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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA009 - Restrictive Covenants for Wildflower Subdivision dated December 29, 1986 ti RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR WILDFLOWER SUBDIVISION, AMES, IOWA WHEREAS, the undersigned is the titleholder of the real estate contained in Wildflower Subdivision, Ames, Iowa, and; WHEREAS, for its own protection and for the benefit of subsequent owners of the lots within said subdivision, the undersigned desires to restrict the use thereof in certain particulars; THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby covenants and agrees for itself, its assigns, and successors in interest, as follows: 1. Lots 1 through 8 shall be used for single-family residential purposes only. No more than one single-family dwelling shall be constructed on any of said lots. No other buildings shall be erected on said lots except for a residential garage and such other outbuildings as are incidental to the single-family residential use of the property. No lot shall be subdivided except to enlarge adjacent property. 2. All residences shall be of new construction only. No trailer, basement, shack, garage, barn or other outbuildings or structure of any temporary character shall be used on- any lot at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently. No original residence, including outbuildings, shall be constructed upon any lot until the architectural plans, specifications, grade elevations, location upon the' lot, and landscapFing plans have been ` "y{i submitted to and approved in writing by the Architectural Control 'OK � PAS r 2 - Committee. The approval of the Architectural Control Committe shall also be required for any remodeling or additions to original structures previously approved, so long as the Architectural Control Committee is in existence. The Architectural Control Committee approval is required, in the main, to protect and preserve the immediate environment and to minimize the impact of construction and improvements upon the environment and upon the surrounding lots and property. The approval of the Architectural Control Committee shall not be unreasonably withheld. 3. The Architectural Control Committee shall be composed of the owners of the undersigned equitable titleholder. The Architectural Control Committee shall disband and cease to exist five (5) years after the completion of construction of residences on all of the lots in Wildflower Subdivision, and no further written approval shall be thereafter required. 4. All campers, snowmobiles, boats, mowers, recreational equipment, and all self-propelled vehicles other than operable automobiles or motorcycles, shall be kept out of view from ad- joining residences. Cable television satellite receiving antenna or dishes shall be kept out of view from adjoining residences . 5. No fences, walls, or hedges shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any residential lot boundary. No fences, walls, or hedges shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any other portion of any residential lot, except such as are installed, erected or planted in accordance with the initial construction or additions thereto approved in writing by the � � A*38 PAGE ��� 3 - Architectural Control Committee. Except for landscaping plans approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee in accordance with the initial construction or additions thereto, the majority of each residential lot shall be maintained in a "natural" state. 6. Any sidewalk or walkway installed along any portion of Wildflower Drive shall be maintained jointly by the owners of Lots 1 through 7 in Wildflower Subdivision, and each said lot owner shall be responsible for one-seventh (1/7) of the costs of such maintenance, including snow removal. 7. All electrical, telephone, and any other utility services shall be constructed underground. 8. No obnoxious or offensive conduct or trade shall be carried upon any lot, nor shall any nuisance be permitted upon any lot. 9. If the undersigned, its assigns and successors in interest, shall violate or attempt to violate any of the covenants, conditions, or restrictions herein, it shall be lawful for any other entity or person then owning any other lot in Wildflower .Subdivision, Ames, Iowa, to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity or ameliorate such violations and to seek injunctive relief or damages for such violation or for specific performance in complying herewith. 10. These covenants, conditions, or restrictions shall run with the land and be binding on all parties and all persons BOOK PACE 4 - or entities claiming by, through, or under them, until January 1, 2005, at which time the covenants shall be automatically extended for successive 20-year periods upon the filing of a verified claim by the owner of any one lot in the subdivision, pursuant to Section 614. 24, Code of Iowa, unless a majority of the then owners of lots in the subdivision modify or terminate the covenants by the execution and recording of an instrument in writing with respect thereto. These covenants may be amended prior to January 1, 2005, by an instrument in writing, executed by a majority of the then owners of lots in the subdivision. Any such amendment must be recorded. DATED this day of 19 . WILDFLOWER, A);-, rtnership By C. A. Pasl Pa tner By 1 c�— David A. Block, Partner STATE OF IOWA ) ss. STORY COUNTY ) On this day of 19 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared C. A. Pasley and David A. Block, to me personally known, who being by me duly sworn, did say that they are the partners of Wildflower, A Partnership, and . that they acknowledged the execution of this instrument to be their voluntary act and deed. Z q JANEET L. STROPdG CRY CO !ISSION E:PIRES / gown � Not6ky Public - StatCx of Iowa F PAGE I ' IL_Er: STORY COUNTY RECORDER I987 MAY 26 1�9 i0 32 x SUSAN L. POTTER RECORDED BOOK236-PAGE 2� STATE OF IOWA Story County ss Enid" lor taxation this d` _ A.C.. �!�� , Couniy By ©C-iJULy i f &0 05,0 , � P S� r�sAC-