COUNTRY CLUB VILLA ASSOCIATION
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS
AND RESTRICTIONS
PHASE I
This Declaration, made this18th day of December, 1989, by Imperial Builders of St. Cloud, Inc., hereinafter called “Developer.”
WITNESSETH;
WHEREAS, Developer is the owner of the real property described in Article II of this Declaration, and desires to create thereon a residential community with permanent parks, playgrounds, open spaces and other common facilities for the benefit of said community; and
Whereas, Developer, has caused to be incorporated Country Club Villas Association, under the laws of the State of Minnesota as non-profit corporation, to which shall be assigned the powers and duties of maintaining and administering the common areas and facilitates and administering and enforcing the covenants and restrictions, easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, the Developer hereby declares that the real property described in Article II and such additions hereto as may hereafter be made pursuant to Article II hereof is, and shall be held, transferred, sold, conveyed and occupied, subject to the covenants, restrictions, easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1. The following words, when used in this Declaration, or any supplement Declaration (unless the context shall prohibit) shall have the following meanings:
Association shall refer to Country Club Villa Association.
Common areas shall refer to real and personal property owned by the Association
Lot shall refer to any lot together with the improvements thereon except common areas.
Owner shall refer to holder of the fee simple absolute, contract vendee, life tenant or lessee under a lease having a term of more than three (3) years, or any combination thereof.
Member shall refer to a member of the Associating as provided in Section 1, Article III hereof
Developer shall refer to Country Club Villa Association, its successor and assigns.
Recreational facilities shall refer to structures, buildings and personal property, whether attached or detached from the common areas, acquired by the Association for the use and enjoyment of owners.
Capital improvement shall refer to any construction of, reconstruction of, substantial alteration of, the physical amenities on the common areas. Except work performed by governmental bodies
Mortgage shall mean and refer to any mortgage of record or other security instrument by which a lot or any part thereof is encumbered.
Mortgagee shall mean and refer to any person named as mortgagee under any such mortgage or any successors with an interest of such person under such mortgage.
ARTICLE II
PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION:
AND FUTURE ADDITIONS THERETO
Section 1. Existing Property. The real property which is and shall be held, transferred, sold, conveyed and occupied subject to this Declaration is located in the City of St. Cloud, County of Stearns and State of Minnesota, and is more particularly described as follows:
That part of Outlots “A” and “B,” COUNTRY CLUB TOWNHOUSE ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as follows: Commencing at the most northerly corner of said Outlot "A"; then South 63 degrees 16 minutes 02 seconds West, assumed bearing, on the northwesterly line of said Outlot "A" 238.39 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence continue South 63 degrees 16 minutes 02 seconds West on said Northwesterly line 311.09 feet; thence southwesterly 128.10 feet on said northwesterly line an on a tangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 733.67 feet and a central angle of 10 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds; thence South 07 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds West not tangent to said curve 47.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 29 seconds East 107.74 feet; thence South 30 degrees 27 minutes 18 seconds East 23.42 feet; thence North 70 degrees 05 minutes 09 seconds East 114.17 feet; thence North 63 degrees 16 minutes 02 seconds East 254.00 feet; thence North 26 degrees 43 minutes 58 seconds West 113.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with easements of record. Containing 1.06 acres, more or less,
all of which real property shall hereinafter be referred to as Existing Property.
Section 2. Additions to Existing Property. Additional lands may become subject to this Declaration in the following manner:
Plus the following unplatted land: The Developer, its successors and assigns shall have the right to bring within the plan of this Declaration property located in Stearns County, Minnesota. Such General Plan shall not bind the Developer to make the proposed additions or to adhere to the plan in any subsequent development of said land.
The additions authorized under this, and succeeding subsections, shall be made by the filing of record a Supplementary Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions with respect to the additional property which shall extend the plan of the covenants and restrictions of this Declaration to such property.
Such Supplementary Declaration shall contain such complementary additions and modifications of the covenants and restrictions contained in this Declaration as may be necessary to reflect the different character, if any, of the added properties and as are not inconsistent with the plan of this Declaration. In no event, however, shall such Supplementary Declaration revoke, modify or add to the covenants established by this Declaration with the Existing Property.
ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS IN THE ASSOCIATION
Section 1. Members. The qualification of members and the manner of their admission into the Association shall be as follows:
An owner shall by virtue of such interest be a member of this Association.
When one or more persons are an owner of a lot, all such persons shall be members.
It shall be the duty of each owner to register his name and nature of his interest with the Secretary of the Association. If the owner does not register his interest, the Association shall be under no duty to recognize his ownership.
Section 2. Membership classes. The Association shall have two classes of voting membership:
Class A. Class A members shall be all owners, with the exception of the Declarant, and shall be entitled to one vote for each unit owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any unity, all such persons shall be members. The vote for such unit shall be exercised as they determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be case with respect to a unit
Class B. The Class B member(s) shall be the Declarant and shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each unit owned. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of either of the following events, whichever occurs earlier:
When the total votes outstanding in the Class A membership equal to the total votes outstanding in the Class B membership, or
On December 18, 1989.
Section 3. Voting. The owners of each unit shall be entitled to vote according to class as described in Section 2. When there is more than one owner of a unit, the vote(s) shall be cast by the person named in a Certificate signed by all owners of the unit and filed with the Secretary of the association. Such a certificate shall be valid until revoked by subsequent certificate.
Section 4. Nonassignability. The share of an owner in the funds and assets of the Association cannot be assigned, pledged, encumbered or transferred in any manner, except as an appurtenance to his unit.
ARTICLE IV
PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE COMMON AREAS
Section 1. Member’s Easement of Enjoyment. Every member shall have the following non-exclusive appurtenant easements:
Ingress and egress.
A utility easement and easement for water and sewer.
Parking privileges.
Right of overhand and encroachment of improvements on a lot which are not inconsistent with the use of the common areas by other members.
Right and easement of enjoyment for recreational purposes.
Section 2. Title and Improvements to Common Areas. The Developer shall convey and record marketable title to the common areas to the Association prior to the conveyance of a fee title to any lot. Developer covenants and agrees with the Association that it will make and pay for all improvements as set forth in the plans and specifications on file with the Association and delivery of the deed shall not constitute release of Developer from the obligation to perform such obligations. Developer and the Association shall formulate and reduce to writing a procedure for acceptance by the Association of the work to be performed pursuant to said plans and specifications. The Association shall file in the office of the County Recorder a release of the Developer upon Developer having fulfilled its obligations to improve the common areas. Until the Developer has completed the work as set forth in said plans and specifications, Developer shall have the right to enter upon the common areas for the purpose of completing such work.
Section 3. Extent of Member’s Easements. The rights and easements of enjoyment described herein and the title of the Association to the common areas shall be subject to the following:
The right of the Association, in accordance with its Articles and By-Laws, to borrow money for capital improvements on the common areas, and in aid thereof to mortgage the common areas and the rights of such mortgagee in the common areas shall be subordinate to the rights of the member hereunder. No indebtedness authorized by this subsection shall exceed twice the sum of the annual assessment levied or permitted to be levied against all lots.
The right of the Association to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect the common areas against foreclosure.
Section 4. Delegation of Use. Any owner may delegate, in accord with the By-Laws, his right of enjoyment to the common areas and facilities to his tenants who reside on the property and to members of his family and his guests.
Section 5. Taxes and Special Assessments on Common Areas. The Association shall have the right, power and authority to collect such levies as part of the annual assessment, if such taxes and special assessments are not collected by the governmental body for the owners or paid by the owners to the governmental body when the same is due and payable.
Section 6. Use of the Common Areas. The common areas shall be used strictly in accordance with the easements granted thereon. Except as herein provided, no owner shall obstruct or interfere whatsoever with the rights and privileges of other owners in the common areas and nothing shall be planted, altered, constructed upon or removed by an owner from the common areas, except by prior written consent of the Association. If an owner shall violate this section, the Association shall have the right to restore the common areas to its prior condition and assess the cost thereof against the owner who violated this section and such cost shall become a lien upon the unit of such owner, which shall become due and payable upon demand. The Association shall have the same right and powers to collect the cost of such restoration as provided in Article VI for the collection of delinquent annual assessments. If an owner interferes with the rights and privileges of another owner in the use of the common areas, except as herein provided, the Association or the owner may commence an action to enjoin such interference and the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover such reasonable attorneys' fees as the Court may allow together with all necessary costs and disbursements incurred in connection therewith.
ARTICLE V
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Section 1. Common Areas. The Association, subject to the rights of the owners set forth in this Declaration, shall be responsible for the exclusive management and control of the common areas and all improvements thereon and shall keep the same in good, clean, attractive and sanitary condition, order and repair.
Section 2. Services. The Association may obtain and pay for the services of any person or entity to manage its affairs, or any part thereof, to the extend it deems advisable, as well as such other personnel as the Association shall determine to be necessary or desirable for the proper operation of Country Club Villas, whether such personnel are furnished or employed directly by the Association or by any person or entity with whom or which it contracts. The Association may obtain and pay for legal and accounting services necessary or desirable in connection with the operation of Country Club Villas or the enforcement of this Declaration. The Association may arrange with others to furnish water, trash collection, sewer service, lawn care, snow removal, landscaping and other common services to each lot.
Section 3. Rules and Regulations. The Association may make reasonable rules and regulations governing the use of the lots and the common areas, which rules and regulations shall be consistent with the right and duties established in this Declaration.
ARTICLE VI
ASSESSMENTS
Assessments against the members shall be levied by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Association and paid by the members to the Association in accordance with the following provisions:
Section 1. Rate of Assessment. Both annual and special assessments shall be fixed at a uniform rate for all lots.
Section 2. Excess monies. Each member shall be liable for his share of common expenses, and any common surplus shall be allocated to each lot.
Section 3. Annual and Projected Assessment Budget and Due Dates. Annual Assessment for common expenses for the calendar year and a projected budget of expenditures which, in the good faith judgment of the Board, are expected to be incurred within the next five (5) years shall be made annually in advance on or before the second Monday in December of the year preceding that for which the assessments are made, and special assessments at such other additional times as in the judgment of the Board of Directors, additional common expense assessments are required for the proper management, maintenance and operation of the common areas. Annual assessments shall be due and payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of January and the first day of each and every month thereafter. If an annual assessment is not made, there shall be an assessment in the amount of the last prior annual assessment which shall be due and payable as above set forth.
Section 4. Special Assessments for Capital Improvements. In addition to the annual assessments authorized above, the Association may levy, in any assessment year, a special assessment applicable to that year only for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Area, including fixtures and personal property related thereto, provided that any such assessment shall have the assent of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of each class of members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose. Such meeting shall be called for any assessment for alterations or additions to improvements of the common areas which involves an expenditure of One Thousand and No/100 ($1,000.00) Dollars or more. Written notice of any such meeting shall be sent to all members not less than 30 days or more than 60 days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of members or of proxies entitled to cast sixty percent (60%) of all the votes of each class of membership shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present, another meeting may be called subject to the same notice requirement, and the required quorum at the subsequent meeting shall be one-half (1/2) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent meeting shall be held more than 60 days following the preceding meeting.
Section 5. Assessment Rolls. The assessment against all lots shall be set forth upon a roll of the lots which shall be available in the office of the Associations for inspection at all reasonable times by members or their duly authorized representatives. Such roll shall indicate for each lot the name and address of the members, the assessments for all purposes and the amount of all assessments paid and unpaid. A certificate made by the Association as to the status of a member's assessment account shall limit the liability of any person for whom such certificate is made. The Association shall issue such certificates to such persons as a member may authorize in writing.
Section 6. Interest on Overdue Assessments. Assessments and installments thereof paid on or before thirty (30) days after the date when due shall not bear interest, but all sums not paid on or before thirty (30) days after the date when due shall bear interest at the rat of six percent (6%) per annum from the date when due until paid. All payments upon account shall be applied first to interest and then to the assessment payment first due. All interest collected shall be credited to the common expense account. The Association may bring action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the sum, or may foreclose the lien against the property.
Section 7. Waivers of Liability. No member may exempt himself from the liability for his contribution towards the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common areas and facilities or by the abandonment of his lot.
Section 8. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments. All assessments, both annual and special, shall become a lien upon the lot on the date they become due and payable. Such lien shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage.
Such lien may be foreclosed by action in like manner as a foreclosure by action of a mortgage on real property. The Association shall have the power to bid in at foreclosure sale, and to hold, lease, mortgage and convey the lot so acquired. An action to recover a money judgment for unpaid common expenses may be brought.
The sale or transfer of any lot shall not affect an assessment, lien, provided, however, that the sale or transfer of any lot pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure or any other proceeding or arrangement in lieu of foreclosure of any such first mortgage shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to all payments which become due prior to such sale or transfer unless such unpaid assessments are expressly assumed by such new owner and any such unpaid assessments shall thereupon be deemed common expenses and spread over and become a lien on all lots in equal shares excluding the new owner pursuant to such proceedings.
The purchaser at foreclosure sale of a first mortgage of record and his successors in interest shall upon expiration of the period of redemption, hold title to the lot free and clear of any existing lien mortgage, and such purchaser and his successors in interest shall not be personally liable for such assessments. Any such unpaid assessment shall thereupon be spread over and become a lien on all lots in equal shares.
Section 9. Governmental Assessments. Developer shall not be liable for governmental assessments such as annexation or water hookup attributable to the project or portions thereof after developer has transferred his interest to subsequent owners.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS FOR INSURANCE
Section 1. Maintenance of Insurance. Any owner of any improved lot, by acceptance of an interest, whether or not expressed, covenants to carry, maintain and timely pay the premium or premiums on a policy of fire, extended coverage, vandalism, and malicious mischief with all risk endorsement insurance. Said insurance is to cover at a minimum the entire replacement cost of the improvement located at each such lot.
ARTICLE VIII
PARTY WALLS
Section 1. General Rules of Law to Apply. Each wall built as part of the original construction of the homes in Country Club Villas and placed on the dividing line between the lots shall constitute a party wall and to be extend consistent with the provisions of this Article, the general rules of law regarding party walls and of liability for property damage due to negligent or willful acts or omissions shall apply thereto.
Section 2. Share of Repair and Maintenance. The cost of reasonable repair and maintenance of a party wall shall be shared by the owners who make use of the wall in proportion to such use.
Section 3. Destruction by Fire or Other Casualty. If a party wall is destroyed or damaged by fire or other casualty, either owner who has used the wall may restore it, and if the other owner thereafter makes use of the wall he shall contribute to the cost of restoration thereof in proposition to such use without prejudice, however, to the right of any such owner to call for a larger contribution from the others under any rule of law regarding liability for negligent or willful acts or omissions.
Section 4. Weatherproofing. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article, any owner, who, by his negligent or willful act, causes the party wall to be exposed to the elements shall bear the whole cost of furnishing the necessary protection against such elements.
Section 5. Right to Contribution Runs with Land. The right of any owner to contribution from any other owner under this Article shall be appurtenant to the lot and shall pass to such owner's successors in title.
Section 6. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute arising concerning a party wall, or under the provisions of this Article, each party shall choose one arbitrator and such arbitrator shall choose one additional arbitrator and the decision of a majority of all the arbitrators shall be final and conclusive of the question involved.
ARTICLE IX
ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE
Review by Committee. From and after the completion of construction and sale of any lot within Country Club Villas, no building, fence, wall or other structure shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon such lot, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alternation therein be made until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials and location of the same shall have been submitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of external design and location in relation to surrounding structures and topography by the Association or by an architectural committee composed of three or more representatives appointed by the Association. In the event the Association fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plan and specifications have been submitted to it or in any event if no suit to enjoin the addition, alteration or change has been commenced prior to the completion thereof, approval will not be required and this Article shall be deemed to have been fully complied with. The prevailing party in an action brought by the Association pursuant to this Article shall be deemed entitled to recover from the other party reasonable attorney's fees together will all necessary cost and disbursements in connection therewith.
ARTICLE X
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR MAINTENANCE
The Association shall have the power to insist upon reasonable interior and exterior maintenance of each lot. In the event that such maintenance is not done, the Association shall have the power to contract for such maintenance and repair as it deems necessary to levy an assessment on the owner for said maintenance.
ARTICLE XI
EASEMENTS
Section 1. Extent of Mutual Easements. The title of a lot shall include an exclusion easement on the adjoining lot or lots on areas occupied by fireplaces, roof overhangs, air conditioning compressors, decks, balconies, flower boxes, utility installation and other appurtenances, which are part of the original construction of any improvement on a lot or which are added pursuant to the provisions of Article IX hereof. The title of the adjoining lot or lots shall be subject to such easements.
Section 2. Other Rights and Obligations of the Association. The Association, subject to the rights of the owners as set forth in this Declaration, shall be responsible for, and be vested with, the exclusive management and control of the common areas and all improvements thereon, and shall keep the same in good, clean, attractive and sanitary condition, order and repair.
There shall be no obstruction of the common areas except construction materials and equipment during the construction period or except as specifically provided herein. Nothing shall be altered no, constructed on or removed from the common areas except upon the prior written consent of the Association.
Nothing contained in this Declaration shall be construed or deemed to constitute a dedication, express or implied, or any part of the common areas to or for any public use or purpose whatsoever.
ARTICLE XII
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
Section 1. Use of Lot. No lot shall be used except for residential purposes except that Developer shall be entitled to maintain model townhouses upon the lots.
Section 2. Animals. Animals shall be limited to those whose size and temperament make them appropriate for household confinement. The number of such animals must be limited to that which one might reasonably expect to be confined in a townhouse and all must be confined therein.
Section 3. Signs. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot, except that a "For Sale" sign may be displayed except that Developer shall be permitted to erect and maintain upon the properties such signs as it deems appropriate to advertise the development until the Developer conveys the last lot.
Section 4. Trash. Garbage, rubbish and trash shall not be kept on a lot except in sanitary containers. All incinerators or other equipment used or kept for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Section 5. Activities. 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 a nuisance to the neighborhood.
Section 6. Use of Other Structures as Residence. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other building shall be used on any lot or the common areas at any time as a residence either temporarily or permanently.
Section 7. Broadcasting Receptors. No television or radio antennae or satellite dishes shall be erected or placed upon the exterior of a lot.
Section 8. Clothes lines. No clothes lines shall be permitted upon a lot.
Section 9. Erection of Other Structures. Each lot shall be used for residential purposes only. No improvement or structure whatever, other than single family dwelling houses (or townhouses), together with any garage, patio, or other structure accessory to the dwelling house and approved by the Architectural Control Committee may be erected, place or maintained.
Section 10. Outdoor Storage. All sporting equipment, toys, outdoor cooking equipment, (except permanent installations), and other equipment and supplies necessary or convenient to residential living shall be enclosed or shall be screened from view. The storage or collection or rubbish of any character whatsoever, any material that emits foul or obnoxious odors, the growing of any noxious weed or other natural substances, and the harboring of the source of any noise or activity which disturbs the peace, comfort or serenity of owners is prohibited. No lot shall be used for the storage of materials not customary to or necessary and convenient for residential living.
Section. 11. Vehicles. No outside vehicles other than passenger vehicles may be kept on the premises.
Section 12. Plantings. All plantings, including gardens must be approved by the Architectural Control Committee.
ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Duration. The easements created hereby shall be permanent and the covenants and restrictions contained in this Declaration shall run with and bind the land and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Association or the owner of any lot subject to this Declaration, their respective legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns, for a term of twenty (20) years from the date this Declaration is recorded, after which time said covenants and restrictions shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of ten (10) years.
Section 2. Amendments. This Declaration shall not be amended unless not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the members and not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the mortgagees of record agree to such amendment.
Section 3. Notices. Any notice required to be sent to any member or owner under the provisions of this Declaration shall be deemed to have been properly sent when mailed postpaid to the last known address of the person who appears as member or owner on the records of the Association at the time of such mailing.
Section 4. Enforcement. Enforcement of these covenants and restrictions shall be by any proceeding at law or in equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to violate any covenant or restrictions either to restrain violation or to recover damages and against the land to enforce any lien created by these covenants; and failure by the Association or by any owner to enforce any covenant or restriction herein contained shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter.
Section 5. Document Language. The singular shall be deemed to include the plural wherever appropriate, and unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, any obligations of the owners or members shall be joint and several except where the context otherwise requires.
Section 6. Severability. Invalidation of any of these covenants or restrictions by judgment or Court order shall in nowise effect any other provision which shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being the Developer, Wynn Gustafson, has executed this instrument as to the day and year first above written.
_S/ Wynn Gustafson__________
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
) ss.
COUNTY OF STEARNS )
On this __18th_____ day of _December__, _1989______, before me, a Notary Public within and for said County, personally appeared, Wynn Gustafson, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
_S/ Kendall D. Dahlquist___________
Notary Public
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY:
Kalenda & Michalski
Robert L. Kalenda
Germain Court, Suite 2000
919 West St. Germain Street
P.O. Box 902
St. Cloud, MN 56302
CONSENT AND JOINDER
Lancewood, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, the fee owner of the property described in the attached Declaration, referred to as" Country Club Villas Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions" dated December 18, 1989 is the vendor of a Contract for Deed transferring this property under terms and conditions stated in said Contract to the developer and herewith consents and joins in this Declaration as written and executed.
_S/ Roger D. Poganski, President, Lanceweed, Inc.____________
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this __5th___ day of _April_____, __1990____.
___S/ Lori A. Hjort_________________________
Notary Public
This is a true and exact copy of the governing document.
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