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DECLARATION OF REGULATIONS, COVENANTS,
CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
The undersigned,
POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Kentucky Limited Liability
Company, is the “Owner”, “Developer” and “Declarant”, as those terms are
used hereinafter, do this 17th day of October 2000, adopt the
following Regulations, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for THE POINTE,
Section VI.
WITNESSETH: The undersigned being
the owner of all the lots of THE POINTE, Section VI, situated in Bullitt
County, Kentucky do hereby adopt the following Regulations, Covenants,
Conditions and Restrictions, which Regulations, Covenants, Conditions and
Restrictions shall apply to all of the lots in THE POINTE, Section VI, as shown
on plat styled THE POINTE, Section VI, which plat is recorded in Plat Cabinet
2, Slide 461 in the office of the Clerk of the Bullitt County Court, as
follows:
The Declarant hereto intending to establish a general plan for the use,
occupancy and enjoyment of said Subdivision hereby declares that for the mutual
benefit of its present and future owners, all lots therein shall be subject to
the following restrictions:
1.
(a)
Primary Use Restrictions: No lot shall be
used except for private single family residential purposes.
No structure shall be erected, placed or altered or permitted to remain
on any lot except one single family dwelling designed for the occupancy of one
single family, not to exceed two and one-half stories in height in the front
elevation and three and one-half stories in height in the rear elevation and
containing an attached two or three car garage for the sole use of the owner
and occupants of the lot. A garage is not
required.
(b) There shall be no further subdividing of the lots in THE POINTE, Section VI,
unless approved in writing by the Developer.
(c) No portion of any lot in THE POINTE, Section VI, shall be used for ingress or
egress to another lot unless approved in writing by the Developer.
2.
Minimum Floor Areas: The following shall be the minimum floor
areas for homes to be
constructed after the instrument in recorded:
(a)
The
ground floor area of a one story house shall be a minimum of 1,400 square feet,
exclusive of the garage, basement and porches.
(b)
The
ground floor area of a one-half story house shall be a minimum of 1,000 square
feet, exclusive of the garage, basement and porches.
(c)
The
total floor area of a multi-level house shall be a minimum of 1,400 square
feet,
exclusive of the garage, basement and porches.
(d)
The
ground floor area of a two story house shall be a minimum of 900 square feet,
exclusive of the garage, basement and porches.
(e)
Finished
basement areas, garages and open porches are not included in computing
floor areas under this Section.
3.
A landscape plan shall be submitted to the Developer for approval in writing, which plan
shall show the trees, shrubs and other plantings to be planted on the lot.
Each landscape plan shall have a minimum of two six foot deciduous trees
in the front yard and in the case of a corner lot, two additional trees of at
least the same size.
4.
No building shall be located on any lot nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side
street line than the minimum building set-back lines shown on the recorded plat.
For the purposed of this covenant, eaves, steps and open porches shall
not be considered as a part of the building, provided, however, that this shall
not be construed to permit any portion of a building on a lot to encroach upon
another lot.
5.
No trade or business of any kind (and no practice or medicine, dentistry, chiropractic or
like endeavors) shall be conducted on any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon
which may welcome an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
Notwithstanding the provisions hereof, a new house may be used by a
builder thereof as a model home for display or for the builder’s own office,
provided said use terminates within eighteen months from completion of the
house or upon such additional period of time as may be expressly agreed to in
writing by Developer or any entity, person, or association to whom it may
assign such right.
6.
No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other
outbuildings shall be used on any lot at any time as a residence either temporarily
or permanently.
7.
No
sign for advertising or for any other purposes shall be displayed on any lot or
a
building or a structure on any lot, except on sign for advertising the sale or rent
thereof, which shall not be greater in area than nine square feet: provided,
however, Developer shall have the right (1) to erect larger signs when
advertising the Subdivision; (2) to place signs on lots designating the lot
number of the lots; and (3) following the sale of a lot, to place signs on such
lot indicating the name of the purchaser of that lot.
This restriction shall not prohibit placement of occupant name signs and
lot numbers as allowed by applicable zoning regulations.
8.
The construction of any residence, building or other structure on any lot shall be
completed within one (1) year from beginning date of said construction.
9.
From
and after the date of purchase of a lot until construction of a single family
residence is started, Developer shall
have the exclusive right to perform all maintenance on the lot, including, but
not limited to, mowing. Each owner shall
be assessed an annual fee payable in January of each year at the rate of $10.00
per month for the first three years following the date the lot owner acquires
title to the lot; thereafter, each lot owner shall be assessed an annual fee
equal to Developer’s actual cost of such maintenance, including overhead and
supervision costs, until construction of a single family residence is started
on such lot.
10.
From
and after the date of construction of a single family residence on a lot is
started, it shall be the duty of each lot owner to keep the grass on the lot
properly cut, to keep the lot free from weeds and trash, and to keep it
otherwise neat and attractive in appearance.
Should any owner fail to do so, then Developer, or any entity, person or
association to whom it may assign the right, may take such action as it seems
appropriate, including mowing, in order to make the lot neat and attractive.
The owner shall immediately upon demand, reimburse Developer or other
performing part for all costs expended.
11.
(a)
The exterior building materials of all structures (including storage buildings
or pool houses) shall extend to ground level and shall be either brick, stone,
brick veneer, or stone veneer or a combination of same.
However, Developer recognizes that the appearance of other exterior
building materials (such as wood or vinyl siding) may be attractive and
innovative, and reserves the right to approve in writing the use of other
exterior building material.
(b) The roof pitch of any residential
structure shall not be less than 6 inches vertical for
every 12 inches horizontal for structure with more than one story, and 6
inches vertical for
every 12 inches horizontal for one
story structures.
12.
No
building shall be erected, placed or altered on any lot in Section VI of THE
POINTE
until building plans and specifications and
plot plans showing the locations of such
buildings
have been approved in writing as to conformity and harmony of external design
with the existing structures in the subdivisions and as to location of
the building with
respect to topography and finished ground elevation by the Developer.
13.
No
animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on
any lot,
except that dogs, cats or other household
pets may be kept; provided that they are not
kept , bred or maintained for any commercial
purposes.
14.
No
outside clothes line shall be erected or placed upon any lot.
15.
No
fence or wall of any nature may be erected toward the front or street side
property line beyond the front or side wall of the residence on that lot.
No fence of any nature may be erected on any lot, except a fence
surround of an in-ground swimming pool. No
chain link fences shall be permitted. All
fencing and walls for fencing must be approved by Developer.
16.
No
under or above ground swimming pool shall be erected or placed on any lot,
unless it’s design, placement and site location is shown by accurate survey and
approved in writing by Developer or by an entity, person or association to whom
they may assign the right.
17.
All
mail boxes and paper boxes will be supplied by Developer, at cost, in order to
provide uniformity.
Lot
owners must purchase the mailbox before residing in constructed houses.
18.
Each
lot owner shall concrete or asphalt the driveway within six month after
completion of a single family dwelling.
19.
All
vehicles, trailers, boats, etc. must be parked on the driveway surface or
housed in a garage.
20.
Use
of front lawn area: No portion of the within described premises nearer to any
highway than the building lines as hereinbefore fixed, shall be used for any
purpose other than that of a lawn. Nothing
herein contained, however, shall be constructed as preventing the use of such
portion of said premises for walks and drives, the planting of trees and
shrubbery, the growing of flowers or ornamental plants or for statuary
foundations and similar ornamentation for the purpose of beautifying
said premises but no vegetables, so-called, nor grains or the ordinary garden
or field variety shall be grown upon such portion of the premises an no weeds,
underbrush, or other unsightly growths shall be permitted to grow or remain
anywhere upon said premises and no unsightly objects shall be allowed to be
placed or suffered to remain anywhere thereon.
21.
(a)
Each owner of a lot shall, at his sole cost and expense, repair his residence,
keeping the same in condition comparable to the condition of such residence at
the time of its initial construction, excepting only normal wear and tear.
(b) If all or any portion of a residence is damaged or destroyed by fire, or other
casualty, then the owner shall, with all due diligence, promptly rebuild,
repair or reconstruct such residence in a manner which will substantially
restore it to its apparent condition immediately prior to the casualty.
22.
No
lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish, trash or
garbage.
Trash, garbage or other waste shall not be kept except in sanitary containers.
23.
No
carport shall be constructed on any lot unless approved in writing by the
Developer,
such approval may be withheld arbitrarily and unreasonably by the Developer at his
sole discretion.
24.
Accessory
Building
: No barn, shed, shop or other outbuildings shall be erected,
placed or
suffered to remain upon the premises
unless approved by the Developer in writing.
25. No inoperable motor vehicles
without a legal license shall remain on street or lot for more
than seven (7) days.
26.
No travel trailers or motorized travel home vehicles shall be parked for
more than seven
(7) days on any lot herein at any time.
27.
No
commercial vehicles, i.e. trucks, school buses, bulldozers, etc., shall be
parked on any
Lot
of any type or street at any time.
28.
Proper
drainage from houses to ditches is the sole responsibility of the homeowner.
Drainage easements are the lot owner’s responsibility.
Installation of improvements: The Declarant
hereto expressly reserves to and for itself and
its designee, the sole and exclusive right to
petition the proper authorities for any and all
street
improvements and without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing
specifically to petition for grading,
seeding, tree planting, sidewalks, paving, sewer and
water installations, whether it be on the
surface or subsurface, which in the sole opinion of
the Declarant hereto is necessary or
desirable in the subdivision of which the premises
hereby covered are a part; and the Declarant
hereto agrees to and does hereby consent to
and affirms any agreements that may be
entered into between the Declarant hereto or its
designees and any public authorities with
respect to the installation of said improvements;
and the Declarant hereto hereby waives all
notice with reference to said petitions and
hereby consents to all other acts and things
that may be necessary in the matter and hereby
authorizes and agrees to affirm and ratify
all such agreements and acts on the part of the
Declarant hereto or its designee in regard
thereto.
29 Grade of land: The Declarant
hereto also expressly reserves to and for itself or its
designee, the sole and exclusive right to establish grades, slopes and
swales on the land
hereby conveyed and to fix the grade at which any dwelling shall be
hereafter erected or
placed hereon. So that the same may conform to a general plan, subject
also, however, to
local building code restrictions.
30.
Incorporation into deed: The above covenants, reservations and
restrictions shall be
incorporated verbatim or by reference in every deed hereafter issued conveying any
part of the premises above described.
31.
These
covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all
persons claiming under then for a period of thirty (30) years from the date these
covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically
extended for successive periods of ten (10) years unless an instrument signed
by a majority of the then owners of the lots has been recorded, agreeing to
change said covenants in whole or in part.
32.
Enforcement
shall be proceedings at law or in equity against any person or persons
violating or attempting to violate any covenant either to restrain violation or to
recover damages.
33.
Invalidity
of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no wise
affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and
effect.
34.
Wherever
action is required herein by Developer, it may be taken by its duly appointed
assignee.
35. Developer has authority to
enact a Homeowner Association.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this
17 day
of October, 2000.
POINTE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
A Limited Liability Company
Please note this is a typed copy of the original Declaration of Regulations,
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for THE POINTE
Subdivision. A copy of the
original with signatures and deed book stamps are available upon request.
The Deed Book number
is 0512 pages 517-523.
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