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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA006 - Restrictive Covenants dated March 13, 1989 RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FIRST ADDITION, SOUTHWOOD SUBDIVISION TO AMES, IOWA WHEREAS, the undersigned is the owner in fee simple of all lots in FIRST ADDITION,, SOUTHWOOD SUBDIVISION TO AMES, IOWA, and WHEREAS, for its own protection and for the benefit of subsequent owners of lots within said subdivision, the said owner desires to restrict the use thereof in certain particulars, NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby covenants and agrees as follows: 1 . No building or structure of any nature shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon the real estate, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made, until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials and location of the same shall .have been submitted to -and approved by the undersigned as to the harmony of external design and location in relation to proposed surrounding structures and to topography. All buildings and improvements shall be of new construction only. No preexisting buildings shall be permitted to be moved onto a lot, nor shall any trailer, mobile home or other similar structure be placed upon any lot, excepting those used on a temporary basis by a contractor during construction. .This covenant shall expire upon the termination or dissolution of the undersigned as a partnership entity. Evidence of such termination or dissolution, if such occurs, shall be promptly filed with the office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa. 2 . The dimension of any wall of any structure or improvement which faces Duff Avenue in the City of Ames,. Iowa, shall not exceed fifty percent (50% ) of the total width (north-south dimension) of', the lot so as to permit an open view between the buildings and structures on adjacent lots . No fences , signs , dense foliage or other objects shall obstruct the view. NEWBROUGH,JOHNSTON, BREWER,MADDUX &NADLER PM 1K---A2!&-���� AMES,IOWA ' I v -2- 3 . Not less than ten percent ( 10% ) of the total area of a lot shall be used for landscaping and lawn purposes or green space. 4 . All exterior walls shall be constructed with either brick, wood, stone, glass or precast wall panels, or combinations thereof. 5 . No building shall be erected nearer than ten ( 10) feet to any side lot line, nor nearer than twenty (20 ) feet to the rear lot line. 6 . Buildings and improvements constructed on Lots 1 through 6 , inclusive, Block 1 , and Lots 1 through 5 , inclusive, Block 2 , shall not exceed one-story or twenty-five ( 25) feet in height. Any air conditioning units or other mechanical equipment installed upon a roof of a structure shall be screened from view by architectural design extensions in the manner of parapets or b other screening devices, 'subject to such height limitation. 7 . Any improvement or structure built upon a lot shall be fully finished and ready for use within. one ( 1 ) year from the date of commencement of construction. 8 . Equipment, trash cans, garbage cans and storage piles shall be kept screened from view by adequate planting or fencing so as to conceal them from the view of other owners of lots within the subdivision. All rubbish, trash or garbage shall be regularly removed and shall not be permitted to accumulate. 9 . All ground-mounted utility transformers situated upon any lot shall be appropriately screened from view by either wood, brick or shrubbery, but only in such manner as is permitted and authorized by the City of Ames, Iowa. 10 . No lot within the subdivision shall be subdivided without the prior written approval of the undersigned. This covenant shall expire upon the termination or dissolution of the undersigned as a partnership entity. 11 . Not more than three ( 3 ) restaurants shall be permitted within FIRST ADDITION, SOUTHWOOD SUBDIVISION TO AMES, NEWBROUGH,JOHNSTON, IOWA. The term "restaurant" as used herein shall mean an eating BREWER,MADDUX S.NADLER AMES,IOWA BOOK PAGE...42-L -3- establishment that has an occupancy rating of fifty (50 ) or more. 12 . These restrictions and conditions shall be deemed to be covenants running with the land and shall endure and be binding upon the undersigned, its successors in interest and assigns, for a period of twenty-one ( 21 ) years from the date of the recording of these Restrictive Covenants in the office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa. In the event of the violation of any of said Restrictive Covenants, any person or entity then owning a lot within the subdivision is specifically authorized to resort to an action at law or in equity for relief , either by injunction or for damages , against the person, persons or entity so violating said Covenants . 13 . Invalidation of any of these Covenants by a judgment or order of court having jurisdiction thereof shall in no way affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect. Dated at Ames, Iowa, this day of March, 1989 . SOUTH DUFF DEVELOP NT PARTNERSHIP By F Doug l s yle, Partner STATE OF IOWA ) ss . COUNTY OF STORY ) r On this day of March, 1989 , before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Douglas G. Pyle, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that the person is one of the partners of South Duff Development Partnership, an Iowa General Partnership, and that the instrument was signed on behalf of the partnership by authority of the partners, and the partner acknowledged the execution of the instrument to be the voluntary act and deed of the partnership, by it and by the partner voluntarily executed. FRANK B.JOHNSTON MY�OMMISSIONEXPIRES Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa NEWBROUGH,JOHNSTON. BREWER,MADDUX /7 &NADLER �a PAGE O AMES.19WA i i