Covenants
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00524 L.•:3074
FLERIN SPECT 10524
05 APR 13 PM 4:35
RUSSELL T. QUARTERMAN, P.C. 9o. 532 Bopt, GA 30822 1671 Meriweather Drive, Sulta 103 . BATEO
Georgia, Oconee County.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
, 2005, by and
WHEREAS, Bell-Harrison, Inc., owns property designated as Tracts 1, 3 and 5 as shown on plat entitled, "Administrative Recombination Plat for Bell-Harrison, Inc.", by Woods & Chastain Surveyors, Inc., Phillip D. Chastain, Registered Surveyor, dated October 19, 2004; and
WHEREAS, The Shoals Property Owners Association, Inc., owns property designated as Tracts 2 and 4 on said plat; and
WHEREAS, contemporancously herewith The Shoals Property Owners Association, Inc., is conveying to Bell-Harrison, Inc., said Tracts 2 and 4; and
WHEREAS, Plat shows the combination of Tracts 1 and 2 into one lot and of Tracts 3, 4 and 5 into one lot, which are collectively referred to herein as the "Property"; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire that the dwellings constructed on the Property shown on said plat be subject to restrictive covenants for the benefit the above-described property and of the balance of The Shoals and The Shoals East Subdivisions, both of which are situate in Oconce County, Georgia and are more full described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference;
restrictions and shall be held, sold, transferred, conveyed, used, occupied and mortgaged or otherwise NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that the Property shall be subject to the following encumbered subject to the covenants and restrictions hereinafter set forth, which are for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of, and which shall run with the title to the Property hereby made subject hercto, and shall be binding on all persons having any right, title or interest in all or any portion of the real property now made subject hereto, their respective heirs, legal representatives, sucoessors, successors in title and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each and every owner of all of any portion thereof for a period of twenty (20) years of the date of this instrument and be enforceable by any property owner in The Shoals, The Shoals East or of the property shown on said plat.
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1. Each lot of land and any amenities connected therewith must be used only for residential. be combined with another lot or portion of another lot. It may not be divided into another single family lot purposes. Each lot of land must be used as a single residential lot, except that it or any portion thereof can without prior written consent of The Shoals Property Owners Association, Inc. No more than two lots may exist and no more than two residential dwellings may be located on the Propcrty. No fence, wall, hedge or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two and six feet above the roadways shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the strect property lines and a line connecting them at points twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of tho streel property lines extended. No frec shall be permitted to remain within such distances of such intersections unless the foliage line is maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of such sight lines.
the plans, specifioations and a plat showing the location of the building or other improvements have been No building, fence, wall or other improvements shall be crected on either lot of land until commencement of construction. Such approval shall take into consideration the quality of workmanship and approved in writing by the Architectural Review Committee, the "ACC", or their successors prior to clevations. materials, harmony of external design and as to location, with respect to topography and finish grade than one detached single family dwelling, a private garage for not more than four cars, and any other No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on either lot of land other outbuildings customarily used in connection with a single family dwelling. The area of the main dwelling structure, exclusive of open porches and garages, shall not be less than three thousand (3,000) square feet prohibited. A stable or shed for the keping of animals, feed and equipment shall be permitted as hereinafter of heated living area, The placement of a mobile home or other manufactured housing is specifically set out.
4. No carport or garage shall open facing Ridge Point and all driveways shall be at least 30 feet a side street line nor nearer to any side or rear lot line than as set out in Oconee County Zoning and from existing driveways. No building shall be located on either lot of land nearer to the front lot line or to Subdivision Regulations without prior written consent of the ACC. All residential dwellings constructed on the Property shall front on Ridge Point. shall be used on cither lot of land at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently. Neither lot No structure of a temporary character, trailer, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding of land shall not be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish, garbage or waste, and all containers and incinerators or other equipment for the storage or disposal of suoh material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
6. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon either lot of land, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
7. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, kept or bred on either lot of land, except that dogs, cats, other household pets and not more than three large animals, said large animals being
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The Architectural Review Committee shall be composed of the President and Secretary of The Shoals Property Owners Association, Inc., and the President of BellHarrison, Inc. In the event of the successors. incapacity or death of any of said parties, the Board of Directors of the respective corporations shall appoint
these presents the day and year first above written. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereunto have set their hands, affixed their seals and delivered
Signed, sealed and delivered THE SHOALS PROPERTY OWNERS in the presence of: ASSOCIATION, INC.
caliasmeras.
Unofficial Witness
By:
Notary Public,
(Corporate Seal)
BELL-HARRISON, INC
(Corporate Seal)
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