This
Map of Survey is incorporated herein for a more complete, accurate and detailed
description of the entire The Waters an Lake Anna Subdivision to which this
Declaration applies. And whereas, the Declarant, prior to conveying any lots in
The Waters on Lake Anna Subdivision, wishes to insure the orderly single family
residential development and continued single family residential-character of
The Waters on Lake Anna for the benefit of the Subdivision, the Subdivision's
Developer, future Subdivision Lot Owners, and the Subdivision Homeowner's
Association (i.e. The Waters on Lake Anna Homeowner's Association, Inc.) in
order to promote the best interests and protect the investments of the
Subdivision,, its Developer, and Lot Owners. In accordance with this objective
these covenants are designed to promote the single family residential
development and use of the realty comprising The Waters on Lake Anna
Subdivision.
Now,
therefore, the Declarant hereby declares that all of the Declarant's property
which comprises The Waters-on Lake Anna Subdivision as depicted on the
Incorporated Map of Survey shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the
following easements, restrictions, covenants and conditions, which are for the
purpose of promoting and protecting the residential nature, value and
desirability of The Waters on Lake Anna Subdivision, and which shall run with
the property and shall be binding on all parties having any right, title or
interest in the property or any part thereof, their heirs, successors and assigns,
and shall inure to the benefit of The Waters on Lake Anna Subdivision and The
Waters at Lake Anna Homeowner's Association, Inc., their heirs, successors or
assigns, to wit:
1. No noxious or offensive trade or activity
shall be carried on upon subdivision property, nor shall any-thing be done
thereon which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood,
and no condition shall be permitted or allowed to exist on the property which
is or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the Developer, the Subdivision Lot
Owners or the Subdivision Homeowner's Association.
2. No structure of a temporary nature,
including but not limited to a trailer, mobile home, basement, tent shack,
garage barn or other outbuilding shall be used on the part of the Subdivision
at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently, and no trailer,
mobile home, tent, shack, barn or other outbuilding shall be permitted to exist
on the property as a residence. However, in conformity with Provision 119
below, recreational vehicles may be kept and stored on the lot so long as they
are not occupied as a residence.
3. With the exceptions set forth herein, no
Subdivision property shall be used for any type of commercial, business or
industrial undertaking or enterprise. The use of the property shall be
restricted to single family residential purposes only. The two exceptions to
this provision are as follows: -1- Any occupant of a residence constructed on
the property may use an interior room within the residence as an office,
provided that the office is a private office that is not open for the reception
of customers or clients or provided that the occupant resides in the home; -2-
This restriction will not prevent any subdivision support activities in
conjunction with this residential subdivision project such as a lot sales
office, a homeowner's association management office, maintenance areas,
recreation areas, central meeting room areas and other such functions normally
associated with a residential subdivision project.
4. If the Declarant, any lot owner, or any
other person or entity who has an interest in any property within the
Subdivision, their heirs, successors or assigns violate or attempt to violate
any of the covenants herein, except as hereinafter provided, it shall be lawful
for the Developer or the Subdivision Homeowner's Association or any other
person or persons owning any real property situated in The Waters on Lake Anna
Subdivision to prosecute any proceeding at law or in equity against the person,
persons or entity violating or attempting to violate any such covenants, either
to prevent his or them from so doing or to recover damages or other dues for
such violation. However, the Declarant is specifically excluded from any
liability for monetary damages.
5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
as imposing any covenants or restrictions on any other properties or
subdivisions of the Declarant. However, the Declarant expressly reserves the
right to subject other properties to this Declaration.
6. No portion of the Subdivision property shall
be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish, trash or waste. When lot
owners or persons occupying or using the property generate trash, garbage or
other waste, such rubbish shall not be kept except in sanitary containers which
shall be emptied and cleaned at least weekly.
7. Lot owners or occupiers shall be responsible
for mowing their grass and keeping their property free of rubbish, trash, waste
or junk. At all times grass shall not be allowed to grow beyond a maximum
length of sixteen (16) inches In height. Should this provision be violated and
such violation not abated within ten (10) days of written notice to the lot
owner or occupier, the Subdivision Homeowner's Association may enter the property
to mow the same, to bring the lot in conformity with this provision. The cost
of mowing and any action taken in regards to this Provision and its enforcement
(including reasonable attorney fees) shall be an enforceable lien against the
lot and shall also be a personal liability to the lot owner or occupier so as
to ensure the cost thereof is refunded to the Homeowner's Association.
8. Each Lot Owner shall be a member of The
Waters on Lake Anna Homeowner's Association, Inc. and shall remain a member
until he ceases to be a lot owner. The interest of a member in the Association
or its assets cannot be transferred or encumbered except as an appurtenance of
his lot. The Association shall be primarily responsible for enforcement
decisions and actions regarding this Declaration, it shall also have the
authority to promulgate rules and regulations to enhance the enforcement of
this Declaration and to carry on its responsibilities under its Articles of
Incorporation, its Bylaws, and this Declaration. As set forth in the
Association Bylaws, each lot shall be entitled to two votes cast by its
owner(s) in regards to Association matters voted on by members.
9. The Waters on Lake Anna Homeowner's
Association will be conveyed title to the common areas, right-of-ways, and
easements as shown on the Incorporated Map of Survey and as described by the
"Notes" on the Subdivision Plat to hold for the use and common weal
of the Subdivision. Developer and owners acknowledge that any street shown on
any plat may be dedicated to public use and transferred to the County or the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
10. Beginning January 1, 2004, (January 1, 2005,
for lots formerly in Section one, Lake Forest Subdivision) The Waters on Lake
Anna Homeowner's Association, Inc., shall have the authority to levy
assessments for liability insurance, local taxes, maintenance of streets and
all other common facilities and areas, and such other matters as it deems
appropriate. Specifically, it shall provide for yard maintenance of the common
areas and street upkeep. Any sum assessed remaining unpaid for more than
sixty(60) days shall constitute a lien upon the delinquent lot or lots when
filed of record in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Louisa County in the
manner provided for the Virginia General Statutes, amended. The lien for unpaid
assessments shall also secure reasonable attorneys fees incurred by the
Association, its Manager, Officers or Board of Directors incident to the
collection of such assessment or the enforcement of such lien.
In addition
to the lien provided for unpaid assessment, the owner of a lot. who has failed
to pay such assessment may be held personally responsible for such payment.
Further, the Grantee of a lot shall be jointly and severally liable with the
Grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for his proportionate
share of the common expenses up to the time of the grant or
conveyance,
without prejudice to the Grantee's right to recover from the Grantor the
amounts paid the Grantee therefore.
However, any such Grantee or prospective Grantee shall be entitled to a
written statement from the Manager, the Secretary or Board of Directors, as the
case may be, setting forth the amount of unpaid assessments against the Grantor
and such Grantee shall not be liable for, nor shall the lot conveyed be subject
to a lien for any unpaid assessment against the Grantor in excess of the amount
therein stated. Assessments shall be prorated among the lots with each lot
being assessed an equal share of the common expenses. No lot owned by Declarant
shall be subject to these Assessments. Any lot sold by Declarant. shall be
liable-for the pro-rata portion of the then current year's Assessment.
11. In regards to the last provision, while this
paragraph Shall not be binding upon The Waters on Lake Anna Homeowner's
Association, Inc., it is the recommendation of the Declarant to the Association
that at the time the Declarant relinquishes control of the Subdivision the
Association should initially set an assessment of each lot at $200.00 per year
per lot. With
closing
of each lot sale from the Declarant to a buyer, the Declarant collected $200.00
at each closing which was deposited into an account for the Association.
12. The covenants and restrictions contained in
this Declaration shall run with and bind the land for a term of twenty (20)
years from the date this Declaration is recorded, after which time they shall
be automatically extended for successive periods of one (1) year unless and
until this Declaration is rescinded by a duly adopted resolution of The Waters
on Lake Anna Homeowner's Association Board of Directors AND a rescinding
instrument signed and notarized by and for not less than the owners of
seventy-five percent (75%) of the Lots in the Subdivision. This Declaration may
be amended at any time by a duly adopted resolution of The Waters on Lake Anna
Homeowner's Association Board of Directors AND an amending instrument signed
and notarized by and for not less than the owners of seventy-five percent (75%)
of the Lots in the Subdivision. No amendment shall alter any obligation to pay
assessments, affect any lien for the payment of assessments or alter any rights
reserved by the Developer. To be effective any rescinding instrument or
amendment must be recorded in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Louisa
County, Virginia.
13. With the exception set forth below, all
livestock and all domesticated farm animals (including, but not limited to,
fowl, cattle, and swine) shall be prohibited from all Subdivision property.
However, residential occupants of the property may have dogs and cats provided
they shall not disturb or annoy residents of the subdivision and are not
allowed to run free; dogs and cats shall be walked on leashes. If dogs or cats
are walked outside of their home lot, the owner must scoop animal waste and
dispose the same in trash containers. The only exception to the prohibition for
domesticated farm animals shall be that lots lying North of Route 652 of five
(5) or more acres may stable not more than a maximum of up to four (4) horses
on the lot which are owned and used by the owner or occupant of the lot so long
as such horse owner resides on the property, and lots of five, (5) acres or
more in other Sections may stable not more than two (2) horses on the lot which
are owned and used by the owner or occupant of the lot so long as such horse
owner resides on the property unless prohibited in the Deed of conveyance.
14. Loud noises must be avoided at all times,
but especially between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
15. Occupiers and renters as well as owners are
required to abide by these Covenants. Lot owners shall take care to provide
occupiers and renters with a copy of these Declarations.
16. After conveyance of each respective lot by
the Declarant, no sign or billboards shall be erected or maintained on the said
lot except an appropriate "For Sale" sign, as limited in paragraph
27, and no trade materials or inventories may be stored nor, with the following
exception, may any trucks or tractors be stored or regularly parked thereon.
The exception shall be that privately owned, non-commercial passenger pick-up
trucks owned and used by an owner or renter as a primary vehicle may be parked
upon lots.
17. The invalidation of any one of these
covenants by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other
provisions of this Declaration, and the remaining provisions of this
Declaration shall remain in full force and effect.
18. All lot owners are hereby granted
non-exclusive easements for the purpose of ingress, egress and regress over
those appropriate portions of the common areas for the lot owners and their
invitees. However, lot owners and occupiers shall not leave their vehicles
parked on Subdivision streets (vehicles shall only be parked in drives located
within the boundaries of lots). The Waters an Lake Anna Homeowner's Association
shall have an easement over all non-common areas for the purposes of carrying
out any of its rights or duties.
19. With the two exceptions set forth, no mobile
homes, trailers, tents, shacks or manufactured hones (whether single or double
wide) may be installed on or maintained within the Subdivision. All
construction on the property must conform to all Louisa County building
regulations and requirements. The two exceptions to this provision shall be
that: (1) Nothing herein shall prevent VIRGINIA LAND & LAKES, INC. from
maintaining a trailer on the property as a sales office for so long as VIRGINIA
LAND & LAKES, INC. shall own any lots within the Subdivision which are for
sale, and (2) Nothing herein shall prevent a resident owner or a resident
renter of a lot from parking in the rear of an improved lot (i.e. the
residence's side opposite the adjoining subdivision street, on the other side
of the home from the street) a recreational camper style mobile home which is
titled in the name of the resident owner or, resident renter and is not used or
occupied on the lot.
20. Once a Subdivision lot has been conveyed by
VIRGINIA LAND & LAKES, INC. such lot may not be split or subdivided into
smaller-parcels.
21. Upon application to and approval of the
Developer or the Homeowner's Association, and in accordance to such Louisa
County rules or ordinances as which may be applicable, and in accordance to
such provisions as required by the Homeowner's Association or Developer, two
adjoining lots which have the same ownership may be combined to form a single
lot. In such event the newly formed single lot shall have all the rights and
obligations of a single lot under these Declarations and the Bylaws of the
Homeowner's Association.
22. Lot improvements within the Subdivision
shall be limited to single family residential dwellings with either attached or
detached garages provided the detached garage is of the same construction
style, and material of the dwelling. For waterfront lots, such single family
residential construction shall have an enclosed, heated living space of at
least 2,000 square feet, not including cellars, decks, enclosed parches and
garages. For interior, non waterfront lots, such single family residential
dwelling construction shall have an enclosed, heated living space of at least
1,800 square feet, not including. cellars, decks, enclosed porches or garages.
Dwellings shall have at a minimum at least four (4) ridgepoles in the roof line
and a minimum roof pitch ratio of 5/12. Exteriors of such construction shall be
of wood and/or masonry excluding concrete block type and may be covered by
exterior siding (however, excluding T111 type siding). In conjunction with the
construction of a residential dwelling or thereafter the property may be
further improved by the same construction material as the dwelling. Certain
areas lend themselves to accommodation of larger residences, and Developer may
include additional construction Restrictions in Deeds to individual lots, which
restrictions shall be enforceable as if set out in full herein.
23. Use of the property shall be in conformity
with all local, state and federal laws, regulations and rules regarding construction,
usage, setbacks, improvements, or environmental protection.
24. All of the property composing of The Waters
on Lake Anna subdivision is depicted upon the Incorporated Map of Survey and is
subject to all matters shown on the Incorporated Map of Survey. For purposes of
this Amended Declaration, this expressly includes the property formerly shown
as Section one, Lake Forest
Subdivision.
Each lot shall be conveyed subject to all drainage easements, setbacks, street
right-of-ways, wetland delineations and all other matters depicted on the
Incorporated Map of Survey or described by the Map's "Note" section.
25. The Declarant's rights, duties and
obligations hereunder shall cease when the Declarant relinquishes control of
the Subdivision to the Homeowner's Association.
26. "Period of Declarant Control"
means the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the earlier
of (i) five (5) years after the date of the first conveyance of a lot to an
owner other than the Declarant; (ii) 120 days after conveyance of eighty-five
percent (85%) of the lots (including any lots which may be created pursuant to
special declarant rights) to a lot owner other than the Declarant; (ii) two
years after Declarant has ceased to offer lots for sale in the ordinary course
of business; or (iv) the date upon which the Declarant voluntarily surrenders
control of the development. Declarant reserves the following special declarant
rights for the entire Property, which shall be exercisable during the period of
Declarant control:
(A) To complete any and all improvements
indicated on the plats and plans;
(B) To construct and maintain any sales office,
management office or model on any of the lots or on any of the common elements
shown on the plat;
(C) To alter the size of any lot, combine or
merge two or more lots, and subdivide any lot;
(D) To appoint or remove any executive board
members during the period of declarant control
Subject
to the initial period of Declarant's control as set forth in the Declaration I
nomination for election of the Board of Directors of the Homeowner's
Association shall be made from the floor at the annual meeting. Election shall
be by secret written ballot and by a majority of the lot owners when a quorum
is present. For this context a quorum shall be as, set in the Bylaws; a quorum
shall consist of members present, in person or by proxy entitled to cast at least fifty percent (50%) of the total
votes in the Association. Cumulative voting is not permitted. At the annual
meeting following the termination of Declarant control, board members shall be
elected as set forth in the Bylaws.
27. A lot owner shall not advertise by placement
of a sign an unimproved lot as being for sale unless and until the Declarant
has sold all of the lots depicted on the Incorporated Plan Map of Development.
For purposes of this provision a lot shall be considered improved only upon the
completion of a single family residence ready for occupancy. This covenant
shall bind lots formerly in Section One of Lake Forest Subdivision only until
January 1, 2004.