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party, signatures indicating this office's approval as to form and the County Executive's approval or acceptance
on behalf of the County are provided. If the document did not include the applicants' signatures, a final version
of the document with the required signatures may now be submitted.
Date:
J C. Blair, II
Meouty County Attorney
Phone
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
296-5832 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
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Date: June 26, 2017
John Blair
County Attorney's Office
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Regarding:
Project Name: SUB201700005- Glenmore K2C-II, Phase 1 Final Plat
Date Submitted: 06/26/2017
Dear Mr. Blair:
The applicant has prepared and submitted a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and
Easements for the above named project. Please review this document at your earliest convenience.
Tha s,
Cameron Langille
Senior Planner
Ext. 3432
972-41
Checklist for Maintenance Agreements
File # Project Name: l3"lPJ1tV of
14-317 Instrument evidencing maintenance of certain improvements.
If the subdivision will contain one (1) or more improvements that are not to be maintained by the county or any
authority or other public agency, the subdivider shall submit with the final plat an instrument assuring the
perpetual maintenance of the improvement, as follows:
A. The instrument shall, at a minimum contain:
(1) Identify the plat to which the instrument applies; if the plat has been recorded, the identification shall
include a deed book and page number. T b&, ,IuP P-6Vf 4 i5 lk f Inu I pWf , n reutw, s &WW a
(2) State that the improvement will be maintained in perpetuity. ewyc 2[A `•p/'
(3) State that the improvement will be maintained to a standard that, at a minimum, assures that it will
remain in substantially the condition it was in when approved by the county; for a private street, shared
driveway, or alley, the instrument also shall state verbatim: "The travelway shall at all times be
maintained so that it is safe and convenient for passenger automobiles and emergency vehicles at all
times except in severe temporary weather conditions." P&4e G
(4) If the instrument pertains to the maintenance of one or more private streets, alleys or shared
driveways, it shall define "maintenance" by stating verbatim: "For purposes of this instrument,
`maintenance' includes the maintenance of the private streets or alleys, and all curbs, curbs and gutters,
drainage facilities, utilities, dams, bridges and other private street improvements, and the prompt removal
of snow, water, debris, or any other obstruction so as to keep the private street alley reasonably open
for usage by all vehicles, including emergency services vehicles." P u y- 6
/ (5) Describe the condition of the improvement when it was approved by the county.
[� (6) Identify the timing or conditions warranting maintenance of the improvement. rqy C Q ra'ncl f" t6
(7) State a means to collect funds necessary for the cost of maintaining the improvement; at a minimum,
the means stated shall include the right of any landowner subject to the instrument to record a lien against
a non-contributing landowner, to bring an action at law to collect the funds, or both. (k)e S dlnd {6
(8) Describe how maintenance costs will be prorated among the landowners subject to the instrument
(e.g., "equally," or on a percentage basis); if any lot within the subdivision may be further divided, the
instrument shall also describe how maintenance costs will be prorated among the landowners after
division. QU9e 1D
(9) State verbatim: "No public agency, including the Virginia Department of Transportation and the
County of Albemarle, Virginia, will be responsible for maintaining any improvement identified herein." J&Je
B. The instrument shall be subject to review and approval by the county attorney and shall be in a form
and style so that it may be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. The agent
may require that the instrument be on a form prepared by the county attorney.
C. For purposes of this section, the term "to maintain," or any derivation of that verb, includes the
maintenance, replacement, reconstruction and correction of defects or damage.
D. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the county reserved under section 14-440.
This Document Prepared By: Albemarle County Tax Map Parcel:
Brian S. Johnson (VSB #74484) 093A5-00-00-00100
Woods Rogers PLC
123 E. Main Street, Fifth Floor
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
GLENMORE HIGHLANDS
an Albemarle County Neighborhood
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS,
RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
GLENMORE HIGHLANDS HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION
INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Article I - Definitions Page
1.01
Association......................................................................................................
1
1.02
Board of Directors or Board...........................................................................
1
1.03
Bylaws.............................................................................................................
1
1.04
Common Area.................................................................................................
1
1.05
Declaration......................................................................................................
2
1.06
Declarant Control Period................................................................................
2
1.07
Lot or Lots.......................................................................................................
2
1.08
Member...........................................................................................................
2
1.09
Mortgagee.......................................................................................................
2
1.10
Owner or Owners............................................................................................
2
1.11
Plat..................................................................................................................
2
1.12
Property...........................................................................................................
2
II. Article
II - Property Rights
2.01
Owner's Easements of Enjoyment..................................................................
3
2.02
Declaration of Use..........................................................................................
4
III. Article III - Membership and Voting Rights
3.01 Membership.................................................................................................... 4
3.02 Voting Rights.................................................................................................. 4
3.03 Declarant Control Period and Common Area Title Transfer .......................... 5
IV. Article IV - Covenant for Maintenance and Assessments
4.01
Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments .......................
5
4.02
Purpose of Assessments; Common Area Maintenance Standards ..................
6
4.03
Establishment of Annual General Assessment ...............................................
6
4.04
Establishment of Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments ...............................
7
4.05
Special Assessments for Capital Improvements .............................................
8
4.06
Rate of Assessment.........................................................................................
8
4.07
Date of Payment of Annual Assessments; Due Dates ....................................
8
4.08
Effect of Non -Payment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association .........
8
4.09
Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages.........................................................
9
4.10
Exempt Property.............................................................................................
9
4.11
Reserves for Capital Components...................................................................
9
4.12
Initial Working Fund.......................................................................................
10
V. Article V Use Restrictions
5.01 Residential Use and Home Occupation.......................................................... 10
5.02 Exterior Completion........................................................................................ 11
5.03 Signs................................................................................................................ 11
5.04 Nuisance.......................................................................................................... 11
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5.05
5.06
5.07
5.08
5.09
5.10
5.11
Temporary Structures......................................................................................
Recreational and Other Vehicles....................................................................
Inoperable and Unlicensed Vehicles...............................................................
Pets..................................................................................................................
Wood Burning Fireplaces, Stoves, and Firewood;
Antennas, Satellite Dishes..............................................................................
Trees
Gas Fireplaces .................
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
5.12
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Mailboxes
12
5.13
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Fences...
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13
5.14
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Garbage Service..............................................................................................
13
5.15
5.16
Drainage..........................................................................................................
Garages
13
13
5.17
5.18
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On -Street Parking............................................................................................
Light Posts
13
13
5.19
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Exterior Appearance.......................................................................................
13
5.20
5.21
5.22
5.23
Miscellaneous.................................................................................................
Rules, Regulations and Enforcement..............................................................
Applicability...................................................................................................
Access to Lots.................................................................................................
13
14
14
14
VI. Article VI — Exterior Maintenance of PropM
6.01 Association Maintenance —Common Areas and Roads ................................. 14
6.02 Association Maintenance—Lots..................................................................... 15
6.03 Owner Maintenance........................................................................................ 15
6.04 Enforcement.................................................................................................... 15
VII. Article VII—Mana eg ment
7.01 Managing Agent.............................................................................................. 16
7.02 Duration of Management Agreement............................................................. 16
7.03 Disclosure Packets.......................................................................................... 16
7.04 Limitation of Liability..................................................................................... 16
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VIII. Article VIII — General Provisions
16
8.01
Enforcement....................................................................................................
17
8.02
Severabili
8.03
Duration..........................................................................................................
17
17
8.04
Amendment.....................................................................................................
18
8.05
Annexation......................................................................................................
8.06
FHA and VA Approvals.................................................................................
18
19
8.07
Consents by Lenders.......................................................................................
19
8.08
Additional Rights of Mortgagee — Notice .......................................................
8.09
Mortgagee Notification and Presumptive Approval .......................................
20
8.10
Casualty
20
...........................................................................................................
20
8.11
Condemnation or Eminent Domain................................................................
8.12
Captions and Gender.......................................................................................
20
8.13
Successors and Assigns...................................................................................
20
8.14
Boundary Revisions........................................................................................
20
IX. Article IX — Easements and Additional Maintenance Covenants
9.01
General Easement ....................................................................................
21
9.02
Crossover Easement.........................................................................................
21
9.03
Blanket Easement.............................................................................................
21
9.04
Easement and Right of Entry of Law Enforcement Officials, Fire Rescue,
21
and Other Emergency Personnel....................................................................
9.05
Utility Easements.............................................................................................
22
9.06
Drainage Easement
22
9.07
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Encroachment Easement..................................................................................
22
9.08
Storm Water Management...............................................................................
23
9.09
Construction and Slope Maintenance Easements ...........................................
23
9.10
Private Road Maintenance Easement...............................................................
23
9.11
Yard Maintenance Easement...........................................................................
23
X. Article X — Dissolution of Association................................................................ 23
XI. Article XI — Financing................................................................... 24
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GLENMORE HIGHLANDS
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS
AND EASEMENTS
THIS DECLARATION OF COVENANTS CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND
EASEMENTS ("Declaration"), made as of the '� day of July, 2017 by GLENMORE
PARTNERS, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, hereinafter referred to as "Declarant,"
in accordance with the Property Owners' Association Act, Chapter 26 of Title 55 of the Code of
Virginia (1950), as amended (the "Act"). Union Bank & Trust, a Virginia banking corporation
(`Bank"), and Union Service Corporation, a Virginia corporation ("Trustee"), join in the
execution of this Declaration to evidence, among other things, their consent to the terms and
provisions hereof.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of certain property in the County of Albemarle,
Virginia, which is more particularly described on the subdivision plat attached hereto and made a
part hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that all of the Property, as defined
hereinafter, shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the following easements, restrictions,
covenants and conditions, which are for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of,
and which shall run with the real property and 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 each Owner thereof.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01. "Association" shall mean and refer to the Glenmore Highlands Home
Owners Association Inc., a non -stock, non-profit corporation, its successors and assigns.
Section 1.02. `Board of Directors" or "Board" shall mean the duly constituted board of
directors of the Association.
Section 1.03. "Bylaws" shall mean and refer to the duly -adopted bylaws of the
Association, as such may be amended from time to time.
Section 1.04. "Common Area" shall mean any real property or interest in real property
(including any improvements thereon) owned or to be owned by the Association for the common
use and enjoyment of the Owners and residents of the Lots including streets, roadways, and trails
not dedicated to the County of Albemarle or Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of whether
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or how such may be depicted on any recorded subdivision plat of the Property.
Section 1.05. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to Glenmore Partners, LLC, its successors
and assigns, if such successors or assigns should acquire more than one undeveloped Lot from
the Declarant for the purpose of development, but only to the extent that any of the rights,
reservations, easements, interests, exemptions, privileges and powers of the Declarant are
specifically assigned or transferred to such successors or assigns.
Section 1.06. "Declarant Control Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.03
of this Declaration.
Section 1.07. "Lot" or "Lots" shall mean and refer to any plot of land for home building
purposes shown upon any recorded subdivision plat of the Property, with the exception of the
Common Area.
Section 1.08. "Member" shall mean the Declarant and any Owner of a Lot that is subject
to assessment; every such Owner shall be a member of the Association. Classes of Members are
set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
Section 1.09. "Mortgagee" shall mean the holder of any recorded mortgage, or the party
secured or beneficiary of any recorded deed of trust, encumbering any portion of the Property.
"Mortgage," as used herein, shall include deeds of trust. "First Mortgage," as used herein, shall
mean a mortgage with priority over other mortgages. As used in this Declaration, the term
"Mortgagee" shall mean any mortgagee and shall not be limited to institutional mortgagees, and
shall include banks, trust companies, insurance companies, mortgage insurance companies,
savings and loan associations, trusts, mutual savings banks, credit unions, pension funds,
mortgage companies, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, all corporations and any agency or department of the United States Government or
of any state or municipal government. As used in this Declaration the term "holder" or
"mortgagee" shall include the parties secured by any deed of trust or any beneficiary thereof.
Section 1.10. "Owner" or "Owners" shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether
one or more persons or entities, of the fee simple title to any Lot, including contract sellers, but
excluding the following: (a) those entities having such interest merely as security for the
performance of an obligation; (b) any contractor or home builder entities holding title to a Lot or
Lots during the construction of dwellings for the sole purpose of performing such construction
with the intent to resell to Owner(s), but who are not the Declarant or successor to the Declarant.
Section 1.11. "Plat" shall mean the initial plat of the Property made by Roudabush, Gale
& Associates, Inc. dated December 13, 2016, and last amended on June 23, 2017, entitled
Subdivision Plat, Section K2C-II, Phase 1, Glenmore Subdivision, Scottsville District,
Albemarle County, Virginia, attached hereto and recorded herewith, and any subsequent
subdivision plats of the Property added by recorded Supplemental Declarations.
Section 1.12. "Property" shall mean and refer to that certain real property described on
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Exhibit A attached hereto, together with such additions thereto as may hereafter be made subject
to this Declaration in accordance with Section 8.05 hereof.
ARTICLE II
PronertyRights
Section 2.01. Owner's Easements of Enjoyment. Every Owner shall have an undivided
right and easement of enjoyment in common with all other Owners in and to the Common Area,
which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following
provisions:
(a) The right of the Association to suspend the voting rights of an Owner for
any period during which an assessment against such Owner's Lot remains unpaid, to suspend the
voting rights of an Owner for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for an infraction of its
published rules and regulations and the right of the Association, through its Board, to assess
monetary charges against any Member for any violation of the Declaration or published rules and
regulations of the Association, in accordance with the Virginia Code;
(b) The right of the Association to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the
Common Area to any public, private or municipal agency, authority or utility for purposes
consistent with this Declaration and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the
Members and further subject to the then existing laws and applicable ordinances; provided,
however, that no such dedication or transfer or determination as to the purposes or as to the
conditions thereof, shall be effective unless two-thirds (2/3) of the then voting Members of the
Association consent to such dedication, transfer, purpose and conditions, at any special meeting
of the Members duly called for such purpose;
(c) The right of the Association to establish uniform rules and regulations
pertaining to the use of the Common Area and any facilities thereon;
(d) The right of the Declarant (and its sales agents and representatives) and its
assignees (and their sales agents and representatives) to the non-exclusive use of the Common
Area for display and exhibit purposes, which right Declarant hereby reserves; provided,
however, that such use shall not be for a period of more than ten (10) years after either the
conveyance of the Common Area to the Association, or the sale of all the residential Lots within
the Property, whichever is the earlier; provided, further, that no such use by Declarant shall
otherwise unreasonably restrict the Members in their use and enjoyment of the Common Area or
any facilities thereon;
(e) The right of the Association, acting by and through its Board of Directors,
to charge reasonable admission and other fees for the use of any recreational facility which may
be situated on the Common Area;
(f) The right of the Association, acting by and through its Board of Directors,
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to regulate parking on the Common Area through the granting of easements or promulgation of
uniform rules and regulations;
(g) The right of the Association, acting by and through its Board of Directors,
to grant licenses, rights of way and easements for access or for the construction, reconstruction,
maintenance and repair of any utility lines or appurtenances, whether public or private, to any
municipal agency, public utility, the Declarant or any other person; provided, however, that no
such licenses, rights of way, or easements shall be unreasonably and permanently inconsistent
with the rights of the Members to the use and enjoyment of the Common Area;
(h) The right of the Association, acting by and through its Board of Directors,
to enter into agreements whereby the Association acquires leaseholds, membership or other
possessory or use interests in real or personal property for the purpose of promoting the
enjoyment, recreation or welfare of the Members of the Association and to declare expenses
incurred in connection therewith to be common expenses of the Association in accordance with
the Bylaws;
(i) The right of access to the Common Area by the County of Albemarle for
purposes of maintenance of any storm water management or erosion control areas located within
the Common Area, should such maintenance be required by public health, safety and welfare
concerns;
6) An easement to the Declarant and Association for the right of ingress and
egress onto the Lots for the purpose of maintaining landscaping on such Lots.
Section 2.02. Delegation of Use. Any Owner may delegate, in accordance with the
Bylaws, his right of enjoyment to the Common Area to the members of his family, his tenants, or
contract purchasers who reside on the Property.
ARTICLE III
Membership and Voting Rights
Section 3.01. Membership. Every Owner of a Lot shall be a member of the Association.
Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any Lot that is
subject to assessment.
Section 3.02. Voting Rigs. The Association shall have two (2) classes of voting
membership:
Class A. Class A Members shall be all Owners with the exception of the Declarant,
its successors or assigns (with respect to any Lot for which the Declarant, its successors or
assigns holds a Class B membership) and shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each Lot owned.
When more than one (1) person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members
and the vote for such Lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, as more
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particularly provided in the Bylaws, but in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with
respect to any Lot owned by one or more Class A Members.
Class B. The Class B Member shall be the Declarant and its successors or assigns.
The Class B Member shall be entitled to six (6) votes in the Association for each Lot owned by
the Class B Member. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A
membership upon the first to occur of the following: (i) such time as Declarant has conveyed all
of its interest in the Property other than to a successor to whom all of Declarant's rights
hereunder are assigned; or (ii) upon Declaram's delivery to the Association of written notice of
Declarant's voluntary termination of the Class B membership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event of annexation of any additional properties, Class B membership shall be revived with
respect to all Lots owned by the Declarant on the annexed property, which Class B membership
shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of either of the following
events, whichever occurs first: (i) such time as Declarant has conveyed all of its interest in the
annexed property other than to a successor to whom all of Declarant's rights hereunder are
assigned; or (ii) upon Declarant's delivery to the Association of written notice of Declarant's
voluntary termination of the Class B membership.
Section 3.03. Declarant Control Period and Common Area Title Transfer. The
"Declarant Control Period" shall mean the period beginning upon the recordation of this
Declaration and terminating upon the earliest to occur of on the earlier of (a) the date on which
the Declarant no longer owns any Lots; or (b) any earlier date contained written notice from the
Declarant to the Association specifying the termination date of the Declarant Control Period.
Upon the conclusion of the Declarant Control Period, the Declarant shall transfer title and
control and maintenance responsibilities of the Common Area to the Association.
ARTICLE IV
Covenant for Maintenance and Assessments
Section 4.01. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments. The Declarant,
for each Lot owned within the Property, hereby covenants and agrees, and each Owner of any
Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is
deemed to covenant and agree, to pay to the Association: (1) annual general assessments or
charges assessed equally against all Owners, except the Declarant (the "Annual General
Assessments"), (2) lot maintenance assessments (the "Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments"),
(3) special assessments for capital improvements (the "Special Assessments"), and (4) the Initial
Capital Contribution as defined and as described in Section 4.12 hereof. The Annual General
Assessments, Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments and Special Assessments and Initial Capital
Contributions may be sometimes referred to collectively as "Assessments". All Assessments
established and collected as provided in this Article IV and in the Bylaws, together with interest,
costs, including all costs of collection, and reasonable attorneys' fees (irrespective of whether
litigation has been initiated), shall be a charge on each Lot (including all improvements thereon),
and shall be a continuing lien upon each Lot against which such Assessment is made. Each
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Assessment, together with interest, costs, including all costs of collection, and reasonable
attorneys' fees (irrespective of whether litigation has been initiated), shall also be the personal
obligation of the person who was the Owner of such property at the time when the Assessment
fell due. The personal obligation shall not pass to such Owner's successors in title unless
expressly assumed by them in writing or unless a Notice of Lien is recorded.
Section 4.02. Purpose of Assessments; Common Area Maintenance Standards. The cost
of construction, maintenance, upkeep and replacement of the Common Area shall be the sole
responsibility of the Owners acting by the Association, as set forth herein. No public agency,
including the Virginia Department of Transportation and the County of Albemarle,
Virginia, will be responsible for maintaining any improvement identified herein. The
Common Area, including, without limitation, private roads, streets, common parking areas,
alleys, bridges, ponds, dams, spillways, on and off -site drainage facilities, pedestrian trails,
recreational facilities, retaining walls and all improvements and appurtenances to common
property and easements as such may be shown on the Plat, shall be maintained by the
Association, subject to the terms and conditions of this Declaration, in perpetuity in materially
the same condition as existed when original construction of the improvement was completed and
approved by the County of Albemarle. For purposes of this Declaration, `maintenance' includes
the maintenance of the private streets or alleys, and all curbs, curbs and gutters, on -site drainage
facilities, off -site storm water drainage facilities serving the Property, but located outside of the
Property, utilities, dams, bridges and other private street improvements, and the prompt removal
of snow, water, debris, or any other obstruction so as to keep the private streets or alleys
reasonably open for usage by all vehicles, including emergency services vehicles. The term "to
maintain," or any derivation thereof, shall also include the maintenance, replacement,
reconstruction and correction of defects or damage. As to all private streets, roads, driveways,
parking areas and alleys on the Property, the travelway shall at all times be maintained so that it
is safe and convenient for passenger automobiles and emergency vehicles at all times except in
severe temporary weather conditions. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to order
any maintenance or repair of any Common Area based on a schedule or other conditions
identified by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and shall contract for and oversee the
performance of such work. The Association shall maintain and provide grass cutting, edging,
fertilization, weed control and general lawn maintenance of such Common Areas as determined
by the Board of Directors and shall maintain Common Area fencing and shrubbery (which were
planted by the Declarant) pruning and replacement, lighting facilities, (including lighting at the
front entrance sign, any lighted signs to the Property installed by Declarant or the Association,
any street lighting system and (to the extent not blocked by parked vehicles) shall remove snow
from any common parking areas located on the Property. The Association shall not be
responsible for removal of snow or ice from any other areas of the Property, including but not
limited to common sidewalks and stairs, individual Lot sidewalks and stairs and individual Lot
driveways and parking areas. The Assessments levied by the Association shall be used to
promote the recreation, health, safety, and welfare of the Owners and residents of the Lots, for
the improvement and maintenance of the Common Area and easement areas, including, but not
limited to, those specific items set forth above, for the purposes stated in the Bylaws and for the
enforcement of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Declaration, the Architectural Guidelines
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and any published rules and regulations of the Association in accordance with Sections 55-513
and 55-515 of the Act.
Section 4.03. Establishment of Annual General Assessment.
(a) Upon conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the initial maximum Annual
General Assessment shall be Five Hundred and Forty Dollars ($540.00), payable in quarterly
installments of One Hundred and Thirty -Five Dollars ($135.00) for each Class A Member. From
and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an
Owner, the maximum Annual General Assessment may be increased by the Board of Directors,
without a vote of the Class A membership and in accordance with the Bylaws, by an amount not
to exceed ten percent (10%) of the maximum Annual General Assessment for the preceding year
plus the amount by which any real estate taxes and insurance premium payable by the
Association have increased over amounts payable for the same or similar items for the previous
year.
(b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of
the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum Annual General Assessment may be increased by more
than ten percent (10%) of the maximum Annual General Assessment for the preceding year, plus
the amount by which real estate taxes and insurance premiums payable by the Association have
increased over amounts payable for the same or similar items for the previous year by vote of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the Members attending a meeting at which a quorum is present, held in
accordance with the Bylaws.
(c) The Association may enter into an agreement whereby the Association creates
or acquires leaseholds, memberships, or other possessory or use interests for the purpose of
providing recreation facilities, either within or without the Property, for the benefit of the
Owners. The Association may levy an annual assessment for such recreation facilities against
each Lot, to be included as part of the Annual General Assessment, by vote of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the Members attending a meeting at which a quorum is present, held in accordance with
the Bylaws.
Section 4.04. Establishment of Annual Lot Maintenance Assessment.
(a) Upon conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the initial maximum Annual Lot
Maintenance Assessment for each Class A Member shall be:
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) payable in quarterly installments of Seventy -Five
Dollars ($75.00).
From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first
Lot to an Owner, the maximum Annual Lot Maintenance Assessment may be increased by the
Board of Directors, without a vote of the Class A membership and in accordance with the
Bylaws, by an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the maximum Annual Lot
Maintenance Assessment for the preceding year plus the amount by which any real estate taxes
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and insurance premium payable by the Association have increased over amounts payable for the
same or similar items for the previous year.
(b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of
the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum Annual Lot Maintenance Assessment may be increased
by more than ten percent (10%) of the maximum Annual Lot Maintenance Assessment for the
preceding year, plus the amount by which real estate taxes and insurance and insurance premium
payable by the Association have increased over amounts payable for the same or similar items
for the previous year by vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Members attending a meeting at
which a quorum is present held in accordance with the Bylaws.
Section 4.05. Special Assessments for Capital Improvements. In addition to the Annual
General Assessment and the Annual Lot Maintenance Assessment as authorized above, the
Association may levy against Owners, in any assessment year, a Special 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 upon the Common Area,
including fixtures and personal property related thereto, on the vote of the majority of Members
in the Association held as provided in the Bylaws.
Section 4.06. Rate of Assessment. Annual General Assessments, Special Assessments,
Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments and the Initial Capital Contribution shall be fixed at a
uniform rate for all Lots. Annual General Assessments and Annual Lot Maintenance
Assessments shall be collected in advance on a monthly or quarterly basis.
Section 4.07. Date of Payment of Annual Assessments: Due Dates. Annual General
Assessments and Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments begin as to each Lot on the first day of
the month following: (a) the date of the closing of the sale to and Owner of such Lot improved
by a new dwelling, (b) upon the date of commencement of a lease of a Lot improved by a new
dwelling; or (c) upon the date of commencement of the use of such Lot improved by a new
dwelling as a model home. During the Declarant Control Period, the Declarant covenants and
agrees to fund any budget operating deficits of the Association not covered by the collection of
assessments provided for herein until the end of the Declarant Control Period, or until such date
as may be determined by the Declarant and furnished no less than thirty (30) days in advance to
all Owners in writing (the "Commencement Date"). Beginning on the Commencement Date, the
Association's budget shall be funded solely by the Annual General Assessments and Annual Lot
Maintenance Assessments. To the extent the Commencement Date does not correspond with the
beginning of the Association's fiscal year, such annual assessments shall be prorated for the
remainder of the fiscal year. The Board of Directors shall fix the amount of the Annual General
Assessment against each Lot at least thirty (30) days in advance of the beginning of each new
annual assessment period. Written notice of the Annual General Assessment shall be sent to
every Owner subject thereto in accordance with the Bylaws. Due dates for assessments shall be
established by the Board of Directors. The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable
charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the
assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association
with the status of assessments on the Lots shall be conclusive evidence of payment of any
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assessment therein stated to have been paid
Section 4.08. Effect of Non -Payment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association. Any
assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall be assessed a late fee and shall
bear interest from the due date at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum or such greater amount
as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Association may bring an action at law
against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien against the Lot (and
all improvements thereon) in accordance with Section 55-516 of the Act. No Owner may waive
or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the Common
Area or abandonment of his Lot. In accordance with Section 55-513 of the Act, if an Owner fails
to pay any assessments and such assessments are more than sixty (60) days past due, the
Association shall have the right to deny the Owner access to any or all of the Common Area,
facilities, or services; provided, however, that direct access to an Owner's Lot over any road
within the development which is a Common Area shall not be denied the Owner.
Section 4.09. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. The lien of the assessments
provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage or deed of trust. No lien
shall be effective as to third parties unless and until a Notice of such lien is recorded in the land
records of Albemarle County. Sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect the assessment lien.
However, the sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to any first mortgage or deed of trust
foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to
payments that became due prior to such sale or transfer, unless a Notice of such lien is recorded.
No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming
due or from the lien thereof. No amendment to this Section 4.8 shall affect the rights of the
holder of any first mortgage on any Lot (or the indebtedness secured thereby) recorded prior to
recordation of such amendment unless the holder thereof (or the indebtedness secured thereby)
shall join in the execution of such amendment.
Section 4.10. Exempt Property. The following property subject to this Declaration shall
be exempt from the assessments created herein:
(a) all properties dedicated to and accepted by a local public authority;
(b) the Common Area;
(c) all properties owned by a charitable or non-profit organization exempt
from taxation by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, provided that no land or
improvements devoted to dwelling use shall be exempt from said assessments; and
(d) all Lots owned by the Declarant.
Section 4.11. Reserves for Capital Components. The Association shall establish and
maintain a reasonable reserve fund as may be required by Va. Code § 55-514.1 of the Act or
determined by the Board of Directors to be necessary to provide working capital, a general
operating reserve and reserves for repair, replacement and restoration of capital components (the
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"Reserve") by the allocation and payment monthly to such fund of an amount to be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Reserve shall be conclusively deemed to be a
common expense of the Association and may be deposited in any banking institution, the
accounts of which are insured by any State or by an agency of the United States of America or
may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, be invested in obligations of, or fully guaranteed
as to principal by, the United States of America. The Reserve may be expended only for the
purpose of the replacement of improvements on the Common Area, major repairs to any
equipment replacement, and for start-up expenses and operating contingencies of a non -recurring
nature relating to the Common Area. The Association may establish such other reserves for such
other purposes as the Board of Directors may from time to time consider necessary or
appropriate. The proportional interest of any Member in any such reserves shall be considered an
appurtenance of his Lot and shall not be separately withdrawn, assigned or transferred or
otherwise separated from the Lot to which it pertains and shall be deemed to be transferred with
such Lot.
(b) The Board of Directors shall conduct at least once every five (5) years a study to
determine the necessity and amount of the Reserve, review the results of such study at least
annually to determine whether the Reserve is sufficient; and make any adjustments the Board of
Directors deems necessary to maintain the Reserve, as appropriate. To the extent such reserve
study indicates a need to budget for reserves, the Association budget shall include, without
limitation: (1) the current estimated replacement cost, estimated remaining life, and estimated
useful life of the capital components; (2) as of the beginning of the fiscal year for which the
budget is prepared, the current amount of the Reserve and the amount of the expected
contribution to the Reserve for that year; and (3) a general statement describing the procedures
used for the estimation and accumulation of the Reserve pursuant to this Section 4.11 and the
extent to which the Association is funding the Reserve consistent with the study currently in
effect.
Section 4.12. Initial Working Fund. The Board of Directors shall levy an initial
assessment against each Owner of a Lot with a completed dwelling thereon who is or becomes a
Class A Member at the time of any conveyance (the "Initial Capital Contribution"). Such Initial
Capital Contribution shall be in an amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and shall be used
for commencing the business and working capital of the Association or any other purpose
established by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
Use Restrictions.
In addition to all other covenants contained herein and subject to the provisions of Article
X, the use of the Property and each Lot therein is subject to the following:
Section 5.01. Residential Use and Home Occupation. The Lots shall be used exclusively
for residential purposes and for other uses permitted to be carried on within single family
dwellings pursuant to the applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance of the County of
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Albemarle, Virginia. The use of a portion of a dwelling on a Lot as a home office by the Owner
thereof shall be considered a residential use, provided that the Owner obtains from the County of
Albemarle Zoning clearance for a Class A Home Occupation and maintains any required permits
for such home occupation or if not available under then current county ordinances, County
zoning clearance and a permit for the least intensive home occupation use of the Lot and also
provided that the use of the Lot does not, as determined by the Declarant in its sole discretion,
create undue customer, client or delivery traffic to and from the Lot. No sales in conjunction
with the home occupation may be conducted on the Lot, except telephone sales or on-line sales
over the Internet. Nothing contained in this Article VI or elsewhere in this Declaration shall be
construed to prohibit the Declarant from the use of any Lot or dwelling, or improvement thereon,
for promotional or display purposes, as model homes, a sales office, or the like.
Section 5.02. Exterior Completion. The exterior of each structure must be completed
within one year (and yard/landscaping must be completed within 15 months) after the
commencement of construction of same, except where such completion is impossible or would
result in great hardship to the Owner or builder due to strikes, fires, national emergency or
natural calamity. Declarant may require the funding of an escrow or bond to insure completion
of the landscaping. The failure to timely complete the exterior of any improvements or
landscaping required herein may be enforced by the Declarant by means of a Correction
Assessment.
Section 5.03. Signs. No sign of any kind (including information boxes) shall be
displayed to the public view on or from any Lot, Street, Common Area, or on or from within any
structure (including in windows) located on any Lot, except: (i) those signs approved in writing
by the Board of Directors; (ii) those signs used by or created for the Declarant; (iii) those signs
used by or created by a builder approved by the Declarant and the real estate sales/marketing
agents for any such approved builder for the following purposes: for sale/marketing signs, model
home signs, open house signs, construction signs, lot number signs and sold signs; (iv) one sign
for each Lot, of not more than eighteen inches (18") by twenty-four inches (24"), located only
inside windows of the dwelling on the Lot, advertising the Lot for resale or rent; (v) house
number signs and (vi) those signs, if any, which shall be required by the County of Albemarle or
VDOT.
Section 5.04. Nuisance. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any
part of the Property, nor shall anything be done thereupon which may be, or may become, a
material annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood, or which shall unreasonably interfere with
the quiet enjoyment of each of the Owners of his respective dwelling unit, or which shall
increase the rate of insurance. The Association, acting through the Board of Directors, shall have
the authority to determine in writing conclusively whether any activity conducted upon any such
area constitutes a nuisance upon the submission to it of a complaint in writing by any Owner
regarding such activity. The Association, acting through the Board of Directors, is given full
authority and power to abate any nuisance after by notice to the Owner specifying the nature of
the nuisance and the Owner failing to abate said nuisance within a reasonable time after notice.
Construction and land development activities of the Declarant shall not be considered a nuisance
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Section 5.05. Temnorary Structures. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, tent,
shack, garage, barn or other out -building shall be used on any Lot at any time as a residence
either temporarily or permanently. Sheds may be permitted, but only with the approval of the
Board of Directors. Except when used for the construction or sales purposes of the Declarant or
any builder (and subcontractors) approved by the Declarant, no trailer or similar equipment shall
be permitted to remain upon the Property for more than 24 hours.
Section 5.06. Recreational and Other Vehicles. No commercial, industrial or recreational
vehicle (including, but not limited to any trailer, camper, bus, recreational vehicle, dune buggy,
tow truck, tractor, backhoe, boat, trailer or truck over 3/4 ton rated capacity) shall be stored or
parked on any Lot (except in garages) or on the Property without the written consent of the
Board. Additionally, the Association, acting through the Board of Directors shall have the power
to regulate or prohibit the placement, storage or parking, whether temporary or permanent, on the
Property of any vehicle which in the opinion of the Board of Directors detracts from the general
aesthetic character and harmony by reason of: (i) the general disrepair or dilapidated state of
such vehicle, (ii) the types or quantities of materials or items stored on or within such vehicle, or
(iii) the unusual or tasteless exterior appearance of such vehicle, including signs thereon. The
Board of Directors shall have the right to tow any improperly parked vehicle or any vehicle, the
keeping or parking of which in the Common Area violates this Declaration, upon twenty-four
(24) hours' prior written notice to the responsible Owner.
Section 5.07. Inoperable and Unlicensed Vehicles. The Association, acting through the
Board of Directors shall have the right to tow any inoperable vehicle (as conclusively determined
by the Board of Directors), junk vehicle or other vehicle on the Property on which current license
plates are not displayed, upon forty-eight (48) hours' prior written notice to the responsible
Owner. The repair or extraordinary maintenance of automobiles or other vehicles shall not be
carried out anywhere on the Property.
Section 5.08. Pets. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or
kept on the Property, except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept subject to such
rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Association and provided they are not kept, bred
or maintained for any commercial purpose, or in unreasonable numbers. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no animals or fowl may be kept on the Property that result in an annoyance or are
obnoxious to residents in the vicinity. Pets must be leashed or otherwise restrained while on the
Property and all pet waste collected and properly disposed of by the pet's Owner.
Section 5.09. Wood Burning Fireplaces, Stoves, and Firewood: Gas Fireplaces. Wood
burning fireplaces, stoves or inserts may be used on the Property provided, however, that no
more than a cord of firewood may be stored at any time, only in the rear of any Lot and either
uncovered or covered with tarpaulins of dark (green, black or brown) color, properly secured.
Gas fireplaces shall be permitted on the Property, provided, however, that propane storage tanks
shall be kept underground and shall not exceed a volume of 500 gallons.
Section 5.10. Antennas, Satellite Dishes. No exterior or roof antennas or satellite dishes
(except for allowed satellite dishes which are those that do not exceed two (2) feet in diameter)
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or similar devices shall be attached to or installed on any Lot or on the exterior portion of any
structure on any Lot, except as approved in writing by the Board. The location of allowed
satellite dishes must be approved in writing by the Board and generally will be restricted to the
rear of the Lots.
Section 5.11. Trees. No person may disturb or remove existing trees or other vegetation
in any Common Area. Any Owner, for himself and his family members, tenants, guests or other
invitees for whom he is responsible, who removes any tree or vegetation in any setback,
screening or landscape easement areas or other part of the Common Area may be liable pursuant
to Section 8.01 for a charge of ten dollars ($10.00) per day following such removal until such
landscape trees or vegetation are replaced with trees and vegetation of like kind and quality by
such Owner at his sole cost and expense.
Section 5.12. Mailboxes. Mailboxes shall be of a uniform size, color and design as
specified by the Declarant. Real estate sales information boxes shall not be permitted to be
mounted on mailboxes.
Section 5.13. Fences. No fence may be erected upon any Lot in the front yard. Fences
may be erected in the side and/or back yards of Lots, provided that no fence shall extend closer
to a street than the front corners of the dwelling on the Lot. In cases of demonstrated hardship,
this restriction on front yard fences may be waived by a written waiver signed by the Board. The
"front" shall be that side of the dwelling on a Lot facing, or most nearly facing, a street. Should
a question arise about the location of the front, side or rear yard, it shall be conclusively
determined by the Board of Directors. All fences shall be three or four board, Virginia horse
fencing and painted black.
Section 5.14. Garbage Service. Garbage collection shall take place at such locations as
are approved or designated by the Declarant. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
designate, from time to time, one or more companies and/or individuals exclusively authorized to
provide garbage collection service to the Property. Garbage and recycling containers shall be
kept in garages except on pick-up day. On the day when pick-up is scheduled, Owners shall not
have garbage or recycling containers outside of the garage or other area designated by the Board
of Directors more than twelve (12) hours.
Section 5.15. Drainage. No Owner shall interfere unreasonably with the natural drainage
of surface water from his Lot to the detriment of any other Lot.
Section 5.16. Garages. All Owners of Lots are encouraged to keep their vehicles in their
garages overnight. For appearance purposes, Owners are encouraged to keep garage doors
closed as much as possible.
Section 5.17. On -Street Parking. On -street parking is discouraged.
Section 5.18. Light Posts. One post light controlled by a light sensor may be installed in
front of the dwelling on each Lot and connected to the dwelling's electrical power. Each Owner
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shall bear the cost of the electrical power for any post light located on his Lot, and shall replace
light bulbs and perform any other repairs or replacements for each post light.
Section 5.19. Exterior Appearance. All Lots shall have white or earthen toned venetian
blinds on windows facing any private street on the Property. Drapes may be added, but are not
required. All Lots which have decks shall have rails and band boards which match the exterior
trim color of the improvements on the Lots, irrespective of the construction material. Screened
porches shall be constructed with only trim which matches the exterior trim color of the
improvements on the Lots. These restrictions shall be enforced by the Board.
Section 5.20. Miscellaneous. All rubbish, trash and garbage shall be regularly removed
from the Property, and shall not be allowed to accumulate thereon. All clotheslines shall be
prohibited on the Property unless obscured from view of adjoining Lots and Common Areas by a
fence or appropriate screening approved by the Board. Propane and similar fuel tanks shall be
located underground. Nothing herein shall be deemed to apply to the storage on the Property of
building materials during, and for use in, the initial construction of the improvements on the
Property.
Section 5.21. Rules. Regulations and Enforcement. All Owners, any occupant of a Lot
and any party using the Common Areas shall abide by this Declaration, the Bylaws and any rules
and regulations adopted by the Association. Rules and regulations, if any, shall be of uniform
applicability throughout the Property and shall be adopted and enforced pursuant to the Act. The
Board of Directors shall be authorized to assess a charge or fine pursuant to Section 55-513 of
the Act and Section 8.01 of this Declaration against any Owner for violation of the restrictions of
this Declaration or the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors for which such
Owner, or his family members, his tenants, guests or other invitees are responsible.
Section 5.22. Applicability. None of the foregoing restrictions of this Article VI shall be
applicable to the activities of -
(a) Declarant, its officers, employees, agents or assigns, in their development,
marketing and sale of Lots or other parcels within the Property; or
(b) The Association, its officers, employees and agents, in connection with the
proper maintenance, repair, replacement and improvement of the Common Area and its
facilities.
Section 5.23. Access to Lots. During normal business hours, upon at least twenty-four
(24) hours' prior notice, which may be by email, to the affected Owner, the Board, the Declarant,
the Association or the Board of Directors, or any representative of any of them, shall have the
right to enter upon and inspect any portion of the Property including such Owner's Lot for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Declaration been or are being
complied with, and such persons shall not be deemed guilty of trespass by reason of such entry.
In emergency situations, the aforesaid right of entry shall not require advance notice. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Declarant hereby reserves for itself, its successors, and the
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Association, the right and easement to enter such Lot or any dwelling thereon for the purpose of
performing Association provided lawn and exterior maintenance work or work pursuant to the
builder's warranty provided by Va. Code § 55-70.1 of the Act, as amended.
ARTICLE VI
Exterior Maintenance of Property
Section 6.01. Association Maintenance —Common Area and Roads. With respect to all
Common Area and Roads, the Association, through the Owners' payment of Annual Lot
Maintenance Assessments, shall be responsible for the following items of regular maintenance
within all Common Area and Roads, with such frequency and as necessary as determined by the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion: lawn grass mowing, edging, fertilization and weed
control; pruning of trees and shrubs installed by the Declarant or the Association, weeding and
mulching of beds installed by the Declarant or the Association; maintenance and repair of street
signs and monument sign; maintenance and repair of the storm water management facilities; and
maintenance and repair of all private roads located on the Property. The Association shall
remove snow from any private roads and common parking areas located on the Property within
24 hours of the cessation of any snow or ice stone. The Board of Directors shall have the power
to designate, from time to time, one or more companies and/or individuals exclusively authorized
to provide snow removal service to the Property.
Section 6.02. Association Maintenance ---Lots. With respect to all Lots, the Association,
through the Owners' payment of Annual Lot Maintenance Assessments, shall be responsible for
the following items of regular maintenance on all Lots, with such frequency and as necessary as
determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion: lawn grass mowing, edging, weeding
and fertilization; pruning of shrubs installed by the Declarant or the Association; weeding and
mulching of beds installed by the Declarant or the Association; and painting, repair and
replacement of mailboxes.
Section 6.03. Owner Maintenance. Each Owner shall keep each Lot owned by him, and
all improvements therein or thereon, in good order and repair and free of debris, including but
not limited to, pruning and cutting of all plantings not installed by the Declarant or the
Association; weed control and mulching of all beds not installed by the Declarant or the
Association, and the painting (or other appropriate external care) of all buildings (including
siding, trim, windows, doors, roofs, gutters and downspouts) and other improvements, all in a
manner and with such frequency as is consistent with good property management and in
accordance, where required, with Board approval as provided herein.
Section 6.04. Enforcement. In the event an Owner of any Lot in the Property shall fail to
maintain his Lot and the improvements situated thereon within thirty (30) days after sending of
written notice (which may be by email) from the Board of Directors specifying the conditions
requiring remedy and the minimum maintenance or repairs necessary to remedy such condition,
then, upon the vote of the Board of Directors, as provided in the Bylaws, the Association shall
have all rights of enforcement set forth in Section 8.01 and the right to enter upon said Lot to
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perform such minimum maintenance or repairs necessary to remedy the condition. All costs
related to such correction, repair or restoration shall become a lien upon such Lot and such lien
may be enforced in the same manner as an annual assessment levied in accordance with Section
4.07 hereof. Any such lien shall be subordinate to the lien of any fast mortgage or deed of trust.
No lien shall be effective as to third parties unless and until a notice or memorandum of such lien
is recorded on the land records of Albemarle County. Sale, conveyance or transfer of any Lot
shall not affect such lien. However, the sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to foreclosure on a
bona fide deed of trust or any proceeding in lieu thereof shall extinguish any such lien as to
payments that became due prior to such sale or transfer. No sale, conveyance or transfer shall
relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien
thereof. No amendment to this Article VII shall affect the rights of the holder of any first
mortgage on any Lot (or the indebtedness secured thereby) recorded prior to the recordation of
such amendment unless the holder thereof (or the indebtedness secured thereby) shall join in the
execution of such amendment.
ARTICLE VII
Management
Section 7.01. Managing Agent. The Declarant, or one of its subsidiaries, or any licensed
management company in Virginia (the "Managing Agent") may perform management duties for
the Association, at least until the end of the Declarant Control Period, at a rate of compensation
established by the Board of Directors for such duties and services as the Board of Directors shall
from time to time authorize in writing. The Managing Agent shall perform such duties and
services as the Board of Directors shall authorize in writing. After the end of the Declarant
Control Period and the expiration or other termination of the contract of the then -current
Managing Agent, the Board of Directors may employ a Managing Agent of its choosing as the
Managing Agent of the Association.
Section 7.02. Duration of Management Agreement. In the event any Managing Agent is
employed as provided in Section 7.01 hereof, any management agreement entered into by the
Association shall provide inter alia that such agreement may be terminated with or without cause
by either party upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice thereof to the other party. The term of
any such management agreement may be renewable by mutual agreement of the parties for
successive one (1) year periods.
Section 7.03 Disclosure Packets. The Managing Agent, or if none, the Association shall
be responsible for preparing, updating as needed and providing, upon proper request, disclosure
packets containing such information as set forth in Section 55-509.5 of the Act. The Association
shall be authorized to make charges for such disclosure packets and for any inspections
occasioned thereby, said charges being made at such times and in such amounts as authorized by
Section 55-509.6 and Section 55-509.7 of the Act.
Section 7.04. Limitation of Liability. Neither the Managing Agent, the Association nor
the Board of Directors shall be liable for any failure of any services to be obtained by the
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Association or paid for out of the common expense funds, or for injury or damage to person or
property caused by the elements or resulting from water which may leak or flow from any
portion of the Common Area or its facilities, or from any wire, pipe, drain, conduit or the like.
The Association shall not be liable to any Member for loss or damage, by theft or otherwise, of
articles which may be stored upon the Common Area or its facilities. No diminution or
abatement of assessments, as herein elsewhere provided for, shall be claimed or allowed for
inconvenience or discomfort arising from the making of repairs or improvements to the Common
Area or its facilities, or from any action taken by the Association to comply with any of the
provisions of this Declaration or with any law or ordinance or with the order or directive of any
municipal or other governmental authority.
ARTICLE VIII
General Provisions
Section 8.01. Enforcement.
(a) The Association, or any Member or Mortgagee, shall have the right to enforce, by
any proceeding at law and/or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens,
charges or other obligations or terms now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of this
Declaration, the Architectural Guidelines or Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Declarant
or the Association or by the articles of incorporation or Bylaws of the Association. Failure of the
Association, any Member or any Mortgagee to enforce any covenant or restriction herein
contained, contained in the Architectural Guidelines or Rules and Regulations or any provision
of the Bylaws or articles of incorporation of the Association shall in no event be deemed a
waiver of the right to do so thereafter. It shall be conclusively presumed that any material
violation or breach, or attempted violation or breach, of the covenants and restrictions contained
in this Declaration, the Architectural Guidelines, Rules and Regulations the Bylaws or the
articles of incorporation of the Association shall cause irreparable damage to the Association, its
Members or any Mortgagee, that such damage cannot be adequately remedied by action at law or
exclusively by recovery of damages, and therefore that injunctive or other equitable relief is the
proper remedy for such breach.
(b) In addition to the power to suspend a Member's right to use facilities, services, and
Common Areas for nonpayment of Association assessments as described in Section 4.07 hereof,
the Board of Directors shall have the power to assess charges against any Member for violation
of the Declaration or any rules and regulations for which the Member or such Member's
household, tenants, guests, or other invitees are responsible. The amount of any charges so
assessed shall not be limited to the expense or damage to the Association caused by the violation,
but shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for a single offense or ten dollars ($10.00) per day for
any offense of a continuing nature and shall be treated as an assessment against the offending
Member's Lot for the purposes of Section 55-516 of the Act. However, the total charges for any
offense of a continuing nature shall not be assessed for a period exceeding ninety (90) days.
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(c) Before the charges of Subparagraph (b) above or the suspension described in Section
4.07 hereof may be imposed, the Member shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to be
represented by counsel before the Board of Directors. Notice of a hearing, including the charges
or other sanctions that may be imposed, shall be hand delivered or mailed by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Member at the address of record with the
Association at least fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing.
Section 8.02. Severability. Invalidation of any one of these covenants or restrictions by
judgment or court order shall in no way affect any other provisions, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 8.03. Duration. Except where permanent easements or other permanent rights or
interests are herein created, the covenants and restrictions of the Declaration shall run with and
bind the Property for a term of twenty-five (25) years from the date this Declaration is recorded,
after which time they shall be automatically extended for successive periods of twenty-five (25)
years each unless terminated as provided in Article XII hereof.
Section 8.04. Amendment. Subject to the other limitations set forth in this Declaration,
and except as otherwise provided by the Act, this Declaration may be amended only by vote of
two-thirds (2/3) of the Owners, evidenced by their execution of the amendment or ratifications
thereof, and shall become effective when a copy of the amendment is recorded together with a
certification, signed by the principal officer of the Association or such other officer or officers as
the Declaration may specify, that the requisite majority of the Owners signed the amendment or
ratifications thereof, among the land records of Albemarle County.
Section 8.05. Annexation. Additional lots or property, as may be hereafter designated by
the Declarant or its successors or assigns, may be annexed to the Property without the consent of
the Class A Members of the Association, if any, within five (5) years after the date this
Declaration is recorded. Any annexations made pursuant to this Section 8.05, or otherwise, shall
be made by recording a supplementary declaration among the land records of the County of
Albemarle, which supplementary declaration shall extend this Declaration to such annexed
property, or by the recordation of a deed of dedication or deed of subdivision for such additional
property or any portion thereof which shall by its terms subject such additional property to the
operation of the provision of this Declaration. On the first day of the month following
recordation of the above described supplementary declaration, deed of dedication or subdivision,
all lots described in the supplemental declaration, deed of dedication or subdivision shall be
assessed a pro rata share of any assessments then due.
Except during the Period of Declarant Control or as otherwise provided herein,
annexations to the Property shall require the consent of two-thirds (2/3) of the Class A Members.
Section 8.06. FHA and VA Aroprovals. Provided that there are then Class B memberships
of the Association outstanding, and should any Lot be encumbered by a deed of trust guaranteed
by the Veterans Administration or Federal Housing Administration, then neither the Members,
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the Board of Directors nor the Association shall, by act or omission, take any of the following
actions without the prior written consent or approval of the Federal Housing Administration or
the Veterans Administration:
(a) make any annexation or additions other than as provided for pursuant to
Section 8.05 of this Declaration;
(b) abandon, partition, dedicate, subdivide, encumber, sell or transfer any of
the Common Area or its facilities directly or indirectly owned by the Association; provided,
however, that the granting of rights -of -way, easements and the like for public utilities or for
other purposes consistent with the use of the Common Area and its facilities by the Members of
the Association shall not be considered a transfer within the meaning of this Section 8.06;
(c) abandon or terminate this Declaration;
(d) modify or amend any provisions of this Declaration, the Bylaws or the
articles of incorporation of the Association; or
(e) merge or consolidate the Association with any other entity or sell, lease,
exchange or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the Association to any other
entity.
Section 8.07. Consents by Lenders. Any other provision of this Declaration or the
Bylaws or articles of incorporation of the Association to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the
Owners, the Board of Directors nor the Association shall, by act or omission, take any of the
following actions without the prior written consent and approval of not less than two-thirds (2/3)
in number of the holders of the first mortgages of record on the Lots:
(a) abandon, partition, alienate, release, hypothecate, dedicate, subdivide,
encumber, sell or transfer any of the Common Area or its facilities directly or indirectly owned
by the Association; provided, however, that the granting of rights -of -way, easements and the like
for public utilities or for other purposes consistent with the use of the Common Area and its
facilities by the Members of the Association shall not be considered a transfer within the
meaning of this Section 8.07;
(b) abandon or terminate this Declaration;
(c) modify or amend any provision of this Declaration, the Bylaws or the
articles of incorporation of the Association dealing with the rights of Mortgagees;
(d) merge or consolidate the Association with any other entity or sell, lease,
exchange or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the Association to any other
entity;
(e) substantially modify the method of determining and collecting
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assessments against an Owner or his Lot as provided in the Declaration; or
(f) fail to maintain fire and extended coverage on any building in the
Common Area on a current replacement cost basis in an amount not less than one hundred
percent (100%) of the insurable value (based on current replacement cost); or
(h) use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any Common Area for other
than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such Common Area.
Section 8.08. Additional Rights of Mortgagee — Notice. The Association shall promptly
notify the Mortgagee of any portion of the Property (i) for which any assessment levied pursuant
to the Declaration, or any installment thereof, becomes delinquent for a period in excess of thirty
(30) days, or (ii) with respect to which any default in any other provision of this Declaration
remains uncured for a period in excess of thirty (30) days following the date of such default.
No suit or other proceeding may be brought to foreclose the lien for any assessment
levied pursuant to this Declaration except after ten (10) days' prior written notice to the
Mortgagee of the portion of the Property which is the subject of such suit or proceeding. If the
Association employs a Managing Agent and then subsequently undertakes "self -management," it
shall promptly give written notice of such occurrence to all Mortgagees of record of the Property.
Any first mortgagees of any portion of the Property may pay any taxes, utility charges or
other charges levied against Common Area which are in default and which may or have become
a charge or lien against Common Area and any such first mortgagees may pay any overdue
premiums on any hazard insurance policy or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the
Common Area. Any first mortgagee who advances any such payment shall be due immediately
reimbursement of the amount so advanced from the Association.
Section 8.09. Mortgagee Notification and Presumptive Annroval. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all notices and rights of Mortgagees contained in this Declaration and the Bylaws
shall pertain only to those Mortgagees who have advised the Association in writing of their
status as Mortgagees and provided current mailing addresses. If any notice is given or consent
requested pursuant to Sections 8.07 and 8.08 above and the Mortgagee does not grant or deny
such consent within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, then such Mortgagee shall be
deemed to have approved such notice or consent.
Section 8.10. Casualty. In the event of substantial damage or destruction to the Common
Area, the Board of Directors of the Association shall give prompt written notice of such damage
or destruction to the Mortgagees. No provision of the Declaration or the Bylaws shall entitle any
Member to any priority over the Mortgagee of his Lot with respect to the distribution to such
Member of any insurance proceeds paid or payable on account of any damage or destruction of
the Common Area.
Section 8.11. Condemnation or Eminent Domain. In the event any part of the Common
Area is made the subject matter of any condemnation or eminent domain proceeding, or is
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otherwise sought to be acquired by any condemning authority, then the Board of Directors of the
Association shall give prompt written notices of any such proceeding or proposed acquisition to
the Mortgagees. No provision of this Declaration or the Bylaws shall entitle any Member to any
priority over the Mortgagee of his Lot with respect to the distribution to such Member of the
proceeds of any condemnation or settlement relating to a taking of the Common Area.
Section 8.12. Captions and Gender. The captions contained in this Declaration are for
convenience only and are not a part of this Declaration and are not intended in any way to limit
or enlarge the terns and provisions of this Declaration. Whenever the context so requires, the
male shall include both genders and the singular shall include the plural.
Section 8.13. Successors and Assigns The Declaration shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the Declarant and its successors and assigns. The covenants, conditions
and restrictions contained in this Declaration shall bind the Declarant and the Owners, shall
burden title to the Property for the benefit of the owners thereof, and shall run with the land and
bind the Declarant's successors in title.
Section 8.14. Boundary Revisions. No Lot may be subdivided or its boundary lines
changed except with the prior written consent of the Board of Directors, which shall not prohibit
boundary line adjustments to resolve encroachments, boundary line disputes, zoning violations
and other clouds on title. The Declarant without the consent of the Board of Directors, may
make Lot boundary line adjustments to resolve actual or potential encroachments, zoning
violations and other clouds on title. In addition, the Declarant expressly reserves to itself, its
successors and assigns, the right to replat any Lot owned by it and shown on any subdivision plat
of the Property in order to create a modified building Lot or Lots and to take such other steps as
are reasonably necessary to make such replatted Lot suitable and fit as a building site, including
but not limited to, the relocation of easements, open space, walkways, rights of way,
bike/pedestrian trails and other amenities to conform to the new boundaries of said replatted Lot.
ARTICLE DX
Easements and Additional Maintenance Covenants
Section 9.01. General Easement. The Declarant and Association reserve the right and
easement to the temporary use of the Common Area and any Lot or any portion thereof as may
be needed for repair, maintenance or construction on any Lot or the Common Area, provided that
any damage to the servient property shall be promptly repaired at the cost of the Declarant or the
Association, as the case may be.
Section 9.02. Crossover Easement. If the Owner (including the Declarant) of any Lot, in
order to maintain or make responsible repairs or improvements to a building on his Lot or in
order to move furniture into a building on his Lot, must enter or cross any Common Area or Lot
of another Owner, such Owner shall have an easement to do so; provided that said Owner shall
use the most direct feasible route in entering and crossing over such area, ladders and other
equipment shall not be located on the property of the other Owner any longer than reasonably
necessary and the Owner shall restore the surface so entered, used or crossed to its original
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condition, at the expense of said Owner, and finther provided that such easement shall not exist
on the land of any other Owner if the purpose for the entrance or crossing is one requiring, by
virtue of Article V of this Declaration, approval of either the Board of Directors or the
Architectural Committee of the Association, unless such approval has been given.
Section 9.03. Blanket Easement. An easement is hereby retained in favor of Declarant
and the Association, together with the right to grant and transfer the same, over, across and under
the Property and the Common Area for the construction and installation of landscaping, retaining
walls, transition slopes, storm water management, storm water drainage, lighting, cable
television system, sprinklers, entrance features, or any item for the enjoyment or benefit of the
Owners or deemed necessary or expedient by the Declarant in its sole discretion. An easement is
further granted for the purpose of the repair and maintenance of any item so constructed or
installed. Each Owner and any builder or contractor covenants not to damage or destroy any
portion of an item so constructed and shall hold the Association and the Declarant harmless from
the cost of repairing or replacing any portion damaged or destroyed by such owner, his
household, guests or invitees. The easement provided by the Section 9.03 shall exclude the
footprint of any building located on the Property.
Section 9.04. Easement and Right of Entry of Law Enforcement Officials Fire Rescue
and Other Emergency Personnel. An easement and right of entry through and upon the Property
is hereby granted to law enforcement officers, rescue squad personnel, firefighting and other
emergency personnel of the jurisdiction in which the Property is located, and to vehicles
operated by said personnel while in the pursuit of their duties. Said emergency personnel shall
also have the right of enforcement of cleared emergency vehicle access on roadways and
driveways on the Property.
Section 9.05. Utility Easements. Easements over, across and under the Property and the
Common Area for the installation and maintenance of electric, telephone, cable television and
internet service, water, gas, roof drains, whether connected directly to storm sewer or not,
drainage and sanitary sewer lines and facilities and the like, as well as any utility or storm water
management easements, are hereby reserved by Declarant, together with the right to grant and
transfer the same. Declarant also reserves the right to enter onto the Property and/or Common
Area and the Lots for the purpose of completing the improvements thereon, for the further
purpose of correcting any defects in workmanship or materials in the Property or the
improvements thereon, and for maintenance and repair of any of the foregoing.
The easements provided by this Section 9.05 shall exclude the footprint of any building
located on the Lot and be governed by and subject to the following:
(a) All utilities constructed or installed on the Property shall be underground;
provided, however, that if it is impracticable to locate a utility entirely below ground, the
portion(s) of such utility located above ground shall be subject to the prior review and approval
of the Board.
(b) Whenever water, sanitary sewer, roof drains, whether connected directly
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to storm sewer or not, electricity, gas, cable television/internet or telephone connections, lines,
cables or any portion thereof, are or have been installed within the Property, the owner of any
Lot, or the Association shall have the right, and are hereby granted an easement to the extent
necessary thereof, to enter upon or have a utility company enter upon any portion of the Property
in which said installation lies, to repair, replace and generally maintain said installations.
(c) The right granted in Subparagraph (b), above, shall be only to the extent
necessary to entitle the entity serviced by said installation to its full and reasonable use and
enjoyment and provided farther that any one exercising said right shall be responsible for
restoring the surface of the easement area so used to its condition prior to such use.
(d) In the event of a dispute between Owners with respect to the repair or
rebuilding of said connections, or with respect to the sharing of the cost thereof, upon written
request of one of such Owner addressed to the Association, the matter shall be submitted to its
Board of Directors, who shall decide the dispute, and the decision of the Board shall be final and
conclusive on the parties.
Section 9.06. Drainaee Easement. The Declarant hereby establishes such easements for
drainage and water flow as the contours of the Property and the arrangement of buildings by
Declarant thereon requires. Declarant reserves an easement over all Lots and Common Area for
the purpose of correcting any drainage deficiency and for all of the foregoing, together with the
right to grant and transfer the same. The easements provided by this Section 9.6 shall exclude
the footprint of any building located on the Lot.
Section 9.07. Encroachment Easement. Each Lot within the Property is hereby declared
to have an easement, not exceeding one foot (1') in width, over all adjoining Lots for the purpose
of accommodating any encroachment not in violation of the County of Albemarle zoning
ordinance due to engineering errors, errors in original construction, settlement or shifting of the
buildings, roof overhangs, gutters, downspouts, retaining walls, architectural features or other
appendages, sidewalks, draining of rain water from roofs, or any other similar cause. There shall
be valid easements for the maintenance of said encroachments so long as they shall exist, and the
rights and obligations of Owners shall not be altered in any way by said encroachment,
settlement or shifting; provided, however, that in no event shall a valid easement for
encroachment be created in favor of an Owner or Owners if said encroachment occurred due to
the willful misconduct of said Owner or Owners. In the event a structure on any Lot is partially
or totally destroyed and then repaired or rebuilt, the Owners of each Lot agree that minor
encroachments over adjoining Lots shall be permitted and that there shall be valid easements for
the maintenance of said encroachments so long as they shall exist.
Section 9.08. Storm Water Management. Except as may be otherwise provided in any
easement between the Declarant and the County of Albemarle, the Association shall maintain
any required facilities for storm water management located within the Common Area and such
additional facilities as may be established from time to time on the Property. An easement and
right of entry through and upon the Common Area is hereby granted to the County of Albemarle
for purposes of maintenance of any storm water management or erosion control area located
therein, should such maintenance be required by public health, safety and welfare concerns.
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Maintenance of drainage easements on individual Lots shall be the responsibility of the Owner(s)
of such Lots.
Section 9.09. Construction and Slope Maintenance Easements. There is hereby reserved
to the Declarant and to the Association a maintenance and construction easement over, across,
and under the Lots for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, and maintaining walls,
culverts, and other slope transition and maintenance devices as the Declarant, its successors in
title or assigns, or the Association may deem necessary for the orderly maintenance of slopes and
slope transitions.
Section 9.10. Private Road Maintenance Easement. A right of way easement is hereby
established over all private roads on the Property connecting the Lots on the Property, for the use
by the Owners and the public for ingress to and egress. The Association shall maintain, at its
expense, all private roads located on the Property until and unless such road is accepted for
maintenance by Albemarle County or the Virginia Department of Transportation, at which time
such easement and maintenance obligation shall expire and be of no further force and effect.
ARTICLE X
Dissolution of Association
The Owners of Lots shall not dissolve or disband the Association, nor shall the
Association dispose of any Common Area by sale, or otherwise, except to an organization
conceived and organized to own and maintain the Common Area, without first offering to
dedicate the same to the jurisdiction in which the Property is located, or to another appropriate
governmental agency. No such dissolution or transfer of the obligations and responsibilities of
the Association shall occur without the approval of the appropriate agency of the County of
Albemarle, Virginia.
ARTICLE XI
Financing
Declarant granted Trustee, for the benefit of Bank, a security interest in the Property in
connection with Declarant's acquisition and development financing, which security interest is
evidenced by an Amended and Restated Credit Line Deed of Trust and Security Agreement
recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book
4794, page 619 (the "Deed of Trust"). By way of their execution of this Declaration, Bank and
Trustee acknowledge the provisions hereof, consent to the imposition of restrictions on the
Property, and subordinate the Deed of Trust to the Declaration.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the duly -authorized representatives of
th. eclarant, Bank and Trustee have executed this instrument on theme day of
vl 2017.
TROY 0000
Notary Puhllu
Commonweal@ otVN0lnle
7580000
My
commission Expires 04I W2021
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, to wit:
GLENMORE PARTNERS, LLC, a Virginia limited
liability company
By: Red Dirt Developments, LLC
By_L / ��-
Jess Achy ach, Manager
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 4 day of L �/
2017, by Jess Achenbach, the Manager of Red Dirt Developments, LLC, the manager of
Glenmore Partners, LLC on behalf of Glenmore Partners, LLC.
No Public
My Commission expires: G
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UNION BANK & TRUST, a Virginia banking
corporation
Name
Its:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
CITY/COUNTY OF A1-6e 16,,1 e , to wit:
The foregoin instrument was acknowled ed efo a me this a?�/ day of c� 1 y
2017, by It C'.ieam-'a as Srg , P, on behalf of Union Bank
& Trust, a Virginia banking corporation.
My Commission expires:
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Public
CYNTHIA a M— q� q_ TIN
Notary public
Commonwealth of VirCinia
341258
:mission Expires Dee 31
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UNION SERVICE CORPORATION, a Virginia
corporation
By:
Its: e'C e l,p5,' east
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
CITY/COUNTY OF I -emq)' 1 , to wit:
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged befor me this & day of 'S u
2017, by (en as r to : on behalf of pion
Service Corporation, a Virginia corporation.
My Commission expires:
CYNTHIA 8 MARTIN
Notary public
Common'122I I'l of Virginia
341258
mmission Expires Dec 31.
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EXEMIT A
All those certain Lots, Open Spaces and Private Right -of -Ways shown on the attached
plat of Roudabush, Gale & Associates, Inc., entitled" Subdivision Plat Section K2C-II Phase 1
Glenmore Subdivision" dated December 13, 2016, last revised June 23, 2017, consisting of
Sheets I through 15, hereto attached and recorded with this document.
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