Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Harlinsdale Covenants

 

 

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF YORK                                     RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, First Land Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to

as "Owner") are the owners and holders of the real estate

hereinafter described and are desirous of developing same in the

best manner possible as a residential subdivision; and

 

     WHEREAS, Owner is desirous of placing upon said real estate

certain protective and restrictive covenants in order to benefit

Owner and any and all other persons whomsoever purchasing,

acquiring or occupying any portion of said real estate;

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that First

Land Company, Inc. does hereby restrict the following described

real estate in the manner hereinbelow set forth and the sale of

any part or portion of the hereinafter described property shall

act as consideration to them for the placing of said restrictive

covenants upon the said real estate.            

 

                   , RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS        

(1)   All lots in said subdivision shall be known and described

residential lots, and no structure shall be erected,  altered,

placed or permitted to remain on any residential building lot

other than the one (1) detached, single-family dwelling not to

exceed three stories in height and a private garage of no more

than three cars and storage or servants' quarters, but separate 

rental of such quarters is specifically prohibited.  For the

purpose of the within restrictions, the term "single family"

expressly excludes group homes.

(2)   No residence or outbuilding shall be located on any building

plot nearer than 10 feet to any side lot line.  In addition, ail

buildings must be placed so as to comply with the set back lines

shown on plat of Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision, Phase I by Ashmark

Land Surveyors and dated November 14, 1988, which is incorporated

herein by reference.

 

(3)   No camper,  mobile home,  trailer,  tent,  shack,  or garage,

whether temporary or permanent, other than the garage and

servants' quarters as aforesaid, shall be placed or located on

this property; nor shall any of the aforesaid at any time be used

as a residence temporarily or permanently; nor shall any

structure of a temporary character be used as a residence.

 

 (4)   No residential dwelling costing'less than  $130,000.00 as of

June 1, 1987 cost levels shall be erected on any lot in said

tract and the floor space of the main structure exclusive of

one-story open porches and garages shall not be less than 2400

square feet.

(5)   No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be carried

on upon this property nor anything done thereon which may be or

become detrimental, an annoyance or a nuisance to the

neighborhood.  The keeping of one or more ordinary household pets

in limited number under strict supervision of the owner or        

 

 

occupant and under reasonable conditions not creating an

annoyance or nuisance in the neighborhood shall not be considered

violative of this provision.  Keeping of animal or fowl under any

other conditions is to be considered as prohibited by this

provision and violative thereof.

(6)   No building or outbuilding shall be erected, placed or

altered on any lot until the constructive plans and

specifications and a plan showing the location of the structure

have been approved by an Architectural Control Committee

established as herein provided as to quality of workmanship and

materials, harmony of external design with existing structures

and as to location with respect to topography and finish grade

elevation and proximity to street and side lot lines and other

buildings.  No fence or wail shall be erected, placed or altered

on any lot nearer to any street than the main residence unless

similarly approved.  No building plans shall be approved unless

they require the planting of appropriate shrubbery in keeping

with the type and character of structure proposed and in keeping

with other structures and other shrubbery in the surrounding

neighborhood, and the failure on the part of the owner to

accomplish construction and to provide for the planting of

shrubbery consistent with plans and specifications submitted and

approved shall constitute a violation of these covenants.  The

Architectural Control Committee is hereby declared to be composed

of R. Warren Norman, David P. Norman and Ralph W. Norman, Jr.  In

the event of death or resignation of any member of the Committee,

the remaining members shall have full authority to designate a

successor.  The members of the Committee shall not be entitled to

any compensation for the services performed pursuant to this

covenant.  At any time the within record owners of the lots

affected hereby shall have the power through a duly written

instrument executed by the same persons required to approve

amendments of these restrictions under the terms of Paragraph 8

hereof to change the membership of the Committee or to withdraw

from the Committee or to restrict any of its powers or duties.

The approval or disapproval of the Committee as required in these

covenants shall be in writing.  In the event the Committee fails

to indicated its approval or disapproval within 30 days after the

plans and specifications have been submitted to it in writing or

in any event, if no suit to enjoin the construction has been

commenced within 90 days after construction has begun or by the

time of completion thereof in the case of a dwelling house,

approval will not be required and the related covenants shall be

deemed fully complied with.

 

 (7)   No satellite dish or similar receiver shall be placed on any

of the lots.

 

 (8)   No chain link fences or similar such fences shall be placed

on any of the lots.

(9)   All mailboxes for residential dwellings shall be brick or

stucco, with common name plates as determined by the

Architectural Committee.

 

(10) No vehicle, car or other obstruction shall be parked or left

in any subdivision street for more than forty-eight (48) hours.

No boats, campers or recreational vehicles shall be kept in the

front or side yard.

(11) Grantor will organize a non-profit, non-stock association of

property owners consisting of all of the then owners of lots

within the area subjected to these Restrictions and may, at its

option convey any portions of the property not used as

residential building lots (such as entrance ways) to said

association of owners of homes within the subdevelopment.  Said

properties may also include a "green area" to be used by the

association.  By purchasing a property subjected to these

Restrictive Covenants, the Grantee or their heirs, successors, or

assigns agrees to be a member of said association and to abide by

such rules as may be promulgated by said association for the

maintenance and upkeep of said areas of properties conveyed to

the association.  Grantee, their heirs and assigns herein pledges

to pay to said association a sum to be assessed for the

maintenance and bea»utification of the common areas by the

association,

 

 (12) These restrictions shall continue effective for a period of

20 years from the date hereof and shall likewise continue

effective in successive 10 year periods thereafter unless and

until changed within the initial 20 year period or in any

subsequent 10 year period by mutual consent in writing by those

owners of lots in the restricted area comprising 51% of the total

number of such lots and the same may be enforced by injunction

for damages for violation by any owner of any lot affected by

these restrictions.

 

 (13) Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or a

Court Order shall in no wise affect any of the other provisions

which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

                          DESCRIPTION

 

     All those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying,

being and situate in York County, South Carolina, and being more

particularly shown and described on Plat of Harlnsdale Farm

Subdivision, Phase I, by Ashmark Land Surveyors dated November

14,  1988 and recorded in Plat Book 97  at page 79  in the Office

of the Clerk of Court for York County, S.C.

 

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, First Land Company, Inc. has caused

these presents to be executed in its name by R. Warren Norman,

its President and Ralph W. Norman, Jr. its Secretary and its

corporate seal to be hereto affixed this  7    day of December, in

the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight and

in the two hundred thirteenth year of the Sovereignty and

Independence of the United States of America.

 

 

 

FIRST LAND COMPANY, INC.

 

ATTEST:

 

R. Warren Norman

 

Ralph W. Norman

 

 

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA                               

COUNTY OF YORK

 

                   

 

     PERSONALLY APPEARED before me the undersigned witness who on

oath states that s/he was present and saw First Land Company,

Inc. by R. Warren Norman its President and Ralph W. Norman, Jr.,

its Secretary sign the foregoing Restrictive Covenants, and the

Corporation, by said officers as its act and deed, deliver the

same and that s/he with the other witness above named witnessed

the execution thereof.

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA  )

 

                        ) AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

COUNTY OF YORK         )

 

 

       WHEREAS, First Land Company, Inc., caused to be recorded certain Restrictive

Covenants for Harlinsdale Subdivision on December 7, 1988, in Deed Book 1065, at Page 195,

in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County, South Carolina; and,

 

       WHEREAS, Paragraph 12 provides that the restrictions may be changed by mutual

consent in writing by those owners of lots in the restricted area comprising 51% of the total number of such lots; and,

 

       WHEREAS, First Land Company, Inc., and the undersigned Owners desire to amend the

Restrictive Covenants as set forth herein;

 

       NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties agree to amend the

Restrictive Covenants recorded in Deed Book 1065, Page 195, as follows:

 

       a.        The last sentence of Paragraph 2 of the above-referenced Restrictive Covenants shall be deleted and replaced with the following language:

 

              "In addition, all buildings must be placed so as to comply with the

 

              setback lines shown on the subdivision plat of the applicable

 

              Phases of Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision, as recorded or to be

 

              recorded, each of which is incorporated herein by reference."

 

       b.       Paragraph 4 of the above-referenced Restrictive Covenants shall be deleted and replaced with the following language:

 

              "No residential dwelling costing less than $190,000 as of June 1,

 

               1987 cost levels shall be erected on any lot in said tract and the

 

              floor space of the main structure exclusive of one-story open

 

              porches and garages shall not be less than 3,000 square feet."

 

       c.        Paragraph 9 of the above-referenced Restrictive Covenants shall be deleted and replaced with the following language:

 

              "All mailboxes for residential dwellings shall be Wrought Iron in

 

              design with  common brass numbers  as determined by the

 

              Architectural Review Committee as provided in Paragraph 6 of the

 

              within Restrictive Covenants."

 

       d.       A new paragraph No.  14 shall be added to the above-referenced Restrictive

Covenants as follows:

 

              "14. All roofs for residential dwellings shall be constructed with a

 

              minimum 25 year shingle with a minimum weight of 240# per

 

                                                                                     

              square foot. This restriction shall take effect upon the recording of

 

              the within Amendment to Restrictive Covenants, and shall not

 

              require any homeowners not meeting this standard on this date to

 

              replace with the minimum required shingle."

 

       e.        The  Description  set  forth  in  the  above-referenced  Restrictive  Covenants  is amended by adding thereto the tracts described on the attached Exhibit A.

 

       f.          Paragraph   11   of  the  above-referenced  Restrictive  Covenants  is  amended  by providing that all the Grantees, his or her heirs, successors or assigns of each lot subdivided or to be subdivided from the tracts described on the attached Exhibit A shall agree to be, and shall be admitted by the association as, a member of said association with all rights and obligations associated with such membership.

 

 

       g.  A new Paragraph 15 shall be added to the above-referenced Restrictive

Covenants:

 

 

 

 

       "15. First Land Company, Inc., as Owner or Grantor shall have the

 

       right to subject additional tracts to the above-referenced Restrictive

 

       Covenants, without obtaining the consent thereto of any other

 

       Owner, by recording a Supplemental Declaration adding such

 

       additional property."

h.       Except as amended above, the Restrictive Covenants shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Signed this 5th day of May, 1997.

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA       )

 

                            )             PROBATE

COUNTY OF YORK             )

 

 

       PERSONALLY appeared before me the undersigned witness who, on oath, says that s/he saw the within named First Land Company by Ralph W. Norman, Jr., its President, and David F. Norman, its Secretary, sign the within Amendment to Restrictive Covenants, and the said Corporation, by said officers, seal said Title to Real Estate, and as its act and deed, deliver the same, and that s/he with the other witness above named witnessed the execution thereof.

 

Sworn to before me this 5th

 

day of May____, 1997.

 

 

         EXHIBIT A

Description of Additional Tracts

 

TRACT

 

All those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying and being situate in Ebenezer Township, York County, South Carolina, being designated as Lots 1-10 and Lots 72 - 80 on a "Plat of Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision Phase II", dated November 14, 1988, prepared by Ashmark Land Surveyors, recorded in Plat Book 97, Page 80, Office of the Clerk of Court for York County, South Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of the aforementioned Lots.

 

TRACT 2:

All those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying and being situate in Ebenezer Township, York County, South Carolina, being designated as Lots 1 - 6 and Lots 9 -12 on "Plat of Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision Phase III", dated March 25, 1991, prepared by Ashmark Land Surveyors, the perimeter boundaries of which are described according to such plat by lot groupings as follows:

Lots 1 - 6:

Beginning at an existing iron pin on 50-feet right-of-way for existing road, joint comer with Lot 72, Phase II, Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision; thence N. 81-51-32 W. 245.82 feet to an existing iron pin, joint comer of Lot 51, Phase I, Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision; thence with the line of various lots in Phase I, Harlinsdale Farm Subdivision, the following courses and distances: 131.51 along the course with rear line of Lot 51 to an existing iron pin; 127.0 feet along the course with rear line of Lot 50 to an existing iron pin; 21.17 feet along that same course to an existing iron pin on the rear lot line for Lot 49; N. 28-04-45 E. 702.13 feet to an existing iron pin, comer of property of J.C. Cauthen, et al.; thence S. 82-35-00 E. 167.06 feet to an existing iron pin, comer of Lot 7, Phase III; thence in a southeasterly direction to a cul-de-sac dividing Lot 6 which is included in this description and Lot 7 which is in a future phase; thence in a counterclockwise direction around the cul-de-sac to a point on the right-of-way for the said 50- feet wide road; thence in a clockwise direction for a short distance on the neck of the cul-de-sac

to a point; thence S. 09-40-17 E. to a point, joint comer of Lot 6 and Lot 5; thence S. 09-40-17 E. 538.54 feet to a point; thence in a clockwise direction along a curve with a radius of 475.00 feet for an arc distance of 36.93 feet (chord bearing S. 07-26-38 E. 36.92 feet) to a point; thence in a clockwise direction along a curve with a radius of 475.00 feet for an arc distance of 135.00 feet (chord bearing N. 03-03-59 E. 134.55 feet) to a new iron pin; thence S. 11-04-05 W. 19.31 feet to the point of beginning.

Lots 9-11:

Beginning at a point on 50-feet right-of-way for future road, comer of Lot 11; thence N. 09-40- 17 W. 421.38 feet to a point, comer of Lot 9; thence S. 80-19-43 W. 225.00 feet to a point; thence S. 09-40-17 E. 441.38 feet to a new iron pin, comer of Lot 11 on 50-feet right-of-way for future road; thence S. 80-19-43 W. 205.00 feet to a new iron pin; thence in a counterclockwise direction along a curve at the intersection of existing 50-feet right-of-way road, and the future road to the point of beginning.

 

 

Lot 12:

Beginning at an existing iron pin on 50-feet right-of-way for existing road, comer of Lot 73; thence N. 11-04-05 E. 14.20 feet to a new iron pin; thence in a counterclockwise direction along a curve with a radius of 525.00 feet for an arc distance of 146.64 feet (Chord bearing N. 03-03-59 E. 146.16 feet) to a new iron pin; thence in a clockwise direction along a curve with a radius of 20.00 feet for an arc distance of 29.76 feet (Chord bearing N. 37-41-48 E. 27.09 feet) to a new iron pin on 50-feet right-of-way for future road; thence N. 80-19-43 E. 120.00 feet to a new iron pin; thence S. 09-15-27 E. 213.56 feet to a point on rear line of Lot 74, Phase H; thence N. 87- 02-16 W. 180.00 feet to the point of beginning. DERIVATION:    This being a portion of the identical property conveyed by Deed from Flint Realty & Construction Co., Inc., to First Land Company, Inc., recorded November 6, 1972 in Deed Book 450, Page 614, and re-recorded on December 8, 1988 in Deed Book 1065, Page 270, Office of the Clerk of Court for York County, South Carolina.

 

 

                                                                                             

 

 

 

 

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