CC&Rs

Editor’s Note:
This HTML version of the 
CC&R’s is provided for the convenience of the reader. The document of record, is on file at the Pima County Recorder’s Office, Docket 9607 Pages 2274 through 2354

TRACT DECLARATION OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
FOR
CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TRACT DECLARATION

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Articles
Section 1.02 Association
Section 1.03 Board
Section 1.04 By-Laws
Section 1.05 Common Area or Common Areas
Section 1.06 Declarant
Section 1.07 Declaration
Section 1.08 Developer
Section 1.09 Dwelling Unit or Unit
Section 1.10 Eligible Mortgage Holder
Section 1.11 First Mortgagee
Section 1.12 Lot
Section 1.13 Master Association
Section 1.14 Master Declaration
Section 1.15 Member
Section 1.16 Mortgage
Section 1.17 Owner or Homeowner
Section 1.18 Person
Section 1.19 Plat
Section 1.20 Properties
Section 1.21 Rules

ARTICLE II ASSOCIATION

Section 2.01 Membership in the Association
Section 2.02 Voting Rights and Classes of Membership
Section 2.03 Purpose of Association
Section 2.04 Rights and Responsibilities of Association
Section 2.05 Articles and By-Laws
Section 2.06 Transition to Board
Section 2.07 Authority of Board
Section 2.08 Non-Liability of Officials and Indemnification
Section 2.09 Managing Agent
Section 2.10 Disputes
Section 2.11 Records and Accounting

ARTICLE III OWNER MAINTENANCE

Section 3.01 Exterior Maintenance, Repair, Up-Keep and Repainting

ARTICLE IV INSURANCE

Section 4.01 Insurance Requirements
Section 4.02 Waiver of Subrogation Claims Against Declarant, etc.
Section 4.03 Insurance Premiums
Section 4.04 Additional Optional Insurance by Owner
Section 4.05 Destruction/Insurance Proceeds
Section 4.06 Condemnation; Destruction

ARTICLE V OWNERSHIP, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON AREA

Section 5.01 Owner’s Easements of Enjoyment
Section 5.02 Conditional Use of Common Area
Section 5.03 Delegation of Use
Section 5.04 Damage or Destruction of Common Area
Section 5.05 Restriction on Conveyance of Common Areas and Facilities
Section 5.06 Payment of Taxes or Insurance by Mortgagees

ARTICLE VI COVENANTS FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

Section 6.01 Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation to Pay Assessments
Section 6.02 Purpose of Assessments
Section 6.03 Maximum Annual Assessment
Section 6.04 Special Assessments for Capital Improvements
Section 6.05 Notice and Quorum for an Action Authorized Under Section 6.03(C) and Section 6.04
Section 6.06 Uniform Rate of Assessment
Section 6.07 Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments; Due Dates
Section 6.08 Effect of Non-Payment of Assessments; Remedies of the Association
Section 6.09 No Exemption of Owner
Section 6.10 Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages; Sale or transfer of Lots
Section 6.11 Mortgage Protection and Additional Assessment as Common Expense

ARTICLE VII EASEMENTS AND COMMON WALLS

Section 7.01 Easement for Encroachments
Section 7.02 Private Drainage Easements
Section 7.03 Utility Easements
Section 7.04 Easement for Perimeter Walls and Other Improvements
Section 7.05 Electrical Service and Telephone Lines
Section 7.06 6′ Pedestrian/Utility Easement
Section 7.07 Common Walls

ARTICLE VIII ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE

Section 8.01 Composition of Committee
Section 8.02 Review by Committee
Section 8.03 Procedures
Section 8.04 Vote
Section 8.05 Liability
Section 8.06 Variance
Section 8.07 Nonconforming Architectural Improvements
Section 8.08 Color and Building Materials
Section 8.09 Broad Discretion of Architectural Control Committee
Section 8.10 Fee
Section 8.11 Submission to Cañada Hills Design Review Committee

ARTICLE IX USES AND RESTRICTIONS

Section 9.01 Private Residential Purposes
Section 9.02 Renting
Section 9.03 Antennas and Exterior Additions
Section 9.04 Solar Devices
Section 9.05 Insurance Rates
Section 9.06 Signs
Section 9.07 Animals
Section 9.08 Nuisances
Section 9.09 Growth and Planting
Section 9.10 Violation of Rules
Section 9.11 Exemption of Developer
Section 9.12 Drainage
Section 9.13 Unsightly Articles
Section 9.14 Trash Containers
Section 9.15 Right of Inspection
Section 9.16 Mail Boxes
Section 9.17 Vehicles/Carports/Garages
Section 9.18 Clothes Lines
Section 9.19 Diseases and Insects

ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 10.01 Term
Section 10.02 Amendments
Section 10.03 Enforcement and Non-Waiver
Section 10.04 Construction
Section 10.05 Delivery of Notices and Documents
Section 10.06 Binding Effect
Section 10.07 FHA/VA Approval
Section 10.08 Acquiring Declarant’s Rights by Foreclosure
Section 10.09 Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cañada Hills

 


 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TRACT DECLARATION OF

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR

CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

    This amendment, made on the second day of December 1993 by the Declarant.

    WHEREAS, the Declarant has previously recorded the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Cañada Hills Village 14 in the Office of the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona, in Book, Pages ____ to ____

    WHEREAS, the Declarant is empowered to amend the Declaration.

    NOW, THEREFORE, the Declarant hereby amends Section 6.03, “Maximum Annual Assessment”, of the Declaration to read as follows:

    A. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first lot to an owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be TWO HUNDRED FORTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($240.00). Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03 (B) hereof, the Board shall each year estimate the total expenses anticipated for the coming year and shall determine the necessary level of reserve balances for ordinary and unexpected expenses, and shall determine the annual assessment necessary to generate the required revenues.

    B. Subject to Section 6.03 (C) hereof, the Board shall not increase the annual assessment by an amount greater than (i) six percent (6%) of the amount of the highest previous annual assessment; or (ii) the percentage increase in the cost of living index for “All Items, All Cities” as reflected by the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor All Urban Consumers (hereinafter called the “Cost of Living Index Number”), whichever is greater. In the event that the Bureau of Labor Statistics should fail to publish a comparable Cost of Living Index Number during any such years, but a comparable Cost of Living Index Number shall be published by any governmental agency of the United States in place thereof, then such comparable index number shall be used for the purpose of adjusting the annual assessment under the provisions of this Section 6.03 with the same force and effect as the Cost of Living Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

    All other provisions of the Declaration remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Declarant has set his hand this _______ day of __________________, 1993.

by _______________________

 

 

[End of First Amendment]

 


 

TRACT DECLARATION OF

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS

FOR

 CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

    THIS DECLARATION made this 13th day of August 1993 by FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee under Trust No. 4419 hereinafter referred to as “Declarant”

W I T N E S S E T H
:

    WHEREAS, Declarant is the Owner of certain real property in the county of Pima, State of Arizona, which is more particularly described as:

Lots 1 through 64 inclusive, and Common Areas A and B of CAÑADA  ILLS VILLAGE 14, a subdivision in Pima County, Arizona, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Book 45  of Maps at Page 17, in the Office of the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona which real property shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Properties”.

    WHEREAS, Declarant proposes to construct improvements upon the Properties and upon the Common area, as defined herein, and to sell and convey the same, subject to the covenants, restrictions, uses, limitations, obligations, easements, equitable servitudes, charges and liens hereinafter set forth, each of which is for the benefit of the Properties and the subsequent owners thereof.

    NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that the Properties are and shall be held, conveyed, encumbered, leased and used subject to the following covenants, conditions, restrictions, uses, limitations, obligations, easements, equitable servitudes, charges and liens (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Restrictions”), all of which are for the purpose of enhancing and protecting the value, desirability and attractiveness of the Properties. The Restrictions set forth herein shall run with the Properties, shall be binding upon all persons having or acquiring any interest therein, and shall inure to the benefit of, be binding upon and enforceable by all Owners, Declarant, the Association and their successors in interest.

    No provision contained herein shall be construed to prevent or limit Developer’s right to complete development of the Properties and construction of improvements thereon, nor Developer’s right to maintain model homes, construction, sales or leasing offices, nearby parking areas or similar facilities on the Properties, nor Developer’s right to post signs incidental to construction, sales or leasing, nor Developer’s right to do anything that is reasonably necessary and proper for the full development of the Properties.


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

    Unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the following words and phrases when used herein shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned.

    Section 1.01 “Articles” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Association and amendments thereto which are or shall be filed in the Office of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

    Section 1.02 “Association” shall mean and refer to CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14 Homeowners Association, its successors and assigns.

    Section 1.03 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association.

    Section 1.04 “By-Laws” shall mean the By-Laws of the Association, together with any amendments thereto.

    Section 1.05 “Common Area” or “Common Areas” shall mean all real property and Improvements thereon designated as Common Area (C.A.) A and Common Area B on the Plat as defined herein, whether improved or unimproved, owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of the Owners.

    Section 1.06 “Declarant” means FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee under Trust No. 4419 and its successors or assigns who have been designated in writing by Declarant as the successor to all or a portion of Declarant’s rights hereunder and who own one or more Lots in the Properties.

    Section 1.07 “Declaration” shall mean and refer to this instrument and any amendment thereto or restatement thereof. This Declaration constitutes a “Tract Declaration” as defined in the Master Declaration.

    Section 1.08 “Developer” shall mean CAÑADA HILLS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited partnership, its successors or assigns.

    Section 1.09 “Dwelling Unit” or “Unit” shall mean any improvements placed within the confines of any Lot.

    Section 1.10 “Eligible Mortgage Holder” shall mean a holder of a First Mortgage on a Lot who has in writing requested notice of certain action in accordance with Article X hereof.

    Section 1.11 “First Mortgagee” shall mean the holder of any Mortgage under which the interest of any Owner of a Lot is encumbered and which mortgage has first and paramount priority (referred to herein as a First Mortgage), subject only to the lien of general or ad valorem taxes and assessments and such other matters as are recognized in such First Mortgage as permitted exceptions.

    Section 1.12 “Lot” shall mean and refer to any numbered parcel of real property within the Properties shown on the Plat, together with the Dwelling Unit, if any, thereon.

    Section 1.13 “Master Association” shall mean and refer to Cañada Hills Community Association, an Arizona nonprofit corporation, created pursuant to the Master Declaration, its successors and assigns.

    Section 1.14 “Master Declaration” shall mean the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Cañada Hills, recorded on August 5, 1987 in Book 8092, at Page 888, in the office of the County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona.

    Section 1.15 “Member” shall mean and refer to every person and/or entity who holds membership in the Association pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

    Section 1.16 “Mortgage” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument by which a lot or any part thereof is encumbered.

    Section 1.17 “Owner” or “Homeowner” shall mean and refer to (1) the record Owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of equitable or beneficial title in fee simple (or legal title if same has merged) of any lot, or (2) the purchaser of a lot under a recorded executory contract for the sale of real property as set forth in Arizona Revised Statutes Section 33-741, et seq. The foregoing does not include persons or entities who hold an interest in any Lot merely as security for the performance of an obligation, or a lessee or tenant of an Owner as defined above, or a purchaser or vendee under any executory contract of
sale which has not been fully consummated with a deed to the purchaser recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pima County, Arizona.

    Section 1.18 “Person” shall mean a natural individual,
corporation or other entity with the legal right to hold title to real property.

    Section 1.19 “Plat” shall mean the Plat of the real property subject to this Declaration and the Master Declaration arid recorded in Book 45 of Maps at Page 17 in the office of the
County Recorder of Pima County, Arizona, and any amendment thereto or resubdivision thereof.

    Section 1.20 “Properties” shall mean and refer to Lots 1 through 64, and Common Areas A and B, as described in the Plat.

    Section 1.21 “Rules” shall mean any and all rules, and amendments thereof, adopted by the Board pursuant to the By-Laws.


ARTICLE II

ASSOCIATION

    Section 2.01 Membership in the Association.

    A. Membership. Each Owner (including Declarant) of a Lot, by virtue of being an Owner, shall automatically be a Member of the Association. Membership in the Association shall be appurtenant to each Lot owned and shall not be transferred, pledged, or alienated in any way, except upon the transfer of ownership to a Lot, and then only to the transferee thereof. Any transfer of ownership of a Lot shall operate automatically to transfer said membership to the new Owner thereof. Any attempted transfer of membership separate from the appurtenant Lot or Lots shall be void.

    Section 2.02 Voting Rights and Classes of Membership.

The Association shall have two classes of voting membership.

    Class A: Class A Members shall be all Owners, and each such Owner shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised as the Owners may determine, but in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any lot owned by a Class A Member.

    Class B: The Class B Member shall be Declarant, who shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot 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: [Editor’s Note: There is no longer a Class B member
within the Association]

(a) when the total votes outstanding in the Class A membership equal the total votes outstanding in the Class B membership, or

(b) Five (5) years following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, other than the Declarant.

    Any Mortgagee who acquires title to a Lot pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure or a trustee’s sale shall automatically become entitled to exercise all voting rights which the Owner of said Lot would otherwise have had.

    If any lender to whom Declarant has assigned, or hereafter assigns, as security all or substantially all of its rights under this Declaration should succeed to the interest of the Declarant by virtue of said assignment, the absolute voting rights of the Declarant as provided herein shall not be terminated thereby, and such lender, or successor to such lender by assignment or foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu thereof, shall hold Declarant’s memberships and voting rights on the same terms as they were held by Declarant.

    Section 2.03 Purpose of Association. The Association is a non-profit corporation which will serve as the governing body for all Owners and Members for the protection, improvement, alteration, maintenance, repair, replacement, administration and operation of the Common Area (including but not limited to the private roadways, drainageways, detention basins and the slope easements), the assessment of expenses, payment of losses, disposition of casualty insurance proceeds, and other matters as provided in this
Declaration, the Articles, the By-Laws, and the Rules. The Association shall not be deemed to be conducting a business of any kind. All funds received by the Association shall be held and applied by it for the
Owners and Members in accordance with the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles and the By-Laws.

    Section 2.04 Rights and Responsibilities of Association. The Association, through the Board of Directors, unless specifically provided otherwise, shall have the right of enforcement of all of the provisions hereof. The Association shall be responsible for the proper and efficient management and operation of the Common Area, including:

(a) maintaining, operating, and rebuilding improvements thereon;

(b) maintaining and landscaping property owned; or controlled by the Association, including but not limited to private roads, paths, slope easements, drainageways, detention basins and easement rights, if any;

(c) maintaining, operating, rebuilding and repairing all or any part of the Common Area or improvements thereon or similar areas designated by the Master Association;

(d) operating, maintaining, rebuilding and insuring improvements originally constructed by Declarant or Developer or later constructed by the Association on or about the Common Area;

(e) paying real estate taxes, assessments and other charges on the Common Area;

(f) insuring all improvements which the Association is obligated to maintain against damage by casualty with such companies and in such limits as provided herein and as the Association deems appropriate;

(g) hiring, firing, supervising and paying employees and independent contractors including, but not limited to, workmen, landscapers, attorneys, accountants, architects and contractors to carry out the obligations set forth herein;

(h) maintaining such liability insurance as the Association deems necessary to protect the Members and the Board of Directors of the Association from any liability caused by occurrences or happenings on or about the Common Area;

(i) maintaining workmen’s compensation insurance for the employees of the Association;

(j) purchasing all goods, supplies, labor and services reasonably necessary for the performance of the obligations set forth herein;

(k) establishing and maintaining such adequate cash reserves as the Association may, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem reasonably necessary for the periodic maintenance, repair and replacement of the improvements which it is responsible to maintain;

(l) providing for and payment of all utility services for the Common Area;

(m) entering into such agreements and taking such actions as are reasonably necessary and convenient for the accomplishment of the obligations set forth above and the operation and maintenance of the Properties as a first-class, residential development;

(n) granting licenses, easements and other agreements for the use of Common Area;

(o) maintaining any personal property owned by the Association; and

(p) such other maters as are provided for in this Declaration, the Master Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws.

    Section 2.05 Articles and By-Laws. The manner in which the Association holds meetings and attends to other corporate formalities shall be controlled by the provisions of the By-Laws, the Articles and this Declaration, which Declaration shall control in the event of conflict. The Board of Directors of the Association shall be elected by majority vote of the total votes cast by both classes of the membership at a meeting attended by a quorum as called for by the By-Laws.

    Section 2.06 Transition to Board. Prior to the time that the operations of the Association are turned over to the Members by the Declarant, the Members shall be required by February 15 of each year to report and submit to the Association, in writing, any claims or disputes with regard to the operations of the Association by the Developer or Declarant, during the immediately preceding calendar year, including the maintenance of any streets, roads, sidewalks, street signs, walls, fences, slope easements, landscaping or other improvements originally constructed by Developer or Declarant or the collection of assessments, maintenance and reserve accounts and other maters falling within the realm of responsibility of the Association.

    When the operations of the Association are turned over to the Members by the Declarant, the Declarant shall, deliver all corporate books and accounting records to the Members at the Association’s offices. Upon receipt of the corporate books, accounting records and written notice of Declarant’s intent to turn over the operations of the Association, the Members shall notify Declarant in writing within forty-five (45) days of any claims or disputes with regard to the operations of the Association by the Declarant which have arisen subsequent to December 31 of the preceding year, including the maintenance of any streets, roads, sidewalks, street signs, walls, fences, slope easements, landscaping or any other improvements, to the extent applicable, originally constructed by Developer or Declarant or the collection of assessments, maintenance of reserve accounts and other matters falling within the realm of responsibility of the Association.

    In the event that such claims or disputes are not presented in writing to the Declarant within the tine periods set forth above, such claims and disputes shall be deemed forever waived, relinquished and abandoned.

    Any valid and timely written claims or disputes presented to the Declarant shall be resolved promptly between the Members and Declarant.

    Section 2.07 Authority of Board. The Board shall be empowered to adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations as it deems reasonable and appropriate (collectively the “Rules”), which shall be binding upon all persons subject to this Declaration and shall govern the use and/or occupancy of the Properties. The Rules may also include the establishment of a system of fines and penalties. The Rules shall govern such matters as the Board deems to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Association, including, without limitation, the use of the Common Area. The Rules may be amended at any special or regular meeting of the Board.

    The Rules are deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall have the same force and effect as if they were set forth in and were part of this Declaration and shall be binding upon all persons having any interest in, or making any use of, any part of the Properties, whether or not copies of the Rules are actually received by such persons. The Rules, as adopted, amended
or repealed, shall be available for review at the principal office of the Association to each person reasonably entitled thereto. It shall be the
responsibility of each person subject to the Rules to review and keep abreast of any changes in the provisions thereof. In the event of any conflict between any provision of the Rules and any provisions of this Declaration, or the Articles or By-Laws, the provisions of the Rules shall be deemed to be superseded by the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles or By-Laws to the extent of any such conflict.

    Section 2.08 Non-Liability of Officials and
Indemnification
. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Declarant, Developer, the Board, nor any committees of the Association nor any member thereof, nor any officers, directors or employees of the Declarant, Developer or of the Association, shall be liable to any Owner or to the Association or any other person for any damage, loss or prejudice suffered or claimed on account of any decision, course of action, act, inaction, omission, error, negligence or the like made in good faith and which Declarant, Developer, the Board or such committees or officers reasonably believed to be within the scope of their respective duties.

    To the fullest extent permitted by law, Declarant, Developer, and every director, officer or committee member of the Association and of the Declarant (to the extent a claim may be brought by reason of Declarant’s appointment, removal or control over members of the Board or its control over the Association or any committee thereof) shall be indemnified by the Association.

    Every other person serving as an employee or direct agent of the Association, or otherwise acting on behalf of, and at the request of, the Association, may, in the discretion of the Board, be indemnified by the Association.

    Any such indemnification shall be limited to all expenses and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees, reasonably incurred by or imposed upon such person in connection with any proceeding to which he may be a party or in which he may became involved, by reason of his being or having served in such capacity on behalf of the Association (or in the case of Declarant by reason of having appointed, removed, controlled or failed to control members of the Board, or controlled or failed to control the Association), or incurred in any settlement thereof, whether or not he is a director, officer or member of a committee or serving in such other specified capacity at the time such expenses are incurred.

    Section 2.09 Managing Agent. All powers, duties and rights of the Association or the Board, as provided by law and herein, may be delegated to a managing agent under a management agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall relieve the Association of its obligation to perform any such delegated duty. Any agreement for professional management shall not exceed a term of one year, which term may be renewed by agreement of the parties for successive one-year periods. Any such agreement shall provide for termination by either party with or without cause and without payment of a termination fee upon 90 days’ written notice; provided, however, that the Association may terminate the agreement
for cause upon 30 days’ written notice. The Association is expressly authorized to contract with Declarant, or an affiliate of Declarant, to provide management services or to perform other duties of the Association or the Board; provided, however, that the compensation to be paid to Declarant or its affiliate, under such contract shall not exceed a reasonable amount consistent with compensation paid to professional managers performing similar services in accordance with the standards of the industry.

    Section 2.10 Disputes. In the event of any dispute or disagreement between any Owners or any other persons subject to this Declaration relating to the Properties or any question of interpretation or application of the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles, By-Laws or Rules, this Declaration shall control. If the subject is not governed by this Declaration, a determination thereof by the Board shall be final and binding on each and all of such persons, subject to the right of any party to seek declaratory relief. The Board may, at its election, delegate the resolution of such dispute or disagreement to a committee appointed by the Board.

    Section 2.11 Records and Accounting. The Association shall keep, or cause to be kept, true and correct books and records of account at the sole cost and expense of the Association in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Such books and records, together with current copies of this Declaration, the Articles, By-laws and Rules shall be available for inspection by all Owners and First Mortgagees of record at reasonable times during regular business hours, and shall specify in reasonable detail all expenses incurred and funds accumulated. Such records, books, and accounts shall be kept for a period of at least two (2) years after preparation.

 


 

ARTICLE III

OWNER MAINTENANCE

    Section 3.01 Exterior Maintenance. Repair. UP-Keep and Repainting.

    A. Maintenance, repair, upkeep and repainting of Dwelling Units, including all other improvements on a Lot, shall be the sole responsibility of each Owner. Each Owner shall also maintain, repair and repaint (if applicable), the interior and exterior sides of the perimeter yard walls or fences appurtenant to his Lot, except that if such a wall or fence is a common wall or fence, an Owner shall be required to repair and repaint only that portion of the wall or fence exclusively used by that Owner. Further, each Owner shall be responsible for sewer blockage, repair, etc. of all Dwelling Unit plumbing as well as the house connection line from the Dwelling Unit to its connection point in the main collection sewer line in the street. Such maintenance, repair and repainting of a Dwelling Unit and other improvements on a Lot shall be undertaken in a manner and with such frequency as shall keep each Owner’s Lot in an attractive, well-kept and maintained condition in conformity with all other Lots. In the event any Owner fails to fulfill his or her obligation under this Section, the Association, after approval of two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors, shall have the right through its agents and employees, to enter upon the subject property; and to repair, maintain and restore the Lot, including the perimeter yard walls, or fences and any other improvements. The cost of such exterior maintenance shall be added to and become part of the assessment to which such Lot is subject. The Board shall have the right to determine whether or not a Lot is in need of maintenance repair and upkeep in order to conform to the standards of the general neighborhood of the Properties and the Board shall use a reasonably high standard to determine whether such maintenance, repair and upkeep is required so that the Lots as a whole will reflect a high pride of ownership. Each Owner or his authorized agent or the Association, as the case may be, in order to conduct such maintenance, repair or repainting, shall have the right of entry at reasonable times upon Lots adjacent to such Owner’s Lot, provided reasonable notice of such entry is first given by such, Owner to the Owner of the involved adjacent Lot.

    B. The Association shall be responsible for maintenance, repair and upkeep of any Common Area improvements including, but not limited to, non-public streets, curb line sidewalks and Common Area sidewalks, recreation facilities, landscaping, slope easements, drainageways, detention basins, common trash/garbage collection areas, and parking areas, if any, constructed on the Common Areas. In addition, the Association shall be responsible for maintaining and repainting perimeter walls or fences constructed along the boundaries of the Property, that are not appurtenant to a Lot.

    C. Each Owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair, including replacement of light bulbs, of all exterior lighting fixtures located within the Owner’s Dwelling Unit, or in the Common Area, provided such lighting in the Common Area is metered to the Owner’s Dwelling Unit.


ARTICLE IV

INSURANCE

    Section 4.01 Insurance Requirements. The Association shall purchase and maintain at all times the following types of insurance:

    A. Commercial General Liability and Property Insurance. Commercial general liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage liability insurance covering all Common Area and all other areas under the jurisdiction or control of the Association. Such insurance policy or policies shall contain, if available, a “severability of interest” clause or endorsement which shall preclude the insurer from denying the claim of an Owner because of negligent arts of the Association or of any other Owners.

    The scope of coverage of such policy or policies must include all other coverage in the kinds and amounts commonly required by private institutional mortgage investors for projects similar in
construction, location and use to the Properties. Coverage shall be for at least one million dollars
($1,000,000.00) combined single limit.

    Such coverage shall include, without limitation, legal liability of the insureds for property damage, bodily injuries, and deaths of persons in connection with the operation, maintenance, or use of the Common Area; legal liability arising out of lawsuits related to employment contracts of the Association; and protection against liability
for nonowned and hired automobiles; such coverage may also include, if applicable, garagekeeper’s liability, liability for property of others,
host liquor liability, water damage liability, contractual liability, workmen’s compensation insurance for employees of the Association, and such other risks as shall customarily be covered
with respect to projects similar in construction, location and use.

    B. Insurance of Common Area. Fire and other hazard insurance covering improvements constructed on the Common Area, including but not limited to, ramadas or recreation buildings. Such policy or policies shall consist, at a minimum, of a multi-peril type policy covering the subject improvements, providing, as a minimum, fire and extended coverage and all other coverage in the kinds and amounts commonly required by private institutional mortgage lenders in Tucson, Arizona.

    Such policies of property insurance shall
contain a “Replacement Cost Endorsement” providing that any claim shall be settled on a full replacement cost basis without deduction for depreciation, an “Inflation Guard Endorsement” and an “Agreed
Amount Endorsement,” if possible. The Association shall also purchase a “Demolition Endorsement”, an Increased Cost of Construction Endorsement”, a “Contingent Liability from operation of Building Laws Endorsement” or the equivalent, and coverage on personal property owned by the Association.

    If the Common Area or any portion thereof is located within an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, and flood insurance coverage or improvements an the Common Area has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Program, then such a policy of flood insurance shall be obtained on the Common Area in an amount at least equal to the lesser of:

(1) the maximum coverage available under the National Flood Insurance Program for all buildings and other insurable property located within a designated flood hazard area; or

(2) one hundred percent
(100%) of current replacement cost of all buildings and other insurable property located within a designated flood hazard area.

    C. Workmen’s Compensation Insurance. Workmen’s Compensation insurance to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws.

    D. Fidelity Insurance. Fidelity coverage against dishonest acts on the part of directors, officers, managers, trustees, employees, or volunteers responsible for handling funds belonging to or administered by the Association. Such fidelity bonds or insurance shall name the Association as the named insured and shall be written in an amount sufficient to provide protection, that is, in no event, less than one and one-half times the insured’s estimated annual operating expenses and reserves, and provide for at least thirty (30) days notice to the Association and First Mortgagees servicing mortgages with the Federal National Mortgage Association before cancellation or substantial modification thereof. In connection with such coverage, an appropriate endorsement to the policy to cover any persons who serve without compensation shall be added, if the policy would not otherwise cover volunteers.

    E. Exceptions. The foregoing insurance and endorsements shall be maintained only to the extent available and reasonably priced and, without limitation, the Board of Directors may elect to dispense with certain endorcements if, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, it is determined that the cost of such endorsements is excessive or the coverage not reasonably available.

    Section 4.02 Waiver of Subrogation Claims Against Declarant, etc. Every policy of insurance obtained by the Association shall contain an express waiver, if available, of any and all rights of subrogation against Declarant, Developer, the Board and such other persons or entities affiliated with the Association such as a manager and its representatives, members and employees and a provision, if available, preventing any cancellation or modification thereof, except upon at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to the insureds and First Mortgagees servicing mortgages with the Federal National Mortgage Association.

    Liability insurance hereinabove specified shall name as separately protected insureds Declarant, Developer, the Association, the Board and such other persons or entities affiliated with the Association such as a manager and its representatives, members and employees as their interests may appear with respect to any liability arising out of the maintenance or use of any insured property.

    To the extent that each such policy will not be voided or impaired thereby, the Association hereby waives and releases all claims against the Declarant, the Board, the Developer and such other persons or entities named in said insurance policies, and against the agents and employees of each of the foregoing, with respect to any loss covered by such insurance, whether or not caused by negligence or breach of any agreement by said persons, but only to the extent that insurance proceeds are received in compensation for such loss.

    Section 4.03 Insurance Premiums. Premiums for insurance purchased or obtained by the Association shall be a common expense payable through assessments of Lots and all such insurance coverage obtained by the Board shall be written in the name of the Association.

    Section 4.04 Additional Optional Insurance by Owner. In addition to the aforesaid insurance required to be carried by the Association, each Owner shall, at his own expense, carry any other insurance deemed advisable; however, if available, said policy or policies shall provide that there shall be no contribution or offset between policies of the Association and policies an individual Owner may have in effect.

    The Association shall have no duty whatsoever to insure, protect or maintain real or personal property located upon any Lot.

    It shall be the individual responsibility of each Owner, at his own expense, to provide Owner’s liability and property damage insurance, theft and other insurance covering personal and real property of the Owner.

    Section 4.05 Destruction/Insurance Proceeds. In the event of substantial damage or destruction of any part of the Common Area, any First Mortgagee of a Lot will be entitled to timely written notice of any such damage or destruction and no Owner of a Lot or other party shall have priority over such First Mortgagee with respect to the distribution of any insurance proceeds.

    Section 4.06 Condemnation; Destruction.

    A. Condemnation.

        1. Taking. The term “taking”, as used in this Section, shall mean either (a) condemnation by eminent domain or (b) sale under threat of condemnation.

        2. Authority of Board. In the event of a threatened taking of all or any portion of the Common Area, the Members hereby appoint the Board of the Association and such persons as the Board or the Association may designate to represent all of the Owners in connection with the taking. The Board shall act in its sole
discretion with respect to any awards being made in connection with the taking and shall be entitled to make a voluntary sale to the condemnor in lieu of engaging in a condemnation action.

        3. Partial Taking. In the event of a taking of less than all of the Common Area, the rules as to restoration and replacement to the Common Area and the improvements thereon shall apply as in the case of destruction of improvements upon the Common Area as provided in Section 4.06B.

     4. Distribution of Proceeds. Any awards received on account of the taking shall be paid to the Association and to mortgagees of record, as their interests may appear. In the event of a total taking, the Board may retain any award in the general funds of the Association, and any distribution of the award shall be on a reasonable and equitable basis. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the distribution of any award or awards for a taking of all or any portion of the Common Area shall be subject to the prior rights of
mortgagees.

    B. Destruction.

        1. Duty of Association. In the event of a partial or total destruction of the Common Area or improvements thereon, except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be the duty of the Association to restore and repair the same to its former condition as promptly as is practicable and in a workmanlike manner. The proceeds of any insurance maintained pursuant hereto shall be used for such purpose, subject to the prior rights of mortgagees whose interests may be protected by said policies.

        2. Destruction Proceeds Exceed 80% of Reconstruction Costs. If the amount available from the proceeds of such insurance policies for such restoration and repair is at least eighty percent (80%) of the estimated costs of restoration and repair, a special assessment for reconstruction with each Owner contributing a like sum for each Lot owned, may be levied by the Association to provide the necessary funds for such reconstruction and repair, over and above the amount of any insurance proceeds available for such purpose, and such assessment shall not require the consent of any specified proportion of the Members.

        3. Destruction; Proceeds Less Than 80% of Reconstruction Costs. If the amount available from the proceeds of such insurance policies for such restoration and repair is less than eighty percent (80%) of the estimated cost of restoration and repair, the improvements shall not be replaced or restored through application of a special assessment unless such assessment is approved by the vote or written consent of two-thirds (2/3) of each Class of Members.

        a. Use of Hazard Proceeds; First Mortgagee Approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless at least two-thirds of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based on one (1) vote for each Mortgage held) and at least two-thirds of the Owners (other than Declarant) have given their prior written approval, the Association shall not be entitled to use hazard proceeds for losses to any Common Area for other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such improvements.

        b. Common Area; First Mortgagee Approval. In the event of a determination not to replace or restore the improvements on the Common Area as set forth in paragraph 3(a) above, the Common Area shall be cleared and landscaped as open space to be used by the Owners pursuant to the provisions hereof, and the costs thereof shall be paid for with the insurance proceeds, and any deficiency may be raised by the levy of uniform special assessment for reconstruction in an amount determined by the Board.

 


 

ARTICLE V

OWNERSHIP, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON AREA

    Section 5.01 Owner’s Easements of Enjoyment. Every Owner shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with title to every Lot, subject to the provisions hereof.

    Section 5.02 Conditional Use of Common Area. Each Owner, his family, licensees, invitees and tenants or lessees, or contract purchasers of a Lot shall be entitled to use the Common Area subject to:

    A. The provisions of the Articles, By-Laws, this Declaration, and the Rules. Each Owner, invitee, licensee, and tenant agrees that in using the Common Area he will comply with the provisions of such Articles, By-Laws, this Declaration, and the Rules.

    B. The right of the Association to charge a reasonable security deposit and clean-up fee for the use of a recreational facility, if any, situated upon the Common Area.

    C. The right of the Association to suspend the right of an Owner to use recreational facilities, if any, of the Common Area for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for any infraction of its published Rules. Each day an infraction continues to exist is to be deemed a separate infraction.

    D. The right of the Association to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect the Common Area against foreclosure.

    E. The right of the Association, in connection with any adopted Rules, to enforce reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the use of the Common Area, including specific provisions with respect to the parking of vehicles thereon.

    Section 5.03 Delegation of Use. Any
Owner may delegate his right of enjoyment in the Common Area and facilities to the members of his family, his tenants or lessees or contract purchasers who reside in the Dwelling Unit, subject to such Rules as the Association may, from time to time, establish. Such delegation shall not relieve said Owner of his obligations and responsibilities as a Member under the By-Laws, Rules and this Declaration.

    Section 5.04 Damage or Destruction of Common Area. In the event any Common Area is damaged or destroyed by an Owner or any of his guests, tenants, licensees, agents, or members of his family, such
Owner shall be liable therefor to the extent of liability imposed by local law and such Owner does hereby irrevocably authorize the Association to repair the damaged property, and the Association shall so repair the damaged property in good workmanlike manner in substantial conformance with the original plans and specifications. The Owner shall then repay the Association in the amount actually expended for such repairs. Each Owner further agrees that these charges for repairs if not paid within ten (10) days after completion of the work, shall become a lien upon such Owner’s Lot and shall continue to be a lien until fully paid. The lien shall be subordinate to any First Mortgage or encumbrance on the subject property. Said charges shall bear interest from the date of delinquency at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. The amount of principal and interest owed by the Owner to the Association shall be a debt, and shall be collectible by any lawful procedure allowed by the laws of the State of Arizona.

    Section 5.05 Restriction on Conveyance of Common Areas and Facilities. The Common Area and facilities owned by the Association, may not, by act or omission, be abandoned, partitioned, subdivided, encumbered, sold or transferred without the prior written approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based upon one vote for each mortgage owned) and two-thirds (2/3) of the Owners (other than Developer or Declarant) except that: (1) the Association shall at all times have the right to grant and convey to any person or entity easements, or rights of way, in, on over, or under any Common Area for the purpose of constructing, erecting, operating or maintaining thereon, therein and thereunder (a) roads, streets, walks pathways, and driveways; (b) temporary overhead or permanent underground liens, cables, wires, conduits, or other devices for the transmission of electricity for lighting, heating, power, telephone, cable T.V., and other purposes; (c) sewers, storm drains and pipes, drainage easements, water systems, water, heating and gas lines or pipes; (d) such improvements as may be permitted under this Declaration, and (2) Declarant shall have the right, as long as there is a Class B Member, to grant reasonable easements over, across, or under Common Area consistent with the purposes hereof.

    Section 5.06 Payment of Taxes or Insurance by Mortgagees.
The First Mortgagees of Lots shall have the right, jointly or singly, to pay taxes or other charges or assessments which are in default and which may or have become a lien against the Common Area and may pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the lapse of a policy for the Common Area, and any First Mortgagee making any such payment shall be owed immediate reimbursement therefor from the Association.

 


 

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

    Section 6.01 Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation to Pay Assessments. Each Owner, by acceptance of a deed to any Lot, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, agrees and is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges, (2) special assessments for capital improvements, and (3) individual repair and maintenance assessments, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual. and special assessments, and individual assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall be a charge on the Lot and shall be a continuing lien upon the Lot against which each assessment is made.

    Delinquent assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such Lot at the time when the assessment was levied. The personal obligation for delinquent assessments shall not pass to successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. The sale or transfer of a Lot shall not relieve the prior Owner thereof from personal liability to pay delinquent assessments, plus interest, costs and attorneys’ fees. Such obligation shall remain the personal obligation of the defaulting Owner. The new Owner, except a First Mortgagee as set forth herein, shall take title to such Lot subject to the lien of the full amount of the delinquent assessment.

    Section 6.02 Purpose of Assessments. The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety, and welfare of the Members and their guests, for the improvement and maintenance of the Common Area and for all purposes set forth in the Articles, By-Laws and this Declaration. The Board of the Association shall provide that assessments shall include an adequate reserve fund for maintenance, repairs and replacement of those elements of the Common Area owned by the Association that must be maintained or replaced on a periodic basis.

    Section 6.03 Maximum Annual Assessment.

    A. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($120.00). Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03(B) hereof, the Board shall each year estimate the total expenses anticipated for the coming year and shall determine the necessary level of reserve balances for ordinary and unexpected expenses, and shall determine the annual assessment necessary to generate the require revenues.

    B. Subject to Section 6.03 (C) hereof, the Board shall not increase the annual assessment by an amount greater than (i) fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the highest previous annual assessment; or (ii) the percentage increase in the cost of living index for “All Items, All Cities” as reflected by the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor All Urban Consumers (hereinafter called the “Cost of Living Index Number”), whichever is greater. In the event that the Bureau of Labor Statistics should fail to publish a comparable Cost of Living Index Number during any such years, but a comparable Cost of Living Index Number shall be published by any governmental agency of the United States in place thereof, then such comparable index number shall be used for the purpose of adjusting the annual assessment under the provisions of this Section 6.03 with the same force and effect as the Cost of Living Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[Amended December 1993]

    C. Any increase by the Board in the annual assessment which is greater than the amount permitted under Section 6.03(B) hereof must be first approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of each Class of Members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose.

    D. At the time of conveyance of a Lot by Declarant to an Owner, the Owner thereof shall pay the equivalent of two months’ assessments applicable to that Lot into the working capital fund of the Association. Said working capital fund shill be used by the Association to meet unforeseen expenditures, or to acquire additional equipment or services deemed necessary or desirable by the Board. Amounts paid into the working capital fund are not to be considered as advance payment of assessments. Anything in this Subsection D to the contrary notwithstanding, no payments to the working capital fund shall be required in the event of a conveyance by any deed in lieu of foreclosure by the Declarant or any other Owner to their respective First
Mortgagees.

    Section 6.04 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 of 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.

    Section 6.05 Notice and Quorum for an Action Authorized Under Section 6.03(c) and Section 6.04. Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking action authorized under Section 6.03(C) and Section 6.04 shall be sent to all Members not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (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 requirements, 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 sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting.

    Section 6.06 Uniform Rate of Assessment. Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots and may be collected on a monthly basis. However, and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.03(B) hereof, said uniform rate may be revised periodically to reflect revisions in the annual assessments based on actual operating costs of the Association.

    Notwithstanding the above, the amount required to be paid toward regular annual and special assessments for the Lots owned by Declarant which are neither leased, nor rented, nor otherwise occupied as a Dwelling Unit shall be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessment rate for the other Lots; and further provided, however, that in the event all assessments, and all other income, from whatever source, due to the Association fail to equal or exceed the actual expenses incurred by the Association during any particular (25%) annual assessment period because of such partial Declarant assessment, then Declarant shall, upon written notice from the Association, pay a sufficient amount, up to the amount of full parity on such assessment based on the level of assessments for that year, to the Association to meet any such shortfall so long as (a) such notice must be given within ninety (90) days after the end of each annual assessment period and is waived if not made in such timely manner (such final ninety (90) day period to terminate ninety (90) days from the date of closing of the last Lot conveyed by Declarant), and notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Declaration (b) Declarant shall have no obligation for any such shortfall caused by any decrease in assessments, including without limitation the levying of any assessment in an amount less than the maximum for that annual assessment period, or by expenditures for capital improvements, unless the same has previously been approved in writing by Declarant; and further provided, that at the time any Lot owned by Declarant is leased, rented, or residentially occupied, that Lot shall thereafter, in subsequent periods, be assessed at the uniform rate of assessment for privately owned Lots.

    Section 6.07 Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments; Due Dates. The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all Lots on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner. The first annual assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar year. The Board shall fix the amount of the annual assessment against each Lot at least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period. Written notice of the annual assessment shall be sent to every Owner subject thereto in the event of its increase or decrease from the last annual assessment. The due dates shall be established by the Board.

    The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of the assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance.

    Section 6.08 Effect of
Non-Payment of Assessments; Remedies of the Association
. Each Owner agrees and shall be deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association, the assessments provided for herein, and agrees to the
enforcement of the assessments in the manner herein specified. All delinquent assessments shall bear interest at twelve percent
(12%) per annum, and late payments shall first be credited toward interest due, then towards assessments first due. In the event the Association employs an attorney for collection of any assessments, whether by suit or
otherwise, or to enforce compliance with or specific performance of the terms and conditions of this Declaration, or for any other purpose in connection with the breach of this Declaration, each Owner agrees to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs thereby incurred, in addition to any other amounts due or any other relief or remedy obtained against said Owner. In the event of a default in payment of any such assessment when due, in which case the assessment shall be deemed delinquent, and in addition to any other remedies herein or by law provided, the Association may enforce each such obligation in the manner provided by law or in equity, or without any limitation to the foregoing, by either or both of the following procedures.

    A. Enforcement by Suit. The Board may cause a suit at law to be commenced and maintained in the name of the Association against an Owner to enforce each such assessment obligation. Any judgment rendered in any such action shall include the amount of the delinquency, together with interest thereon from the date of delinquency until paid, court costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees in such amount as the Court may adjudge against the delinquent Owner or Member.

    B. Enforcement by Lien. There is hereby created a right to record a claim of lien on each and every Lot to secure payment to the Association of any and all assessments levied against any and all Owners together with interest thereon from the date of delinquency until paid, and all costs of collection which may be paid or incurred by the Association in connection therewith, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. At any time after occurrence of any default in the payment of any such assessment, the Association, or any authorized representative may, but shall not be required to, make a written demand for payment by the defaulting Owner. Said demand shall state the date and amount of delinquency. Each default shall constitute a separate basis for demand, but any number of defaults may be included within a single demand or claim of lien. If such delinquency is not paid within ten (10) days after delivery of such demand, or, even without such a written demand being made, the Association may elect to file and record a claim of lien on behalf of the Association against the Lot of the defaulting Owner. Such a claim of lien shall be executed and acknowledged by any officer of the Association, recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pima County, and shall contain substantially the following information:

  1. The name of the delinquent Owner;

  2. The legal description of the Lot against which claim of lien is made;

  3. The total amount claimed to be due and owing for the amount of the delinquency, interest thereon, collection costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees (with any proper offset allowed);

  4. A statement that the claim of lien is made by the Association pursuant to this Declaration; and

  5. A statement that a lien is claimed against said Lot in an amount equal to the amount stated; and

  6. A statement that the claim of lien will also extend to all assessments which became due but are not paid from the date of the recording of the claim of lien to the date of payment of all amounts set forth therein (including interest thereon, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and collection), and that the claim of lien will only be deemed satisfied and released when the
    Owner is current in the payment of all such amounts.

    Upon recordation of a duly executed original or copy of such a claim of lien, and the mailing of a copy thereof to said Owner, the lien claimed therein shall immediately attach and become effective in favor of the Association as a lien upon the Lot. Such a lien shall be junior to any assessment lien of the Master Association and to tax liens for real property taxes on the Lot, assessments on any Lot in favor of any municipal or other government assessing unit, and the lien of any First Mortgage.

    Any such lien may be foreclosed by appropriate action in court or in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of a realty mortgage or trust deed as set forth by the laws of the State of Arizona, as the same may be changed or amended. The lien provided for herein shall be in favor of the Association and shall be for the benefit of all other Owners. The Association shall have the power to bid in at any foreclosure sale and to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, mortgage, and convey any Lot. In the event such foreclosure is by action in court, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, title search fees, interest and all other costs and expenses shall be allowed to the extent permitted by law. Each Owner hereby expressly waives any objection to the enforcement and foreclosure of this lien in this manner.

    Section 6.09 No Exemption of Owner. No Owner is exempt from liability for payment of assessments by waiver of the use of enjoyment of the Common Area, or by abandonment of a Lot.

    Section 6.10 Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages; Sale or Transfer of Lots. The lien of the assessments provided for herein, including without limitation any fees, costs, late charges, or interest which may be levied by the Association in connection with unpaid assessments, shall be subordinate to the lien of any First Mortgage and to any lien of the Master Association. Sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to foreclosure of any such First Mortgage or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of
foreclosure, or cancellation or forfeiture of such executory land sales contract, shall extinguish the lien of assessment charges which become due prior to any such sale or transfer, or foreclosure, or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of foreclosure, or cancellation or forfeiture of any such executory land sales contract; provided, however, that any such charges, including interest, late charges, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, which are extinguished as provided herein, may be reallocated and assessed to all Lots as a common expense. No such sale, transfer, foreclosure, or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of foreclosure, nor cancellation or forfeiture of such executory land sales contract shall relieve any Owner of a Lot from liability for any assessment charges thereafter becoming due, nor
from the lien thereof. In the event of foreclosure of a First Mortgage or the taking of a deed in lieu thereof, such First Mortgagee shall not be liable for unpaid assessments or other charges which accrued prior to the acquisition of title to the Lot in question by such First Mortgagee.

    Section 6.11 Mortgage Protection and Additional Assessment as Common Expense. Notwithstanding and prevailing over any other provisions of this Declaration, or the Association’s Articles or By-Laws, or the Rules, the following provisions shall apply to and benefit each First Mortgagee of a Lot:

    A. First Mortgagees shall not in any case or manner prior to acquiring title to a Lot be personally liable for the payment of any assessment or charge, nor for the observance or performance of any covenant, restriction, regulation, Rule, Article or By-Law, except for those matters which are enforceable by injunctive or other equitable actions, not requiring the payment of money, except as hereinafter provided.

    B. During the pendency of any proceeding to foreclose the First Mortgage, including any period of redemption, the First Mortgagee (or receiver appointed in such action) may, but need not, exercise any or all of the rights and privileges of the Owner of the mortgaged Lot, including but not limited to, the right to vote as a Member of the Association to the exclusion of the Owner’s exercise of such rights and privileges.

    C. At such time as the First Mortgagee shall become record Owner of a Lot, said First Mortgagee shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Declaration. including but not limited to the obligation to pay for all assessments and charges accruing thereafter. in the same manner as any Owner.

    D. Any provisions contained in this Declaration to the contrary notwithstanding, unless at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Lot Owners (other than the Declarant or Developer) and two-thirds (2/3) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based upon one vote for each mortgage held) have given their prior written approval, the Association shall not be empowered or entitled to: (a) change the method of determining the obligations, assessments, dues or other charges which may be levied against a Lot Owner; (b) by act or omission, change, waive or abandon any scheme of regulations, or enforcement thereof, pertaining to the architectural design or the exterior appearance of Dwelling Units, the exterior maintenance of Dwelling Units, the maintenance of Common Area, walkways or perimeter walls and driveways or the upkeep of lawns and planting areas in the Properties; (c) fail to maintain fire and extended coverage insurance on the Common Area on a current replacement cost basis in an amount of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the insurable value (based on current replacement costs); and (d; use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any Common Area for other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such Common Area.

    E. First Mortgagees are hereby granted the right to jointly, or singly, pay taxes or other charges which are in default and which may or have become a charge against any Common Area owned by the Association, and such First Mortgagees may, jointly or singly, pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies, or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the lapse of a policy for such Common Area and any First Mortgagees making such payments may be owed immediate reimbursement therefor from the Association.

    F. Nothing in this Declaration shall in any manner be deemed to give a Lot Owner, or any other party, priority over any rights of a First Mortgagee of a Lot pursuant to the terms of such First Mortgagee’s mortgage in the case of a distribution to an Owner of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards for losses to or a taking of any Lot or any part of the Common Area owned by the Association. Each First Mortgagee shall be entitled to timely written notice of such loss or taking.

    G. Each First Mortgagee shall, upon notice to the Association, be entitled to a written notification from the Association of any default in the performance by the Owner of a Lot encumbered by the Mortgage in favor of such First Mortgagee of any obligation under this Declaration or under the Articles, By-Laws, or Rules of the Association which is not cured within sixty (60) days.

    H. Each First Mortgagee shall, upon written notice to the Association, be entitled to (i) Inspect the books and records of the Association during normal business hours; (ii) receive an annual financial statement of the Association within ninety (90) days following the end of any fiscal year of the Association; and, (iii) receive written notice of all meetings of the Association, and designates a representative to attend such meetings.

    I. Upon written request to the Association, identifying the name and address of the holder, insurer or guarantor of a First Mortgage, and the Lot number or address, an Eligible Mortgage Holder, insurer or guarantor shall be entitled to timely written notice of:

  1. Any condemnation loss or casualty loss affecting a material portion of the Properties;

  2. Any sixty (60) day delinquency in the payment of assessments;

  3. Any lapse, cancellation or material modification of any insurance policy or fidelity bond; and

  4. Any proposed action that requires the consent of a specified percentage of Eligible Mortgage Holders.


ARTICLE VII

EASEMENTS AND COMMON WALLS

    Section 7.01 Easement for Encroachments. Each Lot and the Common Area shall be subject to an easement for encroachments created by construction, settling and overhangs, as designed or constructed by the Developer, including footings and walls thereon. A valid easement for said encroachments and for the maintenance of same, so long as it stands, shall and does exist. In the event Dwelling Units are partially or totally destroyed, and then rebuilt, the owners agree that minor encroachments on parts of the adjacent Lot or Common Area due to construction shall be permitted and that a valid easement for said encroachments and the maintenance thereof shall exist.

    Section 7.02 Private Drainage Easements. Private drainage easements may have been established as shown on the Plat by separate instrument duly recorded over and across certain Lots for the exclusive use and benefit of other Lot Owners. Each Owner of a Lot on which a private drainage easement is located shall be responsible for maintaining that easement and keeping it free and clear from all debris, refuse and any other foreign matter which shall in any way interfere with or hinder the free flow of water in the easement as originally constructed. In the event of the failure of any Lot Owner to so maintain an easement, other Lot Owners benefited by such easements shall have no cause of action against the Association, but shall proceed solely against that Lot Owner.

    Section 7.03 Utility Easements. In addition to those specific easements shown on the Plat, there is hereby created a blanket easement upon, across, over and under the Common Area for ingress, egress, installation, replacing, repairing and maintaining all utility and service lines and systems, including, but
not limited to, water, sewer, gas, telephone, electricity, television cable or communications lines and systems, etc. By virtue of this easement, it shall be expressly permissible for the providing utility or service company to install and maintain facilities and equipment on the Common Area and to affix and maintain wire, circuits and conduits on, in, and under the roofs and walls of Common Area. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, no sewers, electrical lines, water lines, or other utilities or service lines may be installed or relocated on the Properties, except as initially designed and installed by Developer or thereafter approved by the Board. This easement shall in no way affect any other recorded easements on the Properties. In no event shall any portion of the above mentioned easements for utilities be constructed to authorize the placing or installing of sewers, electrical lines, water lines or other utilities under any permanent building structure constructed on the Properties. There shall be an access easement for the delivery and collection of the U.S. Mail.

    Section 7.04 Easement for Perimeter Walls and Other Improvements. Developer may construct perimeter walls and other improvements, including but not limited to, driveways, walkways, exterior lighting (metered to a particular Dwelling Unit), drainage structures, etc., as a part of, or for the use of, a particular dwelling Unit which may encroach upon or encompass portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots. Wherever such encroachments on the Common Area or adjacent Lots should occur, the Owner of the Dwelling Unit involved shall have, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, a perpetual permanent right for such perimeter walls to encompass portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots and for such other improvements to encroach upon portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots.

   
In consideration thereof, such owners agree to maintain and keep in repair any improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent lots which were constructed for the use of their Lot.

    In the event any such Owner should make demand upon the Association or upon the Owners of adjacent Lots to repair or maintain any Common Area which because of incidental encroachment lies within such owner’s yard area enclosed by a perimeter wall, or to maintain and repair any improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent Lots, then the Association or the Owner of the adjacent Lot upon which the encroachment lies, as the case may be, shall have the absolute right, and may cause the Owner making such demand, to remove at his expense the perimeter wall or other improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent Lot and to replace and rebuild, in accordance with the Board’s plans and design specifications, such perimeter wall as to be within such Owner’s Lot.

    Section 7.05 Electrical Service and Telephone Lines. All electrical service and telephone lines shall be placed underground and no outside electrical lines shall be placed overhead, except existing overhead lines; provided that no provisions hereof shall prohibit the erection of temporary power or telephone structures incident to construction.

    Section 7.06 6′ Pedestrian/Utility Easement. Shown on the Plat is a six-foot (6′) wide Pedestrian and Utility Easement which encumbers portions of Lots.

    Section 7.07 Common Walls. The rights and duties of Owners with respect to common walls or fences shall be as follows:

        A. Each wall, including patio walls and fences, which is constructed as a part of the original construction of the Dwelling Unit, any part of which is placed on, adjacent to, or over the dividing line between separate Dwelling Units, shall constitute a common wall. Each Owner consents to the use and construction of such common walls and acknowledges that portions of the Properties may contain common walls. With respect to any such wall, each of the adjoining Dwelling Unit owners shall assume the burden of and be entitled to the benefits recited in this Section and to the extent not inconsistent herewith, the general rules of law regarding common walls shall be applied thereto.

        B. The Owners of contiguous Dwelling Units who have a common wall shall have reciprocal easements for support and an equal right to use such wall provided that such use by one Owner does not interfere with the use and enjoyment of same by the other Owner.

        C. Unless other provisions of this Section are applicable, the costs of reasonable repair and maintenance of a common wall shall be shared equally by the owners who make use of the common wall in proportion to such use.

        D. In the event any common wall is damaged or destroyed through the act of one adjoining
Owner, or any of his guests or agents or members of his family so as to deprive the other Owner of the full use and enjoyment of such wall, then the first of such Owners, if required under local law, shall forthwith proceed to rebuild and repair the same to as good condition as formerly without cost to the other Owner.

        E. In the event any common wall is damaged or destroyed by some cause other than the act of one of the adjoining Owners, his agents, guests or family (including ordinary wear and tear and deterioration from lapse of time), then in such event, both such adjoining owners shall, if required under local law, proceed forthwith to rebuild or repair the same to as good condition as formerly at their joint and equal expense.

        F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, there shall be no impairment of the structural integrity of any common wall without prior consent of the Board. In addition to meeting the other requirements of these Restrictions and of any building code or similar regulations or ordinances, any Owner proposing to modify, make additions to or rebuild his Dwelling Unit in any manner which requires the extension or other alteration of any common wall shall first obtain the written consent of the Board which shall consider, in its discretion, the adjoining Owner’s preference concerning the proposed modification, extension or alteration of the common wall.

        G. In the event of a dispute between Owners with respect to the repair or rebuilding of a common wall or with respect to the sharing of cost thereof, then upon written request of one of such Owners delivered to the Association, the matter shall be heard and determined by the Board.


Editor’s Note:
This HTML version of the 
CC&R’s is provided for the convenience of the reader. The document of record, is on file at the Pima County Recorder’s Office, Docket 9607 Pages 2274 through 2354

TRACT DECLARATION OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS
FOR
CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TRACT DECLARATION

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Articles
Section 1.02 Association
Section 1.03 Board
Section 1.04 By-Laws
Section 1.05 Common Area or Common Areas
Section 1.06 Declarant
Section 1.07 Declaration
Section 1.08 Developer
Section 1.09 Dwelling Unit or Unit
Section 1.10 Eligible Mortgage Holder
Section 1.11 First Mortgagee
Section 1.12 Lot
Section 1.13 Master Association
Section 1.14 Master Declaration
Section 1.15 Member
Section 1.16 Mortgage
Section 1.17 Owner or Homeowner
Section 1.18 Person
Section 1.19 Plat
Section 1.20 Properties
Section 1.21 Rules

ARTICLE II ASSOCIATION

Section 2.01 Membership in the Association
Section 2.02 Voting Rights and Classes of Membership
Section 2.03 Purpose of Association
Section 2.04 Rights and Responsibilities of Association
Section 2.05 Articles and By-Laws
Section 2.06 Transition to Board
Section 2.07 Authority of Board
Section 2.08 Non-Liability of Officials and Indemnification
Section 2.09 Managing Agent
Section 2.10 Disputes
Section 2.11 Records and Accounting

ARTICLE III OWNER MAINTENANCE

Section 3.01 Exterior Maintenance, Repair, Up-Keep and Repainting

ARTICLE IV INSURANCE

Section 4.01 Insurance Requirements
Section 4.02 Waiver of Subrogation Claims Against Declarant, etc.
Section 4.03 Insurance Premiums
Section 4.04 Additional Optional Insurance by Owner
Section 4.05 Destruction/Insurance Proceeds
Section 4.06 Condemnation; Destruction

ARTICLE V OWNERSHIP, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON AREA

Section 5.01 Owner’s Easements of Enjoyment
Section 5.02 Conditional Use of Common Area
Section 5.03 Delegation of Use
Section 5.04 Damage or Destruction of Common Area
Section 5.05 Restriction on Conveyance of Common Areas and Facilities
Section 5.06 Payment of Taxes or Insurance by Mortgagees

ARTICLE VI COVENANTS FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

Section 6.01 Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation to Pay Assessments
Section 6.02 Purpose of Assessments
Section 6.03 Maximum Annual Assessment
Section 6.04 Special Assessments for Capital Improvements
Section 6.05 Notice and Quorum for an Action Authorized Under Section 6.03(C) and Section 6.04
Section 6.06 Uniform Rate of Assessment
Section 6.07 Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments; Due Dates
Section 6.08 Effect of Non-Payment of Assessments; Remedies of the Association
Section 6.09 No Exemption of Owner
Section 6.10 Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages; Sale or transfer of Lots
Section 6.11 Mortgage Protection and Additional Assessment as Common Expense

ARTICLE VII EASEMENTS AND COMMON WALLS

Section 7.01 Easement for Encroachments
Section 7.02 Private Drainage Easements
Section 7.03 Utility Easements
Section 7.04 Easement for Perimeter Walls and Other Improvements
Section 7.05 Electrical Service and Telephone Lines
Section 7.06 6′ Pedestrian/Utility Easement
Section 7.07 Common Walls

ARTICLE VIII ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE

Section 8.01 Composition of Committee
Section 8.02 Review by Committee
Section 8.03 Procedures
Section 8.04 Vote
Section 8.05 Liability
Section 8.06 Variance
Section 8.07 Nonconforming Architectural Improvements
Section 8.08 Color and Building Materials
Section 8.09 Broad Discretion of Architectural Control Committee
Section 8.10 Fee
Section 8.11 Submission to Cañada Hills Design Review Committee

ARTICLE IX USES AND RESTRICTIONS

Section 9.01 Private Residential Purposes
Section 9.02 Renting
Section 9.03 Antennas and Exterior Additions
Section 9.04 Solar Devices
Section 9.05 Insurance Rates
Section 9.06 Signs
Section 9.07 Animals
Section 9.08 Nuisances
Section 9.09 Growth and Planting
Section 9.10 Violation of Rules
Section 9.11 Exemption of Developer
Section 9.12 Drainage
Section 9.13 Unsightly Articles
Section 9.14 Trash Containers
Section 9.15 Right of Inspection
Section 9.16 Mail Boxes
Section 9.17 Vehicles/Carports/Garages
Section 9.18 Clothes Lines
Section 9.19 Diseases and Insects

ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 10.01 Term
Section 10.02 Amendments
Section 10.03 Enforcement and Non-Waiver
Section 10.04 Construction
Section 10.05 Delivery of Notices and Documents
Section 10.06 Binding Effect
Section 10.07 FHA/VA Approval
Section 10.08 Acquiring Declarant’s Rights by Foreclosure
Section 10.09 Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cañada Hills

 


 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TRACT DECLARATION OF

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR

CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

    This amendment, made on the second day of December 1993 by the Declarant.

    WHEREAS, the Declarant has previously recorded the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Cañada Hills Village 14 in the Office of the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona, in Book, Pages ____ to ____

    WHEREAS, the Declarant is empowered to amend the Declaration.

    NOW, THEREFORE, the Declarant hereby amends Section 6.03, “Maximum Annual Assessment”, of the Declaration to read as follows:

    A. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first lot to an owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be TWO HUNDRED FORTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($240.00). Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03 (B) hereof, the Board shall each year estimate the total expenses anticipated for the coming year and shall determine the necessary level of reserve balances for ordinary and unexpected expenses, and shall determine the annual assessment necessary to generate the required revenues.

    B. Subject to Section 6.03 (C) hereof, the Board shall not increase the annual assessment by an amount greater than (i) six percent (6%) of the amount of the highest previous annual assessment; or (ii) the percentage increase in the cost of living index for “All Items, All Cities” as reflected by the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor All Urban Consumers (hereinafter called the “Cost of Living Index Number”), whichever is greater. In the event that the Bureau of Labor Statistics should fail to publish a comparable Cost of Living Index Number during any such years, but a comparable Cost of Living Index Number shall be published by any governmental agency of the United States in place thereof, then such comparable index number shall be used for the purpose of adjusting the annual assessment under the provisions of this Section 6.03 with the same force and effect as the Cost of Living Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

    All other provisions of the Declaration remain in full force and effect according to their terms.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Declarant has set his hand this _______ day of __________________, 1993.

by _______________________

 

 

[End of First Amendment]

 


 

TRACT DECLARATION OF

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS

FOR

 CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14

    THIS DECLARATION made this 13th day of August 1993 by FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee under Trust No. 4419 hereinafter referred to as “Declarant”

W I T N E S S E T H
:

    WHEREAS, Declarant is the Owner of certain real property in the county of Pima, State of Arizona, which is more particularly described as:

Lots 1 through 64 inclusive, and Common Areas A and B of CAÑADA  ILLS VILLAGE 14, a subdivision in Pima County, Arizona, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Book 45  of Maps at Page 17, in the Office of the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona which real property shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Properties”.

    WHEREAS, Declarant proposes to construct improvements upon the Properties and upon the Common area, as defined herein, and to sell and convey the same, subject to the covenants, restrictions, uses, limitations, obligations, easements, equitable servitudes, charges and liens hereinafter set forth, each of which is for the benefit of the Properties and the subsequent owners thereof.

    NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that the Properties are and shall be held, conveyed, encumbered, leased and used subject to the following covenants, conditions, restrictions, uses, limitations, obligations, easements, equitable servitudes, charges and liens (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Restrictions”), all of which are for the purpose of enhancing and protecting the value, desirability and attractiveness of the Properties. The Restrictions set forth herein shall run with the Properties, shall be binding upon all persons having or acquiring any interest therein, and shall inure to the benefit of, be binding upon and enforceable by all Owners, Declarant, the Association and their successors in interest.

    No provision contained herein shall be construed to prevent or limit Developer’s right to complete development of the Properties and construction of improvements thereon, nor Developer’s right to maintain model homes, construction, sales or leasing offices, nearby parking areas or similar facilities on the Properties, nor Developer’s right to post signs incidental to construction, sales or leasing, nor Developer’s right to do anything that is reasonably necessary and proper for the full development of the Properties.


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

    Unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the following words and phrases when used herein shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned.

    Section 1.01 “Articles” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Association and amendments thereto which are or shall be filed in the Office of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

    Section 1.02 “Association” shall mean and refer to CAÑADA HILLS VILLAGE 14 Homeowners Association, its successors and assigns.

    Section 1.03 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association.

    Section 1.04 “By-Laws” shall mean the By-Laws of the Association, together with any amendments thereto.

    Section 1.05 “Common Area” or “Common Areas” shall mean all real property and Improvements thereon designated as Common Area (C.A.) A and Common Area B on the Plat as defined herein, whether improved or unimproved, owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of the Owners.

    Section 1.06 “Declarant” means FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, as Trustee under Trust No. 4419 and its successors or assigns who have been designated in writing by Declarant as the successor to all or a portion of Declarant’s rights hereunder and who own one or more Lots in the Properties.

    Section 1.07 “Declaration” shall mean and refer to this instrument and any amendment thereto or restatement thereof. This Declaration constitutes a “Tract Declaration” as defined in the Master Declaration.

    Section 1.08 “Developer” shall mean CAÑADA HILLS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited partnership, its successors or assigns.

    Section 1.09 “Dwelling Unit” or “Unit” shall mean any improvements placed within the confines of any Lot.

    Section 1.10 “Eligible Mortgage Holder” shall mean a holder of a First Mortgage on a Lot who has in writing requested notice of certain action in accordance with Article X hereof.

    Section 1.11 “First Mortgagee” shall mean the holder of any Mortgage under which the interest of any Owner of a Lot is encumbered and which mortgage has first and paramount priority (referred to herein as a First Mortgage), subject only to the lien of general or ad valorem taxes and assessments and such other matters as are recognized in such First Mortgage as permitted exceptions.

    Section 1.12 “Lot” shall mean and refer to any numbered parcel of real property within the Properties shown on the Plat, together with the Dwelling Unit, if any, thereon.

    Section 1.13 “Master Association” shall mean and refer to Cañada Hills Community Association, an Arizona nonprofit corporation, created pursuant to the Master Declaration, its successors and assigns.

    Section 1.14 “Master Declaration” shall mean the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Cañada Hills, recorded on August 5, 1987 in Book 8092, at Page 888, in the office of the County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona.

    Section 1.15 “Member” shall mean and refer to every person and/or entity who holds membership in the Association pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

    Section 1.16 “Mortgage” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument by which a lot or any part thereof is encumbered.

    Section 1.17 “Owner” or “Homeowner” shall mean and refer to (1) the record Owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of equitable or beneficial title in fee simple (or legal title if same has merged) of any lot, or (2) the purchaser of a lot under a recorded executory contract for the sale of real property as set forth in Arizona Revised Statutes Section 33-741, et seq. The foregoing does not include persons or entities who hold an interest in any Lot merely as security for the performance of an obligation, or a lessee or tenant of an Owner as defined above, or a purchaser or vendee under any executory contract of
sale which has not been fully consummated with a deed to the purchaser recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pima County, Arizona.

    Section 1.18 “Person” shall mean a natural individual,
corporation or other entity with the legal right to hold title to real property.

    Section 1.19 “Plat” shall mean the Plat of the real property subject to this Declaration and the Master Declaration arid recorded in Book 45 of Maps at Page 17 in the office of the
County Recorder of Pima County, Arizona, and any amendment thereto or resubdivision thereof.

    Section 1.20 “Properties” shall mean and refer to Lots 1 through 64, and Common Areas A and B, as described in the Plat.

    Section 1.21 “Rules” shall mean any and all rules, and amendments thereof, adopted by the Board pursuant to the By-Laws.


ARTICLE II

ASSOCIATION

    Section 2.01 Membership in the Association.

    A. Membership. Each Owner (including Declarant) of a Lot, by virtue of being an Owner, shall automatically be a Member of the Association. Membership in the Association shall be appurtenant to each Lot owned and shall not be transferred, pledged, or alienated in any way, except upon the transfer of ownership to a Lot, and then only to the transferee thereof. Any transfer of ownership of a Lot shall operate automatically to transfer said membership to the new Owner thereof. Any attempted transfer of membership separate from the appurtenant Lot or Lots shall be void.

    Section 2.02 Voting Rights and Classes of Membership.

The Association shall have two classes of voting membership.

    Class A: Class A Members shall be all Owners, and each such Owner shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised as the Owners may determine, but in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any lot owned by a Class A Member.

    Class B: The Class B Member shall be Declarant, who shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot 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: [Editor’s Note: There is no longer a Class B member
within the Association]

(a) when the total votes outstanding in the Class A membership equal the total votes outstanding in the Class B membership, or

(b) Five (5) years following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, other than the Declarant.

    Any Mortgagee who acquires title to a Lot pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure or a trustee’s sale shall automatically become entitled to exercise all voting rights which the Owner of said Lot would otherwise have had.

    If any lender to whom Declarant has assigned, or hereafter assigns, as security all or substantially all of its rights under this Declaration should succeed to the interest of the Declarant by virtue of said assignment, the absolute voting rights of the Declarant as provided herein shall not be terminated thereby, and such lender, or successor to such lender by assignment or foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu thereof, shall hold Declarant’s memberships and voting rights on the same terms as they were held by Declarant.

    Section 2.03 Purpose of Association. The Association is a non-profit corporation which will serve as the governing body for all Owners and Members for the protection, improvement, alteration, maintenance, repair, replacement, administration and operation of the Common Area (including but not limited to the private roadways, drainageways, detention basins and the slope easements), the assessment of expenses, payment of losses, disposition of casualty insurance proceeds, and other matters as provided in this
Declaration, the Articles, the By-Laws, and the Rules. The Association shall not be deemed to be conducting a business of any kind. All funds received by the Association shall be held and applied by it for the
Owners and Members in accordance with the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles and the By-Laws.

    Section 2.04 Rights and Responsibilities of Association. The Association, through the Board of Directors, unless specifically provided otherwise, shall have the right of enforcement of all of the provisions hereof. The Association shall be responsible for the proper and efficient management and operation of the Common Area, including:

(a) maintaining, operating, and rebuilding improvements thereon;

(b) maintaining and landscaping property owned; or controlled by the Association, including but not limited to private roads, paths, slope easements, drainageways, detention basins and easement rights, if any;

(c) maintaining, operating, rebuilding and repairing all or any part of the Common Area or improvements thereon or similar areas designated by the Master Association;

(d) operating, maintaining, rebuilding and insuring improvements originally constructed by Declarant or Developer or later constructed by the Association on or about the Common Area;

(e) paying real estate taxes, assessments and other charges on the Common Area;

(f) insuring all improvements which the Association is obligated to maintain against damage by casualty with such companies and in such limits as provided herein and as the Association deems appropriate;

(g) hiring, firing, supervising and paying employees and independent contractors including, but not limited to, workmen, landscapers, attorneys, accountants, architects and contractors to carry out the obligations set forth herein;

(h) maintaining such liability insurance as the Association deems necessary to protect the Members and the Board of Directors of the Association from any liability caused by occurrences or happenings on or about the Common Area;

(i) maintaining workmen’s compensation insurance for the employees of the Association;

(j) purchasing all goods, supplies, labor and services reasonably necessary for the performance of the obligations set forth herein;

(k) establishing and maintaining such adequate cash reserves as the Association may, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem reasonably necessary for the periodic maintenance, repair and replacement of the improvements which it is responsible to maintain;

(l) providing for and payment of all utility services for the Common Area;

(m) entering into such agreements and taking such actions as are reasonably necessary and convenient for the accomplishment of the obligations set forth above and the operation and maintenance of the Properties as a first-class, residential development;

(n) granting licenses, easements and other agreements for the use of Common Area;

(o) maintaining any personal property owned by the Association; and

(p) such other maters as are provided for in this Declaration, the Master Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws.

    Section 2.05 Articles and By-Laws. The manner in which the Association holds meetings and attends to other corporate formalities shall be controlled by the provisions of the By-Laws, the Articles and this Declaration, which Declaration shall control in the event of conflict. The Board of Directors of the Association shall be elected by majority vote of the total votes cast by both classes of the membership at a meeting attended by a quorum as called for by the By-Laws.

    Section 2.06 Transition to Board. Prior to the time that the operations of the Association are turned over to the Members by the Declarant, the Members shall be required by February 15 of each year to report and submit to the Association, in writing, any claims or disputes with regard to the operations of the Association by the Developer or Declarant, during the immediately preceding calendar year, including the maintenance of any streets, roads, sidewalks, street signs, walls, fences, slope easements, landscaping or other improvements originally constructed by Developer or Declarant or the collection of assessments, maintenance and reserve accounts and other maters falling within the realm of responsibility of the Association.

    When the operations of the Association are turned over to the Members by the Declarant, the Declarant shall, deliver all corporate books and accounting records to the Members at the Association’s offices. Upon receipt of the corporate books, accounting records and written notice of Declarant’s intent to turn over the operations of the Association, the Members shall notify Declarant in writing within forty-five (45) days of any claims or disputes with regard to the operations of the Association by the Declarant which have arisen subsequent to December 31 of the preceding year, including the maintenance of any streets, roads, sidewalks, street signs, walls, fences, slope easements, landscaping or any other improvements, to the extent applicable, originally constructed by Developer or Declarant or the collection of assessments, maintenance of reserve accounts and other matters falling within the realm of responsibility of the Association.

    In the event that such claims or disputes are not presented in writing to the Declarant within the tine periods set forth above, such claims and disputes shall be deemed forever waived, relinquished and abandoned.

    Any valid and timely written claims or disputes presented to the Declarant shall be resolved promptly between the Members and Declarant.

    Section 2.07 Authority of Board. The Board shall be empowered to adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations as it deems reasonable and appropriate (collectively the “Rules”), which shall be binding upon all persons subject to this Declaration and shall govern the use and/or occupancy of the Properties. The Rules may also include the establishment of a system of fines and penalties. The Rules shall govern such matters as the Board deems to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Association, including, without limitation, the use of the Common Area. The Rules may be amended at any special or regular meeting of the Board.

    The Rules are deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall have the same force and effect as if they were set forth in and were part of this Declaration and shall be binding upon all persons having any interest in, or making any use of, any part of the Properties, whether or not copies of the Rules are actually received by such persons. The Rules, as adopted, amended
or repealed, shall be available for review at the principal office of the Association to each person reasonably entitled thereto. It shall be the
responsibility of each person subject to the Rules to review and keep abreast of any changes in the provisions thereof. In the event of any conflict between any provision of the Rules and any provisions of this Declaration, or the Articles or By-Laws, the provisions of the Rules shall be deemed to be superseded by the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles or By-Laws to the extent of any such conflict.

    Section 2.08 Non-Liability of Officials and
Indemnification
. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Declarant, Developer, the Board, nor any committees of the Association nor any member thereof, nor any officers, directors or employees of the Declarant, Developer or of the Association, shall be liable to any Owner or to the Association or any other person for any damage, loss or prejudice suffered or claimed on account of any decision, course of action, act, inaction, omission, error, negligence or the like made in good faith and which Declarant, Developer, the Board or such committees or officers reasonably believed to be within the scope of their respective duties.

    To the fullest extent permitted by law, Declarant, Developer, and every director, officer or committee member of the Association and of the Declarant (to the extent a claim may be brought by reason of Declarant’s appointment, removal or control over members of the Board or its control over the Association or any committee thereof) shall be indemnified by the Association.

    Every other person serving as an employee or direct agent of the Association, or otherwise acting on behalf of, and at the request of, the Association, may, in the discretion of the Board, be indemnified by the Association.

    Any such indemnification shall be limited to all expenses and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees, reasonably incurred by or imposed upon such person in connection with any proceeding to which he may be a party or in which he may became involved, by reason of his being or having served in such capacity on behalf of the Association (or in the case of Declarant by reason of having appointed, removed, controlled or failed to control members of the Board, or controlled or failed to control the Association), or incurred in any settlement thereof, whether or not he is a director, officer or member of a committee or serving in such other specified capacity at the time such expenses are incurred.

    Section 2.09 Managing Agent. All powers, duties and rights of the Association or the Board, as provided by law and herein, may be delegated to a managing agent under a management agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall relieve the Association of its obligation to perform any such delegated duty. Any agreement for professional management shall not exceed a term of one year, which term may be renewed by agreement of the parties for successive one-year periods. Any such agreement shall provide for termination by either party with or without cause and without payment of a termination fee upon 90 days’ written notice; provided, however, that the Association may terminate the agreement
for cause upon 30 days’ written notice. The Association is expressly authorized to contract with Declarant, or an affiliate of Declarant, to provide management services or to perform other duties of the Association or the Board; provided, however, that the compensation to be paid to Declarant or its affiliate, under such contract shall not exceed a reasonable amount consistent with compensation paid to professional managers performing similar services in accordance with the standards of the industry.

    Section 2.10 Disputes. In the event of any dispute or disagreement between any Owners or any other persons subject to this Declaration relating to the Properties or any question of interpretation or application of the provisions of this Declaration, the Articles, By-Laws or Rules, this Declaration shall control. If the subject is not governed by this Declaration, a determination thereof by the Board shall be final and binding on each and all of such persons, subject to the right of any party to seek declaratory relief. The Board may, at its election, delegate the resolution of such dispute or disagreement to a committee appointed by the Board.

    Section 2.11 Records and Accounting. The Association shall keep, or cause to be kept, true and correct books and records of account at the sole cost and expense of the Association in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Such books and records, together with current copies of this Declaration, the Articles, By-laws and Rules shall be available for inspection by all Owners and First Mortgagees of record at reasonable times during regular business hours, and shall specify in reasonable detail all expenses incurred and funds accumulated. Such records, books, and accounts shall be kept for a period of at least two (2) years after preparation.

 


 

ARTICLE III

OWNER MAINTENANCE

    Section 3.01 Exterior Maintenance. Repair. UP-Keep and Repainting.

    A. Maintenance, repair, upkeep and repainting of Dwelling Units, including all other improvements on a Lot, shall be the sole responsibility of each Owner. Each Owner shall also maintain, repair and repaint (if applicable), the interior and exterior sides of the perimeter yard walls or fences appurtenant to his Lot, except that if such a wall or fence is a common wall or fence, an Owner shall be required to repair and repaint only that portion of the wall or fence exclusively used by that Owner. Further, each Owner shall be responsible for sewer blockage, repair, etc. of all Dwelling Unit plumbing as well as the house connection line from the Dwelling Unit to its connection point in the main collection sewer line in the street. Such maintenance, repair and repainting of a Dwelling Unit and other improvements on a Lot shall be undertaken in a manner and with such frequency as shall keep each Owner’s Lot in an attractive, well-kept and maintained condition in conformity with all other Lots. In the event any Owner fails to fulfill his or her obligation under this Section, the Association, after approval of two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors, shall have the right through its agents and employees, to enter upon the subject property; and to repair, maintain and restore the Lot, including the perimeter yard walls, or fences and any other improvements. The cost of such exterior maintenance shall be added to and become part of the assessment to which such Lot is subject. The Board shall have the right to determine whether or not a Lot is in need of maintenance repair and upkeep in order to conform to the standards of the general neighborhood of the Properties and the Board shall use a reasonably high standard to determine whether such maintenance, repair and upkeep is required so that the Lots as a whole will reflect a high pride of ownership. Each Owner or his authorized agent or the Association, as the case may be, in order to conduct such maintenance, repair or repainting, shall have the right of entry at reasonable times upon Lots adjacent to such Owner’s Lot, provided reasonable notice of such entry is first given by such, Owner to the Owner of the involved adjacent Lot.

    B. The Association shall be responsible for maintenance, repair and upkeep of any Common Area improvements including, but not limited to, non-public streets, curb line sidewalks and Common Area sidewalks, recreation facilities, landscaping, slope easements, drainageways, detention basins, common trash/garbage collection areas, and parking areas, if any, constructed on the Common Areas. In addition, the Association shall be responsible for maintaining and repainting perimeter walls or fences constructed along the boundaries of the Property, that are not appurtenant to a Lot.

    C. Each Owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair, including replacement of light bulbs, of all exterior lighting fixtures located within the Owner’s Dwelling Unit, or in the Common Area, provided such lighting in the Common Area is metered to the Owner’s Dwelling Unit.


ARTICLE IV

INSURANCE

    Section 4.01 Insurance Requirements. The Association shall purchase and maintain at all times the following types of insurance:

    A. Commercial General Liability and Property Insurance. Commercial general liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage liability insurance covering all Common Area and all other areas under the jurisdiction or control of the Association. Such insurance policy or policies shall contain, if available, a “severability of interest” clause or endorsement which shall preclude the insurer from denying the claim of an Owner because of negligent arts of the Association or of any other Owners.

    The scope of coverage of such policy or policies must include all other coverage in the kinds and amounts commonly required by private institutional mortgage investors for projects similar in
construction, location and use to the Properties. Coverage shall be for at least one million dollars
($1,000,000.00) combined single limit.

    Such coverage shall include, without limitation, legal liability of the insureds for property damage, bodily injuries, and deaths of persons in connection with the operation, maintenance, or use of the Common Area; legal liability arising out of lawsuits related to employment contracts of the Association; and protection against liability
for nonowned and hired automobiles; such coverage may also include, if applicable, garagekeeper’s liability, liability for property of others,
host liquor liability, water damage liability, contractual liability, workmen’s compensation insurance for employees of the Association, and such other risks as shall customarily be covered
with respect to projects similar in construction, location and use.

    B. Insurance of Common Area. Fire and other hazard insurance covering improvements constructed on the Common Area, including but not limited to, ramadas or recreation buildings. Such policy or policies shall consist, at a minimum, of a multi-peril type policy covering the subject improvements, providing, as a minimum, fire and extended coverage and all other coverage in the kinds and amounts commonly required by private institutional mortgage lenders in Tucson, Arizona.

    Such policies of property insurance shall
contain a “Replacement Cost Endorsement” providing that any claim shall be settled on a full replacement cost basis without deduction for depreciation, an “Inflation Guard Endorsement” and an “Agreed
Amount Endorsement,” if possible. The Association shall also purchase a “Demolition Endorsement”, an Increased Cost of Construction Endorsement”, a “Contingent Liability from operation of Building Laws Endorsement” or the equivalent, and coverage on personal property owned by the Association.

    If the Common Area or any portion thereof is located within an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, and flood insurance coverage or improvements an the Common Area has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Program, then such a policy of flood insurance shall be obtained on the Common Area in an amount at least equal to the lesser of:

(1) the maximum coverage available under the National Flood Insurance Program for all buildings and other insurable property located within a designated flood hazard area; or

(2) one hundred percent
(100%) of current replacement cost of all buildings and other insurable property located within a designated flood hazard area.

    C. Workmen’s Compensation Insurance. Workmen’s Compensation insurance to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws.

    D. Fidelity Insurance. Fidelity coverage against dishonest acts on the part of directors, officers, managers, trustees, employees, or volunteers responsible for handling funds belonging to or administered by the Association. Such fidelity bonds or insurance shall name the Association as the named insured and shall be written in an amount sufficient to provide protection, that is, in no event, less than one and one-half times the insured’s estimated annual operating expenses and reserves, and provide for at least thirty (30) days notice to the Association and First Mortgagees servicing mortgages with the Federal National Mortgage Association before cancellation or substantial modification thereof. In connection with such coverage, an appropriate endorsement to the policy to cover any persons who serve without compensation shall be added, if the policy would not otherwise cover volunteers.

    E. Exceptions. The foregoing insurance and endorsements shall be maintained only to the extent available and reasonably priced and, without limitation, the Board of Directors may elect to dispense with certain endorcements if, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, it is determined that the cost of such endorsements is excessive or the coverage not reasonably available.

    Section 4.02 Waiver of Subrogation Claims Against Declarant, etc. Every policy of insurance obtained by the Association shall contain an express waiver, if available, of any and all rights of subrogation against Declarant, Developer, the Board and such other persons or entities affiliated with the Association such as a manager and its representatives, members and employees and a provision, if available, preventing any cancellation or modification thereof, except upon at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to the insureds and First Mortgagees servicing mortgages with the Federal National Mortgage Association.

    Liability insurance hereinabove specified shall name as separately protected insureds Declarant, Developer, the Association, the Board and such other persons or entities affiliated with the Association such as a manager and its representatives, members and employees as their interests may appear with respect to any liability arising out of the maintenance or use of any insured property.

    To the extent that each such policy will not be voided or impaired thereby, the Association hereby waives and releases all claims against the Declarant, the Board, the Developer and such other persons or entities named in said insurance policies, and against the agents and employees of each of the foregoing, with respect to any loss covered by such insurance, whether or not caused by negligence or breach of any agreement by said persons, but only to the extent that insurance proceeds are received in compensation for such loss.

    Section 4.03 Insurance Premiums. Premiums for insurance purchased or obtained by the Association shall be a common expense payable through assessments of Lots and all such insurance coverage obtained by the Board shall be written in the name of the Association.

    Section 4.04 Additional Optional Insurance by Owner. In addition to the aforesaid insurance required to be carried by the Association, each Owner shall, at his own expense, carry any other insurance deemed advisable; however, if available, said policy or policies shall provide that there shall be no contribution or offset between policies of the Association and policies an individual Owner may have in effect.

    The Association shall have no duty whatsoever to insure, protect or maintain real or personal property located upon any Lot.

    It shall be the individual responsibility of each Owner, at his own expense, to provide Owner’s liability and property damage insurance, theft and other insurance covering personal and real property of the Owner.

    Section 4.05 Destruction/Insurance Proceeds. In the event of substantial damage or destruction of any part of the Common Area, any First Mortgagee of a Lot will be entitled to timely written notice of any such damage or destruction and no Owner of a Lot or other party shall have priority over such First Mortgagee with respect to the distribution of any insurance proceeds.

    Section 4.06 Condemnation; Destruction.

    A. Condemnation.

        1. Taking. The term “taking”, as used in this Section, shall mean either (a) condemnation by eminent domain or (b) sale under threat of condemnation.

        2. Authority of Board. In the event of a threatened taking of all or any portion of the Common Area, the Members hereby appoint the Board of the Association and such persons as the Board or the Association may designate to represent all of the Owners in connection with the taking. The Board shall act in its sole
discretion with respect to any awards being made in connection with the taking and shall be entitled to make a voluntary sale to the condemnor in lieu of engaging in a condemnation action.

        3. Partial Taking. In the event of a taking of less than all of the Common Area, the rules as to restoration and replacement to the Common Area and the improvements thereon shall apply as in the case of destruction of improvements upon the Common Area as provided in Section 4.06B.

     4. Distribution of Proceeds. Any awards received on account of the taking shall be paid to the Association and to mortgagees of record, as their interests may appear. In the event of a total taking, the Board may retain any award in the general funds of the Association, and any distribution of the award shall be on a reasonable and equitable basis. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the distribution of any award or awards for a taking of all or any portion of the Common Area shall be subject to the prior rights of
mortgagees.

    B. Destruction.

        1. Duty of Association. In the event of a partial or total destruction of the Common Area or improvements thereon, except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be the duty of the Association to restore and repair the same to its former condition as promptly as is practicable and in a workmanlike manner. The proceeds of any insurance maintained pursuant hereto shall be used for such purpose, subject to the prior rights of mortgagees whose interests may be protected by said policies.

        2. Destruction Proceeds Exceed 80% of Reconstruction Costs. If the amount available from the proceeds of such insurance policies for such restoration and repair is at least eighty percent (80%) of the estimated costs of restoration and repair, a special assessment for reconstruction with each Owner contributing a like sum for each Lot owned, may be levied by the Association to provide the necessary funds for such reconstruction and repair, over and above the amount of any insurance proceeds available for such purpose, and such assessment shall not require the consent of any specified proportion of the Members.

        3. Destruction; Proceeds Less Than 80% of Reconstruction Costs. If the amount available from the proceeds of such insurance policies for such restoration and repair is less than eighty percent (80%) of the estimated cost of restoration and repair, the improvements shall not be replaced or restored through application of a special assessment unless such assessment is approved by the vote or written consent of two-thirds (2/3) of each Class of Members.

        a. Use of Hazard Proceeds; First Mortgagee Approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless at least two-thirds of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based on one (1) vote for each Mortgage held) and at least two-thirds of the Owners (other than Declarant) have given their prior written approval, the Association shall not be entitled to use hazard proceeds for losses to any Common Area for other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such improvements.

        b. Common Area; First Mortgagee Approval. In the event of a determination not to replace or restore the improvements on the Common Area as set forth in paragraph 3(a) above, the Common Area shall be cleared and landscaped as open space to be used by the Owners pursuant to the provisions hereof, and the costs thereof shall be paid for with the insurance proceeds, and any deficiency may be raised by the levy of uniform special assessment for reconstruction in an amount determined by the Board.

 


 

ARTICLE V

OWNERSHIP, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON AREA

    Section 5.01 Owner’s Easements of Enjoyment. Every Owner shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with title to every Lot, subject to the provisions hereof.

    Section 5.02 Conditional Use of Common Area. Each Owner, his family, licensees, invitees and tenants or lessees, or contract purchasers of a Lot shall be entitled to use the Common Area subject to:

    A. The provisions of the Articles, By-Laws, this Declaration, and the Rules. Each Owner, invitee, licensee, and tenant agrees that in using the Common Area he will comply with the provisions of such Articles, By-Laws, this Declaration, and the Rules.

    B. The right of the Association to charge a reasonable security deposit and clean-up fee for the use of a recreational facility, if any, situated upon the Common Area.

    C. The right of the Association to suspend the right of an Owner to use recreational facilities, if any, of the Common Area for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for any infraction of its published Rules. Each day an infraction continues to exist is to be deemed a separate infraction.

    D. The right of the Association to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect the Common Area against foreclosure.

    E. The right of the Association, in connection with any adopted Rules, to enforce reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the use of the Common Area, including specific provisions with respect to the parking of vehicles thereon.

    Section 5.03 Delegation of Use. Any
Owner may delegate his right of enjoyment in the Common Area and facilities to the members of his family, his tenants or lessees or contract purchasers who reside in the Dwelling Unit, subject to such Rules as the Association may, from time to time, establish. Such delegation shall not relieve said Owner of his obligations and responsibilities as a Member under the By-Laws, Rules and this Declaration.

    Section 5.04 Damage or Destruction of Common Area. In the event any Common Area is damaged or destroyed by an Owner or any of his guests, tenants, licensees, agents, or members of his family, such
Owner shall be liable therefor to the extent of liability imposed by local law and such Owner does hereby irrevocably authorize the Association to repair the damaged property, and the Association shall so repair the damaged property in good workmanlike manner in substantial conformance with the original plans and specifications. The Owner shall then repay the Association in the amount actually expended for such repairs. Each Owner further agrees that these charges for repairs if not paid within ten (10) days after completion of the work, shall become a lien upon such Owner’s Lot and shall continue to be a lien until fully paid. The lien shall be subordinate to any First Mortgage or encumbrance on the subject property. Said charges shall bear interest from the date of delinquency at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. The amount of principal and interest owed by the Owner to the Association shall be a debt, and shall be collectible by any lawful procedure allowed by the laws of the State of Arizona.

    Section 5.05 Restriction on Conveyance of Common Areas and Facilities. The Common Area and facilities owned by the Association, may not, by act or omission, be abandoned, partitioned, subdivided, encumbered, sold or transferred without the prior written approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based upon one vote for each mortgage owned) and two-thirds (2/3) of the Owners (other than Developer or Declarant) except that: (1) the Association shall at all times have the right to grant and convey to any person or entity easements, or rights of way, in, on over, or under any Common Area for the purpose of constructing, erecting, operating or maintaining thereon, therein and thereunder (a) roads, streets, walks pathways, and driveways; (b) temporary overhead or permanent underground liens, cables, wires, conduits, or other devices for the transmission of electricity for lighting, heating, power, telephone, cable T.V., and other purposes; (c) sewers, storm drains and pipes, drainage easements, water systems, water, heating and gas lines or pipes; (d) such improvements as may be permitted under this Declaration, and (2) Declarant shall have the right, as long as there is a Class B Member, to grant reasonable easements over, across, or under Common Area consistent with the purposes hereof.

    Section 5.06 Payment of Taxes or Insurance by Mortgagees.
The First Mortgagees of Lots shall have the right, jointly or singly, to pay taxes or other charges or assessments which are in default and which may or have become a lien against the Common Area and may pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the lapse of a policy for the Common Area, and any First Mortgagee making any such payment shall be owed immediate reimbursement therefor from the Association.

 


 

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

    Section 6.01 Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation to Pay Assessments. Each Owner, by acceptance of a deed to any Lot, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, agrees and is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges, (2) special assessments for capital improvements, and (3) individual repair and maintenance assessments, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual. and special assessments, and individual assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall be a charge on the Lot and shall be a continuing lien upon the Lot against which each assessment is made.

    Delinquent assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such Lot at the time when the assessment was levied. The personal obligation for delinquent assessments shall not pass to successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. The sale or transfer of a Lot shall not relieve the prior Owner thereof from personal liability to pay delinquent assessments, plus interest, costs and attorneys’ fees. Such obligation shall remain the personal obligation of the defaulting Owner. The new Owner, except a First Mortgagee as set forth herein, shall take title to such Lot subject to the lien of the full amount of the delinquent assessment.

    Section 6.02 Purpose of Assessments. The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety, and welfare of the Members and their guests, for the improvement and maintenance of the Common Area and for all purposes set forth in the Articles, By-Laws and this Declaration. The Board of the Association shall provide that assessments shall include an adequate reserve fund for maintenance, repairs and replacement of those elements of the Common Area owned by the Association that must be maintained or replaced on a periodic basis.

    Section 6.03 Maximum Annual Assessment.

    A. Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($120.00). Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03(B) hereof, the Board shall each year estimate the total expenses anticipated for the coming year and shall determine the necessary level of reserve balances for ordinary and unexpected expenses, and shall determine the annual assessment necessary to generate the require revenues.

    B. Subject to Section 6.03 (C) hereof, the Board shall not increase the annual assessment by an amount greater than (i) fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the highest previous annual assessment; or (ii) the percentage increase in the cost of living index for “All Items, All Cities” as reflected by the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor All Urban Consumers (hereinafter called the “Cost of Living Index Number”), whichever is greater. In the event that the Bureau of Labor Statistics should fail to publish a comparable Cost of Living Index Number during any such years, but a comparable Cost of Living Index Number shall be published by any governmental agency of the United States in place thereof, then such comparable index number shall be used for the purpose of adjusting the annual assessment under the provisions of this Section 6.03 with the same force and effect as the Cost of Living Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[Amended December 1993]

    C. Any increase by the Board in the annual assessment which is greater than the amount permitted under Section 6.03(B) hereof must be first approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of each Class of Members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose.

    D. At the time of conveyance of a Lot by Declarant to an Owner, the Owner thereof shall pay the equivalent of two months’ assessments applicable to that Lot into the working capital fund of the Association. Said working capital fund shill be used by the Association to meet unforeseen expenditures, or to acquire additional equipment or services deemed necessary or desirable by the Board. Amounts paid into the working capital fund are not to be considered as advance payment of assessments. Anything in this Subsection D to the contrary notwithstanding, no payments to the working capital fund shall be required in the event of a conveyance by any deed in lieu of foreclosure by the Declarant or any other Owner to their respective First
Mortgagees.

    Section 6.04 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 of 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.

    Section 6.05 Notice and Quorum for an Action Authorized Under Section 6.03(c) and Section 6.04. Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking action authorized under Section 6.03(C) and Section 6.04 shall be sent to all Members not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (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 requirements, 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 sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting.

    Section 6.06 Uniform Rate of Assessment. Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots and may be collected on a monthly basis. However, and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.03(B) hereof, said uniform rate may be revised periodically to reflect revisions in the annual assessments based on actual operating costs of the Association.

    Notwithstanding the above, the amount required to be paid toward regular annual and special assessments for the Lots owned by Declarant which are neither leased, nor rented, nor otherwise occupied as a Dwelling Unit shall be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessment rate for the other Lots; and further provided, however, that in the event all assessments, and all other income, from whatever source, due to the Association fail to equal or exceed the actual expenses incurred by the Association during any particular (25%) annual assessment period because of such partial Declarant assessment, then Declarant shall, upon written notice from the Association, pay a sufficient amount, up to the amount of full parity on such assessment based on the level of assessments for that year, to the Association to meet any such shortfall so long as (a) such notice must be given within ninety (90) days after the end of each annual assessment period and is waived if not made in such timely manner (such final ninety (90) day period to terminate ninety (90) days from the date of closing of the last Lot conveyed by Declarant), and notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Declaration (b) Declarant shall have no obligation for any such shortfall caused by any decrease in assessments, including without limitation the levying of any assessment in an amount less than the maximum for that annual assessment period, or by expenditures for capital improvements, unless the same has previously been approved in writing by Declarant; and further provided, that at the time any Lot owned by Declarant is leased, rented, or residentially occupied, that Lot shall thereafter, in subsequent periods, be assessed at the uniform rate of assessment for privately owned Lots.

    Section 6.07 Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments; Due Dates. The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all Lots on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner. The first annual assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar year. The Board shall fix the amount of the annual assessment against each Lot at least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period. Written notice of the annual assessment shall be sent to every Owner subject thereto in the event of its increase or decrease from the last annual assessment. The due dates shall be established by the Board.

    The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of the assessments on a Lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance.

    Section 6.08 Effect of
Non-Payment of Assessments; Remedies of the Association
. Each Owner agrees and shall be deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association, the assessments provided for herein, and agrees to the
enforcement of the assessments in the manner herein specified. All delinquent assessments shall bear interest at twelve percent
(12%) per annum, and late payments shall first be credited toward interest due, then towards assessments first due. In the event the Association employs an attorney for collection of any assessments, whether by suit or
otherwise, or to enforce compliance with or specific performance of the terms and conditions of this Declaration, or for any other purpose in connection with the breach of this Declaration, each Owner agrees to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs thereby incurred, in addition to any other amounts due or any other relief or remedy obtained against said Owner. In the event of a default in payment of any such assessment when due, in which case the assessment shall be deemed delinquent, and in addition to any other remedies herein or by law provided, the Association may enforce each such obligation in the manner provided by law or in equity, or without any limitation to the foregoing, by either or both of the following procedures.

    A. Enforcement by Suit. The Board may cause a suit at law to be commenced and maintained in the name of the Association against an Owner to enforce each such assessment obligation. Any judgment rendered in any such action shall include the amount of the delinquency, together with interest thereon from the date of delinquency until paid, court costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees in such amount as the Court may adjudge against the delinquent Owner or Member.

    B. Enforcement by Lien. There is hereby created a right to record a claim of lien on each and every Lot to secure payment to the Association of any and all assessments levied against any and all Owners together with interest thereon from the date of delinquency until paid, and all costs of collection which may be paid or incurred by the Association in connection therewith, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. At any time after occurrence of any default in the payment of any such assessment, the Association, or any authorized representative may, but shall not be required to, make a written demand for payment by the defaulting Owner. Said demand shall state the date and amount of delinquency. Each default shall constitute a separate basis for demand, but any number of defaults may be included within a single demand or claim of lien. If such delinquency is not paid within ten (10) days after delivery of such demand, or, even without such a written demand being made, the Association may elect to file and record a claim of lien on behalf of the Association against the Lot of the defaulting Owner. Such a claim of lien shall be executed and acknowledged by any officer of the Association, recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pima County, and shall contain substantially the following information:

  1. The name of the delinquent Owner;

  2. The legal description of the Lot against which claim of lien is made;

  3. The total amount claimed to be due and owing for the amount of the delinquency, interest thereon, collection costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees (with any proper offset allowed);

  4. A statement that the claim of lien is made by the Association pursuant to this Declaration; and

  5. A statement that a lien is claimed against said Lot in an amount equal to the amount stated; and

  6. A statement that the claim of lien will also extend to all assessments which became due but are not paid from the date of the recording of the claim of lien to the date of payment of all amounts set forth therein (including interest thereon, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and collection), and that the claim of lien will only be deemed satisfied and released when the
    Owner is current in the payment of all such amounts.

    Upon recordation of a duly executed original or copy of such a claim of lien, and the mailing of a copy thereof to said Owner, the lien claimed therein shall immediately attach and become effective in favor of the Association as a lien upon the Lot. Such a lien shall be junior to any assessment lien of the Master Association and to tax liens for real property taxes on the Lot, assessments on any Lot in favor of any municipal or other government assessing unit, and the lien of any First Mortgage.

    Any such lien may be foreclosed by appropriate action in court or in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of a realty mortgage or trust deed as set forth by the laws of the State of Arizona, as the same may be changed or amended. The lien provided for herein shall be in favor of the Association and shall be for the benefit of all other Owners. The Association shall have the power to bid in at any foreclosure sale and to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, mortgage, and convey any Lot. In the event such foreclosure is by action in court, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, title search fees, interest and all other costs and expenses shall be allowed to the extent permitted by law. Each Owner hereby expressly waives any objection to the enforcement and foreclosure of this lien in this manner.

    Section 6.09 No Exemption of Owner. No Owner is exempt from liability for payment of assessments by waiver of the use of enjoyment of the Common Area, or by abandonment of a Lot.

    Section 6.10 Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages; Sale or Transfer of Lots. The lien of the assessments provided for herein, including without limitation any fees, costs, late charges, or interest which may be levied by the Association in connection with unpaid assessments, shall be subordinate to the lien of any First Mortgage and to any lien of the Master Association. Sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to foreclosure of any such First Mortgage or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of
foreclosure, or cancellation or forfeiture of such executory land sales contract, shall extinguish the lien of assessment charges which become due prior to any such sale or transfer, or foreclosure, or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of foreclosure, or cancellation or forfeiture of any such executory land sales contract; provided, however, that any such charges, including interest, late charges, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, which are extinguished as provided herein, may be reallocated and assessed to all Lots as a common expense. No such sale, transfer, foreclosure, or any proceeding in lieu thereof, including deed in lieu of foreclosure, nor cancellation or forfeiture of such executory land sales contract shall relieve any Owner of a Lot from liability for any assessment charges thereafter becoming due, nor
from the lien thereof. In the event of foreclosure of a First Mortgage or the taking of a deed in lieu thereof, such First Mortgagee shall not be liable for unpaid assessments or other charges which accrued prior to the acquisition of title to the Lot in question by such First Mortgagee.

    Section 6.11 Mortgage Protection and Additional Assessment as Common Expense. Notwithstanding and prevailing over any other provisions of this Declaration, or the Association’s Articles or By-Laws, or the Rules, the following provisions shall apply to and benefit each First Mortgagee of a Lot:

    A. First Mortgagees shall not in any case or manner prior to acquiring title to a Lot be personally liable for the payment of any assessment or charge, nor for the observance or performance of any covenant, restriction, regulation, Rule, Article or By-Law, except for those matters which are enforceable by injunctive or other equitable actions, not requiring the payment of money, except as hereinafter provided.

    B. During the pendency of any proceeding to foreclose the First Mortgage, including any period of redemption, the First Mortgagee (or receiver appointed in such action) may, but need not, exercise any or all of the rights and privileges of the Owner of the mortgaged Lot, including but not limited to, the right to vote as a Member of the Association to the exclusion of the Owner’s exercise of such rights and privileges.

    C. At such time as the First Mortgagee shall become record Owner of a Lot, said First Mortgagee shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Declaration. including but not limited to the obligation to pay for all assessments and charges accruing thereafter. in the same manner as any Owner.

    D. Any provisions contained in this Declaration to the contrary notwithstanding, unless at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Lot Owners (other than the Declarant or Developer) and two-thirds (2/3) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders (based upon one vote for each mortgage held) have given their prior written approval, the Association shall not be empowered or entitled to: (a) change the method of determining the obligations, assessments, dues or other charges which may be levied against a Lot Owner; (b) by act or omission, change, waive or abandon any scheme of regulations, or enforcement thereof, pertaining to the architectural design or the exterior appearance of Dwelling Units, the exterior maintenance of Dwelling Units, the maintenance of Common Area, walkways or perimeter walls and driveways or the upkeep of lawns and planting areas in the Properties; (c) fail to maintain fire and extended coverage insurance on the Common Area on a current replacement cost basis in an amount of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the insurable value (based on current replacement costs); and (d; use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any Common Area for other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such Common Area.

    E. First Mortgagees are hereby granted the right to jointly, or singly, pay taxes or other charges which are in default and which may or have become a charge against any Common Area owned by the Association, and such First Mortgagees may, jointly or singly, pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies, or secure new hazard insurance coverage on the lapse of a policy for such Common Area and any First Mortgagees making such payments may be owed immediate reimbursement therefor from the Association.

    F. Nothing in this Declaration shall in any manner be deemed to give a Lot Owner, or any other party, priority over any rights of a First Mortgagee of a Lot pursuant to the terms of such First Mortgagee’s mortgage in the case of a distribution to an Owner of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards for losses to or a taking of any Lot or any part of the Common Area owned by the Association. Each First Mortgagee shall be entitled to timely written notice of such loss or taking.

    G. Each First Mortgagee shall, upon notice to the Association, be entitled to a written notification from the Association of any default in the performance by the Owner of a Lot encumbered by the Mortgage in favor of such First Mortgagee of any obligation under this Declaration or under the Articles, By-Laws, or Rules of the Association which is not cured within sixty (60) days.

    H. Each First Mortgagee shall, upon written notice to the Association, be entitled to (i) Inspect the books and records of the Association during normal business hours; (ii) receive an annual financial statement of the Association within ninety (90) days following the end of any fiscal year of the Association; and, (iii) receive written notice of all meetings of the Association, and designates a representative to attend such meetings.

    I. Upon written request to the Association, identifying the name and address of the holder, insurer or guarantor of a First Mortgage, and the Lot number or address, an Eligible Mortgage Holder, insurer or guarantor shall be entitled to timely written notice of:

  1. Any condemnation loss or casualty loss affecting a material portion of the Properties;

  2. Any sixty (60) day delinquency in the payment of assessments;

  3. Any lapse, cancellation or material modification of any insurance policy or fidelity bond; and

  4. Any proposed action that requires the consent of a specified percentage of Eligible Mortgage Holders.


ARTICLE VII

EASEMENTS AND COMMON WALLS

    Section 7.01 Easement for Encroachments. Each Lot and the Common Area shall be subject to an easement for encroachments created by construction, settling and overhangs, as designed or constructed by the Developer, including footings and walls thereon. A valid easement for said encroachments and for the maintenance of same, so long as it stands, shall and does exist. In the event Dwelling Units are partially or totally destroyed, and then rebuilt, the owners agree that minor encroachments on parts of the adjacent Lot or Common Area due to construction shall be permitted and that a valid easement for said encroachments and the maintenance thereof shall exist.

    Section 7.02 Private Drainage Easements. Private drainage easements may have been established as shown on the Plat by separate instrument duly recorded over and across certain Lots for the exclusive use and benefit of other Lot Owners. Each Owner of a Lot on which a private drainage easement is located shall be responsible for maintaining that easement and keeping it free and clear from all debris, refuse and any other foreign matter which shall in any way interfere with or hinder the free flow of water in the easement as originally constructed. In the event of the failure of any Lot Owner to so maintain an easement, other Lot Owners benefited by such easements shall have no cause of action against the Association, but shall proceed solely against that Lot Owner.

    Section 7.03 Utility Easements. In addition to those specific easements shown on the Plat, there is hereby created a blanket easement upon, across, over and under the Common Area for ingress, egress, installation, replacing, repairing and maintaining all utility and service lines and systems, including, but
not limited to, water, sewer, gas, telephone, electricity, television cable or communications lines and systems, etc. By virtue of this easement, it shall be expressly permissible for the providing utility or service company to install and maintain facilities and equipment on the Common Area and to affix and maintain wire, circuits and conduits on, in, and under the roofs and walls of Common Area. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, no sewers, electrical lines, water lines, or other utilities or service lines may be installed or relocated on the Properties, except as initially designed and installed by Developer or thereafter approved by the Board. This easement shall in no way affect any other recorded easements on the Properties. In no event shall any portion of the above mentioned easements for utilities be constructed to authorize the placing or installing of sewers, electrical lines, water lines or other utilities under any permanent building structure constructed on the Properties. There shall be an access easement for the delivery and collection of the U.S. Mail.

    Section 7.04 Easement for Perimeter Walls and Other Improvements. Developer may construct perimeter walls and other improvements, including but not limited to, driveways, walkways, exterior lighting (metered to a particular Dwelling Unit), drainage structures, etc., as a part of, or for the use of, a particular dwelling Unit which may encroach upon or encompass portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots. Wherever such encroachments on the Common Area or adjacent Lots should occur, the Owner of the Dwelling Unit involved shall have, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, a perpetual permanent right for such perimeter walls to encompass portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots and for such other improvements to encroach upon portions of the Common Area or adjacent Lots.

   
In consideration thereof, such owners agree to maintain and keep in repair any improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent lots which were constructed for the use of their Lot.

    In the event any such Owner should make demand upon the Association or upon the Owners of adjacent Lots to repair or maintain any Common Area which because of incidental encroachment lies within such owner’s yard area enclosed by a perimeter wall, or to maintain and repair any improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent Lots, then the Association or the Owner of the adjacent Lot upon which the encroachment lies, as the case may be, shall have the absolute right, and may cause the Owner making such demand, to remove at his expense the perimeter wall or other improvements encroaching upon the Common Area or adjacent Lot and to replace and rebuild, in accordance with the Board’s plans and design specifications, such perimeter wall as to be within such Owner’s Lot.

    Section 7.05 Electrical Service and Telephone Lines. All electrical service and telephone lines shall be placed underground and no outside electrical lines shall be placed overhead, except existing overhead lines; provided that no provisions hereof shall prohibit the erection of temporary power or telephone structures incident to construction.

    Section 7.06 6′ Pedestrian/Utility Easement. Shown on the Plat is a six-foot (6′) wide Pedestrian and Utility Easement which encumbers portions of Lots.

    Section 7.07 Common Walls. The rights and duties of Owners with respect to common walls or fences shall be as follows:

        A. Each wall, including patio walls and fences, which is constructed as a part of the original construction of the Dwelling Unit, any part of which is placed on, adjacent to, or over the dividing line between separate Dwelling Units, shall constitute a common wall. Each Owner consents to the use and construction of such common walls and acknowledges that portions of the Properties may contain common walls. With respect to any such wall, each of the adjoining Dwelling Unit owners shall assume the burden of and be entitled to the benefits recited in this Section and to the extent not inconsistent herewith, the general rules of law regarding common walls shall be applied thereto.

        B. The Owners of contiguous Dwelling Units who have a common wall shall have reciprocal easements for support and an equal right to use such wall provided that such use by one Owner does not interfere with the use and enjoyment of same by the other Owner.

        C. Unless other provisions of this Section are applicable, the costs of reasonable repair and maintenance of a common wall shall be shared equally by the owners who make use of the common wall in proportion to such use.

        D. In the event any common wall is damaged or destroyed through the act of one adjoining
Owner, or any of his guests or agents or members of his family so as to deprive the other Owner of the full use and enjoyment of such wall, then the first of such Owners, if required under local law, shall forthwith proceed to rebuild and repair the same to as good condition as formerly without cost to the other Owner.

        E. In the event any common wall is damaged or destroyed by some cause other than the act of one of the adjoining Owners, his agents, guests or family (including ordinary wear and tear and deterioration from lapse of time), then in such event, both such adjoining owners shall, if required under local law, proceed forthwith to rebuild or repair the same to as good condition as formerly at their joint and equal expense.

        F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, there shall be no impairment of the structural integrity of any common wall without prior consent of the Board. In addition to meeting the other requirements of these Restrictions and of any building code or similar regulations or ordinances, any Owner proposing to modify, make additions to or rebuild his Dwelling Unit in any manner which requires the extension or other alteration of any common wall shall first obtain the written consent of the Board which shall consider, in its discretion, the adjoining Owner’s preference concerning the proposed modification, extension or alteration of the common wall.

        G. In the event of a dispute between Owners with respect to the repair or rebuilding of a common wall or with respect to the sharing of cost thereof, then upon written request of one of such Owners delivered to the Association, the matter shall be heard and determined by the Board.


ARTICLE VIII

ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE
(DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE)

    Section 8.01 Composition of Committee. The Architectural Control Committee shall consist of three (3) or more persons appointed by the Board of Directors of the Association; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided, until all Lots have been conveyed to the first Owner thereof (other than Declarant), Declarant shall appoint the Architectural Control Committee without a meeting and without a vote of the Members, and during said period, no election of the Members of said committee shall be had unless Declarant has in writing relinquished its rights of exclusive appointment. A majority of the Committee may designate a representative to act for it.
Editor’s Note: All references to the Eagles Bluff HOA, Village 14 Architectural Control Committee are synonymous  to the Eagles Bluff HOA, Village 14 Design Review Committee. The name change follows that of the CHCA DRC committee.

    Section 8.02 Review by Committee. No structure, improvement, or any attachment to an existing structure, shall be made or constructed upon any Lot or the Properties (except by the Association upon the Common Area), and no change or alteration of the exterior of a structure or improvement shall be made, and no change in the final grade, nor the installation, addition or change of any landscaping to or in any part of a Lot or the Properties, except the Common Area, and except enclosed rear yards, shall be performed, unless complete plans and specifications, including a construction schedule therefor, shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee. The Architectural Control Committee shall exercise its best judgment to the end that all attachments, improvements, construction, landscaping and alterations to structures and lands located within the Properties (collectively referred to herein as “Architectural Improvements”) conform to and harmonize with the existing surroundings and structures. Decisions of the Architectural Control Committee are binding and conclusive.

    Section 8.03 Procedures. The Architectural Control Committee shall approve or disapprove all plans within thirty (30) days after submission and issuance by the Association of a receipt therefor. In the event the Architectural Control Committee fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plans and specifications have been submitted to it, approval shall be deemed denied, except that the party submitting the plans may resubmit the plans and if no response is given for a period of thirty (30) days after a written request by certified mail for a decision, approval shall be deemed given.

    Section 8.04 Vote. A majority vote of the Architectural Control Committee is required to approve a proposed change or improvement, unless the Committee has designated a representative to act for it, in which case the decision of the representative shall control.

    Section 8.05 Liability. The Architectural Control committee and the members thereof shall not be liable in damages to any person submitting requests for approval or to any Owner by reason of any action, failure to act, approval, disapproval or failure to approve or disapprove in regard to any matter within its jurisdiction hereunder.

    Section 8.06 Variance. The Architectural Control Committee may grant reasonable variances or adjustments from any conditions and restrictions imposed by this Article or Article IX hereof in order to overcome practical difficulties and prevent unnecessary hardships arising by reason of the application of the Restrictions contained in this Article or Article IX hereof. Such variances or adjustments shall be granted only in case the granting thereof shall not be materially detrimental or injurious to the Properties and shall not militate against the general intent and purpose hereof.

    Section 8.07 Nonconforming Architectural Improvements. In the event that the Architectural Improvements do not, upon the proposed date set forth in the construction schedule, conform to the plans submitted to and approved by the Architectural Control Committee, the Architectural Control Committee shall give written notice to the Owner of the property upon which such Architectural Improvements have been made. Such notice shall specify the nature of the nonconformity of the Architectural Improvements and shall grant the Owner a hearing before the Architectural Control Committee in accordance with the By-Laws.

    If an Owner has not, within sixty (60) days of the mailing or delivery of the written notice, corrected the nonconformity of the Architectural Improvement, then the Architectural Control Committee shall have the right and an easement to direct its agents, employees or contractors to enter upon the said Owner’s property for the purpose of making any or all of such improvements, alterations or repairs as are necessary to bring the Owner’s Architectural Improvements into conformity with the plans submitted to and approved by the Architectural Control Committee.

    All costs incurred by the Association in the course of the Architectural Control Committee’s efforts to bring the nonconforming Architectural Improvements into conformity with the approved plans as provided above, including costs of labor, materials and all associated administrative costs reasonably incurred by the Association in connection therewith, shall be added to and become part of the assessment to which such Owner’s Lot is subject and shall become a lien on such Owner’s Lot and the improvements thereon, and shall be enforceable and collected as provided for in Article VI hereof.

    Section 8.08 Color and Building Materials. Without limiting the foregoing, no color changes nor any changes in the original building structure, composition or products shall be permitted without approval of the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 8.09 Broad Discretion of Architectural Control Committee. In reviewing plans for alterations, modifications, additions or other changes to a structure upon a Lot, the Architectural Control Committee shall exercise its discretion in deciding whether or not an alteration or modification is in harmony with the overall scheme of subdivision development. The Architectural Control Committee shall have the right to deny alterations or modifications for purely aesthetic reasons if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alteration or modification to be unattractive in relation of the overall scheme of development, or if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alteration or modification to be a nuisance or upset of design, or if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alterations or modifications to be in contrast to or out of harmony with the style of existing structures, or if the physical views of the properties will be disrupted by the alteration or modification. The Architectural Control Committee may elicit the opinion of other Owners, including the neighbors of the Owner submitting the plan for alteration or modification, as to the conformity and harmony of the proposed plan with the overall scheme of development, and the effect that the proposed plan might have on the physical views of other Owners. After eliciting these opinions, the Architectural Control Committee may, but need not, take them into account in making its final decision of approval or disapproval of an alteration or modification to an existing structure. While the opinion of no single Lot Owner will control a decision of the Architectural Control Committee, within its own discretion, the Architectural Control Committee may, but need not, attach whatever significance it deems sufficient to the statements of residents and/or neighbors of the Owner submitting the proposed alteration or modifications to an existing structure.

    Section 8.10 Fee. The Association may establish a reasonable processing fee to defer the costs of the Architectural Control Committee in considering any requests for approvals submitted to the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 8.11 Submission to Cañada Hills Design Review Committee. All Architectural Improvements shall also be subject to the prior approval of the Cañada Hills Design Review Committee as provided in the Master Declaration; provided, however, no Architectural Improvements shall be submitted to the Cañada Hills Design Review Committee until same have been approved by the Architectural Control Committee of Village 14.

 


 

ARTICLE IX

USES AND RESTRICTIONS

    All Properties within the subdivision shall by held, used and enjoyed, subject to the following limitations and restrictions (in addition to all other provisions hereof and of the Canada Hills Community Association (AKA Master Declaration and Design Guidelines).
Editor’s Note: The Master Association is now known as the Canada Hills Community Association.

    Section 9.01 Private Residential Purposes. Dwelling Units and Lots shall be occupied and used by the respective Owners solely for private residential use of the Owner, his family, tenants and social guests and for no other purpose. All Dwelling Units shall be constructed of first class materials, and no manufactured, pre-fabricated or mobile homes shall be permitted. No gainful occupation, profession, trade or other non-residential use shall be conducted on the Properties, except that (a) Declarant or Developer may maintain sales offices, construction offices and sales models on the Properties, and (b) an Owner may carry on a “Home Occupation”, as defined in, and under the conditions set forth in, Section 2-101 (as hereafter revised or amended from time to time) of the Town of Oro Valley Zoning Code, Revised.

    Sales offices, sales models and construction offices utilized by the Declarant or Developer on the Properties need not be owned by either Declarant or Developer. Further, sales models and sales offices may be utilized on the Properties as sales models and sales offices for the benefit of other subdivisions of either Declarant or Developer.

    Section 9.02 Renting. Each Owner shall have the right to lease or rent his Dwelling Unit; provided, however, that any lease agreement, including any agreement to lease the Dwelling month to month basis, must be in writing and must provide that the failure of any lessee or tenant to comply with the Rules, By-Laws, Articles and provisions of this Declaration or the Master Declaration and the Articles, By-Laws, Development Guidelines and rules of the Master Association shall be a default under the lease. Any lease agreement shall be for a period of not less than thirty (30) days, and a copy thereof, upon, written request by
the Association, shall be delivered to the Association.

    Section 9.03 Antennas and Exterior Additions. No exterior antennas, satellite dishes or other devices for the transmission or reception of radio and television signals shall be erected or maintained on any Lot or the Properties without prior written authorization of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee. The Developer shall determine standards for exterior television antennas. Further, no exterior devices, additions, structures or accessory buildings other than those initially installed by Developer shall be constructed on the exterior of a Dwelling Unit (including the roof) without the written authorization of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 9.04 Solar Devices. No solar devices, of any type, shall be erected or installed on any Lot without the approval of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee as set forth in Article VIII herein. Editor’s Note: The Solar Access Rights Law, Passed by the Arizona Legislature in 1979, prevents HOAs from banning rooftop solar systems. Ground-based solar systems are not permitted. State law still allows HOAs the ability to influence where solar devices may be installed; as long as the placement of such devices does not significantly increase the cost of installation or significantly decrease the device’s efficiency. Homeowners are still required to submit a Property Improvement Request (PIR) Form BEFORE any work is performed. PIRs and Board approval are required for most external modifications to your home. Consult the ARC Page for more details.

    Section 9.05 Insurance Rates. Nothing shall be done or kept on any Lot or Common Area which will increase the rate of insurance on such property nor shall anything be done or kept on or in any Dwelling unit or Common Area which will result in the cancellation of insurance in any such property or which would be in violation of any law.

    Section 9.06 Signs. No signs of any kind shall be displayed which are visible from neighboring property without the approval of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee except:

    A. Such signs as may he required by legal proceedings; 
and
    B. Such signs as may be used by Developer or Declarant.

    Section 9.07 Animals. No animals of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on the Properties, except that a reasonable number of generally recognized house or yard pets may be kept provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose. No animals shall be allowed to become a nuisance. A “reasonable number” as used in this Section shall ordinarily mean no more than two pets per Dwelling Unit; provided, however, the Board may determine that a reasonable number in any instance may be more or less. Upon the written request of any Owner, the Board shall conclusively determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether, for the purposes of this Section, a particular animal is a generally recognized house or yard pet or a nuisance, or whether the number of animals is reasonable.

    Section 9.08 Nuisances. After completion of construction of all Dwelling Units and landscaping of Lots by Developer, no rubbish or debris of any kind shall be placed or permitted to accumulate upon any Lot, and no odors shall be permitted to arise therefrom so as to render a Lot or any portion thereof unsanitary, unsightly, offensive or detrimental to any other Lot or property in the vicinity thereof or to its occupants. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions, no exterior speakers, horns, whistles, bells or other sound devices, except security devices used exclusively for security purposes, shall be located, used or placed on a Lot or the Common Area without the prior written approval of the Board. The Board in its sole discretion shall have the right to determine the existence of any such nuisance.

    Section 9.09 Growth and Planting. The growth and planting in the Common Area shall not be removed or destroyed unless written permission is first obtained from the Board or the Architectural Control Committee. Owners must obtain the Board’s or the Architectural Control Committee’s written approval before planting in the Common Areas. No planting of any type (including grass) that will require irrigation shall be placed within five (5) feet of any portion of any building or patio wall which comprises all, or a portion of, a common wall.

    Section 9.10 Violation of Rules. If any Owner, his family or any licensee, tenant or lessee or invitee violates the Board’s rules, the Board may, in addition to any other enforcement provisions contained herein, suspend the right of such person to use the Common Area, under such conditions as the Board may specify, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for each violation. Each day an infraction continues is a separate violation. Before invoking any such suspension, the Board shall give such person notice of hearing before the Board.

    Section 9.11 Exemption of Developer. Nothing in this Declaration shall limit the right of Developer or Declarant to complete excavation, grading and construction of improvements to any of the Properties, to resubdivide any Lot or portion of the Properties, or to alter the foregoing or to construct such additional improvements as Developer deems advisable in the course of development of the Properties so long as any Lot therein remains unsold. Further, nothing in this Article shall limit the right of a Developer or Declarant to use any structure as a sales model, sales office or construction office or parking area and to place any sign, banner, flag or similar method of advertisement to promote sales within the Properties or subdivisions of Declarant or Developer. The rights of Declarant or Developer hereunder or elsewhere in this Declaration may be assigned by Declarant or Developer.

    Section 9.12 Drainage. There shall be no interference with the established drainage pattern over any Properties, including any private drainageways or easements, within the Properties, except by Declarant in the course of development, unless adequate provision is made for proper drainage conforming to Pima County rules, regulations, ordinances and drainage criteria and is approved by the applicable governing body or its duly appointed representative, for purposes hereof, “established drainage” is defined as the drainage which exists at the time the overall grading of the Properties is completed, or which is shown on the Plat or on any plans conforming to applicable rules, regulations, ordinances and drainage criteria approved by the applicable governing body or its duly appointed representative.

    Section 9.13 Unsightly Articles. No unsightly articles shall be permitted to remain so as to be visible from adjoining Dwelling Units or from the street or public way. Grass, shrub or tree clippings and all machinery, storage piles, wood piles, garbage or trash containers shall be kept within an enclosed structure or appropriately screened from view of adjoining property or from streets or public way except when necessary to effect such collection; provided, however, any such structure or screen shall be subject to the Board’s or the Architectural Control Committee’s review and approval pursuant to Article VIII. The Board or the Architectural Control Committee shall have sole discretion in determining if any activity by an Owner is in violation of this Section.

    Section 9.14 Trash Containers. No garbage or trash shall be placed or kept on any Lot or the Properties, except in covered containers of a type, size and style which have been installed by Developer or haves been approved by the Board or the Architectural Control Committee or are required by governmental authorities. All rubbish, trash or garbage shall be removed from the Dwelling Units and shall not be allowed to accumulate thereon. No incinerators shall be allowed. Trash/garbage containers shall be placed at curb side only on days of scheduled collection and shall be removed from view on the same day of collection. Owners of Dwelling Units utilizing common trash/garbage collection areas shall be jointly and severally responsible for keeping said common collection areas in a clean and sanitary condition. The Board or the Architectural Control Committee shall have sole discretion in determining if any activity by an Owner is a violation of this Section.

    Section 9.15 Right of Inspection. During reasonable hours, any member of the Board, or any authorized representative of the Board, shall have the right upon reasonable notice to the Owner of a Dwelling Unit to enter upon and inspect an Owner’s Lot (except the interior of the Dwelling Unit), for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Declaration have been or are being complied with, and such persons shall not be deemed guilty of trespass by reason or such entry.

    Section 9.16 Mail Boxes. Developer or Board shall determine the location, color, size, design, lettering, and all other particulars of all mail and paper delivery boxes, and standards and brackets and name signs for same in order that the area be strictly uniform in appearance with respect thereto.

    Section 9.17 Vehicles/Carports/Garages. The use of all vehicles, including but not limited to trucks, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles shall be subject to the Rules, which may prohibit or limit the use thereof, provide parking regulations, or generally regulate same. Any and all items stored in a carport/ garage area shall be stored so as to conceal same from view from adjoining property, or from the streets or public way, and further, in the case of a garage, garage doors shall be kept closed at all times, except as may be reasonably necessary for ingress, egress and normal day-to-day activities which require the utilization of the garage. At no time shall there be any outside storage of motor vehicles in stages of construction, reconstruction, modification or rebuilding of parts of motor vehicles such as frames, bodies, engines or other parts or accessories. Further, the storage or parking of any recreational vehicle, commercial vehicle or boat, other than completely within Owner’s carport/garage is prohibited.

    Section 9.18 Clothes Lines. No exterior clothes lines shall be erected or maintained, and there shall be no outside laundering or drying of clothes.

    Section 9.19 Diseases and Insects. No Owner shall permit anything or any condition to exist upon his Lot which shall induce, breed or harbor infectious plant diseases or noxious insects.


ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 10.01 Term. The covenants, conditions and Restrictions of this Declaration shall remain in full force and effect for a period of twenty (20) years from the date the Master Declaration is recorded. Thereafter, they shall be deemed to have been renewed and automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each, unless then amended or repealed by the written consent of the Owners of at least seventy-five (75%) percent of the Lots.

    Section 10.02 Amendments. This Declaration may be amended by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged by the President and Secretary of the Association, certifying that such Amendment has been approved by the vote or written consent of the then Owners, including Declarant, of not less than seventy-five (75%) percent of the Lots, and such amendment shall be effective upon its recordation with the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona.

    In addition to the requirements set forth elsewhere in this Declaration, the consent of fifty-one (51%) percent of the Eligible Mortgage Holders, based on one vote for each mortgage held, shall be required to add or amend any provisions of this Declaration which establish, provide for, govern or regulate any of the following:

a.) voting rights;

b.) assessments, assessment liens or subordination of assessment liens;

c.) reserves for maintenance, repair and replacement of common areas;

d.) responsibility for maintenance and repairs;

e.) reallocation of interest in the Common Areas, or rights to their use;

f.) boundaries of any Lot;

g.) convertability of Lots into Common Areas or vice versa;

h.) expansion or contraction of the Properties, or the addition, annexation or withdrawal of property to or from the Properties;

i.) insurance or fidelity bonds;

j.) leasing of units;

k.) imposition of any restriction on a Lot Owners right to sell or transfer his or her  Lot;

l.) restoration or repair of the Properties (after a hazard damage or partial condemnation) in a manner other than that specified herein;

m.) any action to terminate the legal status of the Properties after substantial destruction or condemnation occurs; or

n.) any provisions which are for the express benefit or mortgagees, Eligible Mortgage holders, insurers or guarantors of first mortgages on the Lots.

    The consent of sixty-seven (67%) percent of the Eligible Mortgage Holders, based on one vote for each mortgage held, shall be required for the termination of the legal status of the Association for reasons other than the substantial destruction or condemnation of the Properties.

    Proposed amendments, other than those set forth above, of an immaterial nature may be made pursuant to the same stipulations set forth above, except that the consent of an Eligible Mortgage Holder who fails to respond to a proposal within thirty (30) days of the proposal being made, shall be deemed given.

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration, if Declarant shall determine that any amendments to this Declaration or any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Association shall be necessary in order for existing or future mortgages, deeds of trust, or other security instruments to be acceptable to the Veterans Administration, the Federal Housing Administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, then, subject to Section 10.01 above, Declarant shall have and hereby specifically reserves the right and power to make and execute any such amendments without obtaining the approval of the Owners, Members, or First Mortgagees; provided, however, in the event any such amendment adversely modifies or eliminates any provisions of this Declaration which are for the express benefit of First Mortgagees shall require the consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders based upon one vote for each First Mortgage held.

    Section 10.03 Enforcement and Non-Waiver.

    A. Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Association, or any Owner shall have the right to enforce by any proceeding at law or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens or charges now or hereafter imposed by provision of this Declaration.

    Failure by the Association. or any owner, to enforce any of the Restrictions herein contained shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to enforce any such Restriction or any of the other Restrictions thereafter.

    Further, the Association shall have the authority to bring an action at law or in equity to enforce any of the provisions and Restrictions of this Declaration. Expenses of enforcement, in the event the Association is a substantially prevailing party, shall be paid to the Association by the Owner against whom enforcement action was commenced. The Association shall have the right to enter upon the Lot of any Owner for the purpose of repairing, modifying, or demolishing improvements which are not in conformance with the provisions of this Declaration and all expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be paid to the Association by the Owner in violation.

    B. Violation of Law. Each and every provision of this Declaration and any amendment hereto shall be subject to all applicable governmental ordinances and subdivision regulations and any future amendments thereto. Any violation of any state, municipal or local law, ordinance or regulation pertaining to the ownership, occupation or use of any of the Properties is hereby declared to be a violation of this Declaration and subject to any or all of the enforcement procedures set forth herein or in the By-Laws.

    C. Remedies Cumulative. Each remedy provided herein is cumulative and not exclusive.

    D. Non-Waiver. Failure by the Board, the Association or by any Owner to enforce any of the provisions hereof at any time shall not constitute a waiver of the right thereafter to enforce any of such provisions.

    Section 10.04 Construction.

    A. Interpretation. The provisions of this Declaration shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose of creating a uniform plan for the development and operation of the Properties. This Declaration shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of Arizona.

    B. Restrictions Severable. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, each of the provisions of this Declaration shall be deemed independent and severable, and the invalidity or partial invalidity of any provision or portion thereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

    C. Rule Against Perpetuities. In the event the provisions hereunder are declared void
by a Court of competent jurisdiction by reason of the period of time herein stated for which the same shall be effective, then in that event said periods of time shall be reduced to a period of time which shall not violate the rule against perpetuities as set forth in the laws of the State of Arizona.

    D. Singular Includes Plural; Gender. Unless the context requires a contrary construction, the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular; and the masculine, feminine or neuter shall each include the masculine, feminine and neuter.

    E. Captions. All captions and titles used in this Declaration are intended solely for convenience or reference purposes only and in no way define, limit or describe the true intent and meaning of the provisions hereof.

    Section 10.05 Delivery of Notices and Documents. Any written notice or other documents relating to or required by this Declaration may be delivered either personally or by mail. If by mail, it shall be deemed to have been delivered seventy-two (72) hours after a copy of same has been deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: If to the Association, 10600 North La Cañada Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737; if to an Owner, to the address of the Owner within the subdivision; if to the Developer, 10600 North La Cañada Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737, with a copy to the Association; and if to the Declarant, 1880 East River Road, Tucson, Arizona 85718; with copies to the Developer and Association; provided, however, that any such address may be changed at any time by the party concerned by delivering written notice of change of address to the Association. Each Owner of a Lot shall file the correct mailing address of such Owner with the Association, and shall promptly notify the Association in writing of any subsequent change of address. [Editor’s Note: the address of the Association is: Eagles Bluff Homeowners Association Cañada Hills Village 14, c/o Cadden Community Management, 1870 W. Prince Rd., Suite #47, Tucson, AZ 85705.]

    Section 10.06 Binding Effect. By acceptance of a deed or acquiring any ownership interest in any
of the Properties included within this Declaration, each person or entity, for himself, or his heirs, personal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns, binge himself, his heirs, personal representatives,
successors transferees and assigns to all of the provisions, Restrictions, covenants, conditions, rules and regulations now or hereafter imposed by this Declaration and any amendments thereof. In addition, each such person by so doing thereby acknowledges that this Declaration sets forth a general scheme for the Properties and hereby evidences his intent that all the Restrictions, conditions, covenants, rules and regulations contained herein shall run with the land and the binding on all subsequent and future owners,
grantees, purchasers, assignees, and transferees thereof. Furthermore, each such person fully understands and acknowledges that this Declaration shall be mutually beneficial, prohibitive and enforceable by the various subsequent and future owners.

    Section 10.07 FHA/VA Approval. If this Declaration has been initially approved by FHA or VA in connection with any loan programs made available by FHA or VA and any loans have been made which are insured or guaranteed by FHA or VA, then as long as there s a Class B membership, the following actions will require the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration (unless the need for such approval has been waived by FHA or VA): annexation of additional properties, mergers and consolidations, mortgaging of Common Area, public dedication of Common Area, and amendment of this Declaration. If this Declaration has not been as initially approved and no loans have been made which are insured or guaranteed by FHA or VA, a statement by Declarant to that effect shall be sufficient to eliminate the need for FHA/VA approval.

    Section 10.08 Acquiring Declarant’s Rights by Foreclosure. Anything in this Declaration to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event any Person who acquires ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Lots owned by Declarant or Developer by foreclosure of a mortgage, or sale under a deed of trust or deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall succeed to all of the rights of the Declarant or Developer, as the case may be, under this Declaration, regardless of whether the instrument of conveyance specifically provides for the assignment or transfer of those rights. Any such Person succeeding to the rights of the Declarant or Developer pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall not be liable for any act or omission of the prior Declarant or Developer.

    Section 10.09 Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cañada Hills. This Declaration and all rights of Owners and Members in and to their Lots, as set forth herein, and as provided for in the Articles, By-Laws, and Rules of Village 14 Homeowners Association are subject to and subordinate to the Master Declaration and the Cañada Hills Community Association Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws. Rules and Development Guidelines. 

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    Section 8.02 Review by Committee. No structure, improvement, or any attachment to an existing structure, shall be made or constructed upon any Lot or the Properties (except by the Association upon the Common Area), and no change or alteration of the exterior of a structure or improvement shall be made, and no change in the final grade, nor the installation, addition or change of any landscaping to or in any part of a Lot or the Properties, except the Common Area, and except enclosed rear yards, shall be performed, unless complete plans and specifications, including a construction schedule therefor, shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee. The Architectural Control Committee shall exercise its best judgment to the end that all attachments, improvements, construction, landscaping and alterations to structures and lands located within the Properties (collectively referred to herein as “Architectural Improvements”) conform to and harmonize with the existing surroundings and structures. Decisions of the Architectural Control Committee are binding and conclusive.

    Section 8.03 Procedures. The Architectural Control Committee shall approve or disapprove all plans within thirty (30) days after submission and issuance by the Association of a receipt therefor. In the event the Architectural Control Committee fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after said plans and specifications have been submitted to it, approval shall be deemed denied, except that the party submitting the plans may resubmit the plans and if no response is given for a period of thirty (30) days after a written request by certified mail for a decision, approval shall be deemed given.

    Section 8.04 Vote. A majority vote of the Architectural Control Committee is required to approve a proposed change or improvement, unless the Committee has designated a representative to act for it, in which case the decision of the representative shall control.

    Section 8.05 Liability. The Architectural Control committee and the members thereof shall not be liable in damages to any person submitting requests for approval or to any Owner by reason of any action, failure to act, approval, disapproval or failure to approve or disapprove in regard to any matter within its jurisdiction hereunder.

    Section 8.06 Variance. The Architectural Control Committee may grant reasonable variances or adjustments from any conditions and restrictions imposed by this Article or Article IX hereof in order to overcome practical difficulties and prevent unnecessary hardships arising by reason of the application of the Restrictions contained in this Article or Article IX hereof. Such variances or adjustments shall be granted only in case the granting thereof shall not be materially detrimental or injurious to the Properties and shall not militate against the general intent and purpose hereof.

    Section 8.07 Nonconforming Architectural Improvements. In the event that the Architectural Improvements do not, upon the proposed date set forth in the construction schedule, conform to the plans submitted to and approved by the Architectural Control Committee, the Architectural Control Committee shall give written notice to the Owner of the property upon which such Architectural Improvements have been made. Such notice shall specify the nature of the nonconformity of the Architectural Improvements and shall grant the Owner a hearing before the Architectural Control Committee in accordance with the By-Laws.

    If an Owner has not, within sixty (60) days of the mailing or delivery of the written notice, corrected the nonconformity of the Architectural Improvement, then the Architectural Control Committee shall have the right and an easement to direct its agents, employees or contractors to enter upon the said Owner’s property for the purpose of making any or all of such improvements, alterations or repairs as are necessary to bring the Owner’s Architectural Improvements into conformity with the plans submitted to and approved by the Architectural Control Committee.

    All costs incurred by the Association in the course of the Architectural Control Committee’s efforts to bring the nonconforming Architectural Improvements into conformity with the approved plans as provided above, including costs of labor, materials and all associated administrative costs reasonably incurred by the Association in connection therewith, shall be added to and become part of the assessment to which such Owner’s Lot is subject and shall become a lien on such Owner’s Lot and the improvements thereon, and shall be enforceable and collected as provided for in Article VI hereof.

    Section 8.08 Color and Building Materials. Without limiting the foregoing, no color changes nor any changes in the original building structure, composition or products shall be permitted without approval of the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 8.09 Broad Discretion of Architectural Control Committee. In reviewing plans for alterations, modifications, additions or other changes to a structure upon a Lot, the Architectural Control Committee shall exercise its discretion in deciding whether or not an alteration or modification is in harmony with the overall scheme of subdivision development. The Architectural Control Committee shall have the right to deny alterations or modifications for purely aesthetic reasons if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alteration or modification to be unattractive in relation of the overall scheme of development, or if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alteration or modification to be a nuisance or upset of design, or if the Architectural Control Committee considers the alterations or modifications to be in contrast to or out of harmony with the style of existing structures, or if the physical views of the properties will be disrupted by the alteration or modification. The Architectural Control Committee may elicit the opinion of other Owners, including the neighbors of the Owner submitting the plan for alteration or modification, as to the conformity and harmony of the proposed plan with the overall scheme of development, and the effect that the proposed plan might have on the physical views of other Owners. After eliciting these opinions, the Architectural Control Committee may, but need not, take them into account in making its final decision of approval or disapproval of an alteration or modification to an existing structure. While the opinion of no single Lot Owner will control a decision of the Architectural Control Committee, within its own discretion, the Architectural Control Committee may, but need not, attach whatever significance it deems sufficient to the statements of residents and/or neighbors of the Owner submitting the proposed alteration or modifications to an existing structure.

    Section 8.10 Fee. The Association may establish a reasonable processing fee to defer the costs of the Architectural Control Committee in considering any requests for approvals submitted to the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 8.11 Submission to Cañada Hills Design Review Committee. All Architectural Improvements shall also be subject to the prior approval of the Cañada Hills Design Review Committee as provided in the Master Declaration; provided, however, no Architectural Improvements shall be submitted to the Cañada Hills Design Review Committee until same have been approved by the Architectural Control Committee of Village 14.

 


 

ARTICLE IX

USES AND RESTRICTIONS

    All Properties within the subdivision shall by held, used and enjoyed, subject to the following limitations and restrictions (in addition to all other provisions hereof and of the Canada Hills Community Association (AKA Master Declaration and Design Guidelines).
Editor’s Note: The Master Association is now known as the Canada Hills Community Association.

    Section 9.01 Private Residential Purposes. Dwelling Units and Lots shall be occupied and used by the respective Owners solely for private residential use of the Owner, his family, tenants and social guests and for no other purpose. All Dwelling Units shall be constructed of first class materials, and no manufactured, pre-fabricated or mobile homes shall be permitted. No gainful occupation, profession, trade or other non-residential use shall be conducted on the Properties, except that (a) Declarant or Developer may maintain sales offices, construction offices and sales models on the Properties, and (b) an Owner may carry on a “Home Occupation”, as defined in, and under the conditions set forth in, Section 2-101 (as hereafter revised or amended from time to time) of the Town of Oro Valley Zoning Code, Revised.

    Sales offices, sales models and construction offices utilized by the Declarant or Developer on the Properties need not be owned by either Declarant or Developer. Further, sales models and sales offices may be utilized on the Properties as sales models and sales offices for the benefit of other subdivisions of either Declarant or Developer.

    Section 9.02 Renting. Each Owner shall have the right to lease or rent his Dwelling Unit; provided, however, that any lease agreement, including any agreement to lease the Dwelling month to month basis, must be in writing and must provide that the failure of any lessee or tenant to comply with the Rules, By-Laws, Articles and provisions of this Declaration or the Master Declaration and the Articles, By-Laws, Development Guidelines and rules of the Master Association shall be a default under the lease. Any lease agreement shall be for a period of not less than thirty (30) days, and a copy thereof, upon, written request by
the Association, shall be delivered to the Association.

    Section 9.03 Antennas and Exterior Additions. No exterior antennas, satellite dishes or other devices for the transmission or reception of radio and television signals shall be erected or maintained on any Lot or the Properties without prior written authorization of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee. The Developer shall determine standards for exterior television antennas. Further, no exterior devices, additions, structures or accessory buildings other than those initially installed by Developer shall be constructed on the exterior of a Dwelling Unit (including the roof) without the written authorization of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee.

    Section 9.04 Solar Devices. No solar devices, of any type, shall be erected or installed on any Lot without the approval of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee as set forth in Article VIII herein. Editor’s Note: The Solar Access Rights Law, Passed by the Arizona Legislature in 1979, prevents HOAs from banning rooftop solar systems. Ground-based solar systems are not permitted. State law still allows HOAs the ability to influence where solar devices may be installed; as long as the placement of such devices does not significantly increase the cost of installation or significantly decrease the device’s efficiency. Homeowners are still required to submit a Property Improvement Request (PIR) Form BEFORE any work is performed. PIRs and Board approval are required for most external modifications to your home. Consult the ARC Page for more details.

    Section 9.05 Insurance Rates. Nothing shall be done or kept on any Lot or Common Area which will increase the rate of insurance on such property nor shall anything be done or kept on or in any Dwelling unit or Common Area which will result in the cancellation of insurance in any such property or which would be in violation of any law.

    Section 9.06 Signs. No signs of any kind shall be displayed which are visible from neighboring property without the approval of the Board or the Architectural Control Committee except:

    A. Such signs as may he required by legal proceedings; 
and
    B. Such signs as may be used by Developer or Declarant.

    Section 9.07 Animals. No animals of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on the Properties, except that a reasonable number of generally recognized house or yard pets may be kept provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose. No animals shall be allowed to become a nuisance. A “reasonable number” as used in this Section shall ordinarily mean no more than two pets per Dwelling Unit; provided, however, the Board may determine that a reasonable number in any instance may be more or less. Upon the written request of any Owner, the Board shall conclusively determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether, for the purposes of this Section, a particular animal is a generally recognized house or yard pet or a nuisance, or whether the number of animals is reasonable.

    Section 9.08 Nuisances. After completion of construction of all Dwelling Units and landscaping of Lots by Developer, no rubbish or debris of any kind shall be placed or permitted to accumulate upon any Lot, and no odors shall be permitted to arise therefrom so as to render a Lot or any portion thereof unsanitary, unsightly, offensive or detrimental to any other Lot or property in the vicinity thereof or to its occupants. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions, no exterior speakers, horns, whistles, bells or other sound devices, except security devices used exclusively for security purposes, shall be located, used or placed on a Lot or the Common Area without the prior written approval of the Board. The Board in its sole discretion shall have the right to determine the existence of any such nuisance.

    Section 9.09 Growth and Planting. The growth and planting in the Common Area shall not be removed or destroyed unless written permission is first obtained from the Board or the Architectural Control Committee. Owners must obtain the Board’s or the Architectural Control Committee’s written approval before planting in the Common Areas. No planting of any type (including grass) that will require irrigation shall be placed within five (5) feet of any portion of any building or patio wall which comprises all, or a portion of, a common wall.

    Section 9.10 Violation of Rules. If any Owner, his family or any licensee, tenant or lessee or invitee violates the Board’s rules, the Board may, in addition to any other enforcement provisions contained herein, suspend the right of such person to use the Common Area, under such conditions as the Board may specify, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for each violation. Each day an infraction continues is a separate violation. Before invoking any such suspension, the Board shall give such person notice of hearing before the Board.

    Section 9.11 Exemption of Developer. Nothing in this Declaration shall limit the right of Developer or Declarant to complete excavation, grading and construction of improvements to any of the Properties, to resubdivide any Lot or portion of the Properties, or to alter the foregoing or to construct such additional improvements as Developer deems advisable in the course of development of the Properties so long as any Lot therein remains unsold. Further, nothing in this Article shall limit the right of a Developer or Declarant to use any structure as a sales model, sales office or construction office or parking area and to place any sign, banner, flag or similar method of advertisement to promote sales within the Properties or subdivisions of Declarant or Developer. The rights of Declarant or Developer hereunder or elsewhere in this Declaration may be assigned by Declarant or Developer.

    Section 9.12 Drainage. There shall be no interference with the established drainage pattern over any Properties, including any private drainageways or easements, within the Properties, except by Declarant in the course of development, unless adequate provision is made for proper drainage conforming to Pima County rules, regulations, ordinances and drainage criteria and is approved by the applicable governing body or its duly appointed representative, for purposes hereof, “established drainage” is defined as the drainage which exists at the time the overall grading of the Properties is completed, or which is shown on the Plat or on any plans conforming to applicable rules, regulations, ordinances and drainage criteria approved by the applicable governing body or its duly appointed representative.

    Section 9.13 Unsightly Articles. No unsightly articles shall be permitted to remain so as to be visible from adjoining Dwelling Units or from the street or public way. Grass, shrub or tree clippings and all machinery, storage piles, wood piles, garbage or trash containers shall be kept within an enclosed structure or appropriately screened from view of adjoining property or from streets or public way except when necessary to effect such collection; provided, however, any such structure or screen shall be subject to the Board’s or the Architectural Control Committee’s review and approval pursuant to Article VIII. The Board or the Architectural Control Committee shall have sole discretion in determining if any activity by an Owner is in violation of this Section.

    Section 9.14 Trash Containers. No garbage or trash shall be placed or kept on any Lot or the Properties, except in covered containers of a type, size and style which have been installed by Developer or haves been approved by the Board or the Architectural Control Committee or are required by governmental authorities. All rubbish, trash or garbage shall be removed from the Dwelling Units and shall not be allowed to accumulate thereon. No incinerators shall be allowed. Trash/garbage containers shall be placed at curb side only on days of scheduled collection and shall be removed from view on the same day of collection. Owners of Dwelling Units utilizing common trash/garbage collection areas shall be jointly and severally responsible for keeping said common collection areas in a clean and sanitary condition. The Board or the Architectural Control Committee shall have sole discretion in determining if any activity by an Owner is a violation of this Section.

    Section 9.15 Right of Inspection. During reasonable hours, any member of the Board, or any authorized representative of the Board, shall have the right upon reasonable notice to the Owner of a Dwelling Unit to enter upon and inspect an Owner’s Lot (except the interior of the Dwelling Unit), for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Declaration have been or are being complied with, and such persons shall not be deemed guilty of trespass by reason or such entry.

    Section 9.16 Mail Boxes. Developer or Board shall determine the location, color, size, design, lettering, and all other particulars of all mail and paper delivery boxes, and standards and brackets and name signs for same in order that the area be strictly uniform in appearance with respect thereto.

    Section 9.17 Vehicles/Carports/Garages. The use of all vehicles, including but not limited to trucks, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles shall be subject to the Rules, which may prohibit or limit the use thereof, provide parking regulations, or generally regulate same. Any and all items stored in a carport/ garage area shall be stored so as to conceal same from view from adjoining property, or from the streets or public way, and further, in the case of a garage, garage doors shall be kept closed at all times, except as may be reasonably necessary for ingress, egress and normal day-to-day activities which require the utilization of the garage. At no time shall there be any outside storage of motor vehicles in stages of construction, reconstruction, modification or rebuilding of parts of motor vehicles such as frames, bodies, engines or other parts or accessories. Further, the storage or parking of any recreational vehicle, commercial vehicle or boat, other than completely within Owner’s carport/garage is prohibited.

    Section 9.18 Clothes Lines. No exterior clothes lines shall be erected or maintained, and there shall be no outside laundering or drying of clothes.

    Section 9.19 Diseases and Insects. No Owner shall permit anything or any condition to exist upon his Lot which shall induce, breed or harbor infectious plant diseases or noxious insects.


ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 10.01 Term. The covenants, conditions and Restrictions of this Declaration shall remain in full force and effect for a period of twenty (20) years from the date the Master Declaration is recorded. Thereafter, they shall be deemed to have been renewed and automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each, unless then amended or repealed by the written consent of the Owners of at least seventy-five (75%) percent of the Lots.

    Section 10.02 Amendments. This Declaration may be amended by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged by the President and Secretary of the Association, certifying that such Amendment has been approved by the vote or written consent of the then Owners, including Declarant, of not less than seventy-five (75%) percent of the Lots, and such amendment shall be effective upon its recordation with the Pima County Recorder, Pima County, Arizona.

    In addition to the requirements set forth elsewhere in this Declaration, the consent of fifty-one (51%) percent of the Eligible Mortgage Holders, based on one vote for each mortgage held, shall be required to add or amend any provisions of this Declaration which establish, provide for, govern or regulate any of the following:

a.) voting rights;

b.) assessments, assessment liens or subordination of assessment liens;

c.) reserves for maintenance, repair and replacement of common areas;

d.) responsibility for maintenance and repairs;

e.) reallocation of interest in the Common Areas, or rights to their use;

f.) boundaries of any Lot;

g.) convertability of Lots into Common Areas or vice versa;

h.) expansion or contraction of the Properties, or the addition, annexation or withdrawal of property to or from the Properties;

i.) insurance or fidelity bonds;

j.) leasing of units;

k.) imposition of any restriction on a Lot Owners right to sell or transfer his or her  Lot;

l.) restoration or repair of the Properties (after a hazard damage or partial condemnation) in a manner other than that specified herein;

m.) any action to terminate the legal status of the Properties after substantial destruction or condemnation occurs; or

n.) any provisions which are for the express benefit or mortgagees, Eligible Mortgage holders, insurers or guarantors of first mortgages on the Lots.

    The consent of sixty-seven (67%) percent of the Eligible Mortgage Holders, based on one vote for each mortgage held, shall be required for the termination of the legal status of the Association for reasons other than the substantial destruction or condemnation of the Properties.

    Proposed amendments, other than those set forth above, of an immaterial nature may be made pursuant to the same stipulations set forth above, except that the consent of an Eligible Mortgage Holder who fails to respond to a proposal within thirty (30) days of the proposal being made, shall be deemed given.

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration, if Declarant shall determine that any amendments to this Declaration or any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Association shall be necessary in order for existing or future mortgages, deeds of trust, or other security instruments to be acceptable to the Veterans Administration, the Federal Housing Administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, then, subject to Section 10.01 above, Declarant shall have and hereby specifically reserves the right and power to make and execute any such amendments without obtaining the approval of the Owners, Members, or First Mortgagees; provided, however, in the event any such amendment adversely modifies or eliminates any provisions of this Declaration which are for the express benefit of First Mortgagees shall require the consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of the Eligible Mortgage Holders based upon one vote for each First Mortgage held.

    Section 10.03 Enforcement and Non-Waiver.

    A. Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Association, or any Owner shall have the right to enforce by any proceeding at law or in equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens or charges now or hereafter imposed by provision of this Declaration.

    Failure by the Association. or any owner, to enforce any of the Restrictions herein contained shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to enforce any such Restriction or any of the other Restrictions thereafter.

    Further, the Association shall have the authority to bring an action at law or in equity to enforce any of the provisions and Restrictions of this Declaration. Expenses of enforcement, in the event the Association is a substantially prevailing party, shall be paid to the Association by the Owner against whom enforcement action was commenced. The Association shall have the right to enter upon the Lot of any Owner for the purpose of repairing, modifying, or demolishing improvements which are not in conformance with the provisions of this Declaration and all expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be paid to the Association by the Owner in violation.

    B. Violation of Law. Each and every provision of this Declaration and any amendment hereto shall be subject to all applicable governmental ordinances and subdivision regulations and any future amendments thereto. Any violation of any state, municipal or local law, ordinance or regulation pertaining to the ownership, occupation or use of any of the Properties is hereby declared to be a violation of this Declaration and subject to any or all of the enforcement procedures set forth herein or in the By-Laws.

    C. Remedies Cumulative. Each remedy provided herein is cumulative and not exclusive.

    D. Non-Waiver. Failure by the Board, the Association or by any Owner to enforce any of the provisions hereof at any time shall not constitute a waiver of the right thereafter to enforce any of such provisions.

    Section 10.04 Construction.

    A. Interpretation. The provisions of this Declaration shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose of creating a uniform plan for the development and operation of the Properties. This Declaration shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of Arizona.

    B. Restrictions Severable. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, each of the provisions of this Declaration shall be deemed independent and severable, and the invalidity or partial invalidity of any provision or portion thereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

    C. Rule Against Perpetuities. In the event the provisions hereunder are declared void
by a Court of competent jurisdiction by reason of the period of time herein stated for which the same shall be effective, then in that event said periods of time shall be reduced to a period of time which shall not violate the rule against perpetuities as set forth in the laws of the State of Arizona.

    D. Singular Includes Plural; Gender. Unless the context requires a contrary construction, the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular; and the masculine, feminine or neuter shall each include the masculine, feminine and neuter.

    E. Captions. All captions and titles used in this Declaration are intended solely for convenience or reference purposes only and in no way define, limit or describe the true intent and meaning of the provisions hereof.

    Section 10.05 Delivery of Notices and Documents. Any written notice or other documents relating to or required by this Declaration may be delivered either personally or by mail. If by mail, it shall be deemed to have been delivered seventy-two (72) hours after a copy of same has been deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: If to the Association, 10600 North La Cañada Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737; if to an Owner, to the address of the Owner within the subdivision; if to the Developer, 10600 North La Cañada Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona 85737, with a copy to the Association; and if to the Declarant, 1880 East River Road, Tucson, Arizona 85718; with copies to the Developer and Association; provided, however, that any such address may be changed at any time by the party concerned by delivering written notice of change of address to the Association. Each Owner of a Lot shall file the correct mailing address of such Owner with the Association, and shall promptly notify the Association in writing of any subsequent change of address. [Editor’s Note: the address of the Association is: Eagles Bluff Homeowners Association Cañada Hills Village 14, c/o Cadden Community Management, 1870 W. Prince Rd., Suite #47, Tucson, AZ 85705.]

    Section 10.06 Binding Effect. By acceptance of a deed or acquiring any ownership interest in any
of the Properties included within this Declaration, each person or entity, for himself, or his heirs, personal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns, binge himself, his heirs, personal representatives,
successors transferees and assigns to all of the provisions, Restrictions, covenants, conditions, rules and regulations now or hereafter imposed by this Declaration and any amendments thereof. In addition, each such person by so doing thereby acknowledges that this Declaration sets forth a general scheme for the Properties and hereby evidences his intent that all the Restrictions, conditions, covenants, rules and regulations contained herein shall run with the land and the binding on all subsequent and future owners,
grantees, purchasers, assignees, and transferees thereof. Furthermore, each such person fully understands and acknowledges that this Declaration shall be mutually beneficial, prohibitive and enforceable by the various subsequent and future owners.

    Section 10.07 FHA/VA Approval. If this Declaration has been initially approved by FHA or VA in connection with any loan programs made available by FHA or VA and any loans have been made which are insured or guaranteed by FHA or VA, then as long as there s a Class B membership, the following actions will require the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration (unless the need for such approval has been waived by FHA or VA): annexation of additional properties, mergers and consolidations, mortgaging of Common Area, public dedication of Common Area, and amendment of this Declaration. If this Declaration has not been as initially approved and no loans have been made which are insured or guaranteed by FHA or VA, a statement by Declarant to that effect shall be sufficient to eliminate the need for FHA/VA approval.

    Section 10.08 Acquiring Declarant’s Rights by Foreclosure. Anything in this Declaration to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event any Person who acquires ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Lots owned by Declarant or Developer by foreclosure of a mortgage, or sale under a deed of trust or deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall succeed to all of the rights of the Declarant or Developer, as the case may be, under this Declaration, regardless of whether the instrument of conveyance specifically provides for the assignment or transfer of those rights. Any such Person succeeding to the rights of the Declarant or Developer pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall not be liable for any act or omission of the prior Declarant or Developer.

    Section 10.09 Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cañada Hills. This Declaration and all rights of Owners and Members in and to their Lots, as set forth herein, and as provided for in the Articles, By-Laws, and Rules of Village 14 Homeowners Association are subject to and subordinate to the Master Declaration and the Cañada Hills Community Association Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws. Rules and Development Guidelines. 

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