee or to restore to it any of its powers and duties.
(B) Procedure. The Committee's approval or disapproval as required in these covenants shall be in writing to approve or Should the Committee, or its designated representative, fail
disapprove, within 30 days after the plans and specifications and proposed site location have been submitted to it, or in any event, if no suit to enjoin construction has been commenced prior related covenants (s) shall be deemed to have been to the completion thereof, approval will not be required, and tha with.
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20. TERM. These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and persons claiming under them for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the
covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of 10 years unless and until an instrument signed by a majority of the then record owners of said vote) has been basis of
whole or in part. recorded, agreeing to change said covenants
ENFORCEMENT. Should any owner or other party having an interest in any to these covenants violate or attempt to violate any of the covenarits herein,
lawful for any other owner of any real property subject to these covenants to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against the party violating or attempting to violate any covenants; and either to violation or attempted violation or to recover damages or other dues for such violation.
SEVERABILITY. Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any other provision, all of which shall remain of full effect. force and
No either the Architectural Control Committee Except as specifically provided herein, no Declarants to act upon any matter for consideration shall be deemed a waiver of the pertinent requirements of these covenants. thing done or any action taken by anyone in violation of these covenants shall be deemed a continuing violation; and no approval thereof shall be implied by a failure of the Declarants or Architectural Control Committee to act thereon.
restrictionsdescribed on Exhibit A' attached covenants and conditions shall hereto, and no other. No representations or warranties are made with respect to the development of any other property owned by Declarants, or elsewhere; the right being expressly reserved by other than Declarants, their heirs and assigns, to develop any property the specific lots and portions of lots referred to or deem proper. herein in any manner they, in their sole discretion, may choose
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Declarants have hereunto set theix hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Annelle D. Mortar (5022) Annelle D. Norton
Signed, sealed and delivered. E. Lynn (Seal) in the presence of;
PUBLIC
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EXHIBIT 'A'
All those sixteen (16) lots or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the 239th G.M.D., Oconee County, Georgia, being designated as Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 7, 18, and Tract "A" woolery, all as more fully shown and described on a plat of Eastville Village recorded in Plat Book _24, page 298, in the Office of Clerk of superior Court of Oconee County, Georgia, and incorporated herein and made a part hereof by specific reference. Specifically excluded herefrom, and not included within the application of the foregoing Protective Covenants are Lots 1, 2, 3, 19, 20 and 21 as shown on said plat.
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Recorded on Sandra C Glass, CI