D. Land Use Areas - General
The following provisions shall be applicable to all property regardless of classification:
- Advertising
No sign, advertisement, billboard or advertising structure of any kind shall be erected or allowed on any of the unimproved lots, and no signs shall be erected or allowed to remain on any lots improved or unimproved except as expressly provided in the Uses Permitted paragraph of the particular type of land use area, provided, however, that a temporary permit for signs for structures to be sold or exhibited may be first obtained by application to the Architectural Committee. The Architectural Committee may approve the location of these signs within the front setback of the lot. - Air Conditioning Units
No air conditioning units, evaporative cooler, or other object other than a television or radio antenna shall be placed upon or above the roof of any dwelling or other building except and unless the same is architecturally concealed from view in plans submitted to and approved by the Committee of Architecture, and then only where to the full and sole satisfaction of the Committee of Architecture the same is not aesthetically objectionable and is otherwise in conformity with the over-all development of the Community. - Animals-Livestock
Any and all animals where permitted under any use herein, shall be confined to the rear of all lots or parcels. - Building Exterior
The exterior portions of all buildings shall be painted or stained immediately upon completion or shall have color mixed in the final structural application, so that all such materials shall have a finished appearance. - Clothes Lines
Clothes lines shall be installed so as not to detract from the aesthetic values of the property and shall be so placed to be concealed from view from all public right of ways. - Dust Control
Under no circumstances shall the owner of any lot or parcel of land disturb the natural soil or grasses unless the owner immediately thereafter, constructs on, paves, gravels, or re-plants such disturbed areas with ground cover approved by the Committee of Architecture. - Easements
Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as shown on the recorded plat. Within these easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of flow of drainage channels in the easements, or which may obstruct or retard the flow of water through drainage channels in the easements. The easement area of each lot and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner of the lot, except for those improvements for which a public authority or utility company is responsible. - Electrical Power
No source of electrical energy shall be brought to the property or used upon the property until the Committee of Architecture has approved plans and specifications for the erection of approved improvements upon any lot.
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No noxious or offensive activities shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. - Occupancy of Structures
No structure shall be occupied or used for the purpose for which it is designed or built until the same shall have been substantially completed and a certificate to the effect shall have been issued by the Committee of Architecture. - Plumbing
All structures shall have complete and approved plumbing installations before occupancy. Such plumbing shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Plumbing Code as published by the Western Plumbing Association, current edition, as a guide to sound plumbing practices. - Storage of Materials
In any building project, during construction and during the period of sixty (60) days after completion, a lot may be used for the storage of materials used in the construction of the individual buildings in the project and for the contractor’s temporary offices, including chemical toilets. Said construction period shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days, unless specifically approved by the Committee of Architecture. - Storage of Tools and Trash
The storage of tools, landscaping instruments, household effects, machinery or machinery parts, boats, trailers, empty or filled containers, boxes or bags, trash, materials, or other items that shall in appearance, detract from the aesthetic values of the property, shall be so placed and stored to be concealed from view from all public right of ways. Trash for collection may be placed at the street right of way line on regular collection days for a period not to exceed twelve hours, prior to pick up. Storage of junk, old inoperative unlicensed cars and other unsightly objects on any lot or parcel is expressly prohibited. - Temporary Buildings
No temporary buildings, including tents, shacks, shanties or other structures shall be erected or placed upon any lot and no temporary buildings including basements, cellars, tents, shacks, shanties, garages, barns or other temporary out-buildings or other similar structures shall at any time be used for human habitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a trailer may be used as a residence of the owner and his family or by a contractor during construction by or for such owner of a permanent residence, but only after a certificate in writing has been issued by the Committee of Architecture for such use and then only after the said Committee of Architecture shall have approved plans and specifications for the erection of the said permanent residence. A permit must also be obtained from the County Zoning Administrator. In no event, shall such trailer be allowed to be on any such lot for longer than 180 days. - Unnatural Drainage
Under no circumstances shall any owner of any lot or parcel of land be permitted to deliberately alter the topographic conditions of his lot or parcel of land in any way that would permit additional quantities of water from any source, other than what nature originally intended, to flow from his property onto any adjoining property or public right of way - Use of Premises
A person shall not use any premises in any land use area, which is designed, arranged or intended to be occupied or used for any purpose other than expressly permitted in this Declaration or in compliance with County Zoning Resolution, whichever is more restrictive.
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