Covenants
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PEROR COURT
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8:23.2002
DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS
FOR
OAKLAKE SUBDIVISION
GEORGIA,
OCONEE COUNTY
this 15 THIS DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, Made and published
_ day of _i + 2002 by Mike Power, of Oconce County,
Georgia:
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Mike Power, is the owner of property known as Oaklake, the same being a residential subdivision, located in the 240iồạiG.M.D., Oconee County, Georgia
more particularly described on a plat entitled Final Plat for Oaklake Subdivision, by
Landmark Enginering, -2, in the Office of Clerk of Superior Court of Oconce _, recorded in Plat
County, Georgia, which plat is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, it is to the interest, benefit and advantage of Mike Power, and to
each and every party who shall hereafter purchase or acquire any lot subject to the
provisions hereof that certain protective covenants regulating and governing the use
and occupancy of said lots be established, set forth and declared Covenants running
with the land;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the benefits
to be derived, MIKE POWER does hereby set up, establish, promulgate, and declare
the following protective covenants to apply to the above described lands, and to all
persons or entities owning or acquiring said lots; or any of them hereafter; and these
protective covenants shall become effective immediately and run with the land and shall be binding on all persons or parties claiming under and through Mike Power until such
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time as said covenants may be modified, extended or terminated, in whole or in part, as hereinafter provided, to wit;
LAND USE Said tracts shall be used for residential purposes only, with each tract being used as a single-family detached residential lot; but in the event some lots) should not meet septic tank requirements of the Oconee County Health
Department or the State Department of Health, or should not be suitable for a building site, then said lots) may be used for recreational purposes, including parks and playgrounds, and/or any other uses) compatible with a residential subdivision, including all uses as may be presently or hereafter authorized under single-family residential zoning provisions of the Oconee County zoning ordinance;
to increase the density of dwellings within said subdivision; and no portion of any lot SUBDIVISION OF TRACTS Individual lots may not be subdivided so as shall be used as a roadway or any other means of access to any adjoining property without the express, written consent of the undersigned Declarant;
ACESSORY USES No structure shail be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one single-family unit and private two-car garage and other outbuildings customarily used in connection with and incidental to a shall be installed and properly maintained; single-family dwelling; and on all dwellings with a garage facing a street, garage doors
4. DWELLING SIZE No dweiling shall be constructed, erected, placed,.- altered or maintained on said lots consisting of less than two thousand (2,000) square feet of heated floor space for a single story structure or less than two thousand two hundred (2,200) square feet of heated floor space for a two story structure, excepting basements,
BUILDING LOCATION No dwelling or building shall be erected, placed, or constructed or any lot closcr than the minimum building setback line as shown on the recorded subdivision plat; and no dwelling shall be erected, constructed, or placed closer than fifteen (15) feet to any rear or side boundary line, nor closer than forty (40) feet to a side-street right-of-way. Provided, however, Declarant hereby reserves the hardship in the site location for a home. right to make slight adjustments to the above requircments so as to prevent undue.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES No mobile home, tent, shack, garage detached carport, barn or other outbuildings erected, constructed or placed on a tract shall be used as a residence, either temporary or permanent; nor shall any structure of a temporary character be used as a residence,
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outbuilding shall be erected, constructed or placed on a tract that does not conform DESIGN REQUIREMENTS No garage, detached carport, barn or other with the quality of workmanship, materials and harmony of external design with existing structures, and with topography and finish grade elevation. No sateilite receiving dish, antennae or similar apparatus shall be erected or installed on any lot closer to the front (or side in case of a corner lot) street right-of-way than the front (or side) line of the residence located on said lot or an extension of the front (or side) line to the lot boundary. The area of each lot between the street curb and the front (or side and front) building line shall be landscaped.
BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS No building shail have concrete blocks for the exposed finished material. Concrete blocks may be used only as foundations.. This provision shall not prevent a masonry type house with stucco type exterior walls. Unless a stucco-type exterior is approved, all dwellings and building shali have not less than 4 sides brick exterior walls. Fiber cement composition siding shall not exceed 10% of exterior walls as approved by Declarant. Rock wall exterior is also acceptable:
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be housed, maintained, raised or kept on any lot, except domestic pets. Domestic pets shall be permitted, so long as the same shall not constitute a nuisance to the neighborhood. Domestic pets shall be limited to those pets customarily maintained on other humans may be kept or maintained. the premises, and no vicious dogs or other animals that may be a threat to children or
10: NUISANCES No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon nuisance to the ncighborhood or community; any tract, nor shall anything be done thereon which may become an annoyance or
SIGNS AND TANKS No signs of any kind shall be displayed to public view on any tract except one professional sign of not more than one (1) square foot). Signs of not more than five (5) square fee advertising the property during the
construction and sales period shall be allowed. No exposed or aboveground tanks shall be placed or permitted on any lot for storage of fuet, water or any other purpose.
12. GARBAGE AND REFUSE CONTROL No tract shall be used or
maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish, trash, garbage, or other waste. Any trash or garbage stored on premises temporarily shall at all times be kept in sanitary containers. All equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean; sanitary condition and sheltered from view of the strect.
13. EASEMENTS In addition to those easements shown on the recorded subdivision plat, easement for the installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities and ditches are reserved along and ten feet either side of lot lines and may be
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used as needed. Trees and limbs and other obstructions to street visibility or community. easements may be trimmed as necessary for the benefit of said easements) and erection of any building or improvements, (including any sateilite receiving dish, 14. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS Prior to the construction, installation or writing, by the undersigned including its authorized agent or reprosentative, until and antennae, or similar device) all building plans and specifications must be approved, in homeowner's association or other entity responsible to and representative of the unless the undersigned delegates or transfers such approval authority to a homeowners located in said subdivision. Even though some structures may be built or erected without prior written approval, the undersigned expressly reserves the right to not thereby be deemed to have waived this written requirement. No preconstructed require approval of any plans and specifications for any house or improvement and shall home or other building shall be moved onto any lot unless approved in writing as outlined above; and this requirement shall be strictly enforced regardless of any procedure used in approval of houses or other structures constructed on site; nearer to any street than the front building line of the dwelling thereon, unless 15. FENCING No fence or wall shali be erected, placed, or altered on any lot be approved before construction by the Declarant. Acceptable fence materials include otherwise approved, in writing, by the Declarant. Additionally all fence materials must chain link and wood.
shall be binding on all persons, parties or entities claiming under them for a period of 16. TERMS OF COVENANTS These covenants are to run with the land and twenty (20) years from the date these covenants are recorded, unless and until a recorded written instrument, to modify these covenants, in whole or in part, majority of the then record owners of said lots has earlier agreed, by duly executed and 17. ENFORCEMENT Enforcement shall be by proceedings in law and equity attempting to violate any covenants), elther to restrain or enjoin vialation thereof or to against any person or persons, party or parties, entity or entities, violating or recover damages;
judgment or Court Order shall in no way effect any other provision(s) hereof, which 18. SEVERABILITY Invalidation of any one or more of these covenants by shall remain in full force and effect.
operational motor vehicles of any type, shall at all times be kept under a closed, roofed VEHICLES All boats, trailers, campers, recreational vehicles, or noninoperable vehicle or vehicles which customarily transport flammable or hazardous structure, which otherwise complies with design requirements of the covenants. No materials shall be allowed to be parked on any street within the subdivision.
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20. DRIVEWAYS All driveways onto any lot must be of concrete
construction of a residence on said tot. construction; and must be completed within a reasonable time after completion of 21. SWIMMING POOLS Swimming pools are permissible upon said lots; but be located in the backyard and not seen from the street. must be of underground construction, properly maintained, and fenced. All pools must 22. MAILBOXES All mailboxes will be of a uniform type and design and installed in a uniform manner unless otherwise approved, in writing, by the Declarant 23. LANDSCAPING Each lot must have sod installed on a minimum of forty between the front of the house and the back of the curb and extending laterally to each percent (40%) of the front yard area. The front yard area is defined as the area completion of construction of a residence on said lot. of the side property lines. This sod must be installed within a reasonable time after be formed by the developer, as required by Oconee County, which will require 24. PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION A property owners association Wilk for maintenance of the storm water detention area, open spaces and any other adequate, mandatory assessments on each lot in the subdivision enforceable by liens common areas.
from any and all liability of any type or any cause of action of any nature whatsoever MIKE POWER, his heirs, successors, assigns or grantees are hereby relieved for the use of said described property or that may arise from the use of same;
develop any adjacent property in accordance with its sole discretion and shall not be MIKE POWER, his successors and assigns, hereby expressly reserve the right to determined to have restricted said property by expression or implication by the execution or recording of this instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mike Power has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal; the day and year first above written
Ulte foren
By:
Mike Power
Attest:
Signed, sealed and delivered in
The presence of
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