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DECLARATION
OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS,
RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
FOR
THE CERISE RANCH SUBDIVISION
Declaration of Protective Covenants
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - DECLARATION AND SUBMISSION 1
ARTICLE II - DEFINITION'S 1
Section 2.1 - Definitions 1
ARTICLE III - NAME, DIVISION INTO LOTS 5
Section 3.1 - Name
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Section 3.2 - Association
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Section 3.3 - Number of Lots
Section 3.4 - Identification of Lots 5
Section 3.5 - Description of Lots 5
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS; ASSOCIATION
OPERATIONS 6
Section 4.1 - The Association 6
Section 4.2 - Transfer of Membership 7
Section 4.3 - Membership 7
Section 4.4 - Declarant Control 7
Section 4.5 - Compliance with Association Documents 7
Section 4.6 - Books and Records 7
Section 4.7 - Manager 7
Section 4.8 - Implied Rights and Obligations 8
Section 4.9 - Association Meetings 4
Section 4.10 - Association of Standard of Care 8
Section 4.11 - Security
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Section 4.12 - Power to Provide Services to Subassociations 9
Section 4.13 - Power to Provide Special Services for Members 9
Section 4.14 - Water 10
Section 4.15 - Wastewater Treatment 10
Section 4.16 - Equestrian Facilities/Services 10
ARTICLE V - POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE ASSOCIATION 10
Section 5.1 - Association Rules 10
Section 5.2 - Implied Rights 11
ARTICLE VI - PROPERTY RIGHTS 71
Section 6.1 - Common Area 11
Section 6.2 -Expansion 12
Section 6.3 - Maintenance 1 2
Section 6.4 - No Dedication to the Public 12
ARTICLE VII - MECHANIC'S LIENS 1 9
Section 7.1 -No Liability 12
Section 7.2 - Indemnification 12
Section 7.3 - Association Action 13
ARTICLE VIII - PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OWiVERS AND RESERVATIONS
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BY DECLARANT 13
Section 8.1 - Owner's Easement of Enjoyment 13
Section 8.2 - Recorded Easements 13
Section 8.3 - Declarant's Rights Incident to Construction 13
Section 8.4 - Utility Easements 13
Section 8.5 - Support Easement 14
Section 8.6 - Road Easement 14
Section 8.7 - Emergency Access Easement 15
Section 8.8 - Easements for Lake and Pond Maintenance and Flood Water 15
Section 8.9 - Easements for Encroachments 15
Section 8.10 - General Maintenance Easement 16
Section 8.11 - Blanket Easement 16
Section 8.12 - Declarant's Right to Excess Capacity 16
Section 8.13 - Association as Attorney -in -Fact 16
Section 8.14 - Delegation of Use 17
Section 8.15 - Declarant's Right of Assignment 17
Section 8.16 - Declarant's Right to Conduct Business 17
ARTICLE IX - MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING 17
Section 9.1 - Maintenance and Landscaping of Lots 17
Section 9.2 - Common Area 18
Section 9.3 - Roads 18
Section 9.4 - ISTS Management Plan 18
Section 9.5 - Maintenance of Drainage Structures 20
Section 9.6 - Maintenance Contract 20
Section 9.7 - Owner's Failure to Maintain or Repair 20
ARTICLE X - INSURANCE AND FIDELITY BONDS 20
Section 10.1 - General Insurance Provisions 20
Section 10.2 - Cancellations 21
Section 10.3 - Policy Provisions 21
Section 10.4 - Insurance Proceeds 21
Section 10.5 - Association Policies 22
Section 10.6 - Insurer Obligation 22
Section 10.7 - Repair and Replacement 22
Section 10.8 - Common Expenses 23
Section 10.9 - Fidelity Insurance 23
Section 10.10 - Worker's Compensation Insurance 23
Section 10.11 - Other Insurance 23
Section 10.12 - Insurance Obtained by Owners 23
ARTICLE XI - ASSESSMENTS 24
Section 11.1 - Obligation 24
Section 11.2 - Purpose of Assessments 24
Section 11.3 - Budget 24
Section 11.4 - Annual Assessments 24
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Section 11.5 - Apportionment of Annual Assessments 25
Section 11.6 - Special Assessments 25
Section 11.7 - Default Assessments 26
Section 11.8 - Effect of Nonpayment; Assessment Lien 26
Section 11.9 - Personal Obligation 27
Section 11.10 - Successor's Liability for Assessments 27
Section 11.11 - Payment by Mortgagee 27
Section 11.12 - Statement of Status of Assessment Payment 27
Section 11.13 - Capitalization of the Association 28
Section 11.14 - Real Estate Transfer Assessment 28
ARTICLE XII - ASSOCIATION AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT 28
ARTICLE XIII - DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION 28
Section 13.1 - The Role of the Executive Board 28
Section 13.2 - Estimate of Damages or Destruction 29
Section 13.3 - Repair and Reconstruction 29
Section 13.4 - Funds for Repair and Reconstruction 29
Section 13.5 - Disbursement of Funds for Repair and Reconstruction 29
Section 13.6 - Decision Not to Rebuild Common Areas 30
ARTICLE XIV - CONDEMNATION 30
Section 14.1 - Rights of Owners 30
Section 14.2 - Partial Condemnation; Distribution of Award; Reconstruction 30
Section 14.3 - Complete Condemnation 31
ARTICLE XV - EXPANSION, SUBDIVISION AND WITHDRAWAL
Section 15.1 - Reservation of Expansion and Withdrawal Rights 31
Section 15.2 - Supplemental Declaration and Supplemental Plats 31
Section 15.3 - Expansion and Definitions 32
Section 15.4 - Effect of Expansion 32
Section 15.5 - Termination of Expansion and Development Rights 32
ARTICLE XVI - DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REVIEW BOARD 33
Section 16.1 - Design Review Board and Guidelines 33
Section 16.2 - Purpose and General Authority 33
Section 16.3 - ISDS Systems 33
Section 16.4 - Board Discretion 33
Section 16.5 - Design Guidelines 33
Section 16.6 - Design Review Board Membership 34
Section 16.7 - Organization and Operation of Design Review Board 34
Section 16.8 - Expenses 35
Section 16.9 - Other Requirements 35
Section 16.10 - Limitation of Liability 35
Section 16.11 - Enforcement 36
Section 16.12 - Binding Effect 37
ARTICLE XVII - PROPERTY USE RESTRICTIONS 37
Section 17.1 - General Restrictions 37
Section 17.2 - Use of Property During Construction 43
Section 17.3 - Partition or Combination of Lots 43
Section 17.4 - Leasing 44
Section 17.5 - Businesses 44
Section 17.6 - Compliance with Laws 44
Section 17.7 - Enforcement 45
Section 17.8 - Use of the Words "Cerise Ranch Subdivision" or Logo 45
Section 17.9 - Agreements with Adjacent Property Owners 45
ARTICLE XVII - ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR WILDLIFE PROTECTION 45
Section 18.1 - Wildlife Restrictions 45
ARTICLE XIX - MORTGAGEE'S RIGHTS 47
Section 19.1 - Approval Requirements 47
Section 19.2 - Title Taken by Mortgagee 48
Section 19.3 - Distribution of Insurance or Condemnation Proceeds 48
Section 19.4 - Right to Pay Taxes and Charges 48
ARTICLE XX - DURATION OF COVENANTS AND AMENDMENT 48
Section 20.1 - Term 48
Section 20.2 - Amendment 49
Section 20.3 - Revocation 49
ARTICLE XXI - SPECIAL DISTRICT 49
ARTICLE XXII - GENERAL PROVISIONS 49
Section 22.1 - Declarant Powers 49
Section 22.2 - Enforcement 50
Section 22.3 - Severability 50
Section 22.4 - Conflicts Between Documents 50
EXHIBIT A - PROPERTY LEGAL DESCRIPTION
EXHIBIT B - RECORDED EASEMENTS, LICENSES, COVENANTS
AND RESTRICTIONS
EXHIBIT C - SPECIFIED ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY
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Upon recordation return to:
Wiintergreen Homes, LLC
c/o Timothy A. Thulson
P.O. Box 790
Glenwood Springs. CO 81602
DECLARATION
OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS,
RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
FOR
THE CERISE RANCH SUBDIVISION
Declaration of Protective Covenants
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DECLARATION OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
FOR THE CERISE RANCH SUBDIVISION
THIS DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND
EASEMENTS FOR THE CERISE RANCH SUBDIVISION (the "Declaration") is made as of
, 2000, by Winter Green Homes, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company
("Declarant").
RECITALS
A. Declarant is the owner of that certain real property located in the county of Garfield,
Colorado, more particularly described on the attached Exhibit A (the "Property").
B. Declarant desires to create a Planned Community pursuant to the Colorado Common
Interest Ownership Act as set forth in Colorado Revised Statutes 38-33.3-101 et sem. (the "Act") on
the Property, the name of which is "The Cerise Ranch Subdivision."
ARTICLE I
DECLARATION AND SUBMISSION
Declarant hereby declares that the Property, together with all easements, rights -of -ways and
appurtenances thereto, and any buildings, fixtures, and improvements thereon shall be held, sold and
conveyed subject to the provisions of this Declaration which are for the purpose of protecting the
value and desirability of the Property, and which shall run with the land and be binding on all parties
and heirs, successors, and assigns of parties having any right, title or interest in all or any part of the
Property. Additionally, Declarant hereby submits the property to the provisions of the Act.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1 Definitions. The following words when used in this Declaration or any
Supplemental Declaration, unless inconsistent with the context of this Declaration, shall have the
following meanings:
A. "Abandoned and Inoperable Vehicle" has the meaning set forth in Section
17.1Q.
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B. "Act" means the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-
33.3-101 et sec.
C. "Articles" mean the Articles of Incorporation for The Cerise Ranch Property
Owners Association, Inc., on file with the Colorado Secretary of State, and any amendments which
may be made to those Articles from time to time.
D. "Annual Assessment" means the Assessment levied annually.
E. "Assessments" means the Annual, Special, and Default Assessments levied
pursuant to Article XI below. Assessments are further defined as a Common Expense Liability as
defined under the Act.
F. "Association" means The Cerise Ranch Property Owners Association, Inc.,
a Colorado nonprofit corporation, and its successors and assigns.
G. "Association Documents" means this Declaration, the Articles of
Incorporation, and the Bylaws of the Association, and any procedures, rules, regulations, or policies
adopted under such documents by the Association.
H. "Association -Insured Property" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
I. "Association Rules" means the rules and regulations adopted by the
Association as provided in Section 5.1.
J. "Bylaws" means the Bylaws adopted by the Association, as amended from
time to time.
K. "Common Elements" means those areas depicted and identified on the Plat
as "Common Area" and improvements thereon, in which the Association owns or has an interest for
the common use and enjoyment of all of the Owners on a nonexclusive basis and the potable water
system. Such interest may include, without limitation, estates in fee, for terms of years, or
easements. "Common Area" is further defined as a Common Element as defined under the Act.
L. "Common Expenses" means (i) all expenses expressly declared to be common
expenses by this Declaration or the Bylaws of the Association; (ii) all other expenses of
administering, servicing, conserving, managing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing the Common
Area; (iii) insurance premiums for the insurance carried under Article X; and (iv) all expenses
lawfully determined to be common expenses by the Executive Board of the Association.
M. "Declarant"means Winter Green Homes, LLC., a Colorado limited liability
company, and its successors and assigns.
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•N. "Declaration" means and refers to this Declaration o f Covenants, Conditions,
Restrictions and Easements for The Cerise Ranch.
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0. "Default Assessment" means the Assessment levied by the Association
pursuant to Article XI, Section 11.7 below.
P. "Design Guidelines" means the guidelines and rules published and amended
and supplemented from time to time by the Design Review Board.
Q. "Design Review Board" means and refers to the Design Review Board defined
in and created pursuant to Article XVI below.
R. "Executive Board" means the governing body of the Association elected to
perform the obligations of the Association relative to the operation, maintenance, and management
of the Property and all improvements on the Property.
S. - "Expansion and Development Rights" has the meaning set forth in Article
XV.
T. "First Mortgage" means any Mortgage which is not subordinate to any lien
or encumbrance except liens for taxes, liens for Assessments or other liens which are given priority
by statute.
U. "First Mortgagee" means any person named as a mortgagee or beneficiary in
any First Mortgage, or any successor to the interest of any such person under such First Mortgage.
V. "ISTS"means individual sewage treatment system meeting the ISTS Design
and Performance Standards set forth at Section 17.1.D.
W. "Lot" means a plot of land subject to this Declaration and designated as a
"Lot" on any subdivision plat of the Property recorded by Declarant in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Garfield County, Colorado, together with all appurtenances and improvements, now or
in the future, on the Lot. "Lot" also has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 15.3 hereof. Lot is
further defined as a Unit as defined under the Act.
X. "Manager" shall mean a person or entity engaged by the Association to
perform certain duties, powers, or functions of the Association, as the Executive Board may
authorize from time to time.
Y. "Member" shall mean every person or entity who holds membership in the
Association.
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0 Z. "Mortgage" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, or other document
pledging any Lot or interest therein as security for payment of a debt or obligation.
AA. "Mortgagee" means any person named as a mortgagee or beneficiary in any
Mortgage, or any successor to the interest of any such person under such Mortgage.
BB. "Oversized" has the meanings set forth in Section 17.1.Q.
CC. "Owner" means the owner of record, whether one or more persons or entities,
of fee simple title to any Lot, and "Owner" also includes the purchaser under a contract for deed
covering a Lot, but excludes those having such interest in a Lot merely as security for the
performance of an obligation, including a Mortgagee, unless and until such person has acquired fee
simple title to the Lot pursuant to foreclosure or other proceedings.
DD. "Person" means a natural person, a corporation, a partnership, a trustee or any
other legal entity.
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EE. "Plat" means the subdivision plat depicting the Property subject to this
Declaration and recorded in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of Garfield County, Colorado on
, 2000 at Reception No. and all supplements and amendments thereto.
FF. "Property" means and refers to that certain real property described on
Exhibit A attached to this Declaration.
GG. "Repair and reconstruction" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.
HH. "Roads" means all roads within the Property as shown on the Plat.
II. "The Cerise Ranch Subdivision" shall mean the planned community created
by this Declaration, consisting of the Property, the Lots, and any other improvements constructed
on the Property and as shown on the Plat.
JJ. "Sharing Ratio" means the allocation of Assessments to which an Owner's
Lot is subject. The formula for sharing ratios is an equal allocation among all of the Lots.
KK. "Special Assessment" means an assessment levied pursuant to Section 11.6
below on an irregular basis.
LL. "Successor Declarant" means any party or entity to whom Declarant assigns
any or all of its rights, obligations, or interests as Declarant, as evidenced by an assignment or deed
of record executed by both Declarant and the transferee or assignee and recorded in the office of the
Clerk and Recorder of Garfield County, Colorado, designating such party as a Successor Declarant.
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Upon such recording, Declarant's rights and obligations under this Declaration shall cease and
terminate to the extent provided in such document.
MM. "Supplemental Declaration" means an instrument which subjects any
additional property to this Declaration, as more fully provided in Article XV below.
NN. "Supplemental Plat" means a subdivision plat which depicts additional
property made part of this Declaration or the resubdivision of any Lot or the creation of any
condominiums, duplexes, town homes or other multi -family units on any Lot, and may include one
or more "maps" as defined in the Act.
Each capitalized term not otherwise defined in this Declaration or in the Plat shall have the
same meanings specified or used in the Act.
ARTICLE III
NAME, DIVISION INTO LOTS
Section 3.1 Name. The name of the project is The Cerise Ranch Subdivision. The project
is a Planned Community pursuant to the Act.
Section 3.2 Association. The name of the association is The Cerise Ranch Property
Owners Association, Inc. Declarant has caused to be incorporated under the laws of the State of -
Colorado the Association as a non-profit corporation with the purpose of exercising the functions
as herein set forth.
Section 3.3 Number of Lots. The maximum number of Lots to be developed on the
Property is sixty-eight (68). Declarant reserves the right for itself and any Successor Declarant to
subdivide any Lots or create condominiums, duplexes, town homes and other multi -family units on
such Lots.
Section 3.4 Identification of Lots. The identification number of each initial Lot is shown
on the Plat.
Section 3.5 Description of Lots.
A. Each Lot shall be inseparable and may be developed exclusively for
residential purposes in accordance with the restrictions applicable to a particular Lot contained in
this Declaration and the Plat. No Lot shall be further subdivided, except that Declarant, its
successors and assigns (which assigns may be more than one, including, without limitation,
developers of certain portions of the Property) may further subdivide Lots into condominiums,
duplexes, town homes and other multi -family units. Once subdivided, each Lot shall be deemed to
be the number of Lots into which it is subdivided. Once a condominium, duplex, town home or
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multi -family dwelling unit is created pursuant to filing of appropriate final plat(s), then each such
separate residence shall constitute a Lot.
B. Title to a Lot may be held individually or in any form of concurrent ownership
recognized in Colorado. In case of any such concurrent ownership, each co-owner shall be jointly
and severally liable for performance and observance of all the duties and responsibilities of an
Owner with respect to the Lot in which he owns an interest. For all purposes herein, there shall be
deemed to be only one Owner for each Lot. The parties, if more than one, having the ownership of
a Lot shall agree between themselves how to share the rights and obligations of such ownership, but
all such parties shall be jointly and severally liable for performance and observance of all of the
duties and obligations of an Owner hereunder with respect to the Lot in which they own an interest.
C. Any contract of sale, deed, lease, Mortgage, will or other instrument affecting
a Lot may describe it as Lot , Cerise Ranch Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded
in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of Garfield County, Colorado on , 2000 at
Reception No.
D. Each Lot shall be considered a separate parcel of real property and shall be
separately assessed and taxed. Accordingly, the Common Area shall not be assessed separately but
shall be assessed with the Lot as provided pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes Subsections 39-1-
103(10) and 38-33.3-105(2).
E. No Owner of a Lot shall be entitled to bring any action for partition or
division of the Common Area.
F. Subject to Section 17.5 and as provided below, each Lot shall be used and
occupied solely for residential use; provided that such use and occupancy shall be only as permitted
by and subject to the appropriate and applicable governmental zoning and use ordinances, rules and
regulations from time to time in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Declarant, for itself and its
successors, assigns, and/or designees (which designees may be more than one, including, without
limitation, developers of certain portions of the Property), hereby retains a right to maintain on any
Lot or Lots sales offices, management offices or model residences at any time or from time to time
so long as Declarant, or its successors or assigns, continues to own an interest in a Lot. The use by
Declarant, or its successors, assigns or designees, of any Lot as a model residence, office or other
use shall not affect the Lot's designation on the Plat as a separate Lot.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS; ASSOCIATION OPERATIONS
Section 4.1 The Association. 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.
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Section 4.2 Transfer of Membership. An Owner shall not transfer, pledge, encumber or
alienate his membership in the Association in any way, except upon the sale or encumbrance of his
Lot and then only to the purchaser or Mortgagee of his Lot.
Section 4.3 Membership. The Association shall have one (1) class of membership
consisting of all Owners, including the Declarant so long as the Declarant continues to own an
interest in a Lot. Except as otherwise provided for in this Declaration, each Member shall be entitled
to vote in Association matters pursuant to this Declaration on the basis of one vote for each Lot
owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members.
The vote for such Lot shall be exercised by one person or alternative persons (who may be a tenant
of the Owners) appointed by proxy in accordance with the Bylaws. In the absence of a proxy, the
vote allocated to the Lot shall be suspended in the event more than one person or entity seeks to
exercise the right to vote on any one matter. Any Owner or a Lot which is leased may assign his
voting right to the tenant, provided that a copy of a written proxy appointing the tenant is furnished
to the Secretary of the Association prior to any meeting in which the tenant exercises the voting
right. In no event shall more than one vote be cast with respect to any one Lot.
Section 4.4 Declarant Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided for
herein or in the Bylaws, Declarant shall be entitled to appoint and remove the members of the
Association's Executive Board and officers of the Association to the fullest extent currently
permitted under the Act. The specific restrictions and procedures governing the exercise of
Declarant's right to so appoint and remove Directors and officers shall be set out in the Bylaws of
the Association. Declarant may voluntarily relinquish such power evidenced by a notice executed
by Declarant and recorded in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder for Garfield County, Colorado,
but, in such event, Declarant may at its option require that specified actions of the Association or the
Executive Board as described in the recorded notice, during the period Declarant would otherwise
be entitled to appoint and remove Directors and officers, be approved by Declarant before they
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Section 4.5 Compliance with Association Documents. Each Owner shall abide by and
benefit from each provision, covenant, condition, restriction and easement contained in the
Association Documents. The obligations, burdens, and benefits of membership in the Association
concern the land and shall be covenants running with each Owner's Lot for the benefit of all other
Lots and for the benefit of Declarant's adjacent properties.
Section 4.6 Books and Records. The Association shall make available for inspection,
upon request, during normal business hours or under other reasonable circumstances, to Owners and
to Mortgagees, current copies of the Association Documents and the books, records, and financial
statements of the Association prepared pursuant to the Bylaws. The Association may charge a
reasonable fee for copying such materials.
Section 4.7 Manager. The Association may employ or contract for the services of a
Manager to whom the Executive Board may delegate certain powers, functions, or duties of the
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Association, as provided in the Bylaws of the Association. The Manager shall not have the authority
to make expenditures except upon prior approval and direction by the Executive Board. The
Executive Board shall not be liable for any omission or improper exercise by a Manager of any duty,
power, or function so delegated by written instrument executed by or on behalf of the Executive
Board.
Section 4.8 Implied Rights and Obligations. The Association may exercise any right or
privilege expressly granted to the Association in the Association Documents, all powers granted to
an association pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-33.3-302(1) (except as expressly otherwise provided in this
Declaration), and every other right or privilege reasonably implied from the existence of any right
or privilege given to the Association under the Association Documents or reasonably necessary to
effect any such right or privilege. The Association shall perform all of the duties and obligations
expressly imposed upon it by the Association Documents, and every other duty or obligation implied
by the express provisions of the Association Documents or necessary to reasonably satisfy any such
duty or obligation.
Section 4.9 Association Meetings. Meetings of the Association shall be held at least once
each year. Special meetings of the Association may be called by the President, by a majority of the
Executive Board or by Owners having ten percent (10%) of the votes in the Association. Not less
than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days in advance of any meeting, the Secretary of other officer
specified in the Bylaws of the Association shall cause notice to be hand delivered or sent prepaid by
United States mail to the mailing address of each Owner or to any other mailing address designated
in writing by the Owner. The notice of any meeting must state the time and place of the meeting and
the items on the agenda, including the general nature of any proposed amendment to this Declaration
or the Bylaws, any budget changes and any proposal to remove an officer or member of the
Executive Board.
Section 4.10 Association Standard of Care. The duty of care which the Association owes
to the Owners is that of a landowner to a licensee, notwithstanding the interest which the Owners
hold in the Common Area through their membership in the Association.
Section 4.11 Security. The Association may, but shall not be obligated to, maintain or
support certain activities within the Property designed to make the Property safer than it otherwise
might be. NEITHER THE ASSOCIATION, DECLARANT, NOR ANY SUCCESSOR
DECLARANT SHALL IN ANY WAY BE CONSIDERED INSURERS OR GUARANTORS OF
SECURITY WITHIN THE PROPERTY. NEITHER THE ASSOCIATION, THE DECLARANT,
NOR ANY SUCCESSOR DECLARANT SHALL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY OR FOR THE
INEFFECTIVENESS OF ANY SECURITY MEASURE UNDERTAKEN. ALL OWNERS AND
OCCUPANTS OF ANY LOT, AND ALL TENANTS, GUESTS, AND INVITEES OF ANY
OWNER, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ASSOCIATION, AND ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD,
DECLARANT AND ANY SUCCESSOR DECLARANT, DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT
THAT ANY FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM, OR OTHER
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SECURITY SYSTEM DESIGNATED BY OR INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN
GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE DECLARANT MAY NOT BE COMPROMISED OR
CIRCUMVENTED; NOR THAT ANY FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, BURGLAR ALARM
SYSTEM, OR OTHER SECURITY SYSTEM DESIGNATED BY OR INSTALLED
ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE DECLARANT MAY
NOT BE COMPROMISED OR CIRCUMVENTED; NOR THAT ANY FIRE PROTECTION OR
BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS OR OTHER SECURITY SYSTEMS WILL PREVENT LOSS BY
FIRE, SMOKE, BURGLARY, THEFT, HOLD-UP, OR OTHERWISE; NOR THAT FIRE
PROTECTION OR BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS OR OTHER SECURITY SYSTEMS WILL
IN ALL CASES PROVIDE THE DETECTION OR PROTECTION FOR WHICH THE SYSTEM
IS DESIGNED OR INTENDED. ALL OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF ANY LOT AND ALL
TENANTS, GUESTS, AND INVITEES OF ANY OWNER, ASSUME ALL RISKS FOR LOSS
OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS, TO LOTS, TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND TO THE
CONTENTS OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
ASSOCIATION, ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD, COMMITTEES, DECLARANT OR ANY
SUCCESSOR DECLARANT HAVE MADE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, NOR
HAS ANY OWNER, OCCUPANT, OR ANY TENANT, GUEST OR INVITEE OF ANY OWNER
RELIED UPON ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, RELATIVE TO ANY FIRE AND/OR BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS
OR OTHER SECURITY SYSTEMS RECOMMENDED OR INSTALLED OR ANY SECURITY
MEASURES UNDERTAKEN WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
Section 4.12 Power to Provide Services to Subassociations. To the fullest extent permitted
by the Act, the Association may establish subassociations and to provide services to subassociations.
Such services to any subassociation shall be provided pursuant to an agreement in writing between
the Association and such subassociations which shall provide for the payment by such
subassociation to the Association of the reasonably estimated expenses which the Association will
incur in providing such services to the subassociation, including a fair share of the overhead
expenses of the Association. In lieu of collecting the expenses for such services from the
subassociation, the Association shall have the right to collect them directly from the Members of the
subassociation in monthly installments as part of the monthly common assessments.
Section 4.13 Power to Provide Special Services for Members. To the fullest extent
permitted by the Act, the Association may provide services to a Member or group of Members. Any
service or services to a Member or group of Members shall be provided pursuant to an agreement
in writing, or through one or more Supplemental Declarations, which shall provide for payment to
the Association by such Member or group of Members of a costs and expenses which the
Association estimates it will incur in providing such services, including a fair share of the overhead
expenses of the Association, and shall contain provisions assuring that the obligation to pay for such
services shall be binding upon any heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the
Member or group of Members, and that the payment for such services shall be secured by a lien on
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Section 4.14 Water. Water shall be supplied to each Lot by a central water system which
shall be owned, operated and maintained by the Association. All water use shall be metered by
water meters or other measuring devices approved by the Association. The Association shall be
responsible for setting all rates, fees or charges for the provision through the water system of water
service to the Lot, and each Owner shall pay to the Association the rates, fees or charges applicable
to his respective Lot. The obligation of Owners to pay the Association for such water service shall
be a personal obligation of the Owner which the Association shall have the power and duty to
enforce. In compliance with the applicable regulations of the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment ("CDPH&E"), 5 CCR (1999) (Hereinafter "Drinking Water Regulations")
operation and use of the central water system shall be subject to the following restrictions and
conditions:
A. The central water system shall have not un -controlled cross -connections to
a pipe, fixture, or supply, any of which contain water not meeting provisions of the Drinking Water
Regulations.
B. The Association shall at all times retain maintenance records of all
containment devices. Said records shall be available for inspection by the CDPH&E personnel. All
such maintenance records shall be maintained by the Association for a period of at least (3) years.
C. Each Lot Owner shall notify the Association of any cross -connections, as
defined by Section 1.2.2(10), of the Drinking Water Regulations, within (10) calender days of its
discovery. Each such cross -connection shall be corrected by the Lot Owner responsible therefore,
within (10) days of being ordered in writing by the Association to correct the same.
D. The failure on part of the Lot Owner(s) to comply with the above provisions
may result correct the cross -connection may result in the termination of water service.
Additional rules and regulations concerning the use, operation, and limitation of the water system
and the water supply thereby may be promulgated by the Association and, if so promulgated, shall
be binding upon each Unit Owner.
Section 4.15 Wastewater Treatment. Wastewater treatment shall be supplied to each Lot
by individual sewage treatment system ("ISTS") installed by each Owner in accordance with the
ISDS Design and Performance Standards set forth in Section 17.1.D. and maintained by the
Association in accordance with the provisions of the ISDS Maintenance Plan set forth in Section 9.4.
The Association shall be responsible for setting all rates, fees or charges for inspecting, maintaining
and repairing each individual system and such rates, fees or charges assessed by the Association
against each Lot for such inspection, maintenance and repair shall be a personal obligation of the
Owner thereof which the Association shall have the power and duty to enforce.
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Section 4.16 Equestrian Facilities/Services. The Association i ay promulgate rules and
regulations governing the stabling, pasturing or boarding within the Common Area of horses owned
by the Owners. The total number of horses that may maintained as such within the Common Area
at any one time shall not exceed . The Association shall be responsible for setting all rates, fees
or charges instant to such stabling, pasturing or boarding and such rates, fees or charges shall be a
personal obligation of the Owner thereof which the Association shall have the power and duty to
enforce.
ARTICLE V
POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE ASSOCIATION
Section 5.1 Association Rules. From time to time and subject to the provisions of the
Association Documents, the Executive Board may adopt, amend, repeal, suspend and publish rules
and regulations, to be known as the "Association Rules," governing, among other things and without
limitation:
(i) The use of the Common Area, including any recreational facilities
which may be constructed on such property, the personal conduct of the Members and their guests,
and the establishment of penalties, including, without limitation, the imposition of fines, for the
infraction of such Association Rules;
(ii) The use of any private Roads; and
(iii) The rights of a Member, including, but not limited to, the voting rights
of a Member during any period in which such Member is in default on payment of any Assessment
levied by the Association, as provided in Article XI. Such rights also may be suspended after notice
and hearing for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days for an infraction of published Association
Rules, unless such infraction is ongoing, in which case the rights may be suspended during the
period of the infraction and for up to ninety (90) days thereafter.
A copy of the Association Rules in effect will be distributed to each Member and any change
in the Association Rules will be distributed to each Member within a reasonable time following the
effective date of the change.
Section 5.2 Implied Rights. The Executive Board may exercise for the Association all
powers, duties, and authority vested in or delegated to the Association, and not reserved to the
Members or Declarant by other provisions of this Declaration or the Articles or Bylaws of the
Association or as provided by law.
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Section 6.1 Common Area. Every Owner shall have a right and nonexclusive easement
of use, access, and enjoyment in and to the Common Area, subject to:
(i) This Declaration, the Plat and any other applicable covenants;
(ii) The restrictions and limitations contained within the Open Space
Easement Deed conveyed to the Association and recorded in the records of the Clerk and Recorder
for Garfield County, Colorado on , 2000 at Book , Page and Reception No.
(iii) The right of the Executive Board to adopt rules regulating the use and
enjoyment of the Common Area, including rules limiting the number of guests who may use the
Common Area;
(iv) The right of the Executive Board to suspend the right of an Owner to
use facilities within the Common Area (A) for any period during which any charge or Assessment
against such Owner's Lot remains delinquent, and (B) for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days
for a single violation or for a longer period in the case of any continuing violation of the Declaration,
any applicable Supplemental Declaration, the Bylaws or Association Rules;
(v) The right of the Executive Board to impose reasonable membership
requirements and charge reasonable membership, admission, use or other fees for the use of any
facility situated upon the Common Area;
(vi) The right of the Executive Board to permit the use of any facilities
situated on the Common Area by persons other than Owners, their families, lessees and guests;
(vii) The right and obligations of the Declarant and the Association, acting
through its Executive Board, to restrict, regulate or limit Owners' and occupants' use of the
Common Area for environmental preservation purposes, including, without limitation, wildlife
corridors, winter wildlife ranges and natural wildlife habitat; and
(viii) Any governmental or quasi -governmental rules, regulations or statutes.
Section 6.2 Expansion. From time to time, Declarant may, but shall not be obligated to,
expand the Common Area by written instrument recorded with the Clerk and Recorder of Garfield
County, Colorado, all as more fully set forth in Article XV below.
Section 6.3 Maintenance. The Association shall maintain and keep the Common Area
in good repair, and the cost of such maintenance shall be funded as provided in Article XI, subject
to any insurance then in effect. This maintenance shall include, but shall not be limited to, upkeep,
repair and replacement of all Roads, landscaping, walls, gates, signage, central water systems,
irrigation systems, sidewalks, all equestrian facilities (including but not limited to all stables, barns
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and fences), driveways and improvements, if any (which shall including, without limitation, snow
removal services), located in the Common Area. In the event the Association does not maintain or
repair the Common Area, Declarant shall have the right, but not the obligation, to do so at the
expense of the Association.
Section 6.4 No Dedication to the Public. Nothing in this Declaration or the other
Association Documents will be construed as a dedication to public use, or a grant to any public
municipal or quasi -municipal authority or utility, or an assumption of responsibility for the
maintenance of any Common Area by such authority or utility, absent an express written agreement
to that effect.
ARTICLE VII
MECHANIC'S LIENS
Section 7.1 No Liability. If any Owner shall cause any material to be furnished to his Lot
or any labor to be performed therein or thereon, no Owner or any other Lot shall under any
circumstances be liable for the payment of any expense incurred or for the value of any work done
or material furnished. All such work shall be at the expense of the Owner causing it to be done, and
such Owner shall be solely responsible to contractors, laborers, materialmen and other persons
furnishing labor or materials to his or her Lot. Nothing herein contained shall authorize any Owner
or any person dealing through, with or under any Owner to charge the Common Area or any Lot
other than the Lot of such Owner with any mechanic's lien or other lien or encumbrance whatsoever.
On the contrary (and notice is hereby given) the right and power to charge any lien or encumbrance
of any kind against the Common Area or against any Owner or any Owner's Lot for work done or
materials furnished to any other Owner's Lot is hereby expressly denied.
Section 7.2 Indemnification. If, because of any act or omission of any Owner, any
mechanic's or other lien or order for the payment of money shall be filed against the Common Area
or against any other Owner's Lot or any Owner or the Association (whether or not such lien or order
is valid or enforceable as such), the Owner whose act or omission forms the basis for such lien or
order shall at his own cost and expense cause the same to be canceled and discharged of record or
bonded by a surety company reasonably acceptable to the Association, or to such other Owner or
Owners, within twenty (20) days after the date of filing thereof, and further shall indemnify and save
all the other Owners and the Association harmless from and against any and all costs, expenses,
claims, losses or damages including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting
therefrom.
Section 7.3 Association Action. Labor performed or material furnished for the Common
Area, if duly authorized by the Association in accordance with the Declaration or the Bylaws, shall
be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each Owner and shall be the
basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to law against the Common Area. Any such lien shall be
limited to the Common Area and no lien may be effected against an individual Lot or Lots.
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ARTICLE VIII
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OWNERS
AND RESERVATIONS BY DECLARANT
Section 8.1 Owner's Easement of Enjoyment. Every Owner has a right and easement of
enjoyment in and to the Common Area, which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title
to every Lot. Certain third persons also may have access to the Common Area as set forth in the
Association Rules. Every Owner shall have a right of access to and from his Lot.
Section 8.2 Recorded Easements. The Property shall be subject to all easements, licenses,
covenants, and restrictions as shown on any recorded plat affecting the Property and to any other
easements of record or of use as of the date of recordation of this Declaration including but not
limited to those set forth in Exhibit B. In addition, the Property is subject to those easements set
forth in this Article VIII.
Section 8.3 Declarant's Rights Incident to Construction. Declarant, for itself and its
successors and assigns, hereby reserves an easement for construction, utilities, drainage, ingress and
egress over, in, upon, under and across the Common Area, together with the right to store materials
on the Common Area, to build and maintain temporary walls, and to make such other use of the
Common Area as may be reasonably necessary or incident to any construction of improvements on
the Property, or other real property owned by Declarant, or other properties abutting and contiguous
to the Property; provided, however, that no such rights shall be exercised by Declarant in a way
which unreasonably interferes with the occupancy, use, enjoyment, or access to the Common Area
by the Owners.
Section 8.4 Utility Easements. There are hereby reserved unto Declarant (so long as the
Declarant owns any of the Property), the Association, and the designees of each (which may include,
without limitation, Garfield County, Colorado and any utility company) easements upon, across,
over and under all of the Lots, with the exception of the building envelope, to the extent reasonably
necessary for the purpose of installing, replacing, repairing, and maintaining cable television
systems, master television antenna systems, security and similar systems, roads, walkways, bicycle
pathways, lakes, ponds, wetlands, drainage systems, irrigation systems, street lights, signage, and
all utilities, including, but not limited to, water, sewers, meter boxes, telephone, gas and electricity.
The foregoing easements may traverse the private property of any Owner; provided, however, an
easement shall not entitle the holders to construct or install any of the foregoing systems, facilities,
or utilities over, under or through any existing dwelling on a Lot or building envelope as shown on
the Plat, and any damage to a Lot resulting from the exercise of an easement shall be reasonably
repaired by, and at the expense of, the Person exercising the easement. The exercise of an easement
shall not unreasonably interfere with the use of any Lot and, except in any emergency, entry onto
any Lot shall be made only after reasonable notice to the Owner or occupant.
Declarant specifically reserves the right to convey to the local water supplier, electric
company, natural gas supplier and cable television or communications systems supplier and any
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other utility supplier an easement across the Property for ingress, egress, installation, reading,
replacing, repairing and maintaining utility meters and boxes. However, the exercise of this
easement shall not extend to permitting entry into the dwelling on the Lot, nor shall any utilities be
installed or relocated on the Property, except as approved by the Executive Board or Declarant.
Should any entity furnishing a service covered by the general easement herein provided
request a specific easement by separate recordable document, the Executive Board or Declarant shall
have the right to grant such specific, descriptive easement over the Property without conflicting with
the terms hereof. The easements provided for in this Article shall in no way adversely affect any
other recorded easement on the Property. The Owner of a Lot subject to such easement shall
cooperate with Declarant and the Executive Board and take all actions, including, without limitation,
executing any documents evidencing such descriptive easement as reasonably requested by the
Executive Board or Declarant. In the event an Owner fails to cooperate in such matter the
Association or Declarant may, pursuant to Section 8.14 below, exercise its power to act as that
Owner's attorney-in-fact to execute any necessary documentation on behalf of such Owner.
Section 8.5 Support Easement. Each Lot is subject to a blanket easement for support and
a blanket easement for the maintenance of the structures or improvements presently situated, or to
be built in the future, on the Lots.
Section 8.6 Road Easement. The Lots may have common Roads and/or driveways upon
certain Lots serving more than one Lot, and there is granted hereby a non-exclusive easement to the
Owners of Lots served by any such Road or driveway for ingress and egress purposes over and
across those portions of such Lots which are used as a Road or driveway. No Owner shall hinder
nor permit his guest to hinder reasonable access by any other Owner and his guest to the Lots.
Section 8.7 Emergency Access Easement. A general easement is hereby granted to all
police, sheriff, fire protection, ambulance, and other similar emergency agencies or persons to enter
upon the Property in the proper performance of their duties.
Section 8.8 Easements for Lake and Pond Maintenance and Flood Water. Declarant
reserves for itself and its successors, assigns and designees the nonexclusive right and easement, but
not the obligation, to enter upon the lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands located within the Common
Area to (i) install, keep, maintain, and replace pumps in order to provide water for the irrigation of
any of the Common Area; (ii) construct, maintain, and repair any bulkhead, wall, dam or other
structure retaining water; and (iii) remove trash and other debris therefrom and fulfill their
maintenance responsibilities as provided in this Section. Declarant, the Association, and their
designee shall have an access easement over and across any of the Property abutting or containing
any portion of any of the lakes, ponds, streams, or wetlands to the extent reasonably necessary to
exercise their rights under this Section.
There is further reserved herein for the benefit of Declarant, the Association, and their
designees, a perpetual, nonexclusive right and easement of access and encroachment over the
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Common Area and Lots (but not the dwellings thereon) adjacent to or within one hundred feet of
lake beds, ponds and streams within the Property, in order to (i) temporarily flood and back water
upon and maintain water over such portions of the Property; (ii) fill, drain, dredge, deepen, clean,
fertilize, dye and generally maintain the lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands within the Common
Area; (iii) maintain and landscape the slopes, banks and surrounding areas pertaining to such lakes,
ponds, streams, and wetlands; (iv) construct, maintain, operate, repair, and replace water lines, water
storage tanks, water house facilities and other improvements necessary or convenient for the
installation and operation of the Association's water system; and (v) enter upon and across such
portions of the Property for the purpose of exercising its rights under this Section. All persons
entitled to exercise these easements shall use reasonable care in, and repair any damage resulting
from the intentional exercise of such easements. Nothing herein shall be construed to make
Declarant or any other Person liable for damage resulting from flooding due to heavy rainfall, or
other natural disasters.
Section 8.9 Easements for Encroachments. To the extent that any improvement
constructed within the Common Area (including, without limitation, any portion of the Roads)
encroaches on any Lot, either currently existing or as a result of any addition or improvement
pursuant to this Declaration, a valid easement for such Lot, either currently existing or as a result of
any addition or improvement pursuant to this Declaration, a valid easement for such encroachments
and for the maintenance of same, so long as they exist, shall and does exist. In the event any such
improvement is partially or totally destroyed, and then rebuilt, the Owners agree that minor
encroachments of parts of such rebuilt improvements shall be permitted and that a valid easement
for said encroachment and the maintenance thereof shall exist so long as the improvements shall
stand.
Section 8.10 General Maintenance Easement. An easement is hereby reserved to Declarant,
and granted to the Association, and any member of the Executive Board or the Manager, and their
respective officers, agents, employees, and assigns, upon, across, over, in, and under the Property
and a right to make such use of the Property as may be necessary or appropriate to make emergency
repairs or to perform the duties and functions, including but not limited to inspecting and
maintaining each ISTS pursuant to Section 9.4 which the Association is obligated or permitted to
perform pursuant to the Association Documents or to protect the Association's property.
Section 8.11 Blanket Easement. Declarant hereby reserves to itself, its successors and
assigns, and grants to the Association, a blanket easement upon, across, over and under the Property,
with the exception of building envelopes, for the installation, replacement, repair and maintenance
of drainage, ditch, utility and other service lines and systems, including but not limited to, water,
gas, telephone, television, cable or communication and electric lines and systems and drainage
structures and, further, for the purpose of cuts and fills and/or retaining walls adjacent to the Roads
as are necessary or desirable for the proper construction, use and maintenance of the Roads.
Declarant, its successors and assigns, further reserves the right, but not the obligation, and grants to
the Association the right, but not the obligation, to record a document specifying the boundaries of
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such easements at any time after such utility lines, roadway cuts and fills and/or retaining walls,
pedestrian trails or other improvements described above have been constructed.
Section 8.12 Declarant's Right to Excess Capacity. To the maximum extent permitted by
the Act, Declarant, during the period of Declarant control and for a period of 20 years thereafter,
reserves the right to use excess capacity of the water system, water rights, waterways, wells, ponds,
springs and all pumps, pipelines, ditches, tanks, measuring devices, meters or other facilities
associated therewith, including any facilities necessary for the exercise of any existing or
subsequently decreed water rights or augmentation plan together with easements associated
therewith for the construction, erection, maintenance, operation, use, expansion, repair and
replacement of the water rights and/or facilities, and to add to such water system or water rights, to
amend or change any water court decree, or to substitute the water source or amount of water in any
water right as may be subsequently decreed by appropriate action in the water court or with the State
Engineer's Office.
Section 8.13 Association as Attorney -in -Fact. Each Owner, by his acceptance of a deed
or other conveyance vesting in him an interest in a Lot, does irrevocably constitute and appoint the
Association and/or Declarant with full power of substitution in the Owner's name, place and stead
to deal with Owner's interest in order to effectuate the rights reserved by Declarant or granted to the
Association, as applicable, with full power, right and authorization to execute and deliver any
instrument affecting the interest of the Owner and to take any other action which the Association or
Declarant may consider necessary or advisable to give effect to the provisions of this Section and
this Declaration generally. If requested to do so by the Association or Declarant, each Owner shall
execute and deliver a written, acknowledged instrument confirming such appointment. No Owner
shall have any rights against the Association or Declarant or any of their officers or Directors with
respect thereto except in the case of fraud or gross negligence.
Section 8.14 Delegation of Use. Any Owner may delegate his right of enjoyment to the
Common Area to the members of his family, his tenants, guests, licensees, and invitees, but only in
accordance with and subject to the limitations of the Association Documents.
Section 8.15 Declarant's Right of Assignment. Declarant reserves the right to assign any
or all of its rights, obligations or interests as Declarant by recording an assignment or deed of record
executed by both Declarant and the transferee or assignee in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder
of Garfield County, Colorado, designating such party as a Successor Declarant. Upon such
recording, Declarant's rights and obligations under this Declaration shall cease and terminate to the
extent provided in such document.
Section 8.16 Declarant's Right to Conduct Business. Declarant, during the period of
Declarant control of the Executive Board and for a period of 20 years thereafter, reserves the right
to conduct certain activities which, notwithstanding any provision contained in this Declaration to
the contrary, shall include the right to maintain a sales office, management office and other such
facilities as in the sole opinion of the Declarant may be reasonably required, convenient or necessary
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for the construction, sale and management of any Lots. Such facilities may include without
limitation a business office, storage area, construction yards, signs, model units, sales offices,
construction office, parking areas and lighting and temporary parking structures for all prospective
purchasers of Lots.
ARTICLE IX
MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING
Section 9.1 Maintenance and Landscaping of Lots.
A. Subject to Article XVI and Section 9.4, each Owner shall be solely
responsible for all landscaping, maintenance and repair of his Lot and of the exterior and interior of
his residence, including all fixtures and improvements and all utility lines and equipment located
therein or in, on or upon his Lot and is required to maintain the Lot and any improvements located
thereon in a condition of good order and repair. No Owner shall unreasonably damage the value of
other Lots such as by shoddy upkeep of such Owner's Lot or any structures located on the Lot.
B. Owners shall be responsible for all maintenance and repairs of utility service
lines, connections, facilities and related equipment providing service to such Owner's Lot and the
residence and other buildings and improvements constructed upon such Lot, with such responsibility
to begin at the point where a utility provider ceases responsibility for maintenance and repair for a
particular utility. The responsibility of an Owner for repair and maintenance shall include those
portions of said Owner's Lot, other Lots, unplatted tracts, platted open space, platted easements, and
streets and roads which are crossed by such a utility service line or other improvement. All such
expenses and liabilities shall be borne solely by the Owner of such Lot, who shall have a perpetual
easement in and to that part of the Property lying outside of such Owner's Lot for purposes of
maintenance, repair and inspection. Each Owner shall use the utility service easement provided
herein in a reasonable manner and shall promptly restore the surface overlying such easements when
maintaining or repairing a utility service line or other improvement.
C. No Owner shall construct any structure or improvement or make or suffer any
structural or design change (including a color scheme change), either permanent or temporary and
of any type or nature whatsoever to the ext _ for of his residence or construct any addition or
improvement on his Lot without first obtaining the prior written consent thereto from the Design
Review Board pursuant to Article XVI hereto.
D. Each Lot Owner shall be responsible for ensuring that all construction
activities contained within Owner's Lot are conducted in conformance with the Best Management
Practices (BMP's) contained within the Drainage Study for the CERISE RANCH SUBDIVISION,
HCE JOB NUMBER 99054.01,01/26/00 ("Drainage Study"), a copy of which shall be maintained
at all times as part of the regularly kept records of Association.
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Section 9.2 Common Area. The Association shall maintain the Common Area as set forth
in Section 6.3 above. Maintenance of the Common Area shall be performed at such time and in such
a manner as the Association shall determine.
Section 9.3 Roads.
A. The Association shall maintain and keep the Roads in good repair, and the
cost of such maintenance shall be funded as provided in Article XI. This maintenance shall include,
but shall not be limited to, upkeep, repair and replacement of the Roads (which shall include, without
limitation, snow removal services). The Association's responsibility for Road maintenance under
this Section applies whether or not such Roads lie on a Common Area, or some other area of the
Property. In the event the Association does not maintain or repair the Roads, Declarant shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to do so at the expense of the Association. The Association may
contract for these services with any public or private entity.
B. If the Executive Board deems it advisable, the Association may, at any time,
enter into a written agreement to dedicate or convey the Roads to either a metropolitan district or to
Garfield County. In the event a dedication to Garfield County is made under this Section, the Roads
must meet all Garfield County road and trail plan standards applicable at the time of such dedication.
Garfield County SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE
ROADS OR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS.
Section 9.4 ISTS Management Plan.
A. In order to ensure that each ISTS installed within the Property is inspected on
a regular basis and properly maintained, the responsibility and authority for such inspection and
maintenance shall be vested exclusively within the Association. This management plan is not
intended to provide for common ownership of the ISTS's or to provide common funding for the
construction, repair or replacement thereof, such ownership and responsibility for construction,
repair and maintenance to remain with the Lot Owner.
B. In accordance with the above, the Association shall:
(i) retain at all times, the services of qualified personnel to inspect the
ISTS's and to perform all maintenance and repairs necessary to ensure that same are installed
properly, remain in good operating condition and comply with the performance requirements set
forth within Section 17.1.D.;
(ii) inspect the operating components of each ISTS within (30) days of
being placed into operation; thereafter, each ISTS shall be inspected at least quarterly;
(iii) test the BOD and TSS content o f the effluent being discharged by each
ISTS at least biannually; and.
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(iv) maintain at all times written or other permanent records documenting
the date each ISTS was inspected or tested, the results of such inspections or tests and the extent of
all maintenance and/or repairs performed. All documents maintained by the Association pursuant
to this provision shall at all times be available for inspection by the Lot Owners and/or authorized
representatives Garfield County Department of Building and Planning.
C. The following provisions shall apply in the event the estimated maintenance
or repair costs required of any ISTS exceed in total during any one calender year, $1000.00:
(i) the Association shall give the Lot Owner written notice of the nature
and extent of the work necessary, to return the ISTS to good operating condition and/or bring the
ISTS System within the performance requirements set forth within Section 17.1.D.iv; and
(ii) within (30) days of receipt of such notice, Owner shall at his or her
own expense cause to be completed, the repairs set forth within the notice. In the event Owner fails
to complete such repairs within this time period to the satisfaction of the Association, the
Association shall have the authority, in addition to any other remedy provided within this
Declaration or the Act, to take any of the following actions:
a. to impose against Owner, a fine not to exceed $200.00 for each
day in which the System remains unrepaired; and/or
b. to discontinue domestic water service to Owner's Lot: and/or
c. to complete on behalf of the Owner the required repairs to the
ISTS. All costs incurred by the Association in connection with the restoration shall be reimbursed
to the Association by the Owner of the Lot, upon demand. All unreimbursed costs shall be a lien
upon the Lot until reimbursement is made. The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a lien
for an unpaid assessment levied in accordance with Article XI of this Declaration.
D. In the event the Association fails to properly implement and enforce the
provisions of this management plan set forth in this Section 9.4., the Board of County
Commissioners for Garfield County, Colorado and its duly authorized representatives and agents,
shall have all the right to enter upon the Property and implement and enforce such provisions at the
expense of the Association or exercise any other right or power afforded under this Declaration or
the Act including, but not limited to, the initiation of appropriate proceedings in the District Court
for Garfield County, Colorado, to compel enforcement of the provisions of this management plan.
E. The provisions of this Section 9.4, shall not be amended or repealed by the
Declarant, Association or Lot Owners without the written consent of the Board of County
Commissioners for Garfield County, Colorado.
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Section 9.5 Maintenance of Drainage Structures. The Association shall be responsible
for maintaining in good repair all drainage structures Located within the Property, including but not
limited to, all detention basins, grass lined swales and culverts in accordance with the BMP's and
other practices outline within the Drainage Structures. All construction activities conducted by the
Association on the Common Area shall be performed in accordance with the provisions set forth
within the Drainage Study.
Section 9.6 Maintenance Contract. The Association or Executive Board may employ or
contract for the services of a third party to perform certain delegated powers, functions, or duties of
the Association to maintain the Common Area. The employed individual or maintenance company
shall have the authority to make expenditures upon prior approval and direction of the Executive
Board. The Executive Board shall not be liable for any omission or improper exercise by the
employed third party of any duty, power, or function so delegated by written instrument executed
by or on behalf of the Executive Board.
Section 9.7 Owner's Failure to Maintain or Repair. In the event that a Lot and the
improvements thereupon are not properly maintained and repaired by an Owner, or in the event that
the improvements on the Lot are damaged or destroyed by an event of casualty and the Owner does
not take reasonable measures to diligently pursue and repair the reconstruction of the damaged or
destroyed improvements to substantially the same condition in which they existed prior to the
damage or destruction, then the Association, after notice to the Owner and with the approval of the
Executive Board, shall have the right to enter upon the Lot to perform such work as is reasonably
required to restore the lot and the buildings and other improvements thereon to a condition of good
order and repair. All costs incurred by the Association in connection with the restoration shall be
reimbursed to the Association by the Owner of the Lot, upon demand. All unreimbursed costs shall
be a lien upon the Lot until reimbursement is made. The lien may be enforced in the same manner
as a lien for an unpaid assessment levied in accordance with Article XI of this Declaration.
ARTICLE X
INSURANCE -AND FIDELITY BONDS
Section 10.1 General Insurance Provisions. The Association shall maintain, to the extent
reasonably available:
(i) Property insurance on the Common Area for broad form covered
causes of loss; except that the total amount of insurance must be not less than the full insurable
replacement costs of the insured property less reasonable deductibles at the time the insurance is
purchased and at each renewal date, exclusive of land, excavations, foundations, paving areas,
landscaping and other items normally excluded from property policies; and
(ii) Commercial general liability insurance against claims and liabilities
arising in connection with the ownership, existence, use, or management of the Common Area and
the Association, in an amount deemed sufficient in the judgment of the Executive Board, insuring
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the Executive Board, the Association, the Manager, and their respective employees, agents, and all
persons acting as agents. Declarant shall be included as an additional insured in Declarant's capacity
as an Owner and Executive Board member. The Owners shall be included as additional insureds but
only for claims and liabilities arising in connection with the ownership, existence, use, or
management of the Common Area. The insurance shall cover claims of one or more insured parties
against other insured parties.
(iii) The Association may carry such other and further insurance that the
Executive Board considers appropriate, including insurance on Lots, or insurance covering the acts
or omissions of officers, directors, employees or agents of the Association, or other insurance that
the Association is not obligated to carry to protect the Association or the Owners.
Section 10.2 Cancellation. If the insurance described in Section 10.1 is not reasonably
available, or if any policy of such insurance is canceled or not renewed without a replacement policy
therefor having been obtained, the Association promptly shall cause notice of that fact to be hand
delivered or sent prepaid by United States mail to all Owners.
Section 10.3 Policy Provisions. Insurance policies carried pursuant to Section 10.1 must,
to the extent available, provide that:
(i) Each Owner is an insured person under the policy with respect to
liability arising out of such Owner's membership in the Association;
(ii) The insurer waives its rights to subrogation under the policy against
any Owner or member of his household;
(iii) No act or omission by any Owner, unless acting within the scope of
such Owner's authority on behalf of the Association, will void the policy or be a condition to
recovery under the policy; and
(iv) If, at the time of a loss under the policy, there is other insurance in the
name of an Owner covering the same risk covered by the policy, the Association's policy provides
primary insurance.
Section 10.4 Insurance Proceeds. Any loss covered by the property insurance policy
described in Section 10.1 must be adjusted with the Association, but the insurance proceeds for that
loss shall be payable to any insurance trustee designated for that purpose, or otherwise to the
Association, and not to any holder of a security interest. The insurance trustee or the Association
shall hold any insurance proceeds in trust for the Owners and Mortgagees as their interests may
appear. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 below, the proceeds must be distributed first for
the repair or restoration of the damaged property, and the Association, Owners and Mortgagees are
not entitled to receive payment of any portion of the proceeds unless there is a surplus of proceeds
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Section 10.5 Association Policies. The Association may adopt and establish written
nondiscriminatory policies and procedures relating to the submittal of claims, responsibility for
deductibles, and any other matters of claims adjustment. To the extent the Association settles claims
for damages to real property, it shall have the authority to assess negligent Owners causing such loss
or benefitting from such repair or restoration all or any equitable portion of the deductibles paid by
the Association.
Section 10.6 Insurer Obligation. To the extent the following is available, an insurer that
has issued an insurance policy for the insurance described in Section 10.1 shall issue certificates or
memoranda of insurance to the Association and, upon request, to any Owner or Mortgagee. Unless
otherwise provided by statute, the insurer issuing the policy may not cancel or refuse to renew it until
thirty (30) days after notice of the proposed cancellation or nonrenewal has been mailed to the
Association and to each Owner and Mortgagee to whom a certificate or memorandum of insurance
has been issued at their respective last -known addresses.
Section 10.7 Repair and Replacement.
A. Any portion of the Common Area for which insurance is required under this
Article which is damaged or destroyed must be repaired or replaced promptly by the Association
unless:
(i) The regime created by this Declaration is terminated;
(ii) Repair or replacement would be illegal under any state or local statute
or ordinance governing health or safety;
(iii) Sixty-seven percent of the Owners vote not to rebuild, including the
vote of every Owner of a Lot or assigned limited common element that will not be rebuilt; or
(iv) Prior to the conveyance of any Lot to a person other than Declarant,
the Mortgagee holding a deed of trust or mortgage on the damaged portion of the Common Area
rightfully demands all or a substantial part of the insurance proceeds.
B. The cost of repair or replacement in excess of insurance proceeds and reserves
is a Common Expense. If the entire Common Area is not repaired or replaced, theinsurance
proceeds attributable to the damaged Common Area must be used to restore the damaged area to a
condition compatible with the remainder of The Cerise Ranch Subdivision, and except to the extent
that other persons will be distributees, the unused insurance proceeds must be distributed to all the
Owners or Mortgagees, as their interests may appear in proportion to the Common Expense
liabilities of all the Lots.
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Section 10.8 Common Expenses. Premiums for insurance that the Association acquires
and other expenses connected with acquiring such insurance are Common Expenses.
Section 10.9 Fidelity Insurance. Fidelity bonds must be maintained by the Association to
protect against dishonest acts on the part of its Directors, officers, trustees, and employees and on
the part of all others who handle or are responsible for handling the funds belonging to or
administered by the Association in an amount not less than two months' current Assessments plus
reserves as calculated from the current budget of the Association. In addition, if responsibility for
handling funds is delegated to a Manager, such bond may be obtained for the Manager and its
officers, employees, and agents, as applicable. Any such fidelity coverage shall name the
Association as an obligee and such bonds shall contain waivers by the issuers of all defenses based
upon the exclusion of persons serving without compensation from the definition of "employees,"
or similar terms or expressions.
Section 10.10 Worker's Compensation Insurance. The Executive Board shall obtain
worker's compensation or similar insurance with respect to its employees, if applicable, in the
amounts and forms as may now or hereafter be required by law.
Section 10.11 Other Insurance. The Association shall also maintain insurance to the extent
reasonably available and in such amounts as the Executive Board may deem appropriate on behalf
of Directors against any liability asserted against a Director or incurred by him in his capacity of or
arising out of his status as a Director. The Executive Board may obtain insurance against such other
risks of a similar or dissimilar nature as it shall deem appropriate with respect to the Association's
responsibilities and duties.
Section 10.12 Insurance Obtained by Owners. Each Owner shall obtain and at all times
maintain physical damage and liability insurance for such Owner's benefit, at such Owner's expense,
covering the full replacement value of the Owner's Lot and residence (except to the extent any such
Lot is encumbered by an easement conveyed to the Association as Common Area), personal property
and personal liability insurance in a limit of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) in respect to bodily injury or death to any number of persons arising out of one
accident or disaster, or for damage to property, and if higher limits shall at any time be customary
to protect against tort liability such higher limits shall be carried. In addition, an Owner may obtain
such other and additional insurance coverage on the Lot and residence as such Owner in the Owner's
sole discretion shall conclude to be desirable; provided, however, that none of such insurance
coverage obtained by the Owner shall operate to decrease the amount which the Executive Board,
on behalf of all Owners, may realize under any policy maintained by the Executive Board or
otherwise affect any insurance coverage obtained by the Association or cause the diminution or
termination of that insurance coverage. Any insurance obtained by an Owner shall include a
provision waiving the particular insurance company's right of subrogation against the Association
and other Owners, including Declarant, should Declarant be the Owner of any Lot. No Owner shall
obtain separate insurance policies on the Common Area.
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All Owners are required to maintain on file copies of all such current policies with the
Association to evidence their obligations hereunder and to facilitate recovery of all appropriate
awards or proceeds by the Association.
ARTICLE XI
ASSESSMENTS
Section 11.1 Obligation. Each Owner, including Declarant, by accepting a deed for a Lot,
is deemed to covenant to pay to the Association (i) the Annual Assessments imposed by the
Executive Board as necessary to meet the Common Expenses of maintenance, operation, and
management of the Common Area and to perform the functions of the Association; (ii) Special
Assessments for capital improvements and other purposes as stated in this Declaration, if permitted
under the Act; and (iii) Default Assessments which may be assessed against a Lot for the Owner's
failure to perform an obligation under the Association Documents or because the Association has
incurred an expense on behalf of the Owner under the Association Documents.
Section 11.2 Purpose of Assessments. The Assessments shall be used exclusively to
promote the health, safety and welfare of the Owners and occupants of The Cerise Ranch
Subdivision, for the improvement and maintenance of the Common Area and other areas of
Association responsibility referred to herein, as more fully set forth in this Article below and in
Article XVIII.
Section 11.3 Budget. Within thirty (30) days after the adoption of any proposed budget
for the Association, the Executive Board shall mail, by ordinary first-class mail, or otherwise deliver
a summary of the budget to all the Owners and shall set a date for a meeting of the Owners to
consider ratification of the budget not less than fourteen (14) nor more than sixty (60) days after
mailing or other delivery of the summary. Unless at that meeting sixty percent (60%) of all Owners,
whether or not present at the meeting, reject the budget, the budget is ratified, whether or not a
quorum is present. In the event that the proposed budget is rejected, the periodic budget last ratified
by the Owners must be continued until such time as the Owners ratify a subsequent budget proposed
by the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall adopt a budget and submit the budget to a vote
of the Owners as provided herein no less frequently than annually. The Executive Board shall levy
and assess the Annual Assessments in accordance with the annual budget.
Section 11.4 Annual Assessments. Annual Assessments for Common Expenses made shall
be based upon the estimated cash requirements as the Executive Board shall from time to time
determine to be paid by all of the Owners, subject to Section 11.3 above. Estimated Common
Expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, the cost of routine maintenance and operation of
the Common Area; expenses of management, taxes and special governmental assessments pertaining
to the Common Area and insurance premiums for insurance coverage as deemed desirable or
necessary by the Association; landscaping, care ofgrounds within the Common Area; routine repairs
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and renovations within the Common Area; wages; common water and utility charges for the
Common Area; legal and accounting fees; management fees; expenses and liabilities incurred by the
Association under or by reason of this Declaration; payment of any default remaining from a
previous assessment period; and the creation of a reasonable contingency or other reserve or surplus
fund for general, routine maintenance, repairs, and replacement of improvements within the
Common Area on a periodic basis, as needed. Notwithstanding the use of the term "Annual"
Assessments, the Association may establish an Annual Assessment for less than 12 months (ems., set
two six month "Annual Assessments"). Until the Association makes an Annual Assessment, the
Declarant shall pay all Common Expenses.
Annual Assessments shall be payable on a prorated basis each year in advance and shall be
due on the first day of each month, calendar quarter or year, as determined by the Executive Board.
The omission or failure of the Association to fix the Annual Assessments for any assessment period
shall not be deemed a waiver, modification, or release of the Owners from their obligation to pay
the same. The Association shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make prorated refunds of
any Annual Assessments in excess of the actual expenses incurred in any fiscal year. In the
alternative, the Executive Board may elect to allocate any such excess Assessments to an Association
working capital fund or to an Association reserve fund.
Section 11.5 Apportionment of Annual Assessments. Each Owner shall be responsible for
that Owner's share of the Common Expenses, which shall be divided among the Lots on the basis
of the Sharing Ratios in effect on the date of assessment, subject to the following provisions. All
expenses (including, but not limited to, costs of maintenance, repair, and replacement) relating to
fewer than all of the Lots to the extent not covered by insurance may be borne by the Owners of
those affected Lots only at the reasonable discretion of the Executive Board. The formula used in
establishing Sharing Ratios is an equal allocation among all of the Lots.
Section 11.6 Special Assessments. In addition to the Annual Assessments authorized by
this Article, the Association may levy in any fiscal year one or more Special Assessments, if
permitted under the Act, payable over such a period as the Association may determine, for the
. purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction or reconstruction, unexpected
repair or replacement of improvements within the Common Area or for any other expense incurred
or to be incurred as provided in this Declaration. This Section 11.6 shall not be construed as an
independent source of authority for the Association to incur expense, but shall be construed to
prescribe the manner of assessing expenses authorized by other sections of this Declaration, and in
acting under this Section, the Association shall make specific references to this Section. Any
amounts assessed pursuant to this Section shall be assessed to Owners in the same proportion as
provided for Annual Assessments in Article XI, Section 11.4, subject to the requirements that any
extraordinary maintenance, repair or restoration work on fewer than all of the Lots shall be borne
by the Owners of those affected Lots only; and any extraordinary insurance costs incurred as a result
of the value of a particular Owner's residence or the actions of a particular Owner (or his agents,
servants, guests, tenants, or invitees) shall be borne by that Owner. Notice in writing in the amount
of such Special Assessments and the time for payment of the Special Assessments shall be given
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promptly to the Owners, and no payment shall be due less than thirty (30) days after such notice
shall have been given.
Section 11.7 Default Assessments. All monetary fines assessed against an Owner pursuant
to the Association Documents, or any expense of the Association which is the obligation of an
Owner or which is incurred by the Association on beha. of the Owner pursuant to the Association
Documents, shall be a Default Assessment and shall become a lien against such Owner's Lot which
may be foreclosed or otherwise collected as provided in this Declaration. Notice of the amount and
due date of such Default Assessment shall be sent to the Owner subject to such Assessment at least
thirty (30) days prior to the due date.
Section 11.8 Effect of Nonpayment; Assessment Lien. Any Assessment installment,
whether pertaining to any Annual, Special, or Default Assessment, which is not paid within thirty
(30) days after its due date shall be delinquent. If an Assessment installment becomes delinquent,
the Association, in its sole discretion, may take any or all of the following actions:
(i) Assess a late charge for each delinquency in such amount as the Association
deems appropriate;
(ii) Assess an interest charge from the date of delinquency at the yearly rate of
two points above the prime rate charged by the Association's bank, or such other rate as the
Executive Board may establish, not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) per annum;
(iii) Suspend the voting rights of the Owner during any period of delinquency;
(iv) Accelerate all remaining Assessment installments so that unpaid Assessments
for the remainder of the fiscal year shall be due and payable at once;
(v) Bring an action at law against any Owner personally obligated to pay the
delinquent Assessments; and
(vi) Proceed with foreclosure as set forth in more detail below.
Assessments chargeable to any Lot shall constitute a lien on such Lot. The Association may
institute foreclosure proceedings against the defaulting Owner's Lot in the manner for foreclosing
a mortgage on real property under the laws of the State of Colorado. In the event of any such
foreclosure, the Owner shall be liable for the amount of unpaid Assessments, any penalties and
interest thereon, the cost and expenses of such proceedings, the cost and expenses for filing the
notice of the claim and lien, and all reasonable attorney's fees incurred in connection with the
enforcement of the lien.
The Association shall have the power to bid on a Lot at foreclosure sale and to acquire and
hold, lease, mortgage, and convey the same. The Association may bid for the Lot at the foreclosure
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sale and acquire, hold, lease, mortgage and convey the Lot. While a Lot is owned by the Association
following foreclosure: (a) no right to vote shall be exercised on its behalf; (b) no assessment shall
be levied on it; and (c) each other Lot shall be charged, in addition to its usual Assessment, its equal
pro rata share of the Assessment that would have been charged such Lot had it not been acquired by
the Association. The Association may sue for unpaid Common Expenses and costs without
foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the lien of the Assessments will be superior to and
prior to any homestead exemption provided now or in the future by the law of the State of Colorado,
and to all other liens and encumbrances except liens and encumbrances recorded before the date of
the recording of this Declaration, and liens for governmental assessments or charges imposed against
a Lot by a Colorado governmental or political subdivision or special taxing district or any other liens
made superior by statute.
Section 11.9 Personal Obligation. The amount of any Assessment chargeable against any
Lot shall be a personal and individual debt of the Owner of same. No Owner may exempt himself
from liability for the Assessment by abandonment of his Lot or by waiver of the use or enjoyment
of all or any part of the Common Area. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid Assessments,
any penalties and interest thereon, the cost and expenses of such proceedings, and all reasonable
attorney's fees in connection therewith shall be maintainable without foreclosing or waiving the
Assessment lien provided in this Declaration.
Section 11.10 Successor's Liability for Assessments. The provisions ofthe Act shall govern
and control: (a) the obligations of successors to the fee simple title of a Lot on which Assessments
are delinquent and (b) the subordination by the lien of the Assessments provided for in this
Declaration. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any contrary provision herein, the lien of the
Assessments shall represent a prior and senior lien and shall enjoy priority over any First Mortgage
recorded subsequent to the recording of the Declaration.
Section 11.11 Payment by Mortgagee. Any Mortgagee holding a lien on a Lot may pay any
unpaid Assessment payable with respect to such Lot, together with any and all costs and expenses
incurred with respect to the lien, and upon such payment that Mortgagee shall have a lien on the Lot
for the amounts paid with the same priority as the lien of the Mortgage.
Section 11.12 Statement of Status of Assessment Payment. Upon payment of a reasonable
fee set from time to time by the Executive Board and upon fourteen (14) days' written request to the
Manager or the Association's registered agent, any Owner, Mortgagee, prospective Mortgagee, or
prospective purchaser of a Lot shall be furnished with a written statement setting forth the amount
of the unpaid Assessments, if any, with respect to such Lot. Unless such statement shall be issued
by personal delivery or by certified mail, first class postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the
inquiring party (in which event the date of posting shall be deemed the date of delivery) within
fourteen (14) days, the Association shall have no right to assert a lien upon the Lot over the inquiring
party's interest for unpaid Assessments which were due as of the date of the request.
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Section 11.13 Capitalization of the Association. Upon acquisition of record title to a Lot
from Declarant or any seller after Declarant, each Owner shall contribute to the working capital and
reserves of the Association an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) o f the Annual Assessment
determined by the Executive Board for that Lot for the year in which the Owner acquired title. Such
payments shall not be considered advance payments of the Annual Assessments. The unused portion
of the working capital deposit shall be returned to each Owner, without interest, upon the sale of his
Lot, provided that the new purchaser of the Lot has deposited the required working capital deposit
with the Association. The Executive Board shall be entitled to make use of the working capital
reserves in its discretion following a ten (10) day written notice of its intention to so use the reserves
and the purposes therefor is mailed to all of the Owners.
Section 11.14 Real Estate Transfer Assessment. If permitted by law, the Executive Board,
in its discretion, may levy a real estate transfer assessment upon the transfer of real property within
the Property. Any such real estate transfer assessment must be made pursuant to certain uniform
procedures, limitations and exclusions as are currently in effect for other similar real estate projects
in Garfield County, Colorado. In addition, the procedures, limitations and exclusions must be placed
of record by the Association in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder for Garfield County, Colorado,
prior to the enactment of such levy. In no event shall the real estate transfer assessment rate exceed
two percent (2%) of the fair market value of the property being transferred.
ARTICLE XII
ASSOCIATION AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
Each Owner hereby irrevocably appoints the Association as the Owner's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact for the purposes of dealing with any improvements covered by insurance written in
the name of the Association pursuant to Article X upon their damage or destruction as provided in
Article XIII, or a complete or partial taking as provided in Article XIV below. Acceptance by a
grantee of a deed or other instrument of conveyance from Declarant or any other Owner conveying
any portion of the Property shall constitute appointment of the Association as the grantee's attorney-
in-fact, and the Association shall have full authorization, right, and power to make, execute, and
deliver any contract, assignment, deed, waiver or other instrument with respect to the interest of any
Owner which may be necessary to exercise the powers granted to the Association as attorney-in-fact.
ARTICLE XIII
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION
Section 13.1 The Role of the Executive Board. Except as provided in Section 13.6, in the
event of damage to or destruction of all or part of any Common Area improvement, or other Property
covered by insurance written in the name of the Association under Article X, the Executive Board
shall arrange for and supervise the prompt repair and restoration of the damaged Property (the
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"Association -Insured Property").
Section 13.2 Estimate of Damages or Destruction. As soon as practicable after an event
causing damage to or destruction of any part of the Association -Insured Property, the Executive
Board shall, unless such damage or destruction shall be minor, obtain an estimate or estimates that
it deems reliable and complete of the costs of repair and reconstruction. "Repair and reconstruction"
as used in this Article XIII shall mean restoring the damaged or destroyed improvements to
substantially the same condition in which they existed prior to the damage or destruction. Such costs
may also include professional fees and premiums for such bonds as the Executive Board or the
Insurance Trustee, if any, determines to be necessary.
Section 13.3 Repair and Reconstruction. As soon as practical after the damage occurs and
any required estimates have been obtained, the Association shall diligently pursue to completion the
repair and reconstruction of the damaged or destroyed Association -Insured Property. As attorney-in-
fact for the Owners, the Association may take any and all necessary or appropriate action to effect
repair and reconstruction of any damage to the Association -Insured Property, and no consent or other
action by any Owner shall be necessary. Any repair and reconstruction of damaged or destroyed
Roads shall, at a minimum, meet all standards approved by Garfield County for The Cerise Ranch
Subdivision. Assessments of the Association shall not be abated during the period of insurance
adjustments and repair and reconstruction.
Section 13.4 Funds for Repair and Reconstruction. The proceeds received by the
Association from any hazard insurance carried by the Association shall be used for the purpose of
repair, replacement, and reconstruction of the Association -Insured Property. If the proceeds of the
Association's insurance are insufficient to pay the estimated or actual cost of such repair,
replacement, or reconstruction, or if upon completion of such work the insurance proceeds for the
payment of such work are insufficient, the Association may, pursuant to Article XI, Section 11.6.
but subject to applicable law, levy, assess, and collect in advance from the Owners, without the
necessity of a special vote of the Owners, a Special Assessment sufficient to provide funds to pay
such estimated or actual costs of repair and reconstruction. Further levies may be made in like
manner if the amounts collected prove insufficient to complete the repair, replacement or
reconstruction.
Section 13.5 Disbursement of Funds for Repair and Reconstruction. The insurance
proceeds held by the Association and the amounts received from the Special Assessments provided
for above constitute a fund for the payment of the costs of repair and reconstruction after casualty.
It shall be deemed that the first money disbursed in payment for the costs of repair and
reconstruction shall be made from insurance proceeds, and the balance from the Special
Assessments. If there is a balance remaining after payment of all costs of such repair and
reconstruction, such balance shall be distributed to the Owners in proportion to the contributions
each Owner made as Special Assessments, then in equal shares per Lot, first to the Mortgagees and
then to the Owners, as their interests appear or, in the reasonable discretion of the Executive Board,
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the balance may be paid to any maintenance over working capital reserves maintained by the
Executive Board.
Section 13.6 Decision Not to Rebuild Common Area. If Owners representing at least 67%
of the total allocated votes in the Association (other than Declarant) and 51% of the Mortgagees
holding First Mortgages (based on 1.0 vote for each Mortgage which encumbers a Lot) and all
directly adversely affected Owners agree in writing not to repair and reconstruct improvements
within the Common Area and if no alternative improvements are authorized, then and in that event
the damaged property shall be restored to its natural state and maintained as an undeveloped portion
of the Common Area by the Association in a neat and attractive condition. In the event such a
written agreement not to repair or reconstruct is made regarding any Road, such decision must
additionally receive the written consent of the Board of County Commissioners, Garfield County,
Colorado. Any remaining insurance proceeds shall be distributed in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE XIV
CONDEMNATION
Section 14.1 Rights of Owners. Whenever all or any part of the Common Area shall be
taken by any authority having power of condemnation or eminent domain or whenever all or any part
of the Common Area is conveyed in lieu of a taking under threat of condemnation by the Executive
Board acting as attorney-in-fact for all Owners under instructions from any authority having the
power of condemnation or eminent domain, each Owner shall be entitled to notice of the taking or
conveying. The Association shall act as attomey-in-fact for all Owners in the proceedings incident
to the condemnation proceeding to the extent of the Association's ownership interest in the Common
Area, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
Section 14.2 Partial Condemnation; Distribution of Award; Reconstruction. The award
made for such taking shall be payable to the Association as trustee for those Owners for whom use
of the Common Area was conveyed and, unless otherwise required under the Act, the award shall
be disbursed as follows:
If the taking involves a portion of the Common Area on which improvements have been
constructed, then, unless within sixty days after such taking Declarant and the Owners who represent
at least 67% of the votes of all of the Owners shall otherwise agree, the Association shall restore or
replace such improvements so taken on the remaining land included in the Common Area to the
extent lands are available for such restoration or replacement in accordance with plans approved by
the Executive Board and the Design Review Board. If such improvements are to be repaired or
restored, the provisions in Article XIII above regarding the disbursement of funds with respect to
casualty damage or destruction which is to be repaired shall apply. If the taking does not involve
any improvements on the Common Area, or if there is a decision made not to repair or restore, or
if there are net funds remaining after any such restoration or replacement is completed, then such
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award or net funds shall be distributed in equal shares .per Lot among the Owners, first to the
Mortgagees and then to the Owners, as their interests appear.
Section 14.3 Complete Condemnation. If all of the Property is taken, condemned, or sold,
or otherwise disposed of in lieu of or in avoidance of condemnation, then the regime created by this
Declaration shall terminate, and the portion of the condemnation award attributable to the Common
Area shall be distributed as provided in Article XIII, Section 13.5, above.
ARTICLE XV
EXPANSION, SUBDIVISION AND WITHDRAWAL
Section 15.1 Reservation of Expansion and Withdrawal Rights.
A. Declarant reserves the right to add to the Property that real property more
particularly described on Exhibit C attached to this Declaration.
B. Declarant reserves the right to add additional, unspecified real estate to the
Property to the fullest extent permitted by the Act.
C. Declarant reserves the right to subdivide any Lot into two or more Lots, and
to create duplexes or multi -family facilities on any Lot either pursuant to re -subdivision, the
subjection of such duplexes or multi -family units to a common interest ownership regime or other
lawful means.
D. To the maximum extent permitted by the Act, Declarant reserves the right for
itself and any Successor Declarant any time and from time to time to withdraw from the provisions
of this Declaration any real property subject to this Declaration or subjected to this Declaration by
a duly recorded Supplemental Declaration, and, if necessary, Supplemented Plat prior to the time
of a sale of a Lot within that phase of the Property as described in this Declaration or in said
Supplemental Declaration and, if necessary, Supplemental Plat.
E. The new Lots shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this
Declaration and of any Supplemental Declaration, upon placing the Supplemental Declaration and,
if necessary, the Supplemental Plat(s) of public record in the real estate records of Garfield County,
Colorado.
Section 15.2 Supplemental Declarations and Supplemental Plats. Such expansion may be
accomplished by the filing for record by Declarant in the Offices of the Clerk and Recorder for
Garfield County, Colorado, of one or more Supplemental Declarations and, if the real property being
subject to this Declaration by such Supplemental Declaration has not been previously platted
pursuant to recorded plat, of a Supplemental Plat depicting such real property recorded concurrently
with the applicable Supplemental Declaration. The Supplemental Declaration shall set forth the Lots
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and other real property, if any, to be included in the expansion, together with any covenants,
conditions, restrictions and easements particular to such property. The expansion may be
accomplished in stages by successive supplements or in one supplemental expansion. Declarant may
exercise such rights for expansion in whatever order of development Declarant in its sole discretion
determines. Declarant shall not be obligated to expand the real property subject to this Declaration.
Section 15.3 Expansion of Definitions. In the event of such expansion, resubdivision or
creation of condominium, duplex, town home or other multi -family units, the definitions used in this
Declaration shall be expanded automatically to encompass and refer to the Property subject to this
Declaration as so expanded, resubdivided or created in condominiums, duplexes, town homes or
multi -family units. For example, "Lot" shall mean the Lots as shown on the Plat plus any additional
Lots added by a Supplemental Declaration and, if necessary, Supplemental Plat or Plats (but
avoiding duplication such that if three town homes were created from one Lot, then there would be
a net two additional Lots), and reference to this Declaration shall mean this Declaration as
supplemented. All conveyances of Lots shall be effective to transfer rights in the Property as
expanded.
Section 15.4 Effect of Expansion.
A. Upon the inclusion of additional Lots under this Declaration by the filing of
a Supplemental Declaration(s) and, if necessary Supplemental Plat(s) thereof, the Sharing Ratio
applicable to a Lot shall automatically be reduced to a fraction, the numerator of which shall be one
(1) and the denominator of which shall be equal to the aggregate number of Lots then subject to this
Declaration. Such reduction in the Sharing Ratio appurtenant to a Lot shall be reflected and set forth
in the Supplemental Declaration.
B. Notwithstanding any inclusion of additional Lots under this Declaration, each
Owner shall remain fully liable with respect to its obligation for the payment of the Common
Expenses of the Association, including the expenses for such new Common Area, costs and fees, if
any. The recording of a Supplemental Declaration or Supplemental Plat shall not alter the amount
of the Common Expenses assessed to a Lot prior to such recording.
Section 15.5 Termination of Expansion and Development Rights. The rights reserved to
the Declarant for itself, its successors and assigns for the expansion and development pursuant to
Section 15.1 ("Expansion and Development Rights") shall expire twenty (20) years from the date
of recording this Declaration, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms and provisions of the
Act, or unless the Expansion and Development Rights are (i) extended as allowed by law or (ii)
reinstated or extended by the Association, subject to whatever terms, conditions, and limitations the
Executive Board may impose on the subsequent exercise of the Expansion and Development Rights
by Declarant.
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DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REVIEW BOARD
Section 16.1 Design Review Board and Guidelines. There is hereby established a Design
Review Board (the "Design Review Board"), which will be responsible for the establishment and
administration of Design Guidelines to facilitate the purpose and intent of this Declaration.
Section 16.2 Purpose and General Authority. The Design Review Board will review, study
and either approve or reject proposed improvements on the Property, all in compliance with this
Declaration, the Plat and as further set forth in the Design Guidelines and such rules and regulations
as the Design Review Board may establish from time to time to govern its proceedings. No
improvement will be erected, placed, reconstructed, replaced, repaired or otherwise altered, nor will
any construction, repair or reconstruction be commenced until plans for the improvements shall have
been approved by the Design Review Board; provided, however, that improvements that are
completely within a dwelling structure may be undertaken without such approval.
Section 16.3 ISDS Systems. For the purpose of implementing this Article XVI, individual
sewage disposal systems shall constitute "improvements" as used in this Article. All such systems
shall be reviewed by the Design Review Board for conformance with the provisions set forth within
Section 17.1.D.
Section 16.4 Board Discretion. The Design Review Board will exercise its reasonable
judgment to see that all improvements conform and harmonize with any existing structures as to
external design, quality and type of construction, seals, materials, color, location on the building site,
height, grade and finished ground elevation, landscaping, and the schemes and aesthetic
considerations set forth in the Design Guidelines and other Association Documents. The Design
Review Board, in its sole discretion, may excuse compliance with such requirements as are not
necessary or appropriate in specific situations and may permit compliance with different or
alternative requirements. The approval by the Design Review Board of improvements on the
Property shall carry no precedential weight when reviewing subsequent requests for approvals, and
the Design Review Board shall not be required to approve requests for the same or similar
improvements.
Section 16.5 Design Guidelines. The Design Guidelines may include, among other things,
at the sole discretion of the Design Review Board, the restrictions and limitations set forth below:
(i) Procedures and necessary fees for making application to the Design
Review Board for design review approval, including the documents to be submitted and the time
limits in which the Design Review Board must act to approve or disapprove any submission.
(ii) Time limitations for the completion, within specified periods after
approval, of the improvements for which approval is required under the Design Guidelines.
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(iii) Landscaping regulations, with limitations and restrictions prohibiting
the removal or requiring the replacement of existing trees, the type and use of plants, and other
practices benefitting the protection of the environment, conservation of water, aesthetics and
architectural harmony of The Cerise Ranch Subdivision.
(iv) General instructions for the construction, reconstruction, refinishing
or alteration of any improvement, including any plan to excavate, fill or make any other temporary
or permanent change in the natural or existing surface contour or drainage or any installation or
utility lines or conduits on the Property, addressing matters such as loading areas, waste storage,
trash removal, equipment and materials storage, grading, transformers and meters.
The Design Review Board may amend, repeal and augment the Design Guidelines from time
to time, in the Design Review Board's sole discretion. The Design. Guidelines will be binding on
all Owners and other persons governed by this Declaration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Design Review Board is empowered in its discretion to grant variances from the requirements of the
Design Guidelines under unique or unusual circumstances.
Section 16.6 Design Review Board Membership. The Design Review Board will be
composed of not less than three (3) persons nor more than five (5) persons. The Design Review
Board need not include any Member of the Association. All of the members of the Design Review
Board will be appointed, removed and replaced by Declarant, in its sole discretion, until all the Lots
comprising the Property are sold unless required otherwise by the Act, or such earlier time as
Declarant may elect to voluntarily waive this right by notice to the Association, and at that time the
Executive Board will succeed to Declarant's right to appoint, remove or replace the members of the
Design Review Board.
Section 16.7 Organization and Operation of Design Review Board.
A. The term of office of each member of the Design Review Board, subject to
Section 16.5, will be one year, commencing January 1 of each year, and continuing until his
successor shall have been appointed. Should a Design Review Board member die, retire or become
incapacitated, or in the event of a temporary absence of a member, a successor may be appointed as
provided below.
B. So long as Declarant appoints the Design Review Board, Declarant will
appoint the chairman. At such time as the Design Review Board is appointed by the Executive
Board, the chairman will be elected annually from among the members of the Design Review Board
by a majority vote of such members. In the absence of a chairman, the party responsible for
appointing or electing the chairman may appoint or elect a successor, or if the absence is temporary,
an interim chairman.
C. The Design Review Board chairman will take charge of and conduct all
meetings and will provide reasonable notice to each member of the Design Review Board prior to
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D. The affirmative vote of majority of the members of the Design Review Board
will govern its actions and be the act of the Design Review Board.
E. The Design Review Board may avail itself o f other technical and professional
advice and consultants as its deems appropriate, and the Design Review Board may delegate its plan
review responsibilities, except final review and approval, to one or more of its members or to
consultants retained by the Design Review Board. Upon that delegation, the approval or disapproval
of plans and specifications by such member or consultant will be equivalent to approval or
disapproval by the entire Design Review Board.
Section 16.8 Expenses. Except as provided in this Section below, all expenses of the
Design Review Board will be paid by the Association and will constitute a Common Expense. The
Design Review Board will have the right to charge a fee for each application submitted to it for
review, in an amount which may be established by the Design Review Board from time to time, and
such fees will be collected by the Design Review Board and remitted to the Association to help
defray the expenses of the Design Review Board's operation. Further, the Design Review Board
may retain the services of a third party consultant to assist the Design Review Board in reviewing
a particular application. In such event, the Design Review Board may charge the applicant for the
professional fees incurred in retaining such consultant.
Section 1.6.9 Other Requirements. Compliance with the Association's design review
process is not a substitute for compliance with County of Garfield building, zoning and subdivision
regulations, and each Owner is responsible for obtaining all approvals, licenses, and permits as may
be required prior to commencing construction. Further, the establishment of the Design Review
Board and procedures for architectural review will not be construed as changing any rights or
restrictions upon Owners to maintain and repair their Lots and improvements as otherwise required
under the Association Documents.
Section 16.10 Limitation of Liability. Neither the Design Review Board nor any individual
Design Review Board member will be liable to any person for any official act of the Design Review
Board in connection with submitted plans and specifications, except to the extent the Design Review
Board or any individual Design Review Board member acted with malice or wilful wrongful intent.
Approval by the Design Review board does not necessarily assure approval by the appropriate
governmental or commission for the County of Garfield. Notwithstanding that the Design Review
Board has approved plans and specifications, neither the Design Review Board nor any of its
members will be responsible or liable to any Owner, developer or contractor with respect to any loss,
liability, claim or expense which may arise by reason or such approval of the construction of the
improvements. Neither the Executive Board, the Design Review Board, nor any agent thereof, nor
Declarant, nor any of its partners, employees, agents or consultants will be responsible in any way
for any defects in any plans or specifications submitted, revised or approved in accordance with the
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provisions of the Association Documents, nor for any structural or other defects in any work done
according to such plans and specifications. In all events the Design Review Board will be defended
and indemnified by the Association in any such suit or proceeding which may arise by reason of the
Design Review Board's decisions. The Association, however, will not be obligated to indemnify
each member of the Design Review Board to the extent that any such member of the Design Review
Board is adjudged to be liable for malice or wilful wrongful intent in the performance of his duty as
a member of the Design Review Board, unless and then only to the extent that the court in which
such action or suit may be brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication or
liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification for such expense as such court shall deem proper.
Section 16.11 Enforcement.
A. Any member or authorized consultant of the Design Review Board, or any
authorized officer, Director, employee or agent of the Association may enter upon any Lot at any
reasonable time after notice to the Owner, without being deemed guilty of trespass, in order to
inspect improvements constructed or under construction on the Lot to determine whether the
improvements have been or are being built in compliance with the Association Documents and the
plans and specifications approved by the Design Review Board.
B. Before any improvements on a Lot may be occupied, the Owner of the Lot
will be required to obtain a temporary certificate of compliance issued by the Design Review Board
indicating substantial completion of the improvements in accordance with the plans and
specifications approved by the Design Review Board, and imposing such conditions for issuance of
a final certificate of compliance issued by the Design Review Board as the Design Review Board
may determine appropriate in its reasonable discretion. Without limiting the generality of the
preceding sentence, the Design Review Board may require that the Owner deposit with the board
such sums as may be necessary to complete the construction and landscaping on the Lot by a
specified date. If the construction and landscaping is not completed as scheduled, the Design
Review Board may apply the deposit to cover the cost of completing the work and enforce such other
remedies as are available to the Association for the failure of the Owner to comply with these
covenants, including, without limitation, the remedies set forth in this Section.
C. Upon completion of construction, the Design Review Board will issue an
acknowledged certificate of compliance setting forth generally whether, to the best of the Design
Review Board's knowledge, the improvements on a particular Lot are in compliance with the terms
and conditions of the Design Guidelines.
D. Every violation of these covenants is hereby declared to be and to constitute
a nuisance, and every public or private remedy allowed for such violation by law or equity against
a Member will be applicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, these covenants may
be enforced as provided below:
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(i) The Design Review Board may adopt a schedule of fines for failure
to abide by the Design Review Board rules and the Design Guidelines, including fines for failure to
obtain any required approval from the Design Review Board.
(ii) The Association, upon request of the Design Review Board and after
reasonable notice to the offender and, if different, to the Owner, may enter upon any Lot at any
reasonable time after notice to the Owner, without being deemed guilty of trespass, and remove any
improvement constructed, reconstructed, refinished, altered or maintained in violation of these
covenants. The Owner of the improvement will immediately reimburse the Association for all
expenses incurred in connection with such removal. If the Owner fails to reimburse the Association
within thirty (30) days after the Association gives the Owner notice of the expenses, the sum owed
to the Association will bear interest at the default rate from the date of the advance by the
Association through the date of reimbursement in full, and all such sums and interest will be a
Default Assessment enforceable as provided in Article XI.
(iii) All improvements commenced on the Property will be prosecuted
diligently to completion and will be completed within one (1) year after commencement, unless an
exception is granted in writing by the Design Review Board. If an improvement is commenced and
construction is then abandoned for more than ninety (90) days, or if construction is not completed
within the required one (1) year period, then after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in
the Bylaws, the Association may impose a fine of $1,000 per day (or such other reasonable amount
as the Association may set) to be charged against the Owner of the Lot until construction is resumed,
or the improvement is completed, as applicable, unless the Owner can prove to the satisfaction of
the Executive Board that such abandonment is for circumstances beyond the Owner's control. Such
charges will be a Default Assessment and lien as provided in Article XI.
Section 16.12 Binding Effect. The actions of the Design Review Board in the exercise of
its discretion by its approval or disapproval of plans and other information submitted to it or with
respect to any other matter before it will be conclusive and binding on all interested parties.
ARTICLE XVII
PROPERTY USE RESTRICTIONS
Section 17.1 General Restriction. Subject to Declarant's rights under this Declaration, the
Property will not be used for any purpose other than as set forth in these covenants, as permitted by
any applicable ordinances of the County of Garfield and the laws of the State of Colorado and the
United States, and as set forth in the Association Documents or other specific recorded covenants
affecting all or any part of the Property.
A. Use of Lots. Subject to Section 17.5, which permits certain business uses of
a Lot, and Section 3.5.F, which permits model residences and offices under certain circumstances,
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each Lot may be used only for residential purposes in accordance with the restrictions applicable to
a particular Lot set forth in this Declaration and the Plat. No business or commercial building may
be erected on any Lot and, except as noted above, no business or commercial enterprise or other
non-residential use may be conducted on any part of a Lot.
B. Excavation. No excavation will be made except in connection with
improvements approved as provided in these covenants. For purposes of this Section, "excavation"
means any disturbance of the surface of the land which results in a removal of earth, rock, trees, or
other substance a depth of more than eighteen (18) inches below the natural surface of the land.
C. Water. Each structure located within the Property and designed for occupancy
shall connect with the central water system made available by the Association.
D. ISTS Design and Performance Standards. Each ISTS installed within the
Property shall comply with the following requirements:
(i) each system shall be designed by a professional engineer registered
in the State of Colorado pursuant to Colo. Rev. Stat §12-25-111 (1999);
(ii) each system design shall adequately address the soil percolation
conditions present at the Lot site, which percolation rates shall be verified through appropriate on-
site testing;
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(iv) each system design, through the incorporation o f recirculating trickling
filter, sequencing batch reactors and/or other accepted on-site wastewater treatment system
technologies, shall be capable of producing effluent quality which meets or exceeds the requirements
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency for secondary wastewater treatment (30mg/L
BOD and 30 mg/L suspended solids);
(v) the tops of all tanks or risers extending therefrom shall be surface
accessible to facilitate. system testing and maintenance; and
(vi) all absorption fields shall be sized to adequately service (4) bedrooms.
Trench segments with at least (6) feet of separation shall be used whenever practically feasible. A
minimum of (3) similarly sized trench segments should be installed with alternating values or a
distribution box that allows isolation of each segment. Monitoring pipes shall be installed at the far
end of each trench segment to allow inspection of field condition. If a bed must be utilized, single
dosed zones shall be acceptable. If mounding is required to establish (4) feet of suitable soil, a single
pressure dosed zone shall be acceptable. If a bed or mound is used, a minimum of (2) monitoring
pipes shall be installed at the far end of the bed or mound.
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Following ISTS installation, each Lot Owner shall provide the Association with as -
built drawings depicting, in relation to the other improvements on the Lot, the location and
dimensions of the ISTS facilities including the absorption field and monitoring pipes, all applicable
design, operation and maintenance specifications of the system's manufacturer and written
certification from the designing engineer that the ISTS was installed in conformance with the
requirements above stated and all applicable design specifications of the manufacturer.
In the event the Association fails to properly implement and enforce the design and
performance standards forth in this Section 17.1.D., the Board of County Commissioners for
Garfield County, Colorado and its duly authorized representatives and agents, shall have all the right
to enter upon the Property and implement and enforce such standards at the expense of the
Association or exercise any other right or power afforded under this Declaration or the Act including,
but not limited to, the initiation of appropriate proceedings in the District Court for Garfield County,
Colorado, to compel enforcement of the same.
The provisions of this Section 17.1.D shall not be amended or repealed by the
Declarant, Association or Lot Owners without the written consent of the Board of County
Commissioners for Garfield County, Colorado.
E. Wells/Drilling. No well from which water, oil or gas is produced will be dug,
nor will storage tanks, reservoirs, or any installation of power, telephone or other utility lines (wire,
pipe or conduit) be made or operated anywhere on the Property except in connection with water
wells and works operated by the Association, public agencies or duly certified public utility
companies; provided, however, that the foregoing will not prevent the drilling of or installation of
additional water wells by Declarant or its assigns. The drilling or excavation for minerals shall not
be permitted on the Property
F. Antennae. No exterior radio, television, microwave or other antennae or
antennae dish or signal capture and distribution device will be permitted without the prior written
consent of the Design Review Board, and appropriate screening.
G. Signs. No signs of any kind will be displayed to the public view on or from
any portion of the Property except signs of Declarant or its affiliates, assigns or designees established
during the period of Declarant control of the Executive Board or signs required by law or signs
approved by the Design Review Board. No "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign may be posted on any Lot,
except for standard "for sale" or "for rent" signs that do not exceed four square feet.
H. Animals and Pets. Except as is expressly provided in this Declaration, no
animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind will be kept, raised, or bred on any portion of the Property.
I. Containment. Household pets, such as dogs and cats, may not be permitted
to run at large at any time. Those pets which, in the sole discretion of the Executive Board, make
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objectionable noise, endanger the health or safety of, or constitute a nuisance or inconvenience to
the occupants or other Lots or wildlife shall be removed upon request of the Executive Board. If the
pet owner fails to honor such request, the Executive Board may remove the pet.
J. Drainage. No Owner will do or permit any work, place any landscaping or
install any other improvements or suffer the existence of any condition whatsoever which will alter
or interfere with the drainage pattern for the Property, except to the extent such alteration and
drainage pattern is approved in writing by the Design Review Board or the Executive Board, and
except for rights reserved to Declarant to alter or change drainage patterns.
K. Construction Regulations of the Design Guidelines. All Owners and
contractors will comply with the portions of the Design Guidelines regulating construction activities.
Such regulations may affect, without limitation, the following: trash and debris removal; sanitary
facilities; parking areas; outside storage; restoration of damaged property; conduct and behavior of
builders, subcontractors and Owners' representatives on the Property at any time; the conservation
of landscape materials; and fire protection.
L. Blasting,. If any blasting is to occur, the Design Review Board and Declarant
will be informed far enough in advance to allow them to make such investigation as they deem
necessary to confirm that appropriate protective measures have been taken prior to the blasting. No
blasting shall occur without such prior written approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no approval
of any blasting by Declarant of the Design Review Board will in any way release the person
conducting the blasting from all liability in connection with the blasting, nor will such approval in
any way be deemed to make Declarant or the Design Review Board liable for any damage which
may occur from blasting, and the person doing the blasting will defend and hold harmless and hereby
indemnifies Declarant and the Design Review Board from any such expense or liability. Declarant
or the Design Review Board may impose any reasonable conditions and restrictions, including time
and date restrictions, on all blasting.
M. Temporary Structures. No temporary structures will be permitted except as
may be determined to be necessary during construction and as specifically authorized by the Design
Review Board.
N. No Conversion. No Owner shall construct or convert any carport, garage, attic
or other unfinished space, other than a basement, to finished space for use as an apartment or other
integral part of the living area on any residence without approval of the Design Review Board, the
Association and the Garfield County Building Department.
O. No Outside Clotheslines. No laundry or wash will be dried or hung outside
on the Property.
P. Motorized Vehicles. No trucks, trail bikes, recreational vehicles, motor
homes, motor coaches, snowmobiles, campers, trailer, boats or boat trailers or similar vehicles, other
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than passenger automobiles or pickup or utility trucks with a capacity of one-half ton or less, or any
other motorized vehicles will be parked, stored or in any manner kept or placed on any portion of
the Property except in an enclosed garage. This restriction, however, will not be deemed to prohibit
commercial and construction vehicles and construction mobile offices, in the ordinary course of
business, from making deliveries or otherwise providing services to the Property or for Declarant
or the other Owners.
Q. Parking and Auto Repair. No automobiles or other vehicles will be parked
in any street or upon any portion of the Property, except within garages, carports or designated
parking areas, except as provided herein. No work on automobiles or other vehicle repair will be
performed in any visible or exposed portion of the Property except in emergencies.
R. Abandoned, Inoperable, or Oversized Vehicles. No abandoned or inoperable
vehicles of any kind will be stored or parked on any portion of the Property, other than within
enclosed garages, except as provided below. "Abandoned or inoperable vehicle" is defined as any
vehicle which has not been driven under its own propulsion for a period of three weeks or longer;
provided, however, this will not include vehicles parked by Owners while on vacation or residing
away from the Property. A written notice describing the "abandoned or inoperable vehicle" and
requesting its removal may be personally served upon the Owner or posted on the unused vehicle.
If such vehicle has not been removed within seventy-two (72) hours after notice has been given, the
Association will have the right to remove the vehicle without liability, and the expense of removal
will be a Default Assessment charged against the Owner as provided in Section XI. All unsightly
or oversized vehicles, snow removal equipment, garden maintenance equipment, and all other
unsightly equipment and machinery may be required by Declarant or the Executive Board to be
stored at a designated location or locations. "Oversized" vehicles, for purposes of this Section, will
be vehicles which are too high to clear the entrance to a residential garage.
S. Outside Burning. There will be no exterior fires, except barbecues and
braziers and incinerator fires contained within facilities or receptacles and in areas designated and
approved by the Design Review Board. No Owner will permit any condition upon its portion of the
Property which creates a fire hazard or is in violation of fire prevention regulations. No Owner shall
permit any fireworks, except as permitted by the rules of the Association and in compliance with
applicable law.
T. Noise. No exterior horns, whistles, bells or other sound devices except
security devices used exclusively to protect the security of the Property or improvements, will be
placed or used on any portion of the Property.
U. Lighting. All exterior lighting of the improvements and grounds on the
Property, or interior lighting visible outside of any building, will be subject to regulation by the
Design Review Board.
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V. Obstructions. There will be no obstruction of any walkways or bike paths or
interference with the free use of those walkways and paths except as may be reasonably required in
connection with repairs. The Owners, their families, tenants, guests and invitees are granted
non-exclusive easements to use the walkways and paths within the Property. That use will be
subject to the Association rules adopted by the Executive Board from time to time.
W. Trail Restrictions. Any trail easements shown on the Plat, as contrasted to
Roads, are restricted to hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and mountain biking. No
motorized vehicles are permitted on the trail easements.
X. Fence Restriction. No fence, wall, hedge or mass planting shall be
constructed or permitted without the express written approval of the Design Review Board.
Y. Camping and Picnicking. No camping or picnicking will be allowed within
the Property except in those areas designated for those purposes. The Executive Board, in its
discretion, may ban or permit public assemblies and rallies within the Property.
Z. House Numbers. Each dwelling unit will have a house number with a design
and location established by the Design Review Board.
AA. Nuisance. No obnoxious or offensive activity will be carried on within the
Property, nor will anything be done or permitted which will constitute a public nuisance. No noise
or other nuisance will be permitted to exist or operate upon the Property so as to be offensive or
detrimental to any other part of the Property or its occupants.
BB. Hazardous Material. No hazardous or toxic materials (as defined under any
local, state or Federal law, regulation or ordinance) will be stored, generated, emitted from, released
from, transported to or from, disposed of or used on the Property, except for normal household
purposes in such quantities as do, not violate environmental laws.
CC. Water Use. Lawn and garden irrigation from the Association's domestic
water system shall be limited per Lot to no more than three thousand (3000) square feet.
DD. Wetlands. No improvement shall be constructed within 25 feet of any
Wetlands boundary as depicted upon the Plat, and no residence shall be constructed outside the
boundaries of the building envelope existing upon certain Lots as depicted upon the Plat.
EE. Tanks. No elevated tanks of any kind shall be erected, placed, or permitted
upon any Lot.
FF. General Practices Prohibited. The following practices are prohibited at the
Property:
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(i) Allowing construction suppliers and contractors to clean their
equipment other than at a location designated for that purpose by the Design Review Board;
(ii) Removing any rock, plant material, top soil or similar items from any
property of others;
(iii) Carrying firearms on the Property;
(iv) Use of surface water for construction;
(v) Careless disposition of cigarettes and other flammable materials;
(vi) Capturing, trapping or killing of wildlife within the Property, except
in circumstances posing an imminent threat to the safety of persons using the Property; or
(vii) Any activity which materially disturbs, threatens or destroys the
vegetation, wildlife, wetlands, or air or water quality within the Property or which use excessive
amounts of water or which result in unreasonable levels of sound or light pollution.
Section 17.2 Use of Property During Construction. It will be expressly permissible and
proper for any Owner acting with the prior written consent of the Design Review Board and for
Declarant, and their respective employees, agents, independent contractors, successors, and assigns
involved in the construction of improvements on, or the providing of utility service to, the Property,
or other real property owned by Declarant, to perform such activities and to maintain upon portions
of the Common Area as they deem necessary such facilities as may be reasonably required,
convenient, necessary or incidental to such construction and development of the Property. This
permission specifically includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, maintaining
storage areas, construction yards, model residences, sales offices, management offices and
equipment and signs. However, no activity by any Owner will be performed and no facility will be
maintained on any portion of the Property in such a way as to unreasonably interfere with the use,
enjoyment or access of such Owner or his tenants or guests of and to his Lot. If any Owner's use
under this provision is deemed objectionable by the Design Review Board, then the Design Review
Board, in its sole discretion, may withdraw this permission.
Section 17.3 Partition or Combination of Lots. No part of a Lot may be partitioned or
separated from any other part thereof. No Lots may be combined, but the Owner of two or more
contiguous Lots may build one single family dwelling unit on the contiguous Lots, upon complying
with all applicable requirements of the County of Garfield, and with all applicable Design guidelines,
including, without limitation, procedures for adjusting building sites otherwise drawn for the Lots
to accommodate a larger dwelling unit, minimum and maximum limitations of living area that may
be constructed on any given number of contiguous Lots, and measures necessary to preserve any
easements reserved with respect to the contiguous Lots.
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The fact that two or more contiguous Lots may be owned by one person and developed with
one single family dwelling unit will not affect the number of votes or the amount of Assessments
allocated to the Lots. If the Owner is required by the County of Garfield or any other governmental
authority or by a Mortgagee to replat the Lots in order to construct improvements on the Lots, the
number of votes and the allocation of Assessments to the Lots after replatting will equal the sum of
the votes and Assessments allocated to the Lots before replatting. Each Lot will be conveyed,
transferred, gifted, devised, bequeathed, encumbered or otherwise disposed of, as the case may be,
with all appurtenant rights and interests created by law or by this Declaration, including the Owner's
membership in the Association and the right to use the Common Area, and with the appropriate
allocation of voting rights and liability for Assessments established for the Lot as provided in this
Declaration.
Section 17.4 Leasing. The Owner of a Lot will have the right to lease his Lot, subject to
the following conditions:
(i) All leases will be in writing.
(ii) The lease shall be specifically subject to the Association Documents,
and any failure of a tenant to comply with the Association Documents will be a default under the
lease, enforceable by the Association.
(iii) The Owner shall be liable for any violation of the Association
Documents committed by the Owner's tenant, without prejudice to the Owner's right to collect any
sums by the Owner on behalf of the tenant.
Section 17.5 Businesses. No Owner shall conduct any business, trade, garage sale, moving
sale, rummage sale or similar activity on any Lot, except that an Owner or occupant residing on a.
Lot may conduct business activities within the residence so long as: (a) the existence or operation
of the business activity is undetectable to the senses of sight, sound or smell from outside the
residence; (b) the business activity conforms to all zoning requirements for the Property; (c) the
business activity may be carried out within the confines of the residence and is free from regular
visitation of the residence by clients, customers, suppliers or other business invitees or door-to-door
solicitation of residents of the Property; and (d) the business activity is consistent with the residential
character of the Property; or such business activity satisfies the definition of home-based day care
contained within the zone district text for the Cerise Ranch Subdivision.
This subsection shall not apply to any activity conducted by the Declarant or a builder
approved by the Declarant with respect to the development and sale of the Property, or the
Declarant's use of any Lot.
Section 17.6 Compliance with Laws. Subject to the rights of reasonable contest, each
Owner will promptly comply with the provisions of all applicable laws, regulations, ordinances, and
other governmental or quasi -governmental regulations with respect to all or any portion of the
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Property. Each owner will abide by any wildlife regulations imposed by the Association or any
agency or authority having jurisdiction over the Property.
Section 17.7 Enforcement. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the
Executive Board may prohibit any activity, business or otherwise, which, in the sole direction of the
Executive Board, constitutes a nuisance, or a hazardous or offensive use, or threatens the security,
safety, or quiet enjoyment of other residents of the Property. The Association may take such action
as it deems advisable to enforce these covenants as provided in this Declaration. In addition, the
Association will have a right of entry on any part of the Property for purposes of enforcing these
Articles, and any costs incurred by the Association in connection with such enforcement which
remain unpaid thirty (30) days after the Association has given notice of the cost to the Owner and
otherwise complied with Act will be subject to interest at the default rate from the date of the
advance by the Association through the date of payment in full by the Owner, and will be treated as
a Default Assessment enforceable as provided in Article XI.
Section 17.8 Use of the Words "Cerise Ranch Subdivision" or Logo. No Person shall use
the words "The Cerise Ranch Subdivision" or any derivative thereof, or any other name given to the
Property by the Declarant, or the logo of the development in any printed or promotional material
without Declarant's prior written consent. However, Owners may use the term "The Cerise Ranch
Subdivision" in printed or promotional matter where such term is used solely to specify that
particular property is located within The Cerise Ranch Subdivision and the Association shall each
be entitled to use the word "The Cerise Ranch Subdivision" in its name.
Section 17.9 Agreements with Adjacent Property Owners. The owners of some or all of
the nonresidential properties adjacent to the Property may be obligated to share in certain costs
associated with the maintenance, repair, replacement and insurance of portions of the Common Area,
if any, which are used by or benefit jointly the owners of such nonresidential properties and the
Owners within the Property, by agreement, contract or covenant to share costs. The owners of the
nonresidential properties shall not be subject to the restrictions contained in this Declaration except
as otherwise specifically provided herein.
ARTICLE XVIII
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR WILDLIFE PROTECTION
Section 18.1 Wildlife Restrictions. In order to preserve, protect and promote the well being
of The Cerise Ranch's existing wildlife, the use of the Property, and each Lot thereon, and the rights
and easements of enjoyment in and to the Common Areas created hereunder are restricted as follows:
A. All areas identified and depicted upon the Wetland Areas shall be preserved
in their present natural character and condition to as great a degree as possible and no activity shall
be permitted thereon which shall modify or alter their existing character and condition.
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B. No tree or vegetation removal shall be permitted within the Common Area
except as may be necessary, in the determination of the Association, to remove a dangerous
condition or to control an invasive species.
C. Except as allowed under Section 4.16, no more than two (2) domestic animals
shall be permitted to be kept upon any Lot. As used herein, "domestic animal" shall specifically
exclude all horses, livestock, poultry or other farm animals of any kind except cats and dogs. Lot
Owners shall be entitled to keep dogs on their property pursuant to the following restrictions and
limitations and subject to any additional rules and regulations which may be promulgated by the
Association:
(i) No more than one dog, including puppies, shall be kept by any Lot
Owner at any time upon any one (1) Lot.
(ii) Dogs shall be kept under the control of their Owners at all times and
shall not be permitted to run free or to cause a nuisance in the Property. No dogs shall be allowed
beyond the boundaries of the Lot owned by the person(s) where the dog is housed unless leashed and
accompanied by a person in full control of such dog.
(iii) Dogs shall not be allowed to bark continuously, which shall be defined
as barking for a continuous fifteen (15) minute period, including successive barks or a series of barks
which repeat or resume following a brief or temporary cessation.
(iv) When not accompanied by a person, all dogs shall be leashed, chained,
"electric fenced," or kenneled. The location of kennels shall be subject to review of the Design
Review Board.
(v) All dogs shall be kept reasonably clean, and all Lots shall be free of
refuse and animal waste.
(vi) Should any dog chase or molest deer, elk or any domestic animals or
persons, or destroy or disturb property of another, the Association shall be authorized to prohibit the
Owner or any tenant, invitee, event, guest or other user of a Lot from continuing to maintain the
offending animal on his property and may dispose of that animal, if necessary, to protect wildlife or
other Owners, Persons or property. The offending dog owner shall be provided written notice of
such action at least two (2) days before disposal occurs. Within such two (2) day period, the
offending dog shall be kenneled at a licensed kennel. All charges associated with action taken by
the Association may be assessed against either the Owner and/or the dog owner, or both, at the
Association's sole option.
(vii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no animal may be kept upon a Lot
which, in the sole discretion and judgment of the Executive Board results in any annoyance or is
obnoxious to Lot Owners within the Subdivision.
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D. The Association and all Lot Owners are prohibited from chasing, scaring,
disturbing, hazing, or other using any other form of harassment to coerce big game (deer and/or elk)
off of the Common Area.
E. The Association and all Lot Owners hereby waive and shall hold the Colorado
Division of Wildlife harmless from, any and all claims for damages to landscaping improvements
or ornamental plants located on the Lots or Common Area resulting from the activities of big game
(deer and/or elk).
F. The Association and the Lot Owners shall be responsible for the removal and
proper disposal of all animal carcasses located upon the Common Area or Lots, as may be
appropriate.
G. The Association shall assess and enforce penalties against Owners violating
any of the wildlife restrictions set forth in this Section 18.1 as follows: One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) for the first violation committed by an Owner; Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the
second violation; Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the third violation; and for each succeeding
violation the fine increases in One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) increments. The dollar amounts of the
fines may be changed upon the approval of the Executive Board.
H. The restrictions of this Section 18.1 shall be enforceable in perpetuity and
shall not be amended or terminated by action of the Association, Owners or Declarant nor by any
provision for termination of this Declaration. The restrictions of this Section 18.1 shall be
enforceable in any and all manner provided in this Declaration by the Association, Owners,
Declarant, Garfield County or any state or federal agency charged with the preservation of wildlife
and wetlands areas. Any such enforcement action shall entitle the enforcing party to recovery of
damages equal to the cost of restoration of the property, and such enforcing party shall be entitled
to an award of reasonable attorney fees and costs of enforcement, including but not limited to court
costs, expert witness fees, costs of depositions and exhibits.
ARTICLE XIX
MORTGAGEE'S RIGHTS
The following provisions are for the benefit of holders, insurers, or guarantors of First
Mortgages on Lots. To the extent applicable, necessary, or proper, the provisions of this Article XIX
apply to this Declaration and also the Articles and Bylaws of the Association.
Section 19.1 Approval Requirements. Unless at least 51% of the Mortgagees holding First
Mortgages against any portion of the Property (based on one vote for each Mortgage owned), and
at least 67% of the Owners (other than Declarant) have given their prior written approval, the
Association shall not be entitled to:
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(i) By act or omission seek to abandon, partition, subdivide, sell, or
transfer all or part of the Common Area (provided, however, that the granting of easements or rights
of way for public utilities or for other public purposes consistent with the intended use of such
Common Area shall not be deemed a transfer within the meaning of this clause);
(ii) Subject to the expansion rights of Declarant set forth in Article XV,
change the method of determining the obligations, Assessments, dues, or other charges which may
be levied against an Owner;
(iii) Fail to maintain insurance required to be maintained under this
Declaration;
(iv) Use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to improvements in the
Common Area for other than the repair, replacement, or reconstruction of such property.
The failure of a Mortgagee to object in writing to an amendment within thirty (30) days after receipt
of request for approval shall be deemed an approval of such amendment.
Section 19.2 Title Taken by Mortgagee. Any Mortgagee holding a First Mortgage of
record against a Lot who obtains title to the Lot pursuant to remedies exercised in enforcing the
Mortgage, including foreclosure of the Mortgage or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, will
be liable for all Assessments assessed against such Lot, whether such Assessments were assessed
prior to or after Mortgagee has taken title to such Lot.
Section 19.3 Distribution of Insurance or Condemnation Proceeds. In the event of a
distribution by the Association of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards allocable among the
Lots for losses to, or taking of, all or part of the Common Area, neither the Owner nor any other
person shall take priority in receiving the distribution over the right of any Mortgagee who is a
beneficiary of a First Mortgage against the Lot.
Section 19.4 Right to Pay Taxes and Charges. Mortgagees may, jointly or singly, pay taxes
or other charges which are in default and which may or have become a charge against any Common
Area, and may pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies, or secure new hazard insurance
coverage on the lapse of a policy for such Common Area.
ARTICLE XX
DURATION OF COVENANTS AND AMENDMENT
Section 20.1 Term. The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and
bind the land in perpetuity, subject to the termination provisions of the Act.
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Section 20.2 Amendment. This Declaration, or any provision of it, may be amended at any
time by Owners holding not Less than 67% of the votes possible to be cast under this Declaration at
a meeting of the Owners called for that purpose, except as limited by Article XIX. Any amendment
must be executed by the President of the Association and recorded, and approval of such amendment
may be shown by attaching a certificate of the Secretary of the Association to the recorded
instrument certifying the approval of a sufficient number of Owners of the amendment. No
amendment to the Declaration which affects the rights of Declarant reserved hereunder shall be valid
without the written consent of Declarant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Declarant, acting alone,
reserves to itself the right and power to modify and amend this Declaration and/or the Plat to the
fullest extent permitted under the Act. Further, the Executive Board may, pursuant to the provisions
of the Act, petition the district court in which the Property is situated to amend this Declaration as
provided in the Act.
Section 20.3 Revocation. This Declaration shall not be revoked, except as provided in
Article XIV regarding total condemnation, without the consent of all of the Owners evidenced by
a written instrument duly recorded.
ARTICLE XXI
SPECIAL DISTRICT
The Association shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, to contract with and to
cooperate with a Special District in order to ensure that their respective responsibilities are
discharged. The Association is further authorized to act on behalf of its Members to ensure that the
level of services provided by the Special District, if created, is consistent with the community -wide
standard.
ARTICLE XXII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 22.1 Declarant Powers.
A. Notwithstanding anything in this Declaration to the contrary, the Declarant
hereby reserves the following special declarant rights to the fullest extent permitted by the Act: To
complete improvements indicated on plats and maps filed with this Declaration or Supplemental
Declaration; to exercise any development right (as defined in the Act); to maintain sales offices,
management offices, signs advertising the Property and models; to use easements through the
Common Areas for the purpose of making improvements within the Property or within real estate
which may be added to and made subject to this Declaration; to make the Property subject to a
master association; to merge or consolidate a common interest community of the same form of
ownership; and to appoint or remove any officer of the Association or any Executive Board member
during any period of Declarant control. All such special declarant rights shall, to the maximum
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extent permitted by law, be exercisable by Declarant for a period of twenty (20) years after the
Declarant no longer controls the Executive Board.
B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no rights or powers reserved
to Declarant hereunder shall exceed the time limitations or permissible extent of such rights or
powers as restricted under the Act. Any provision in this Declaration in conflict with the
requirements of the Act shall not be deemed to invalidate such provision as a whole but shall be
adjusted as is necessary to comply with the Act.
Section 22.2 Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration, the Executive
Board, Declarant, or any Owner (provided the Executive Board fails to take action after reasonable
notice is given to the Executive Board by such Owner) shall have the right to enforce, by a
proceeding at law or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens, and charges
now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of this Declaration. Failure by the Executive Board of
the Association, Declarant, or by any Owner to enforce any covenant or restriction contained in this
Declaration shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. The prevailing
party in any legal action arising under this Declaration shall be entitled to reimbursement of all costs
of such action including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees.
Section 22.3 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 22.4 Conflicts Between Documents. In case of conflict between this Declaration
and the Articles and the Bylaws of the Association, this Declaration shall control. In case of conflict
between the Articles and the Bylaws, the Articles shall control.
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF Garfield )
WINTERGREEN HOMES, LLC,
a Colorado limited liability company
By:
Art Kleinstein, Manager
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this
, by Art Kleinstein as Wintergreen Homes, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company.
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL.
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
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EXHIBIT .A
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
CERISE RANCH
A parcel of land located in a portion of Government Lots 1, 3, 14 and 15 of Section 33,
and in a portion of Government Lots 2, 7, 8, 20, and 21 of Section 32, and the SW' /4 SE
1/4 of Section 29, al in Township 7 South, Range 87 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Garfield
County, Colorado and in the SW 1/ NW 1,14 NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 7 South,
Range 87 West, 6th Principal Meridian. Garfield and Eagie County. Colorado, and being
more particularly described as follows:
The True Point ofBeainning being the northwest corner of said Section 33; thence S. 89°
14'35" E., along the north line of said Section 33 a distance of 1371.19 feet to a point;
said point being the west 1/16 corner of Section 28, said Township and Range, and of
said Section 33; thence S. 89°14'54" E., continuing along the north line of said Section
33 a -distance of 1371.88 feet to a point; said point being the north 1/4 corner of said
Section 33; thence S. 01°40'33" W., along the north -south centerline of said Section 33 a
distance of 664.14 feet to a point; said point being the northwest corner of the SW 1/4 NV
1/4 NE 1/4 of said Section 33; thence S. 89°14'55" E., along the north line of said SW 1/4
NW 1/4 NE 1/4 a distance of 686.80 feet to a point; said point being the northeast corner of
said SW '/. NW 1/4 NE 1/4; thence S. 01°40'52" W., along the east line of said SW 1/4 NW
1/4 NE 1/4 a distance of 663.00 feet to a point; said point being the southeast corner of said
SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4; thence N. 89°20'38" W., along the south line of said SW 1/4 NW '/.
NE 1/4 a distance of 686.76 feet to a point; said point being the southwest corner of SW 1/4
NW 1/4 NE 1/4; thence N. 89°20' 16" W., a distance of 739.11 feet to a point; thence. S.
02°39'57" W., a distance of 1147.79 feet to a point; said point being on the north right of
way line of U.S. Highway 82 and on a curve to the left having a radius of 2964.79 feet;
thence 383.72 feet along said curve and the north right-of-way line ofU.S. Highway 82
through a central angle of 7°24'56", having a cord bearing and distance ofN. 75°42'50"
W., 323.45 feet to a point; thence. N. 80°48'50" W., along the north right -Of -way line of
U.S. Highway 82 a distance of 213.65 feet to a point; thence N. 81°31'13" W., along the
north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 82 a distance of 2415.28 feet to a point of
curvature of a curve to the right having a radius of 11,359.16 feet; thence 512.48 feet
along said curve and the north richt-of-way line of U.S. Highway 82 through a central
angle of2°35'06", having a chord bearing and distance ofN. 80°13'40" W., 512.44 feet
to a point; thence N. 79°35'30" W., along the north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 82
a distance of 872.27' feet to a point; thence S. 79°15'50" W., along the north richt-of-way
line of U.S. Highway 82, a distance of 53.85 feet to a point; thence N. 78°56'10" W.,
along the north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 82 a distance of 295.38 feet to a point;
thence N. 02°27'10" E., alone the east line of a parcel of land described in Book 637 at
Page 200 a distance of 273.18 feet to a point; said point being the northeast corner of said
parcel of land; thence N. 78°56'08" W., along the north line of said parcel a distance of
550.72 feet to a point; said point being the northwest corner of said parcel; thence
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W., along the north right-of-way line of U.S. Hinh•wav 82 a distance of 65.35 feet to a
point; said point being on the .vest line of said Government Lot 7; thence N. 03°07'11"
E., along the west line of said Lot 7 a distance of 1061.81 feet to a point; said point being
the northwest corner of said Lot 7; thence S. 81°17'42" E., along the north Iine of said
Lot 7 a distance of 652.09 feet to a point; said point being on the north -south centerline of
said Section 32; thence N. 01°41'13" E., along said north -south centerline of said Section
32 a distance of 693.38 feet to a point; said point being the 1/4 corner common to said
Sections 29 and 32; thence N. 03°14' 16" E., along the north -south centerline of said -
Section 29 also being the west line of said SW 1/4 SE 1/4 of said Section 29 a distance of
1368.56 feet to a point; said point being the south -center 1/16 corner of said Section 29;
thence S. 89°17'20" E, along the north line of said SW'/. SE'/. a distance of 1359.72
feet to a point; said point being the southeast 1/6 of said Section 29; thence S. 04°42'48"
W., along the east line of said SW 1/4 SE 1/4 a distance of 1378.02 feet to a point; said
point being the East 1/16 corner of said Section 29 and Section 32; thence S. 88°58'50"
E., along the north line of said Section 32 a distance of 1323.90 feet to the True Point of
Beginning.
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Government Lot ��:, Section 32, Township 7 South, Range S7 West, of the 6'h Principal
Meridian.
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