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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBill of Assurance 122123i t �r I D it 1 .f6Y• MY - Z t I J!•tija�/A Instru—nt# 2022083612 Page 1 of 3 { `u j pI ```II��ff ii gIU�Nf�I�1I�iI E11111111f 2022083612 PRESENTED. 12.76-202211:02A-SAM RECORDED 12.20-20221,:07:31 AM In Official Records of Terri Hollingsworth Circuiucounty Clerk PULASKI CO, AR FEE $25.00 EXTENSION OF BILL OF ASSURANCE TO CHELSEA SQUARE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS, on September 29, 1983, a Bill of Assurance to Chelsea Square was filed with the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk as Instrument No. 83-50354; and WHEREAS the real property encumbered by the Bill of Assurance in Pulaski County, is described as: Part of the SE1/4, SW1/4, section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of the SE1/4, SW1/4, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the centerline of Hinson Road along the arc of a curve to the right having -a radius of 603.09', said arc having a chord of 413.34' on a bearing of N68 degrees 47' 33" W; thence continue along said centerline N48 degrees 45' 01" W 75.00% thence continue along said centerline along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.4, said arc having a chord of 306.96' on a bearing of N36 degrees 17' 25, thence continue along centerline along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.4', said arc having a chord of 10.87' on a bearing of N23 degrees 23' 42" W; thence N80 degrees 40' 01" E 625.09' to a point on the east line of the SE1/4, SW1/4, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W; thence 500 degrees 19' 50" E along the east line of the said SE1/4, SW1/4 460.00' to the point of beginning containing 4.62 acres more or less. Subject to a 40.0' wide roadway easement for Hinson Road along the south and west side thereof containing 0.72 acres more or less. The net area of this description being 3.90 acres more or less. NIIN!MM '•f►►rC0Li ice. WHEREAS, said Bill of Assurance provided in Article XV Section 8 for the Extension of the Bill of Assurance by written instrument signed and acknowledged by the owner(s) of over (50%) in area of all the lots shown in the plat; and, WHEREAS, over fifty percent (50%) of the said owners are desirous of extending the effective term of said Bill of Assurance to reflect the needs of the community; -4 Instrument# 2022083612 Page 2 of 3 NOW, THEREFORE, the term of the Bill of Assurance referenced herein is hereby extended and shall remain in full force and effect until January 1, 2043. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned property owners, representing over fifty (50%) of all the lots in the subdivision have caused their names and addresses to be affixed hereto. Dame (printed) . 1L Signature Address 2111 Hin a11( Lot No. I0) In V3 u -- 03 Instrument# 2022083612^Page 3 of 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I, Gregory J. Davis, the proponent of this extension to the Bill of Assurance, state on oath that there are twenty (20) lots in said subdivision and that the signatures above are genuine and that the signers of this instrument are all owners of the lots set out by their names and that the total number of signatures represent over fifty percent (50%) in area of all the lots shown on the plat. 1Ir I L - Q "-\. � - GREG RY J. 4AV6 STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF PULASKI On this day, personally appeared before me, Gregory J. Davis, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that they executed the same for the purposes therein contained. WITNESS my hand and official seal this —' y of , 2022. da My Commission Expires: NOTARY PUBLIC LAURA M. BLOCKER FAULKNER COUNTY NOTARY PUBLIC -ARKANSAS Ny Commission ExOres March 1. 2028 Commisslon No.1234= 83 50354 FILED & RECORDED BILL OFTAASSURANCE 241 MeMp28 ^ 11129 CHELSEAASQUARE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IMA, UEI Co. MR. i C� KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS, Western Little Rock Co., an Arkansas corporation, hereinafter called "Declarant" is the owner of the following described lands lying the the County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas, to -wit: Part of the SEk, SWk, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas being more particularly described as follows, Beginning at the southeast corner of the SM SWk, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence In a Northwesterly direction along the centerline of Hinson Road along the akc of a curve to the right having a radius of 603.09', said arc having a chord of 413.34' on a bearing of H688 47' 33" WT thence continue along said centerline NAP ` 45' 010 W 75.0011 thence continue along said centerline along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.41, said arc having a chord of 306.9G' ot, a bearing of N360 17' 25"7 thence continue along said centerline along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.41, said arc having a chard of 10.87' on a bearing of N23° 23' 42" WI thence N80' 40' 01" E 625.09, to a point on the east line of the SE►4, SW}t, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W: thence 500° 19' 50" E along the east line of the said SEk, SWk 460.00' to the paint of beginning containing 4.62 acres more or less. Subject to a 40.0' wide roadway easement for Hinson Road along the south and most side thereof containing 0.72 acres more or less. The net area of this r- description being 3.90 acres more or less S"Property"), and WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable that the Property be now subdivided into building lots and Common Areas (as hereinafter defined) as shown on the attached plat, and the Property be held, owned and conveyed subject to the protective covenants herein contained; NOW, THEREFORE, the Declarant, for and in consideration of the benefits to accrue to it, which benefits it acknowledges to be of value, has caused to be made a plat, hereto attached, showing survey made August. 24, 1983, signed by Finley Williams Engineers, Inc., Registered Professional Engineers, and bearing a certificate of approval executed by the Little Rock Planning Commission, and showing the bounds and dimensions of the property now being subdivided into lots and Common Areas. There are also shown on said plat certain easements for drainage and utilities which Declarant hereby donates and dedicates to and for the use of public utilities, the same being, without limiting the 24", ti generality of the foregoing, electric power, gas, telephone, water and sewer, with the right hereby granted to the persons, firms or corporations engaged in the supplying of such utility services, and to the extent set forth herein only, to the owners of abutting lots, to use and occupy such easements and to have free ingress and egress therefrom for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of such utility services. said utility easements shall also be subject to use by the owners of abutting lots for the sole purpose of installing and maintaining such underground electric and telephone service conductors as may be necessary to connect the service lines of owners to the service pedestals installed by said utilities. The filing of this Plat and Hill of Assurance for record in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Pulaski County, Arkansas, will be a valid and complete delivery and dedicaticn of the easements subject to the limitations herein set out. The lands embraced in said Plat shall be forever known as "Chelsea Square, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas," and any and every deed of conveyance for any lot in r said Addition describing the same by the number or numbers shown on said Plat shall always be deemed a sufficient description thereof. Declarant will develop and convey all of the Property, pursuant to a general plan for all of the Property and subject to certain protective covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements, equitable servitudes, liens and charges, all running with the Property as hereinafter set forth. Declarant hereby declares that all of the Property shall be held, sold, conveyed, encumbered, hypothecated, leased, used, occupied and improved subject to the easements, restrictions, covenants, conditions and equitable servitudes created and described hereinbelow ("Provisions"), all of which are for the purpose of uniformly enhancing and protecting the value, attractiveness and desirability of the Property, in furtherance -2- 243 of a general plan for the protection, maintenance, subdivision, improvement and sale of the Property, or any portion thereof. } The covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements, i and equitable servitudes set forth herein shall run with the Property and shall be binding upon all persons having any right, title or interest in the Property, or any part thereof, their heirs, successors and assigns; shall inure to the benefit of every portion of the Property and any interest therein; and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Declarant, its successors -in -interest and each owner and his respective successors -in -interest, and may be enforced by any owner and his i successors -in -interest, and by the Association (as hereinafter y defined). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Declaration shall be construed as to prevent or limit Declarant's rights to complete development of the Property and construction of improvements thereon, nor Declarant's right to maintain model homes,'construction, sales or leasing offices or similar facilities on any property in the Property owned by Declarant or the Association, nor Declarant's right to post signs incidental to construction, sales or leasing. l -- ti Declarant has deemed it desirable, for the efficient r preservation of the values and amenities in the Property described above and in the additional properties which may be annexed thereto pursuant to the provisions of this instrument, to create a corporation under the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of Arkansas to which will be delegated and assigned • the powers of owning, maintaining and administering the Common Areas and administering and enforcing the covenants and restrictions, and collecting and disbursing the assessments and charges hereinafter created. Declarant will or has cau:;ed such corporation, the Members of which shall be the respective owners of Lots in the Property, and owners of the Lots in real property annexed pursuant t:o this Declaration, to be formed for the purpose of exercising the functions aforesaid. -3- Said land herein platted and any interest thPrrin ahn11 be held, owned and conveyed subject to and in conformity with the following provisions which, subject to being amended or cancelled as hereinafter provided, shall be and remain in full force and effect until January 1, 2003, to -wits ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise expressly provided, the following words and phrases when used herein shall have the meanings hereinafter specified: Section 1. "Architectural Committee" shall mean the Declarant or the Association when exercising the approva authority conferred pursuant to Article IX hereof. section 2. "Articles" shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Association which have been filed in the office of the secretary of State of the State of Arkansas. Section 3. "Common Assessment" shall mean the charge against each Owner and his Lot, representing a portion of the total costs to the Association of maintaining, improving, repairing, replacing, managing and operating the Property, which are to be paid uniformly and equally by each owner to the Association, as provided herein. Section 4. "5 ecial Assessments" shall mean a charge against a particular owner and his Lot, directly attributable to the owner, equal to the cost incurred by the Association for corrective action performed pursuant to the provisions of this Declaration, plus interest thereon as provided for in this Declaration. Section 5. "ftecaastruction Assessment" shall mean a charge against each Owner and his Lot, representing a portion of the cost to the Association for reconstruction of any portion or portions of the Improvements on the Common Area pursuant to the provisions of this Declaration. Section 5. "Capital miprnvrrucnt Assessment" shall mean a charge against each owner and his Lot, representing a portion of -4- d the costs to the Association for installation or construction of any Improvements on any portion of the Common Area which the jAssociation may from time to time authorize. � •i Section 7. "Association' shall mean the Chelsea Square Property owner's Association, Inc., a corporation formed under the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns. Section 8. "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association, elected in accordance with the By -Laws of the Association. Section 9. "By -Laws" shall mean the By -Laws of the Association, which have been or shall be adopted by the Board as such By -Laws may be amended from time to time. Section Ia. "Common Areas" shall mean all the real property and improvements, including without limitation, landscaped areas and private roadways and walkways, which are owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of all. of the Owners. The initial Common Areas are shown on the Plat. Additional Common Areas might be transferred to the Association in the future pursuant to the terms of Article XIII. Section 11. "Cornnon Expenses" shall mean the actual and estimated costs of: maintenance, management, operation, repair and replacement of the Common Areas (including unpaid Special Assessments, Reconstruction Assessments and Capital Improvement Assessments), including thoees costs not paid by the Owner responsible for payment; the costs of any and all commonly metered utilities, and other commonly metered charges for the Property; costs of management and administration of the Association including, but not limited to, compensation paid by the Association to managers, accountants, attorneys and other employees; the costs of all utilities, gardening and other services benefiting the Common Areas, and all recreational facilities thereon; the cost of fire, casualty and liability insurance, workmen's compensation insurance, and other insurance, if any, covering the Common Areas; the costs of bonding of the members of the management body; taxes paid by the Association; -5- amounts paid by the Association for discharge of any lien or i encumbrance levied against the Common Areas, or portions thereof; and the costs of any other item or items designated by, or in accordance with other expenses incurred by, the Association for j any reason whatsoever in connection with the Property, for the I benefit of all of the owners. Section IZ. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to Western Little Rock Co., an Arkansas corporation, its successors and assigns, if such successors and assigns should acquire more than one (1) Lot from the Declarant for the purpose of development and resale so long as Western Little Rock Co. assigns such rights of Declarant hereunder to any such person by an express written assignment. ! E Section 13. "Dwelltng_�nit" shall mean and refer to a building located on a Lot designed and intended for use and occupancy as a residence by a single family. Section 14. "Property" shall mean and refer to all of the real property described above together with such portion of other real property with respect to which a Notice of Addition of Territory has then been recorded subjecting it to the Provisions of this instrument and to the jurisdiction of the Association as provided herein. Section 15. "Lot" shall mean and refer to any residential lot or parcel of land shown upon the recorded subdivision map of Chelsea Square, with the exception of the Common Areas. section 16. "Member" shall mean any person or entity • holding a membership in the Association as provided herein. Section 17. "Owner" shall mean and refer to the person or persons or other legal entity or entities, including Declarant, holding fee simple interest of record to any Lot which is a part of the Property, including sellers under executory contracts of sale, but excluding those having such interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation. Section 1B. "Person" shall mean a natural individual or any other entity with the legal right to hold title to real property. CU-1: E i• $eCt� y• "geeatd Recorded Filed and Recordation" shall mean, with respect to any document, the recordation of such document in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-Offlcio Recorder of the County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas. SCction 29. "plat" shall mean the plat of Chelsea Square prepared by Finley Williams Engineer, Inc., dated August 24, 1983, as described hereinabove. i ARTICLE II O!ERS' PROPERTY RIGHT6 gectio�l, Owners' £a Bement of Sn o moot. Every Owner shall have a right and easement of ingress and egress and of enjoyment in, to and over the Common Areas which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions: (a) The right of Declarant to annex additional Common Areas thereto pursuant to the terms Article gill (b) The right of the Association to establish uniform rules and regulation pertaining to the use of the Common Area and the recreational facilities thereof, including, but not limited to, the right and obligation of the Association to enforce all parking restrictions within the Common Areas as set forth herein. (c) The right of the Association in accordance with the vote or written assent of two-thirds (2/3rds) of each c1896 of Members (excluding therefrom the voting power of Declarant), to borrow money for the purpose of improving the Common Areas and facilities and in aid thereof, to mortgage, pledge, deed in trust, or hypothecate any or all of its real or personal property as security for money borrowed or debts incurred', provided that the rights of such Mortgagee shall be subordinated to the rights of the owners. (d) The right of the Association to suspend the voting rights and right to use the Common Area facilities by an Owner for any period during which any assessment against his Lot remains unpaid and delinquent; and for a period not to -7- exceed thirty (30) days for any single infraction of the published rules and regulations of the Association, provided that any suspension of such voting rights or right to use the Common Area facilities, shall be made only by the Board of Directors of the Associatiun, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. (e) The right of the Declarant (and its sales agents, customers and representatives) to the non-exclusive use of the Common Areas and the facilities thereof, without charge, for sales, display, access, ingress, egress and exhibit purposes, which right Declarant hereby reserves; provided, however, that such use shall not be for a period of more than two years after the date of recordation of this 1 instrument. Section 2. Deis ation of Use. Any Owner may delegate his right of enjoyment to the Common Areas and facilities to the members of hie family, his tenants, or contract purchasers who reside in his Dwelling Unit, subject to reasonable regulation by the Board. Section 3. Easements for Parkin . Temporary guest or recreational parking shall be permitted within the Common Areas Y r— only within spaces and areas clearly marked for this purpose. Spaces shall be shown by signs or markings on the paved area. I The Association, through its officers, committees and agents is hereby empowered to establish "parking" and "no parking" areas within the Common Areas as well as to enforce these parking limitations by all means lawful for such enforcement on city streets, including the removal of any violating vehicle by those so empowered. Section 4. Easements For Vahiculor Traffic. In addition to the general easements for use of the Common Areas reserved herein, there shall be and Declarant hereby reserves and covenants for itself and all future owners within the Property that each and every owner shall have a non-exclusive easement appurtenant for vehicular traffic over all private drives within the property, subject to the parking provisions set forth in -o- Section 3 of this Article II hereof. Declarant reserves the right to grant similar easements to owners of property in additional property annexed hereto pursuant to Article Section 5. Waiver of Use. No owner may exempt himself from personal liability for assessments duly levied by the Association, nor release the Lot or other property owned by him from the liens and charges hereof, by waiver of the use and enjoyment of the Coimnon Areas and the facilities thereon or by abandonment of his Lot. Section 6. Title to the Common Area. The Declarant hereby covenants for itself, its successors and assigns that it will convey fee simple title to the Common Areas, as shown on the Plat, to the Association. Said conveyance shall be made prier to the conveyance of the first Lot to a purchaser from Declarant. Declarant shall similarly convey the Common Areas of any property later added thereto. ARTICLE III ! MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATION Section 1. Membership. Every owner of a Lot shall be a Member of the Association, and no Owner shall have more than one membership in the Association. Memberships in the Association shall not be assignable, except to the successor -in -interest of the owner, and every membership in the Association shall be i appurtenant to and may not be separated from the fee ownership of such Lot. Ownership of such Lot shall be the sole qualification for membership in the Association. ! Section 2. Transfer. The Association membership held by any owner of a Lot shall not be transferred, pledged or alienated in any way, except upon the sale or encumbrance of such Lot, and then only to,the purchaser or Mortgagee of such Lot. Any attempt to make a prohibited transfer is void, and will not be reflected upon the books and records of the Association. A Class A Member who has sold his Lot to a contract purchaser under an agreement to purchase shall be entitled to delegate to such contract purchaser his membership rights in the Association. Such -9- delegation shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Board before such contract purchaser may vote. However, the f contract seller shall remain liable for all charges and assessments attributable to his Lot until fee title to the Lot ��• sold is transferred. In the event the owner of any Lot should fail or refuse to transfer the membership registered in his name to the purchaser of such Lot upon transfer of fee title thereto, the Board of Directors shall have the right to record the transfer upon the books of the Association. The Board of Directors shall have the right to charge a reasonable Special Assessment against any owner, and his Lot, equal to the cost to the Association of effectuating any such transfer of his membership upon the books of the Association. ARTICLE IV VOTING RIGHTS Section 1. Classes of Voting Memberehi . The Association shall Lave two (2) classes of voting membership as follows: Class A. Class A Members shall originally be all owners with the exception of the Declarant for so long as there exists a Class B membership. Class A Members shall be r- entitled to one (1) vote for each Lot owned. Declarant j shall become a Class A Member with regard to Lots owned by jDeclarant upon conversion of Declarant's Class B membership as provided below. When more than one person holds an i interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised in accordance with Article IV, Section 2 of this instrument, and in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any Lot. Clabb B. The Class B Member shall be the Declarant and it shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot owned by Declarant. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of any of the following events, whichever occurs earliest: -10- Is) when the tuLal votes outstanding in the Class A membership, inclusive of votes attributable to any property annexed to the Properties, equals the total votes outstanding in the Class B memberships or (b) Two (2) years from the date of recordation of this instrument. section 2. Vote Distribution- Members shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each Lot in which they Bold the interest required for membership. When more than one person holds such interest or interests in any Lot, ("co-owner"), all such co -owners shall be Members and may attend any meetings of the Association, but only one such co-owner shall be entitled to s exercise the vote to which the Lot is entitled. Such co -owners may from time to time all designate in writing one of their number to vote. Fractional votes shall not be allowed, and the Class A vote for each Lot shall be exercised, if at all, as a unit. Where no voting co-owner is designated or if such designation has been revoked, the vote for such Lot shall be exercised as the majority of the co -owners of the Lot mutually agree. Unless the Board receives a written objection from a co-owner, it shall be presumed that the corresponding voting co-owner is acting with the consent of his or her co -owners. No vote shall be cast for any Lot where the majority of the co -owners present in person or by proxy and representing such Lot cannot agree to said vote or other action. The non -voting co-owner or co -owners shall be jointly and severally responsible for all of the obligations imposed upon the jointly owned Lot and • shall be entitled to all other benefits of ownership. All agreements and determinations lawfully made by the Association in accordance with the voting percentages established herein, or in the By -Laws of the Association, shall be deemed to be binding on all Owners, their successors and assigns. Said voting rights shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations provided in this Declaration and in the Articles of Incorporation and By -Laws of the Association. -11- ARTICLE V y, DUTIES AND POWERS OP ASSOCIATION $� The Association, acting through the Board of Directors, shall also have the power and duty to: �_• (a) Maintain, repair and otherwise manage the Common Areas and all facilities, Improvements and landscaping thereon. (b) Maintain all private drives within Chelsea Square, including cleaning and periodic resurfacing. (c) Maintain such policy or policies of liability and P fire insurance with respect to the Common Area and persona property, if any, owned by the Association as provided herein in furthering the purposes of and protecting the interests of the Association and Members and as directed by this Declaration and the By -Laws of the Association. (d) Employ or contract with a professional Manager to perform all or any part of the duties and responsibilities A the Association, and shall have the power to delegate its powers to committees, officers and employees. Any such agreement shall be for a term not in excess of one (1) year, subject to cancellation by the Association for cause at any time upon not less than thirty (30) days' written notice, and renewable by agreement of the parties for successive one (1) year periods. (e) Grant easements, rights of way, or strips of land, where necessary, for utilities and sewer facilities over the Common Areas to serve the Common Areas and the Lots. ARTICLE VI ASSESSMENTS Section'1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obli ation of Assessments. Declarant, for each Lot owned by it within the Properties, hereby covenants, and each owner of any Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not iu shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association 11) annual Common Assessments for Common -12- Expenses, (2) Capital Improvement Assesements, 13) Special - J Assessments, and (4) Reconstruction Assessmente; such assessments j 3 to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. Such assessments, together with interest, costa and reasonable attorneys' fees for the collection thereof, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which such assessment is made. Each ouch assessment, together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due. Subject to provisions of this Declaration protecting first Mortgagees, the personal obligation for delinquent assessments shall pass to the successors -in -title of such owner. Section 2. Purpose of Common Assessments. The Assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the common health, safety, benefit, recreation and welfare of the Owners and for the improvement and maintenance of the Common Areas and of the Dwelling Unite situated upon the Lots in the Properties as provided herein. Section 3. Dams a to Common Area b owners. maincencu&—, repairs or replacements within the Common Areas arising out of or �- caused by the willful or negligent act of the Owner, his family, guests or invitees shall be done at said Owner's expense or a Special Assessment therefor shall be made against his Lot; provided, however, that the liability of an individual owner for such damage to the Common Areas shall not be absolute, but shall only be that for which the Owner is legally responsible under State law. Section 4. Basis of Maximum Common +AHsesement, until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first improved Lot in the Property to an owner, the maximum Common Assessment under this Article VI shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($ 400.00 ) per Lot per year. (a) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first improved Lot to an owner, the maximum annual Common Assessment may be increased -13- by the Board effective January 1 of each year not more than the greater of (1) five percent (50, or (2) the percentage by which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Little Rock, Arkansas Area, all items Consumer Price Index has increased ae of the date of the increase over the level of said Index as of the date the Common Assessment was last established, above the maximum annual Common Assessment for the previous year, without a vote of the membership. ` (b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first improved Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual Common Assessment may be increased above the greater of (1) five percent (5%), or (2) said e percentage by which said Index has so increased, by the vote or written assent of fifty-one percent (51%) of each class ti of Members. (c) The Board of Directors may fix an annual Common Assessment at an amount not in excess of the maximum. Section 5. Capital improvements and Reconstruction Assessments. In addition to the Common Assessments authorized r above, the Board of Directors of the Association may levy, in any assessment year, a Capital Improvement Assessment or Reconstruction 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 or other such addition upon the Common Area, including fixtures and personal property related thereto; provided that any such assessment in excess of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) shall have the vote or written assent of a majority of the votes of Members who are subject to such assessments, excluding therefrom the votes of Declarant if needed to improve such assessment but counting the votes of Declarant if cast against the imposition of such assessment. Section 6. Uniform Rate of Assessment. Common Assessments, Capital Improvement Assessments and Reconstruction Assessments provided for in this Article VI must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots within the Properties; provided, however, that the -14- Association may, subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Article, levy Special Assessments against selected Owners who have caused the Association to incur special expenses due to willful or negligent acts of said Owners, their guests or agent. j All Common Assessments shall be collected on a regular basis by i the Board of Directors, at such frequency as the Board shall determine. Section 7. Exem t Pro ert The following property subject Lo Chis Declaration shall be exempt from the assessments herein: (a) All Property dedicated to and accepted by a local public authority if any part of the Property is subsequently so dedicated) and (b) The Common Area. ARTICLE VII crFECT OF NON-PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS• REMEDIES OF THE ASSOCIATI S c� tion i. Effect of Non -Payment of Assessments, Remedies of the Association. Any installment of a Common Assessment, Capital Improvement Assessment, Special Assessment or Reconstruction Assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date of such installment at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum. if any installment of an assessment is not paid within thirty (30) days after it is due, the Owner responsible therefor may be required further by the Board of Directors to pay a late charge of Five Dollars (55.00) or five percent (5a) of the amount of the delinquent installment, whichever is greater. The Association may bring an action at law against the owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien against the Lot. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for 'herein by non-use of the Common Arua or abandonment of his Lot. If any installment of a Common Assessment is not paid within thirty (30) days after its due date, the Board may mail an acceleration notice to the Owner and to each first Mortgagee of a Lot which has requested a copy of the notice. The notice shall specify (1) the fact that the installment is -15- delinquent, (2) the action required to cure the default, (3) a date, not less than thirty (30) days from the date the notice is A 1 mailed to the owner, by which such default must be cured, and (4) { f that failure to cure the default on or before the date specified r"d in the notice may result in acceleration of the balance of the inetallments of the Common Assessment for the then current fiscal year and sale of the Lot. The notice shall further inform the owner of his right to cure after acceleration and to bring a court action to assert the non-existence of a default or any other defense of the Owner to acceleration and sale. If the i delinquent installments of Common Assessments and any charges thereon are not paid in full on or before the date specified in the notice, the Board at its option may declare all of the unpaid balance of the annual Common Assessment to be immediately due and payable without further demand and may enforce the collection of the full Common Assessment and all charges thereon in any manner f authorized by law and this Declaration. 1ection 2. Notice of Assessment. No action shall be r jbrought to enforce any assessment lien herein, unless at least � thirty (30) days has expired following the date a Notice of Lien is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, to the owner of the Lot, and a copy thereof has been recorded by the Association in the office of the Recorder for the County in which the Property is located; said Notice of Assessment must recite a good and sufficient legal description of any such Lot, the record Owner or reputed Owner thereof, the amount claimed (which may at the Association's option include interest on the unpaid assessment at six percent (6%), plus reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of collection in connection with the debt secured by said lien), and the name and address of the claimant. Such Notice of Lien shall be signed and acknowledged by an officer of the Association. The lien shall continue until fully paid or otherwise satisfied. Section 3. roreclosure Sale. Any foreclosure action provided for above may be conducted by the Board of Directors, its attorneys or other persons authorized by the Board in the -1G- same manner as would be the foreclosure of a defaulted mortgage under the laws of Arkansas, or in any other manner permitted by 4L law. The Association, through duly authorized agents, shall have `l the power to bid on the Lot at foreclosure sale, and to credit the amount of assessments due plus interest and costs and expenses against its bid and shall have the power to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the same. Section 4. Curing of Default. Upon the timely curing of any default for which a Notice of Lien was filed by the Associatiun, the officers thereof shall record an appropriate Release of Lien, upon payment by the defaulting Owner of a fee, to be determined by the Association, and recording such release. A certificate executed and acknowledged by any two (2) members of the Board stating the indebtedness secured by the liens upon any Lot created hereunder shall be conclusive upon the Association and the owners as to the amount of such indebtedness as of the date of the certificate, in favor of all persons who rely thereon in goof faith. Such certificate shall be furnished to any owner upon request at a reasonable fee, not to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00). Section 5. Cumulative Ramedies. The assessment liens and .i-- the rights to foreclosure and sale thereunder shall be in addition to and not in substitution for all other rights and h remedies which the Association and its assigns may have hereunder and by law, including a suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid assessments, as above provided. Section 6. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. The lien of the assessments provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any Mortgage made in good faith and for value and recorded prior to the date on which the assessment came due. Sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to mortgage foreclosure or deed in lieu thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to installments which became due prior to such sale or transfer. However, no sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any installments of assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof. -17- ARTICLE VIII ILAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE Said land herein platted shall be held, owned and used only as single family residential building sites except as otherwise shown on said plat. No structures shall be erected, altered, si placed or permitted to remain on any residential building site other than a single detached single-family dwelling, a private garage for storage of passenger cars owned or used by residents (storage or parking of trucks being prohibited), guesthouse, servants' quarters, and other outbuildings incidental and related to single family residential use of the premises. ARTICLE IX ' ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL No building or other structures shall be erected, placed or altered on the Property until the building plans, specifications, exterior color scheme and plot plan showing the location, minimum principal dwelling size and facing of such building with respect to existing topography, adjoining streets, and finished ground elevations have been approved in writing by the Declarant or by + the Association. In the event the Declarant or the Association i lans, specifications, r— fails to approve or disapprove any p exterior color scheme, or plot plan submitted to it as herein required within thirty days after such submission, this covenant i � shall be deemed to have been fully met by the person submitting ? such plans for approval. Nothing herein contained nor the required consent of the Declarant or the Association shall in any way be deemed to prevent any of the owners of property in this Addition from maintaining any legal action relating to improvements within this Addition which they would otherwise be entitled to maintain. There shall be no compensation to the Declarant or the Association for the services to be performed pursuant to this provision. -10- ARTICLE• X BUILDING LOCATION; SUBDIVISION PROHIBITED �i psction 1. Building Location. The Plat shows building lines which enclose, with respect to each lot, the area within r Which improvements must be placed. Except for minor variances permitted by Section 2 of Article XI, no building or other structure shall be located, or permitted to reside, in whole or in part, outside of the lines so shown without the advance consent of Declarant or the Association and the Little Rock Planning Commission. Section 2. Subdivision Prohibited. No lot shall be subdivided without written consent of the Declarant or the Association and the Little Rock Planning Commission first had and obtained. ARTICLE XI EASEMENTS; UTILITIES Action 3. Utility, Drainage and Drive Easements. Easements of way for private drives are shown on the Plat and the i persons, firms or corporations engaged in supplying public ± utility services, the same being, without limiting the generality t� of the foregoing, electric power, gas, telephone, water and sewer, shall have the right to use and occupy said easements for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of such utility services. Easements for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of utility services, sewer and drainage have heretofore been reserved, said easements being of various widths, reference being hereby made to the Plat for a more specific description of width and location thereof. The electric and telephone facilities are underground, and it is necessary for the electric and telephone utilities to have special provisions to protect their facilities. Any alterations or lowering of the surface grade of the ground in any easement and the area immediately adjoining such easement are prohibited which would result in there being less than 30 inches of clearance either vertically or horizontally between the surface grade and the -19- underground electric cables and conductors supplying electric power and service, and as the electric distribution transformer stations and service pedestals are located on surface grade, fills within the area of the said easements and upon the lands :he thereto which will damage or which will interfere with the installation, maintenance, operation and replacement of the electric and telephone cables facilities and equipment, and the supplying of service from such equipment are also prohibited. No trees, incinerators, structures, buildings or similar improvements shall be grown, built or maintained within the area of such utility eaoements. No excavations within the area of such easements for the erection of any fences (wood, wire, stone or brick) or for any of the purposes shall be made which would interfere with the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of any utility service. in the event any trees, incinerators, structures, buildings, fences, pavement or similar improvements shall be grown, built or maintained within the area of suet easement, no utility will be liable for the destruction of same in the installation, maintenance, repair or replacement of any utility service located within the area of such easement. section 2. General Easements. Reciprocal easements are hereby reserved for the benefit of adjoining Lot owners for the control, maintenance and repair of the utilities of adjoining Lot Owners. Declarant expressly reserves for the benefit of all of the rehl property in the Property, and the owners, reciprocal easements of access, ingress and egress over all Lots, and over the Common Area, for the use and enjoyment of the Lots in accordance with this instrument, including without limitation, for installation and repair of utility services, for drainage over, across and upon adjacent Lots for water resulting from the normal use of, adjoining Lots, for maintenance and repair of any dwelling. Such easements may be used by Declarant, its successors, purchasers and all owners, their guests, tenants and invitees, residing on or temporarily visiting the Property, for pedestrian walkways, vehicular access and such other purposes reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of a Lot and the -20- 1 Common Area, No Owner of a Lot shall interfere with the established drainage pattern over this Lot from adjoining or other Lots. Each Owner of a Lot shall make adequate provision for drainage in the event he changes the established drainage Cover his Lot. For purposes of this instrument, "Established Drainage" on any Lot is defined as the drainage pattern and facilities in existence at the time that such Lot is conveyed to a purchaser from Declarant. In the event that any Dwelling Unit r encroaches upon the Common Area and facilities, as a result of construction, reconstruction, repair, shifting, settlement or i movement of any portion of the Property, a valid easement for encroachment and for the maintenance of the same shall exist so f long as the encroachment exists. Declarant and the Lot owners of each Lot on which there is constructed a Dwelling Unit along or R adjacent to said Lot line shall have an casement appurtenant to said Lot over the Lot line to and over the adjacent Lot, for the purposes of accommodating any natural movement or settling of any Dwelling Unit located an said Iot, any encroachment of any Dwelling Unit due to minor engineering or construction variances, ` and any encroachment of eaves, roof overhangs and architectural features as parts of the original construction of any Dwelling Unit located on said Lot. section 3. Utilities. All owners of lots shall install and maintain in conformity with applicable code requirements and other 'regulations underground service laterals and/or electric service entrance conductors of adequate capacity in a conduit having a minimum inside diameter of two inches and underground telephone service conduits and cables between the point of delivery of such utility service as located by the utility company and the point of use of such owner. only single phase electrical utlilization equipment shall be iustalled or maintained on any residential lot. All owners of lots shall dig and backfili, in conformity with applicable code requirements and other regulations, a ditch approximately four inches wide and eighteen inches deep from the point of service to the point of use for the installation of telephone service. -21- ARTICLE XI USE PROVISIONS I 3 section 1. Nuisances. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any Lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. No trucks, commercial vehicles or inoperative vehicles may be stored on the premises or parked on the premises other than for making routine deliveries. Section 2. Temporary structures. No trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding, erected on a building site covered by these covenants shall at any time be used for human habitation, temporarily or permanently, nor shall a any structure of a temporary character be used for human habitation. section 3. Signs. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any building site, except one sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent. 4 section 4. oil and Mining aerations. No oil drilling, oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any of the r� Property, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be permitted upon any of the Property. No derrick or other structure designed for use in boring for oil or naturdl gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any of the Property. Section S. Livestock and Poultry. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised or kept on any building site except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept, provided that they are not kept or maintained for any commercial purpose. Section G. Access. No obstruction shall be placed in the street gutter; curbs shall be broken at driveways and driveway grades lowered to meet the gutter line not more than two inches above the gutter grade. -22- ARTICLE XII MORTGAGEE•' PROTECTION CLAIISR Notwithstanding any and all provisions hereof to the contrary, in order to induce the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), the Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"), the Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA"), the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA") and the Veteran's Administration ("VA") to participate in the financing of the sale of Lots within the Property, by purchasing, insuring or guaranteeing Mortgages encumbering Dwelling Units and Lots, the following provisions are added hereto (and to the extent these added provisions conflict with any other provisions of the 4 Declaration, these added provisions shall control): (a) Each first Mortgagee of a Mortgage encumbering any Lot, at his written request, is entitled to written notification from the Association of any default by the Mortgagor of such Lot in the performance of such Mortgagor's Aligations under this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation of the Association or the By -Laws of the Association, which default is not cured within thirty (30) days after the Association learns of such default. (b) Each Owner, including every first Mortgagee of a Mortgage encumbering any Lot which obtains title to such Lot pursuant to the remedies provided in such Mortgage, or by fbreclosure of such Mortgage, or by deed (or assignment) in lieu of foreclosure, shall be exempt from any "right of first refusal." (c) Each first Mortgagee of a Mortgage encumbering any Lot which obtains title to such Lot pursuant to the remedies provided in such Mortgage or by foreclosure of such Mortgage, shall take title to such Lot free and clear of any claims of unpaid assessments or charges against such Lot which accrued prior to the acquisition of title to such Lot by the Mortgagee. (d) Unless at least seventy-five percent (75%) of first Mortgagees (based upon one vote for each Mortgage '3*D owned), or owners (other than Declarant) have given their prior written approval, neither the Association nor the owners shall: 3 { (1) by act or omission seek to abandon, participation, alienate, subdivide, release, C hypothecate, encumber, sell or transfer the Common Area and the Improvements thereon which are owned by the Association; (The granting of easements for public utilities or for other public purposes consistent with the intended use of such property by the Association or the transfer of the Common Area or Improvements to an unincorporated association of the Owners in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Association shall not be deemed a transfer within the meaning of this 4 ' clause.] (2) change the method of determining the '( obligations, assessments, dues or other charges which may be levied against a Lot owner; (3) by act or omission change, waiver or abandon any scheme of regulations, or enforcement thereof, pertaining to the architectural design of the exterior appearance of the Dwelling Units, the exterior f { maintenance of party walls or common fences and S i driveways, or the upkeep of lawns and plantings in the Property; (4) use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any Common Area property for other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such Improvements; or (5) amend this Declaration or the Articles of Incorporation or By -Laws of the Association in such a manner that the rights of any first Mortgagee will be adversely affected. (e) First Mortgagees shall have the right to examine the books and records of the Association during normal business hours. -24- (f) All first Mortgagees shall be given (1) thirty (30) days written notice prior to the effective date of any proposed, material amendment to this Declaration or the Articles of Incorporation or By -Laws of the Association and prior to the effective date of any termination of an �J agreement for professional management of the Property following a decision o the owners to assume self -management of the Property; and (2) immediate notice following any damage to the Common Area whenever the cost of reconstruction exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), and as soon as the Board learns of any threatened condemnation proceeding or proposed acquisition of any portion of the Property; (g) First Mortgagees may, jointly or singly pay taxes or other charges which are in default and which may or have become a charge against any Common Area facilities and may pay any overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies, or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the lapse of a i policy, for such property, first Mortgagees making such payments shall be owed immediate reimbursement therefor from the Association. !_ In addition to the foregoing, the Board of Directors may 1 enter into such contracts or agreements on behalf of the Association as are required in order to satisfy the guidelines of !! the VA`, the FHA, the FHLMC, the FNMA or the GNMA or any similar f entity, so as to allow for the purchase, insurance or guaranty, as the case may be, by such entities of first Mortgages encumbering Lots with Dwelling Units thereon. Each owner hereby ' agrees that it will benefit the Association and the membership of the Association, as a class of potential Mortgage borrowers and potential sellers of their Dwelling Units if such agencies approve the Property as a qualifying subdivision under their respective policies, rules and regulations, as adopted from time to time. IK-M ARTICLE XIII ANNEXATION OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ► Additional real property may be annexed to the real property described hereinabove and such additional real property may become subject to the Provisions of this instrument in the following manner: Section 1. Additkons by Declarant. if Declarant, its successors or assigns, shall develop or caused to be developed, additional real property ("Annexed Property") which is adjacent or contiguous to the property described hereinabove, or would be so adjacent and contiguous except for intervening streets, roads, or easements, Declarant or its successors or assigns shall have a the right from time to time to add such Annexed Property to the Property and bring such Annexed Property within the general plan and scheme of this instrument without the approval of the Association, its Hoard of Directors, or members; provided that such right or Declarant and its successors and assigns shall termite three years from the date of this instrument. For so long as and provided the FHA or the VA are insuring or guaranteeing loans on any portion of the Property, or have agreed to insure or guarantee loans on any portion of the Property, then a condition precedent to such annexation shall be that the FHA or VA determine that the annexation is in accordance with the general plan heretofore approved by them. Section 2. Title to common Area. Prior to the conveyance of any Lot within the Annexed Property to an individual purchaser thereof, title to the Common Area, if any, within said Annexed Property shall be conveyed to the Association, free and clear of any and all encumbrances and liens, subject to reservations, easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions then of record, including those set forth in this instrument. Section 3. Notice of Addition of Territory. Any addition authorized or the preceding sections of this Article shall be made by filing of record a Notice of Addition of Territory, or other similar instrument, with respect to the Annexed Property, which instrument shall be executed by Declarant, its successors -26- or assignR, and shall extend the general plan and scheme of this instrument to such Annexed Property. The filing for record of said Notice of Addition of Territory shall constitute and Ki effectuate the annexation of the Annexed Property described �{ therein, and thereupon said Annexed Property shall become and }I constitute a part of the Property, and will become subject to this instrument and the Provisions set forth herein and shall be encompassed within the general plan and scheme of covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations of easements and equitable servitudes contained herein, and become subject to the functions, or powers and jurisdiction of the Aesociationp and the Owners of Lots in said Annexed Property shall automatically become members of the Association. Such Notice of Addition may contain such additions and modifications of the Provisions as Declarant may deem appropriate in the development of the Annexed Property, and as are not inconsistent with the general plan and scheme of this instrument. In no event, however, shall such Notice of Addition revokA modify or add to the Provisions established by this instrument as the same shall pertain to the real property originally covered by this instrument. No addition of territory shall substantially increase assessment or substantially increase +� the burden upon the Common Area facilities. R ARTICLE XIV RESTRICTION ON SALE OR LEASE No Lot may be sold or leased by the owner thereof unless and until the owner thereof (offeree) shall have received a bona fide offer for the purchase or lease thereof in writing and shall have given notice of such offer in writing to the Secretary of the Association which notice shall be given by registered mail addressed to -eaid Secretary at the mailing address where the Association receives mail. Such notice shall contain the name or names of the offeror and the price, terms and conditions of such offer. It shall be the duty of said Secretary to promptly notify each of the other Owners of Lots, by ordinary mail addressed to such owners at their last known address, of the offer, and the -27- price, terms and conditions thereof. The owners of such other I Lots shall have a prior right to purchase or lease the Lot for which the offer was made at the same price and upon the same terms land conditions as are contained in such offer. The prior right of purchase or lease herein given shall expire at 5:00 p.m. on the loth day, excluding the day of mailing, following the mailing of the notice of each offer by the offeree to said Secretary and the mailing of such notice by such offeree shall be I k deemed valid and effective whether or not the same in fact is acutally delivered to said Secretary, or whether or not said Secretary acutally dispatches notices of such offer to other apartment owners or whether or not such other owners receive the notice mailed by said Secretary. The right of purchase or lease may be exercised by giving notice thereof and delivering the same 4 by mailing same by registered mail to the prospective seller at his last known address. In the event that more than one other owner shall give notice of exercise of the right of purchase or lease � the owner first giving notice of exercise of same, as determined by time of mailing, shall prevail and have the right of purchase or lease; provided, however, that for so long as Declarant remains owner of any of the Lots, Declarant will have the prior right of purchase or lease herein provided for to the exclusion of all other owners of Lots and Declarant's timely exercise of the right of purchase or lease shall prevail over any and altl other attempts to exercise said right. Upon the exercise of the right of purchase or lease, the purchaser or lessee shall thereupon be bound to proceed to consummate the purchase or lease upon the same terms and in the same manner as would the original offeror. If the owners of the other Lots shall fail to exercise their prior right of purchase or lease in the manner set forth above or shall waive such right of purchase or lease in writing, the person to whom such offer was made may then proceed to convey or lease to the original offeror, but should the offeree thereafter fail to convey or lease the Lot to the original offeror at the price and upon the terms and conditions of the original offer, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply -28- respectively and with respect to, any and every new, different, e or subsequent offer, without regard to time. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the provisions of this Article do not apply to sales or leases of apartments owned by Declarant or o transfers to a Mortgagee (or sales or leases by a Mortgagee who has obtained title) or to transfers as a result of, or in t lieu of, foreclosure proceedings. Neither do these provisions apply transfer of title by devise or by descent and distribution or by operation of law in the event title is held in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety. These provisions do, however, apply to inter vivos gift or any inter vivos transfer for less than the full value of the apartment paid in money or s money's worth. ARTICLE XV GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. Enforcement. In the event of any violation or attemA to violate any of the covenants or restrictions herein before the expiration date hereof (whether the original expiration date or the expiration date of any extension thereof), it shall be lawful for any owner of a Lot, or the Mortgagee of an owner, or any utility company owning utility facilities in any utility easement, to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against a person or persons violating or attempting to 1 violatle such covenants or restrictions, either to prevent him or them form so doing or to recover damages for such violations. The remedy at law, in such event, is hereby agreed to be inadequate and a suit in equity for an injunction to prevent breach or violation of the Provisions is agreed to be a proper remedy. Declarant, for itself and all future owners, declares that it is not its intent to confer any right of action upon owners of adjacent or nearby properties for breach of the Provisions, same being for the benefit only of Owners and their Mortgagees. section 2. Severabilit Invalidation of any one of these covenants or restrictions by judgment or court order shall in no -29- 244 way affect any other provisions which shr111 remain in full force and effect. Section 3. Interpretation. The provisions of this Declaration shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose of creating a uniform plan for the development of a residential community and for the maintenance of the Common lj Areas. The article and section headings have been inserted for convenience only, and shall not be considered or referred to in resolving questions of interpretation or construction. Unless the context requires a contrary construction, the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular; and the masculine, feminine and neuter shall each include the masculine, femini4ne and neuter. Section 4. No Public Right or Dedication. Nothing 4 contained in this Declaration shall be deemed to be a gift or ! dedication of all or any part of the Property to the public, or I for any public use without limiting the generality of the foregAng, the drives in the Property are private and not public. Section S. No Mepresentations or warranties. No representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, have been given or made by Declarant or its agents or employees +� in connection with the Property or any portion of the Property, or any Improvement thereon, its physical condition, zoning, compliance with applicable laws, fitness for inL-ended use, or in i connection with the subdivision, sale, operation, maintenance, cost of maintenance, taxes or regulation thereof as a planned development, except as specifically and expressly set forth herein. Section 5. Notices. Any notice permitted or required to be delivered as provided herein shall be in writing and may be delivered either personally or by ordinary mail. If delivery is made by mail, it shall be deemed to have been delivered seventy-two (72) hours after a copy of the same has been deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to any person at the address given by such person to the Association for the purpose of service of such notice, or to the -30- 245 residence of such person if no address has been given to the Association. Sueh address may be changed from time to time by notice in writing to the Association. AL section 7. Constructive Notice and Acce tance. Every person who owns, occupies or acquires any right, title, estate or interest in or to any Lot or other portion of the Property does 1 and shall be conclusively deemed to have consented and agreed to every limitation, restriction, easement, reservation, condition and covenant contained herein, whether or not any reference to these restrictions is contained in the instrument by which such person acquired an interest in the Property or any portion r thereof. 4 ser_Cion 8. Amendments. Any and all of the Provisions set forth in this Bill of Assurance may be amended, modified, extended, changed or cancelled in whole or in part by a written instrument signed and acknowledged by the owner or owners of over 1 50 percent in area of all of the Lots shown in the Plat or of 50% in arr4h of all Lots shown on the Plat and shown in the Plat of any Annexed Property (as defined in Article ). The fcovenants, restrictions and provisions of this instrument shall i be deemed covenants running with the land and shall remain in full force and effect for the term set forth above unless and f until amended or cancelled as authorized hereinbefore. Provided, however, no amendment to this Bill of Assurance which closes, altersr, relocates or in any manner affects any easement shall be effective unless such amendment has been consented to by each utility having facilities situated in such easement. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, until fifteen (15) of the Lots shown in the Plat are sold and conveyed, r (and/or until the same proportion of Lots in any Annexed Property have been sold), the Declarant shall have the right from time to time, without the approval of the owners, or the Board, or the Association to amend the provisions hereof, for the purpose of facilitating the marketing of the Lots, in complying with the requirements pertaining to the Property made by financial institutions, title insurance companies and governmental -31- 246 authorities and for any other reasonable purpose; provided that no such amendment will reduce the size of a particular Lot or the L improvable area of that Lot without the consent of the Owner so t affected. .� • ii I IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has hereunto affixed its III corporate seal and caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officers on the _ day of 1983. WESTERN LITTLE ROCK CO. 7J'TG LS`�Yl7l�'.li s'[t0YET1 By: ' Presfident ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATE OF ARKANSAS ! ec. COUNTY OF PULASKI i BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this day, before me, a Notary Public duly commissioned, qualified and acting, within and for the sXd county and state, appeared in person the within named Floyd H. Fulkerson, to me personally well known, who stated that he was the President of Western Little Rock Co., an Arkansas corporation and was duly authorized in that capacity to execute the foregoing instrument for and in the name and behalf of said corporation; and further stated and acknowledged that he had so 1� eigned,•executed and delivered said foregoing instrument for the consideration, uses and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto s t my hand and official seal this c24,day of , 1983. Z — E NOT Y PUBLI My Commission Expires: Ej : -32- 2806050812 W29/2006 01:55:91 PN Filed & Recorded in Official Records of PAT 0' MEN PULA5K1 COUNTY EXTENSION OF BILL OF ASSUR 96 TY CLERK TO CHELSEA SQUARE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS, on September 29, 1983, a Bill of Assurance to Chelsea Square was filed with the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk as Instrument No. 83- 50354; and WHEREAS the real property encumbered by the Bill of Assurance in Pulaski County, is described as: Part of the SE1/4, SW1/4, Section 29. T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas being more particularly described as follows: 00000597 Beginning at the southeast comer of the SE114, SW1/4, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the centerline of Hinson Road along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 603.09', said arc having a chord of 413.34' on a bearing of N68 degrees 47' 33" W; thence continue along said centerline N48 degrees 45' 01" W 75.00'; thence continue along said centerline along the arc along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.4', said are having a chord of 306.96' on a bearing of N36 degrees 17' 25" ; thence continue along said centerline along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 711.4', said arc having a chord of 10.87' on a bearing of N23 degrees 23' 42" W; thence N80 degrees 40' 01 " E 625.09' to a point on the east line of the SE /4, SW 1 /4, Section 29, T-2-N, R-13-W, thence 500 degrees 19' 50" E along the east line of the said SE1/4, SW1/4 460.00' to the point of beginning containing 4.62 acres more or less. Subject to a 40.0' wide roadway easement for Hinson Road along the south and west side thereof containing 0.72 acres more or less. The net area of this description being 3.90 acres more or less. WHEREAS, said Bill of Assurance provided in Article XV Section 8 for the extension of the Bill of Assurance by written instrument signed and acknowledged �`u,►{f 47 t 11 u►I►l►4 se" Of CIR Z/. l's by the owner(s) of the lots shown in the plat; and, �� 1 •. WHEREAS, one hundred percent (100%) of said owners are desirous of extending the effective term of said Bill of Assurance to reflect the needs of the community; NOW, THEREFORE, the term of the Bill of Assurance referenced herein is hereby extended and shall remain in full force and effect until January 1, 2023. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned property owners, representing one hundred percent (100%) of all the lots in the subdivision have caused their names and addresses to be affixed hereto. Name (printedl Signature Address _LotNo. Gloria Futrell �— _IHinson Rd. )0000598 Ma ie Brien �4 �dc ,12 13 Bill/Connie Thornton n Hearnsbemer Y ACKNOWLEDGMENT I, Matt Carter, the proponent of this extension to the Bill of Assurance, state on oath that there are twenty (20) lots in said subdivision and that the signatures above are genuine and that the signers of this instrument are all owners of the lots set out by their names and that the total number of signatures 00000599 represent one hundred percent (100%) of all the lots shown on the plat. AARTER STATE OF ARKANSAS) COUNTY OF PULASKI) On this day, personally appeared before me Matt Carter, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that they executed the same for the purposes therein contained. WITNESS my hand and official seal this214i day of yv-e- 2006. My Commission Expires: NOTARY BLIC & DAV't ' tF,kS VECLL NOTARY PALIC - STATE C' ARKANSAS PULASKI COUNTY My Commission Expires iMarch 24, 2015