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Stacie Harridgs, Recorder, Story County Iowa
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Document prepared by:y: VictodaA.Fedineyer.City ofAmes Legal Department,515 Clark Ave.,Ames,TA 50010-515-239-5146
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DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
RELATED TO FLOODPLAIN (Outlot Z)
This Declaration of Restrictive Covenant ("Declaration") is executed as of June 11,
2024, (the "Effective Date"), by the City of Ames, Iowa, an Iowa municipal corporation
("City"), its successors and assigns.
RECITALS
A. The City is the owner and titleholder of that certain parcel of land located at 3110 Tripp
Street, Ames, Iowa, which is legally known as "Outlot Z, Baker Subdivision, Ames,
Iowa" (the"Property").
B. Under Ames Municipal Code §§23.201(41) and 23.401(3)(g) the Property is an
unbuildable lot within Balser Subdivision.
C. A portion of the.Property as depicted on Exhibit A hereto is located within the 100- and
500-year Floodplain (said portion of the Property hereinafter referred to as the
"Floodplain Area").
D. In connection with certain financial grant assistance provided by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to the City for the adjacent
real estate known as 3216 Tripp Street, Ames, Iowa (legally known as "Lot 27, Baker
Subdivision, Ames, Iowa'), the City has agreed to establish certain restrictions with
respect to the use of the Floodplain Area that are intended to run with the land as more
fully set forth herein. The use restriction contained herein is intended to comply with the
requirements of Section 24 C.F.R. 55.12(c)(7).
E. The purpose of this Declaration is to provide for permanent preservation of the
Floodplain Area, as set forth herein.
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the City declares as
follows:
1, Use Restrictive Covenant.
(a) From and after the Effective Date, (i) no new structure, paving, or other improvements
shall be constructed on, and no new modifications or landscaping activities (except for
minor grubbing, clearing of debris, pruning, sodding or seeding, or other similar
activities) shall be carried out within the Floodplain Area; and (ii) the use of the
Floodplain Area shall be limited solely to passive open or green space.
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(b) This Declaration and the covenants set forth herein restricting the use of the Floodplain
j Area(i)shall constitute covenants dinning with, touching, and encumbering the Property,
binding upon the City and all successors in interest or title, transferees, vendees, lessees,
mortgagees, and assigns who are owners and/or users of the Property, and (ii) are not
merely personal covenants of the City.
(c) Any and all requirements of the laws of the State of Iowa to be satisfied in order for the
provisions of this Declaration to constitute covenants running with the land shall be
deemed to be satisfied in full, and any requirements or privileges of estate are intended to
be satisfied, or in the alternate, an equitable servitude has been created to insure that these
restrictions run with the land. The covenants contained herein shall survive and be
effective regardless of whether such contract, deed or other instrument hereafter executed
conveying the Property or portion thereof provides that such conveyance is subject to this
Declaration.
2. Enforcement. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Declaration, any
party adversely affected by such breach, the county or municipality where the Property is
located, the State, or the United States of America shall be entitled to institute
proceedings at law or in equity for relief from the consequences of said breach including
seeking injunctive relief to prevent a violation thereof.
3. Superiority. The charges and burdens of this Declaration are, and shall at all times be,
prior and therefore superior to the lien or charge of any mortgage or deed of trust
hereafter made affecting the Property or any part thereof, including any improvements
now or hereafter placed thereon, and notwithstanding a foreclosure or other voluntary or
involuntary transfer of title pursuant to such instrument, shall remain in full force and
effect, but are subordinate to the security interests of record on the Effective Date,
Provided, however, that a breach of any of the restrictions hereof shall not defeat or
render invalid the lien or charge of any mortgage or deed of trust. The charges and
burdens of this Declaration are not intended to either create a lien upon the Property, or
grant any right of foreclosure, to any person or party.
4. Release. Any person or entity having or acquiring fee or leasehold title to the Property or
any portion thereof shall be required to comply with this Declaration only during the
period such person or entity is the fee or leasehold owner of the Property, and thereafter
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shall be released therefrom, except that such person or entity shall continue to be liable
for, and shall not be released from liability for, obligations, liabilities or responsibilities
that accrue or accrued during said period of ownership. Although persons or entities may
be released under this paragraph, the restrictions of this Declaration shall continue to be
restrictions upon the Property,running with the land, and shall inure to the benefit of, and
be binding upon, their successors and assigns in title or interest.
5. Notices. All notices provided for herein may be delivered in person, sent by Federal
Express or other overnight courier service, mailed in the United States snail postage
prepaid, or sent by electronic or facsimile transmission, and, regardless of the method of
delivery used, shall be considered delivered upon the actual receipt or refusal of receipt
thereof. The name, address and other information to be used in connection with such
correspondence and notices to Owner shall be the then-current owner's name and address
information maintained in the official real property tax records with respect to the
Property,
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Headings. The headings in this Declaration are for convenience only and do not in any
way limit or affect the terms and provisions hereof.
(b) Unenforceabilit��. If any provision of this Declaration is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect the remainder of such provision or any other provisions hereof.
(c) Gender. Wherever appropriate in this Declaration, the singular shall be deemed to refer
to the plural and the plural to the singular, and pronouns of certain genders shall be
deemed to include either or both of the other genders.
(d) Governing This Declaration shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Iowa.
(e) Remapping of Floodplain. In the event that a final Flood Insurance Rate Map or a Letter
of Map Amendment issued by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency.(or
successor federal agency having responsibility therefor) after the date of this Declaration
revises the boundaries of the floodplain with the effect of reducing the extent of the
Property that is within the Floodplain Area, the Use Restrictive Covenant in the
Declaration shall apply within the revised boundaries of the Floodplain from and after the
effective date of the revised Flood Insurance Rate Map or Letter of Map Amendment;
provided, that City and its successors may not deposit fill within the Floodplain Area or
obtain a Letter of Map Revision based upon such fill, and any such Letter of Map
Revision based on fill shall not alter the applicability of the Use Restrictive Covenant to
the Floodplain as delineated prior to such Letter of Map Revision.
(f) Amendments. This Declaration may he amended or canceled only by written instrument
executed by HUD and the then-current owner of the Property.
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(g) No General Public Access. This Declaration does not establish any rights of access in
favor of the general public for any purposes whatsoever.
(h) Entire Agreement. This Declaration constitutes the entire agreement of the City with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior negotiations or discussions,
whether oral or written, with respect thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Declaration to be
approved by its duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year first above written.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
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Attest. `
Renee all, City Clerk
STATE OF IOWA, COUNTY OF STORY, SS.: This instrument was acknowledged before
me on ✓rk l f , 2024, by John A. Haila and Renee Hall, as Mayor and City
Clerk, respectively, of the City of Ames, Iowa.
JERAMY NEEFUS N TAR PUB LAC
Commission Number 845946
My Commission Expires
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EXHIBIT A—Lesal Description
All land included within the South 60 feet of Outlot Z, Baker Subdivision,City of Ames, Iowa.
[Said description is overinclusive of the actual existing 100-and 500-year floodplain area].
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Exhibit A
Floodplain Restricted Area Map - Baker Subdivision
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