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Important Notice |
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These Covenants were typed from the originals in 2006.
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However you are urged to check
against certified originals in case of any and all concerns. Certified copies can
be obtained by contacting the King County Auditors office. 206-296-1570. |
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Covenant is Valid for Lot #1 Plats within the MHACC Comunity |
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MARINE HILLS RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS
MARINE HILLS NO. 1
DEFINITIONS
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All of the lots in said addition shall be designated as First Residence Dist – Area
Dist “A” as set forth in the Zoning Code of the City of Seattle as amended to September
30, 1954, under Ordinance No. 45832 approved June 28, 1923. Additionally a building
site shall consist of at least: one such residence lot or more as shown on said
plat herein; a parcel composed of such residence lots or portions thereof, the depth
and frontage of which parcel shall equal or exceed the depth and frontage of the
lots in the immediate vicinity in the same block.
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, maintained or permitted
upon the property of said addition except upon a building site as hereinabove defined,
and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed, maintained or permitted
on a building site other than a single detached dwelling house, except that appurtenances
to any dwelling house, such as private garages, garden houses, pergolas, conservatories
or similar structures, architecturally in harmony therewith and of permanent construction,
may be erected within the building limits hereinafter set forth.
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MINIMUM AREA OF RESIDENCES |
No building may be erected on any of the said building sites containing less that
1,250 square feet of floor area on one level, exclusive of garages, garden houses
and other appurtenances above mentioned and designed to be a basementless house.
No building having a daylight basement may contain less that 1,100 square feet on
the main floor, exclusive of garages and other appurtenances above mentioned.
It is the intention and purposes of the covenants to assure that all dwellings shall
be of a quality of workmanship and materials substantially the same or better than
that which can be produced on the date these covenants are recorded.
Only one story, daylight basement and tri-level dwellings shall be permitted, but
in no case shall any ridge or peak be more than 20 feet above the high point of
the finished grade of said lot. No dwelling house or any part thereof or any other
structure except as herein specified, exclusive of fences and similar structures,
shall be placed nearer than twenty (20) feet to or from the street line of the building
site on which it is located, measured at the closest point of said structure to
the said front or street line, nor shall any building or structure be placed closer
that 5 feet of any lot side line. Garages shall be attached to the houses whenever
possible. No dwelling shall be located on any interior lot nearer than 25 feet to
the rear lot line. No building shall be located on any lot nearer that 20 feet to
the front line or nearer than 20 feet to any side street line.
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ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL |
All plans for buildings to be erected in said addition shall be approved by the
Latimer Construction ruction & Development Co. As to all improvements, construction
and alterations in said addition, the said company or its successors shall have
the right to refuse to approve the design, finishing or painting of any construction
or alteration which is not suitable or desirable in said addition for any reason,
aesthetic or otherwise, and in so passing upon such design, the Latimer Construction
& Development Co. shall have the right to take into consideration, among other
things, the suitability of the proposed structure and of the material of which it
is to be built to the site upon which it is proposed to erect the same, the harmony
with other dwellings therein with the surroundings, and the effect on the outlook
of the adjacent or neighboring property and any and all other factors which in their
opinion shall affect the desirability or suitability of such proposed structure,
the improvements or alterations. The said company or its successors assume no responsibility
by virtue of approving any plan for the improvement, construction or alteration
of any structure hereunder.
It shall be the desire and intent of the owners of said plat to prevent adjacent
houses from being constructed alike or such that from exterior style, floor plan,
etc., the plat will not acquire a “tract” appearance.
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ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE |
Provided, however, that as soon as 50 of the lots in said addition have been sold
by the present owners thereof, Latimer Construction & Development Co. shall
have the right to appoint a committee of the owners of the said lots of said addition
and the said committee shall succeed to all the powers and provisions herein and
shall sit in the place and stead of Latimer Construction & Development Co. with
respect thereto. This committee hereafter will be called Architectural Control Committee
or ACC. Said committee shall serve for a period of one year from the date of such
appointment and thereupon the owners of the lots in said addition shall elect or
appoint another committee to perform the duties set out herein. The committee shall
be of such a number and serve for such a period as the owners of the said property
shall designate.
The Latimer Construction & Development Co.’s approval or disapproval as required
in these covenants shall be in writing. In the event the Latimer Construction &
Development Co., or its designated representative, fails to approve or disapprove
within thirty days after plans and specifications have been submitted to it, or
in any event, if no suit to enjoin the construction has been commenced prior to
the completion thereof, approval will not be required and the related covenants
shall be deemed to have been fully complied with.
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USE OF LAND |
No building or structure shall be moved onto any land embraced in said plat from
any land outside of said plat, except a new prefabricated structure, of a kind and
type approved as stipulated. No building of any kind shall be erected or maintained
on a building site prior to the erection of the dwelling house thereon. No trailers
shall be kept upon said property except inside of garages.
The work of construction of all buildings and structures shall be prosecuted diligently
and continuously until such building and structure are fully completed and painted
or otherwise finished. All structures shall be completed as to external appearance,
including finished painting, within six months from the date of commencement of
construction, unless prevented by causes beyond the control of the owner and/or
builder.
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GENERAL RESTRICTIONS |
No noxious or offensive activity 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.
No trash, ashes or other refuse may be thrown or dumped on any lot of said addition.
No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any
lot, except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept provided that they
are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose or do not become a nuisance.
Purchases of lots shall install at their cost asphalt or concrete driveways from
the edge of the finished surface of county road to property line. No driveways or
other means of ingress or egress shall be maintained from said property to Secondary
State Highway No. 4 (Maltby Road), other than as provided on the plat of said addition.
No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot or building
except one professional sign of not more that one square foot, one sign of not more
than 5 square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a
builder to advertise the property during the construction and sales period.
No individual water supply system shall be permitted on any lot unless such system
is located, constructed and equipped in accordance with the requirements, standards
and recommendations of Washington State Health authorities.
Approval of such system as installed shall be obtained from such authority.
There exists on Lot 3, Block 7 of said tract a well, pump and pump house with an
adequate supply of water suitable or irrigation purposed only. It shall be the obligation
of the purchaser of said lot, if he desires to use said well, to replace the existing
structure or pump house with one suitable to the committee within one year of the
date of his contract to purchase said lot or upon acquisition of fee title, whichever
is sooner. If purchaser does not wish to make use of the well by above-mentioned
dates, pump and pump house shall be removed from premises and existing well shall
be capped or otherwise made safe at purchaser’s expense, in a manner satisfactory
to the said committee.
No individual sewage-disposal system shall be permitted on the lot unless such system
is designed, located and constructed in accordance with the requirements, standards
and recommendations of the King County Sanitation Department. Approval of such system
as installed shall be obtained from such authority.
A designated real estate company is hereby granted the right to construct and maintain
a sales office upon a suitable site in said addition during the period of construction
and sale of all the homes to be built in said tract.
Builders are permitted to erect temporary or portable sheds as tool houses and for
other uses common to residence
construction and to maintain them until each structure is finished.
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DURATION |
These restrictive covenants shall run with the land and shall be binding upon all
parties hereto and all persons claiming under them until January 1, 1976, at which
time said covenants shall be automatically extended for subsequent periods of ten
years unless the owners of said lots, by a majority vote, agree to change said covenants
in whole or in part.
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RIGHT TO ENFORCE |
Enforcement shall be by proceedings at law or in equity against any person or persons
violating or attempting to violate any covenant either to restrain violation or
to recover damages, or both.
Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no
way affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
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DISCLIAMER: |
These Covenants were typed from the originals in 2006. Every effort has been made
to ensure accuracy. However you are urged to check against certified originals in
case of any and all concerns. Certified copies can be obtained by contacting the
King County Auditors office. 206-296-1570.
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