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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-0109-D ApplicationIM CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF -NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION AND PLANNING FILING FEES - ,19: Annexation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Board of Adjustment Application. . . . . . . $ Conditional Use Permit - $ Final Plat . . . . . . . ..NO + "y Planned Unit Development Preliminary Plat V''{ Rezoning Application, _ $ Site Plan (Multiple Building/Zoning) $ Special Use Permit . . . . . . . $ Street, Alley, or Easement Closure . . . . $ Street Name Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Street Name •9igr�s : I Signs at ea,. $ TOTAL $ File Ha.: Address: ,h... Applicant By: 0 BILL OF ASSURANCE AND PLAT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT, WHEREAS, BAILEY CORPORATION, an Arkansas ("Developer"), is the owner of the following property: FILED In_r-roRDED 95 M ) PPi 2: 58 F' ' y IS -IT LEY CI,C€jg4, I Y CLERK corpporate All that real property situated in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof; as shown on the Plat (hereinafter defined) as Lots 14-19, Andover Square Phase IV, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas ("Phase IV"); WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 13,433 passed on April 18, 1978, the City of Little Rock approved a planned unit development of approximately 9.42 acres and rezoned said land to "PRD" Planned Residential District (the "PRD Land"), which PRD Land included, but was not limited to, the Phase IV property; WHEREAS, Developer has previously platted and developed the remainder of the PRD Land for a condominium project by filing in the Office of the Circuit Clerk and- Ex -Of ficio Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas: (a) A certain Master Deed on March 31, 1980 as Instrument No. 80-14120, with By -Laws as Instrument No. 80-14121, and an Amendment to Master Deed on April 26, 1985 as Instrument No. 85-21981, all pertaining to the Andover Square Horizontal Property Regime; (b) A certain Master Deed on May 25, 1983 as Instrument No. 83-25629, with By -Laws as Instrument No. 83-25632, an Amendment to Master Deed on April 26, 1985 as Instrument No. 85-21995, and a Declaration of Amendment on February 6, 1986 as Instrument No. 86- 07661, all pertaining to the Andover Square Horizontal Property Regime Phase II; (c) A certain Master Deed on April 11, 1985 as Instrument No. 85-18711, with By -Laws as Instrument No. 85-18712, pertaining to the Andover Square Horizontal Property Regime Phase III; (the original Andover Square Horizontal Property Regime, together with Phase II and Phase III, being hereinafter referred to as the "Rectime") ; WHEREAS, by the By -Laws referenced above, Andover Square Horizontal Property Regime ("a condominium within the Regime and pay fc repairs to the common elements within the,. c- MGClB.Bry1V.B03 'I ormed the sess each rance and WHEREAS, ASHPR has executed an Agreement with Developer pursuant to which ASHPR has granted Developer a private access easement as therein described over Regime property for the use and benefit of Phase IV (the "Phase IV Access"); WHEREAS, Developer shall cause to be incorporated a non-profit corporation to be known as The Andover Square Phase IV Property Owners' Association, Inc. (the "POA11) for the purpose of adminis- tering the maintenance of the common area roadway and amenities in Phase IV; WHEREAS, each owner of a Lot within Phase IV will be a member of the POA; WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable that the Phase IV property be subdivided into building lots and access and utility easements as shown on the Plat filed herewith, and that said Phase IV property be held, owned and conveyed subject to the protective covenants herein contained, in order to enhance the value of the Phase IV property. NOW THEREFORE, Developer, for and in consideration of the benefits to accrue to it, its successors and assigns, which benefits it acknowledges to be of value, has caused to be made a Plat showing a survey made by Joe D. White, Registered Land Surveyor, and Timothy E. Daters, Registered Professional Engineer, dated March , 1995, and bearing a Certificate of Final Approval executed by the Little Rock Planning Commission, and showing the boundaries and dimensions of the property now being subdivided into lots and access and utility easements (the "Plat"). The Plat is simultaneously herewith being filed in the Office of the circuit Clerk an Ex-Officio Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas in Plat Book at Page e2l(,f., and is made a part hereof by this reference. There are shown on said Plat certain easements for access and utilities which Developer hereby donates and dedicates to and for the use of public utilities, the same being, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, electric power, gas, telephone, water, sewer and cable television, with the right hereby granted to the persons, firms or corporations engaged in the supplying of such utilities 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; provided, however, that except to the extent such suppliers of utilities require access to Phase IV, the access easements shall be deemed for the private use and enjoyment of the owners of Lots within Phase IV, their guests and invitees, only. The filing of this Bill of Assurance and Plat for record in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas shall be a valid and complete delivery and vm Maae.akyrv.eoa - 2 - dedication of the utility easement, subject to the limitations herein set out. The property embraced in the Plat shall be forever known as "Lots 14-19, Andover square Phase IV, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas" and any and every deed of conveyance of any Lot in Phase IV describing the same by the number shown on said Plat shall always be deemed a complete and sufficient description thereof. The Phase IV property herein platted and any interest therein shall be held, owned and conveyed subject to and in conformity with the following covenants: 1. Use of Property. The Property shall be held, owned, used and conveyed only as residential patio home building sites. No improvement shall be constructed or maintained upon any Lot and no alteration or repainting to the exterior of a structure shall be made and no landscaping performed unless first approved by the Architectural Control Committee. 2. Height and Type of Residence. The residences in Phase IV shall be of similar size and architectural style so as to create a neighborhood of architectural continuity. All construction shall be approved by the Architectural Control Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, as further provided for in Section 10 of this Bill of Assurance. No structure shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot in Phase IV other than one detached single-family residence not to exceed two stories in height. 3. Setback Requirements. No residence shall be located on any Lot nearer to the front or rear lot line than the minimum setback lines shown on the Plat; provided, such setback require- ments may be modified if such modification is approved by the Architectural Control Committee, and the Little Rock Planning Commission or the Little Rock Board of Adjustment, and such other regulatory agency as may succeed to their functions. No building shall be located nearer than FI:VL: ( 5 ) feet to an interior lot side line. For the purposes of this covenant, eaves, steps and porches not under roof shall not be considered as a part of the building. 4. Minimum Square Feet Area. No residence shall be constructed or permitted to remain on any Lot in Phase IV unless the finished heated and cooled living area, exclusive of porches, patios, garages, breezeways, exterior stairways, porte cocheres, storage areas and outbuildings, shall equal or exceed 1,800 square feet, but measure no more than 2,200 square feet. Finished heated and cooled living area shall be measured in a horizontal plane to the face of the outside wall on each level. mni/MGC/Ha1kytV.H03 - 3 - 5. Frontage of Residence on streets. Any residence erected on any Lot in Phase IV shall front or present a good frontage on Andover Ridge, as said access easement is reflected on the Plat. 6. Fences. No fences, enclosure or part of any building of any type or nature whatsoever shall ever be constructed, erected, placed or maintained closer to the front Lot line than the building setback line applicable and in effect as to each Lot, provided, however, that chain link or similar fences are in all events strictly prohibited and shall not be used under any circumstances; provided, further, that it is not the intention of this paragraph to exclude the use of evergreens or other shrubbery to landscape the front yard. Fencing of any type and its location must be approved by the Architectural Control Committee; in no event shall fencing be permitted within the fifty foot buffer area on the east end of the Lots. 7. Sight Line Restrictions. No fence, wall, hedge or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two and six feet above the roadway shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner Lot within the triangular area formed by the street property lines and a line connecting them at points fifty (50) feet from the intersection of the street lines, or in the case of a rounded property corner, within the triangle formed by tangents to the curve at its beginning and end, and a line connecting them at points fifty (50) feet from their intersection. 8. Property Lines and Boundaries. Iron pins have been set on all Lot corners and points of curve and all Lot dimensions shown on curves are chord distances, and all curve data as shown on the Plat filed herewith is centerline curve data. In the event of minor discrepancies between the dimensions or distances as shown on the Plat and actual dimensions and distances as disclosed by the established pins, the pins as set shall control. 9. Driveway obstructions. No obstruction shall be placed in the street gutter. Curbs shall be saw cut at driveways with a diamond blade, and driveway grades lowered to meet the gutterline not more than two inches above the gutter grade. 10. Architectural Control. Until a home has been constructed on each Lot and certificates of occupancy issued therefor, the Architectural Control Committee shall be comprised of two (2) representatives of ASHPR, one (1) representative of Developer, one (1) representative of the Phase IV architect, one (1) representa- tive of the Phase IV builder, and, after the first Lot is sold, one (1) representative of the owners of the Lots. once a home has been constructed on each Lot and a certificate of occupancy issued therefor, the Architectural Control Committee shall consist of two (2) representatives of ASHPR, two (2) representatives of the owners of the Lots, and one (1) representative from the property manage- ment firm employed by ASHPR. The Architectural Control Committee oonYMGC/B&iLy1V.B03 - 4 - shall have the responsibility of assuring that the Phase IV development is architecturally and aesthetically compatible with the Regime, and shall use the following guidelines: (a) All homes on the Lots will have similar materials for the exterior of the structure, including roof, brick, window treatment, and trim materials, and such materials shall be similar to those used in the Regime. (b) Landscaping of the Lots will be consistent with existing landscaping in the Regime. (c) All buildings shall be constructed no nearer to Andover Ridge than the building lanes shown on the Plat and shall be constructed in conformity with the Building Code and Zoning Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. Plans for any structure on a Lot shall be submitted to the Architectural Control committee for approval prior to construction. Any changes to the exterior plans must be approved by the Architec- tural control Committee. The Architectural Control Committee shall have fourteen (14 ) days to review the request. After fourteen (14 ) days, if the Architectural Control Committee has not taken action, the plans will be considered to be approved. 11. Lot Subdivision. No Lot shall be subdivided or split. 12. Common Amenities. The roadway within Phase IV designated on the Plat as "Andover Ridge," and all improvements thereon, including but not limited to paving, curbs, gutters, lighting, irrigation systems and walls, and the three private access easements shown on the Plat between Lots 1 and 2, Lots 3 and 4, and Lots 5 and 6, shall be maintained by the POA, except for public utility improvements which are maintained by such public utilities. 13. ASHPR Access Fee. In consideration for ASHPR granting Developer, its successors and assigns, the Phase IV Access over Regime property for the use and benefit of the Phase IV property, each Lot owner shall pay to ASHPR an annual fee to be used by ASHPR to maintain the Phase IV Access (the "Access Fee"). Initially, the Access Fee shall be $60.00 per Lot; the Access Fee shall be increased or decreased annually by the same percentage as the ASHPR fees pertaining to the Regime property payable to ASHPR are increased or decreased; provided, however, that the Access Fee shall never be less than $60.00 per Lot. The Access Fee for each Lot shall be assessed and paid upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the home on that Lot, prorated for the first year as of said date. Thereafter, the Access Fee shall be due and payable to ASHPR in advance on the f irst day of January of each year. The Access Fee shall run with and constitute a lien upon each Lot, independently of the other Lots. cmkVMGGBaa ey1V.BO3 - 5 - 14. ASHPR Security Gate. ASHPR has the right, after a Vote (as defined below), to install a security gate at the north entrance to the Phase IV Access. In the event ASHPR purchases and installs such a security gate, the Phase IV property shall be assessed one -seventh of the cost of purchasing and installing, and making repairs to, the gate (the "ASHPR Gate Assessment"), with each Lot being assessed one -sixth of the ASHPR Gate Assessment. The ASHPR may take a vote on whether to install a security gate, in which event the owners) of each Lot get one vote per Lot, including the Developer for each Lot it owns at the time of the vote, and the votes of the Lot owners shall, in the aggregate, count as one -seventh of the votes on the issue, with all ASHPR votes counting as the other six -sevenths (the "Vote"). If the ASHPR Gate Assessment is levied after a Vote, it shall be due and payable to ASHPR within thirty (30) days after ASHPR delivers to each Lot owner written notice of the total cost of the gate acquisition, installation, maintenance or repairs, as applicable. 15. Creation of obligation for Assessments. By acceptance of a deed or other conveyance of any Phase IV Lot, each Lot owner shall be deemed to covenant and agree to pay any assessments, charges and/or special assessments (including any assessments for Replacement Reserves) which may hereafter be levied by the POA for the purpose of promoting the recreation, health, safety and welfare of the owners within Phase IV, in particular for the maintenance of the common amenities described in Section 12 hereof, and generally for the acquisition, servicing, improvement, landscaping and maintenance of common properties or common areas within Phase IV and facilities which may be hereafter dedicated by Developer for common area use or otherwise acquired by the POA, together with the Access Fee and the ASHPR Gate Assessment. These charges, fees and assessments shall be a continuing lien upon each Lot against which they are assessed. 16. Right to Enforce. The restrictions herein set forth shall run with the land and shall bind the present owner, its successors and assigns. All parties claiming by, through or under Developer shall be taken to covenant with the owner of the lots hereby restricted, and its successors and assigns, to conform to and observe these restrictions. No restriction herein shall be personally binding upon any corporation, person or persons, except with respect to breaches committed during its, his or their term of holding title to said Lot. Developer, its successors and assigns, and also the owner or owners of any of the Lots hereby restricted shall have the right to sue for and obtain an injunction, prohibi- tive or mandatory, to prevent or terminate the breach of or to enforce the observance of the restrictions above set forth, in addition to ordinary legal action for damages, and failure by any owner or owners of any Lot or Lots in Phase IV to observe any of the restrictions herein. Any delay in bringing such action shall, in no event, be deemed to be a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. conUMGC/Bai1cy1V.B03 - 6 - 17. Delegation of Authority_. Developer shall have the right, but not the obligation, by a written instrument recorded in the Office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas, to delegate, convey and transfer to the POA all authority, rights, privileges and duties reserved, retained or assumed by Developer in this Bill of Assurance. 18. Easements for Public Utilities. Easements for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of utility services have heretofore been donated and dedicated, said easements being of various widths, reference being hereby made to the Plat filed herewith for a more specific description thereof. No trees, shrubbery, incinerators, structures, buildings, fences or similar improvements shall be grown, built or maintained within the area of such utility easements. In the event any trees, shrubbery, incinerators, structures, buildings, fences or similar improvements shall be grown, built or maintained within the area of such easements, no person, firm or corporation engaged in supplying public utility services shall 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. 19. Private Roadway. The Andover Ridge roadway within Phase IV is a private access easement for vehicular traffic only for the use of the owners of Lots in Phase IV. An easement is also hereby granted to the public for access to the Lots in the case of an emergency created by fire, public safety, or other occurrence necessitating access to a Lot by any public utility, fire depart- ment, police department or other public agency. Additionally, Developer hereby grants to the public utilities the right to use these areas for utility easements provided such public improvements are maintained by said public utilities. The POA shall maintain the private access easement and all private improvements thereon, including but not limited to street lights. 20. Commercial structures. No building or structure of any type may ever be placed, erected or used for business, profession- al, trade or commercial purposes on any portion of any Lot. This prohibition shall not apply to any business or structure that may be placed on any Lot or portion of a lot that is used exclusively by a public utility company in connection with the furnishing of public utility services to Phase IV. 21. Outbuildings Prohibited. No outbuildings or other detached structure appurtenant to the residence may be erected on any of the Lots hereby restricted without the consent in writing of the Architectural Control Committee. 22. Noxious Activity. No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be carried on upon any Lot, nor shall any garbage, trash, rubbish, tree limbs, pine straw, leaves or cuttings, ashes or other refuse be thrown, placed or dumped upon any vacant lot, GC/B.Oeyrv.B03 - 7 - road or common areas, nor on any site unless placed in a container suitable for garbage pickup; nor shall anything ever be done which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. 23. Oil and Mineral 012erations. No oil drilling, oil development operating, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any Lot, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be permitted upon or in 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. 24. Cesspool. No leaching cesspool shall ever be constructed or used on any Lot. 25. Existing Structure. No existing, erected building or structure of any sort may be moved onto or placed on any Lot. 26. Temporary structure. No trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding erected on a Lot shall at any time be used for human habitation, temporarily or permanently, nor shall any structure of a temporary character be used for human habitation. 27. ASHPR Common Area Improvements. Lot owners shall not be entitled to use the club house, mailhouse, swimming pool or other common area facilities within the Regime, nor shall ASHPR members be entitled to use Andover Ridge. 28. Modification of Restrictions. Any and all of the covenants, provisions or restrictions set forth in this Bill of Assurance may be amended, modified, extended, changed or canceled, in whole or in part, by a written instrument signed and acknowl- edged by the owner or owners of more than eighty percent (80%) in area of the total land contained within Phase IV; provided, however, that the Lot owners may not, without the prior written consent by majority vote of the ASHPR, amend, repeal or otherwise alter the Access Fee or ASHPR Gate Assessment payable to ASHPR hereunder. Each covenant in this instrument, unless expressly provided otherwise, shall remain in full force and effect until January 1, 2030 after which time each covenant in this instrument shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years unless an instrument terminating the covenants signed by the then owners of eighty percent (80%) of the Lots in Phase IV has been recorded prior to the commencement of any ten-year period. 29. Attorney Fees. In any legal or equitable proceeding for the enforcement or to restrain the violation of this instrument or any provisions thereof, by reference or otherwise, the prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to attorney fees in such amount as the court finds reasonable. All remedies provided for herein, or at law or equity, shall be cumulative and not exclusive. cmYMGCM&11ry1V.B03 - 8 - 30. Severability. Invalidation of any restriction set forth herein or any part thereof by any order, judgment or decree of any court, or otherwise, shall not invalidate or affect any of the other restrictions or any part thereof as set forth herein, but they shall remain in full force and effect. 31. FOA Voting Rights. Each Lot will have only one vote or share of an assessment, regardless of the number of owners of any Lot. EXECUTED this J1 day of March, 1995. City of Little Rock Planning Commission Approval STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF PULASKI BAILEY CORPORATION By: La��i� /- /,�, Pu6"i-0 John Bailey, Pr/1-5sid nt ACKNOWLEDGMENT On this day before me, a rotary Public, duly commissioned, qualified and acting within and for said county and state, appeared the within named John Bailey, being the President of BAILEY CORPORATION and who had been designated by said BAILEY CORPORATION to execute the above instrument, to me personally well known, who stated he was the President of said BAILEY CORPORATION and was duly authorized in that capacity to execute the foregoing instrument for and in the name and behalf of said BAILEY CORPORATION and further stated and acknowledged that he had so signed, executed, and delivered said foregoing instrument for the consideration, uses and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this <QJ4**' day of March, 1995. -M PAL Notary Public y Commission Expires: i • A ■ ■ ' ` 4yW� cm MGC/B.ibyIV.B03 9 •of, 46figa}f���� 95 168S9 Exhibit 'A' Legal Description Part of the SW1/4, SE1/4, Section 26, T-2-N, R-13-W, Pulaski County, Arkansas, more particularly described as: Starting at the Northeast corner of Tract 'A', Andover Square, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence Southeasterly along the arc of a 286.48 ft. radius curve to the left, having a chord bearing and distance of S7101312311E, 154.30 ft. to a point; thence S86°4611311E, 5.00 ft. to a point on the West line of Sheraton Park Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence S0105810911W, 369.35 ft. to a point; thence N88010129"W, 177.61 ft. to a point; thence N02015113"E, 310.21 ft. to a point; thence N4200612711W, 43.01 ft. to a point; thence N3705511011E, 90.71 ft. to the point of beginning, containing 69,277 sq. ft. or 1.59 acres more or less. City of Little Rock r En ineering Division 7i.mac— Pe^ `V,—KS .1;e :;7Ci,. ^sSs __ ai'. cE11 =..X CIVIL ENGINEERING RESPONSE The Civil Engineering Requirements for Filing of Final Plats have been satisfied. Approval for filing of this plat can be issued O S dA2E Signed By 3�23�9r R:-:Y,F_-R,KS . CLR PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. DATE TO AGENCY FAX FROM AGENCY FAX # PHONE # TOTAL PAGES