PROTECTIVE COVENANTS AND
RESTRICTIONS
Wimbledon Estates Subdivision does hereby establish the following protective covenants and restrictions affecting all the lots One (1) through Two Hundred Seven (207) in said Wimbledon Estates Subdivision.
1. All the lots contained in this subdivision are hereby designated as residential and they shall be used for none other than residential purposes. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one single-family dwelling not to exceed two and one-half (2 ˝) stories in height with usual and appropriate outbuildings and a private garage and/or carport designated to house no fewer than two (2) nor more than three (3) automobiles. The owner of any two or more adjoining lots having frontage on the same street may erect a residence on said lots, which shall be considered for the purpose of these restrictions as one building lot. No lot or lots shall be sold except with the description shown on the official plot of the said subdivision as outlined herein above. No school, church, assembly hall or fraternal group home shall be built or permitted on any lots of said subdivision.
2. This subdivision will be served by an underground electric distribution except where elevation of the ground is such that underground electrical facilities would be impractical or dangerous in the opinion of the utility company serving the subdivision. The type of service supplied will be alternating current at approximately sixty cycles per second single phase, three wire, 120/240 volts, and metered at 240 volts. Any purchaser of lots in Wimbledon Estates Subdivision understands and agrees that only underground electric service at 120/240 volts, single phase, three wire will be available, and the locked rotor current of any motor connected to this service will be limited in accordance with the standard service practices of the utility company.
3. The minimum requirements for residential structures are set out as follows:
a. For single story residences, two thousand two hundred fifty (2250) square feet of heated living area;
b. For one and one-half story, two or two and one-half story residences, each shall contain no less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet total of heated living area with a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of heated living area on the ground floor. In determining the “living area”, open porches, screened porches, porches with removable storm windows, breezeways, patios, landings, outside or unfinished storage or utility areas, garages and carports shall not be included.
4. Building setback lines from any street shall be as shown on the referenced subdivision map. In other cases, the following rules shall apply:
a. No building shall be located on any lot nearer to the side property line than eight (8) feet.
b. Garages and carports may be attached to the main dwelling, but must not be nearer to the side property line than eight (8) feet and shall not face the street on which the residence fronts. Garages and carports attached to residences on corner lots shall have doors.
c. Detached garages and/or accessory buildings shall not be erected closer than eight (8) feet to any side line nor any nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear lot line. A minimum building setback line of thirty (30) feet is established on all lots. A maximum building setback line of fifty (50) feet is hereby established. For the purpose of this covenant, eaves, steps and open porches shall not be considered as a part of a building.
5. Servitudes and rights of way for the installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities, as shown on the map of record, are dedicated to the perpetual use of the public for such purposes.
6. No commercial, business or trade activity, or noxious or offensive activity shall be conducted on any lot; nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. This shall not be interpreted to restrict a builder from erecting temporary warehouses and/or offices on any lots for the construction of houses on the same lots.
7. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lots except one sign of not more than five (5) square feet advertising “This property for sale or rent” or customary signs used by a builder or real estate broker to advertise the property during the construction and sales period. However, the limitation shall not apply to the developer of the subdivision.
8. No oil drilling, oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot; nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be permitted upon or in any lot. No derricks or other structure designed for the use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any lots
9. No house trailers, boats, motor homes, commercial vehicles or trucks shall be kept, stored, repaired or maintained on any lot, servitude or right of way, in such a manner as to be visible from the street on which the residence is located; nor shall any vehicle be kept in any other manner which would detract from the appearance of the subdivision. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, barn, hothouse or other out-building shall be allowed on any lot for a prolonged period of time so as to detract from the appearance of the subdivision. No garage apartment shall be erected or permitted on any lots.
10. No building materials and no building equipment of any kind may be placed or stored on any lot except in the actual course of construction of a residence or other building thereon. No vacant lot shall be used for gardening or farming purposes, except that flowers and shrubbery may be grown for non-commercial purposes.
11. No livestock, animals or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot, except that dogs and cats or other ordinary household pets, excluding reptiles, may be kept, provided they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purposes.
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13. To carry out the general plan of development and improvements, to implement the plan of the subdivision and to benefit purchasers and the owners of lots in the subdivision, there is hereby created an Architectural Control commission of Wimbledon Estates Subdivision. All residences, outbuildings and all other construction and plans therefore must be approved by the Architectural Control Commission in advance of construction. The Architectural Control Commission’s approval or disapproval as required by these covenants shall be in writing. In the event the Commission or its designated representatives fail to approve or disapprove within sixty (60) days after plans and specifications have been submitted to it, or in any event, if no suit to enjoin the construction has been commenced within six (6) months after completion thereof, approval will not be required, and the related covenant shall be deemed to have been approved.
a. A time when thirty (30) percent of the lots have been sold. Upon the happening of any such events, the owners of lots in Wimbledon Estates Subdivision shall elect an Architectural Control Commission to serve for such term as they may provide. Each owner shall one (1) vote in such election regardless of the number of lots held.
14. Construction periods of any residence must be limited to twelve (12) months from date of building permit.
15. No fence, wall or other construction shall be erected, placed or altered on any lot closer to any street than the minimum building set-back line, nor any nearer any street than the location of the front of the house. No fence shall exceed six (6) feet in height. No such fence, wall or construction shall be commenced without the written approval of the Architectural Control Commission.
16. These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties, and all persons claiming under them for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years, unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots will have been recorded, agreeing to change said covenant, in whole or part.
17. Invalidation of any of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other provisions hereof, and the latter shall remain in full force and effect.
18. No trees shall be cut on the rear of Lots One (1) through Six (6), Fifteen (15) through Twenty-One (21) and Thirty-five (35) through Forty-six (46), or on the east side of lots Eight (8) and nine (9), without the prior approval of the Architectural Control Commission.
THUS
DONE, READ AND SIGNED in the parish of