TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I
Introduction................................................................................................................. 1
Article II
Purpose of Covenants.................................................................................................. 1
Article III
Definitions:
Association...................................................................................................... 4
Clubhouse Tract.............................................................................................. 6
Commercial Tract............................................................................................ 5
Design Guidelines............................................................................................ 8
Duplex Lot...................................................................................................... 4
Employee Housing Tract.................................................................................. 5
General Use Requirements............................................................................... 8
Golf Course..................................................................................................... 6
Maintenance Tract........................................................................................... 6
Multi-Family Tract........................................................................................... 5
Open Space.................................................................................................... 7
Open Space Restrictions.................................................................................. 8
Operations and Maintenance Requirements...................................................... 8
Owner............................................................................................................. 8
Residential Tracts and Lots.............................................................................. 4
River Tract...................................................................................................... 7
Single Family Lot............................................................................................. 4
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING....................................................................... 3
Skyland Metropolitan District........................................................................... 3
Skyland Properties.......................................................................................... 3
Unit................................................................................................................. 8
Skyland Metropolitan District
Purpose of Skyland Metropolitan District......................................................... 9
Board of Directors of Skyland Metropolitan District..................................................... 9
Long Term Responsibilities of Skyland Metropolitan District............................. 9
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Charges, Fees and Taxes of Property............................................................... 10
Article V................................................................................................................................. 10
Skyland Community Association
Formation and Purpose.................................................................................... 10
Membership.................................................................................................... 10
Voting Rights................................................................................................... 10
Powers............................................................................................................ 11
Composition of Board of Directors.................................................................. 13
Design Guidelines............................................................................................ 13
Assessments.................................................................................................... 15
Operation and Maintenance Assessment.............................................. 15
Non-Compliance Assessment.............................................................. 16
Emergency Assessments...................................................................... 16
Article VI................................................................................................................................ 21
Design Review and Approval
Design Review Committee............................................................................... 21
Conduct of Business.................................................................................................... 21
Design Guidelines............................................................................................ 21
Article VII............................................................................................................................... 23
General Use Requirements
Land Use........................................................................................................ 23
Single Family Lot................................................................................. 23
Duplex Lot.......................................................................................... 23
Multi-Family Tract............................................................................... 24
Employee Housing Tract...................................................................... 24
Commercial Tract................................................................................ 24
Clubhouse Tract.................................................................................. 24
Resubdivision.............................................................................................................. 24
Mining, Drilling or Quarrying........................................................................................ 25
Nuisance..................................................................................................................... 25
Signs........................................................................................................................... 25
Animals....................................................................................................................... 25
Water Wells................................................................................................................ 25
Sewage Disposal......................................................................................................... 26
Utility Lines................................................................................................................. 26
Tanks.......................................................................................................................... 26
Firearms...................................................................................................................... 26
Vehicular Storage........................................................................................................ 27
Temporary Structures.................................................................................................. 27
Recreational Vehicles................................................................................................... 27
Clotheslines................................................................................................................. 27
Mailboxes................................................................................................................... 27
Exterior
Antenna.......................................................................................................... 28
Camping...................................................................................................................... 28
Garage Doors.............................................................................................................. 28
Unsightly
Growth......................................................................................................... 28
Solicitors..................................................................................................................... 28
Rubbish,
Trash and Garbage............................................................................ 28
Damaged
Structures........................................................................................ 29
Failure to
Maintain........................................................................................... 29
Recreation
Restrictions.................................................................................... 29
Restrictions
on Open Space
Improvements.................................................................................................. 30
Landscaping.................................................................................................... 30
Temporary Building......................................................................................... 31
Ownership,
Operation and Maintenance........................................................... 31
Vehicles.......................................................................................................... 31
Restrictions
on Golf Course
Ownership,
Operation and Maintenance........................................................... 31
Use of the
Golf Course.................................................................................... 31
Restricted
Uses............................................................................................... 32
Enforcement,
Duration and Amendment
Right of
Enforcement....................................................................................... 32
Covenants to
Run With Land........................................................................... 33
Terms of
Covenants......................................................................................... 33
Amendment..................................................................................................... 33
Severability...................................................................................................... 34
Adoption
Clause.............................................................................................. 34
DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING
INTRODUCTION
This instrument contains the
effective protective covenants for all lands within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, in
Gunnison County, Colorado, which lands are more specifically
described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto.
Skyland Properties, a Colorado limited
partnership, Jack D. Blanton, Nancy Blanton, Bud F. Garland, Dolores Garland,
and Gary F. Garland, hereafter termed "Declarants" are the owners of
all that real property above described and within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
The Declarants hereby make,
declare, and establish the following limitations, restrictions and uses upon
and of all real property contained within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING as
restrictive and protective covenants running with the land, binding upon the
Declarants, the Skyland Community Association, and the Skyland Metropolitan
District, and upon all persons or entities claiming by, through, or under them
and upon all future owners of all or any part of the real property with
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING so long as these restrictions remain in effect.
PURPOSE OF COVENANTS
It is the intention of the
Declarants, expressed by their execution of this instrument, that the real
property above described be developed and maintained as a highly desirable
rural residential, commercial, and recreational area. It is the purpose of these covenants that the
present natural beauty, the natural growth and native setting and surroundings
of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and the property values and amenities therein shall
always be protected insofar as is possible in connection with the uses and
structures permitted by this instrument, and that high standards of
architectural quality and landscape design be maintained. It is of primary intent that the seclusion of
each single family home site in SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, from neighboring home
sites shall be protected insofar as is possible.
In order to carry out these
purposes and intents, the Declarants have incorporated the Skyland Community
Association under the laws of the State of Colorado and have delegated and
assigned thereto the powers of maintaining, administering and enforcing the
covenants and restrictions and governing design control within SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING, as hereafter set forth.
In consideration of the
acceptance hereof by the several purchasers and grantees (their heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives, successors, and assigns, and all
persons claiming by, through or under such grantees) of deeds to tracts or lots
within SKYLAND INITIAL FILING, said grantees hereby covenant and agree with
each and every person who shall be or become and owner of any of said lots or
tracts, in addition to the laws of the State of Colorado and the regulations of
Gunnison County, Colorado, that they shall be and hereby are bound by the
provisions set forth herein, and that the real property the subject of this
instrument shall be owned and enjoyed subject to and with the benefit and
advantages of the following restrictions, limitations, conditions, and
agreements. Skyland Properties, a Colorado
limited partnership, hereby reserves the right at any time after the date of
recording hereof, to include additional property within the operation of this
Declaration of Protective Covenants by the platting of record in the office of
the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado of such additional property, which
shall be denominated as "Skyland", and by a reference to a
supplemental filing or filing number, and by execution by Skyland Properties, a
Colorado limited partnership and recording thereof in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Gunnison County Colorado of a supplement or supplements hereto
which certifies that by its dedication of the lands therein platted, it
subjects the same to the full operation and effect of this Declaration of
Protective Covenants as then in force as the same may have been amended and to
the Design Guidelines adopted by the Skyland Community Association.
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the
following words and terms shall have the following meaning:
1. SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
All lands included within the boundaries of SKYLAND
INITIAL FILING, Gunnison
County, Colorado, as
shown on the plat thereof bearing reception
No.__________ in the office of the Gunnison County
Clerk and Recorder.
2. Skyland Metropolitan District. A special district proposed to be formed in
accordance with Title 32, Colorado Revised Statutes of 1973.
3. Skyland Properties.
A Colorado
limited partnership, formed for the specific purpose of planning, subdividing
and developing SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and other properties. Until such time as the Skyland Metropolitan
District is officially formed in accordance with the Colorado Revised Statutes,
Skyland Properties will be responsible for ownership and development of all
roads, utilities, utility easements, open space, and golf course within the
boundaries of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
4. Association. Skyland
Community Association, a Colorado
non-profit corporation, formed
for the purpose of enforcing these covenants and
adopting and enforcing Design Guidelines for the implementation hereof.
5. Residential Tracts or Lots.
Those subdivision tracts or lots designated on the recorded final plat
of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, as either single family lots, duplex lots,
multi-family tracts or employee housing tracts.
6. Single Family Lot. A lot designated on the recorded plat of
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by the letter "S" followed by the lot number,
which can be used solely for residential building containing not more than one
primary dwelling unit and a caretaker's apartment, together with not less than
one attached two-car garage may be constructed.
7. Duplex Lot. A lot designated on the recorded plat of
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by the letter "D" followed by the lot number,
which can be used solely for residential purposes and upon which not more than
two primary dwelling units must be constructed.
Any duplex on duplex lot may be resubdivided by the owner or owners
thereof into two townhouse or condominium units in order to permit legal
conveyance of each of said units without obtaining the consent of the Skyland
Community Association, upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the
Gunnison County Land Use Resolution in effect upon the date of such
resubdivision. Such resubdivision shall
not require consent of the owner of any other lot, tract or unit within
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, nor shall the same be considered an amendment hereof
or of the recorded plat of SKYLAND. INITIAL FILING.
8. Multi-family Tract.
A lot designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by the
words "Multi-Family Tract" followed by the number thereof, which can
be used solely for multiple family residential purposes including condominiums
or townhouses and upon which the maximum number of dwelling units to be constructed shall not
exceed the number designated on the recorded final plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING. Any multi-family lot may be
resubdivided by; the owner of owners thereof into two or more distinct
townhouse or condominium units without obtaining the consent of the Skyland
Community Association or the owner of any lot, tract, or unit within SKYLAND,
INITIAL FILING, upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the Gunnison
County Land Use Resolution in effect upon the date of such resubdivision.
9. Employee Housing Tract.
The tract designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by
the words "Employee Housing Tract" which can be used solely for
multiple family residential purposes including condominiums, townhouses, or
apartments, game rooms, laundry facilities, and recreation facilities, and upon
which the maximum number of primary dwelling units to be constructed shall not
exceed the number designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND INITIAL
FILING. Said tract may be resubdivided
by the owner thereof into two or more townhouse or condominium units without
obtaining consent of the Skyland Community Association or the owner of any lot,
tract, or unit within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, upon compliance with the terms
and conditions of the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution in effect upon the
date of such resubdivision.
10. Commercial Tract. A
lot designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by the words
"Commercial Tract" followed by the tract number, which can be used
for commercial and residential purposes including condominiums, apartments,
service stations, stores and dry goods shops, restaurants, lounges, offices,
parking lots, and driveways. The
aggregate number of dwelling units in all Commercial Tracts shall not exceed
20, and the aggregate square footage of commercial space in all of said Commercial Tracts
shall not exceed 100,000 square feet.
Said tract may be resubdivided by the owner thereof into two or more
townhouse or condominium units without obtaining the consent of the Skyland
Community Association or the owner of any lot, tract, or unit with SKYLAND,
INITIAL FILING, upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the Gunnison
County Land Use Resolution in effect upon the date of such resubdivision.
11. Maintenance Tract. A
tract designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING, as "Maintenance" and which shall be
used for enclosed storage, repair, and maintenance of all equipment and
supplies of the Skyland Metropolitan District.
12. Clubhouse Tract. A
tract designated on the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING by the words
"Clubhouse" on which may be constructed buildings relating to
recreational and health activities such as but not limited to golf, tennis,
swimming, racquetball and handball. Said
buildings may contain restaurants and bars, pro shops, toilets and locker rooms
and other related uses.
13. Golf Course. That
portion of the real property within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING designated on the
recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING as "Golf Course" for the
conduct of the game of golf and related golfing activities. The golf course may have constructed thereon
buildings such as shelters, toilets, pump houses, storage and maintenance
buildings and other accessory structures related to the golfing activity. Said golf course and related facilities,
including locker rooms, pro shop, and bar and grill, shall remain a public
facility, available to residents within the Skyland Metropolitan District upon
its formation, residents of the County guests of either, and members of the
public at large, on a greens fee paying basis.
14. River Tract. The tract
designated upon the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING as "River
Tract", which may be used for sanitary sewer treatment facilities. In the event the Skyland Metropolitan
District or any successor entity having jurisdiction over the collection and
treatment of sewage within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING determines that said tract
is no longer required for said purpose, the Declarants hereunder, either in
whole or in part, shall have the right without approval of the Skyland
Metropolitan District, the Skyland Community Association, or any owner of real
property with SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, to resubdivide said tract into not more
than 60 multi-family, or 16 single family lots, or a mixture of single-and
multi-family lots, provided that no single family lot is less than 0.6 acres in
size. Any such resubdivision shall not
require the consent of the Skyland Community Association, the Skyland
Metropolitan District or any owners of lots, tracts, or units within SKYLAND,
INITIAL FILING, so long as such resubdivision is accomplished in accordance
with the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution then in effect.
15. Open Space. All that
area within the Skyland Metropolitan District designated on the recorded plat
of the SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING as "Open Space". All Open Space areas shall either remain in
their natural condition or may be improved by the Skyland Metropolitan District
as park and recreation areas. All Open Space areas shall be available for use
by all residents of the Skyland Metropolitan District and their guests and
invitees in accordance with the rules and regulations of said District.
16. General Use Requirements.
Guidelines stating allowed or prohibited uses, as set forth in
Article VII of this document.
17. Design Guidelines. A
separate document entitled SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, Design
Guidelines, which contains specific requirements and
restrictions for building design and location, building materials, minimum
square footages and other requirements which may, from time to time, be
amended, modified, or changed by the Board of Directors of the Skyland
Community Association.
18. Operation and Maintenance Requirements. Requirements covering post-design factors and
activities, such as construction, site maintenance, garbage and trash removal,
recreational activity restrictions, and environmental performance requirements,
as set forth in Article VIII of this document.
19. Open Space Restrictions.
Limitations on the use of Open Space areas and guidelines for management
of these areas, as set forth in Article IX of this document.
20. Owner. The owner of
record of a fee simple title to any tract, or unit in SKYLAND,
INITIAL FILING.
21. Unit. Any condominium
or townhouse unit created by resubdivision of any Multi-family Tract,
Commercial Tract, Employee Housing Tract or Duplex Lot.
SKYLAND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
1. Purpose of Skyland Metropolitan District. The Skyland Metropolitan District is being formed
to perform ownership, operation, and maintenance functions for the various
services that are to be incorporated into SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
2. Board of Directors of Skyland Metropolitan
District. In accordance with the
Colorado Revised Statutes, a Board of Directors consisting of five electors of
the District. The Board of Directors will fulfill various duties and be
responsible to the electorate of the District as set forth in the Colorado
Revised Statutes.
3. Long Term Responsibilities of the Skyland Metropolitan District. The Skyland Metropolitan District is being
formed to provide for long term ownership, operation, and maintenance of
certain utility and recreational features of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING including,
but not limited to, the following:
Central domestic water
system.
Central sanitary sewer
system.
Roads and public parking
areas.
Drainage system.
Golf course.
Skyland Lake and other recreational
features.
All open space.
Fire protection.
4. Charges, Fees, and Taxes of Properties. In order to provide the services required of
the District the District must levy certain fees and taxes in accordance with
state and local law.
SKYLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
1. Formation and Purpose.
The Skyland Community Association has been formed for the purposes of
promoting the health, safety, welfare and tranquility of the residents of said
real property. In connection therewith, Skyland Community Association is
charged with the responsibility for enforcement of the Declaration of Protective
Covenants for SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING and all Design Guidelines adopted
pursuant to authority granted under the Declaration of Protective Covenants for
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and shall have all rights necessary or incidental to
the accomplishment of its expressed or implied purposes.
2. Membership. Every
person or entity who is a record Owner of a fee or undivided fee interest in
any lot, tract or unit within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, shall automatically be a
member of the Skyland Community Association; provided, however, that any such
person or entity who holds such interest merely as security for the performance
of an obligation shall not be a member.
Membership shall be appurtenant to an may not be separated from record
ownership of any property subject to the Declaration of Protective Covenants
for SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
3. Voting Rights. For
purposes of voting, the Association shall have one class of voting membership,
which shall consist of all record owners of a fee or undivided fee interest in
any lot, tract, or unit which is subject to this Declaration of Protective
Covenants who have paid all duly authorized assessments of the Association.
Members shall be entitled to
vote as follows:
-1 vote per each
single family lot.
-1
vote per each duplex lot, unless the same has been resubdivided, in which case
there shall be one vote per unit for which a certificate of occupancy has been
issued.
-10 votes per each commercial tract, plus one
additional vote for each condominium or townhouse unit thereon for which a
certificate of occupancy has been issued.
-1 vote per multi-family tract until such time as
the same has been resubdivided, when there shall be one vote per each
condominium or townhouse unit thereon for which a certificate of occupancy has been
issued.
-10 votes for the Employee Housing Tract, in
addition to one vote for each condominium or townhouse unit thereon for which a
certificate of occupancy has been issued and which has been sold to a bona fide
purchaser; provided however that the total of all votes for the Employee
Housing Tract shall not exceed 60.
4. Powers. The Board of
Directors of Skyland Community Association shall have the powers and duties
necessary for the administration of the affairs of the Association and may do
all acts in exercise thereof consistent with the purposes and objects of the
Association, as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation, its Bylaws, and the
Declaration of Protective Covenants for
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, the Association's powers and
duties shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
a. Exercising all powers, duties and authority vested in or delegated
to the Association and not reserved to the membership of the Association by
other provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, its Bylaws, or the
Declaration of Protective Covenants for SKYLAND INITIAL FILING.
b. Enforcing the Declaration of Protective Covenants for SKYLAND,
INITIAL FILING and adopting and enforcing the Design Guidelines.
c. Imposing a reasonable Non-Compliance Assessment for violation of
the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Design Guidelines adopted by the
Association.
d. Authority to approve or disapprove any and all types of
construction within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING; this authority may be delegated to
the Design Committee.
e. Fixing, levying, collecting and enforcing all assessments, as
provided for herein;
f. Entering upon any property, without liability to any Owner for
trespass, damage or otherwise, for the purpose of maintaining or repairing the
property in the manner required by the Declaration of Protective Covenants if
the Owner thereof, after reasonable notice, and an opportunity to correct the
non-compliance, fails to maintain and repair the property as required by the
Declaration of Protective Covenants
and the Design Guidelines;
g. Commencement and maintenance, in its own name, on it own behalf,
or in the name and on behalf of any Owner or Owners who consent thereto, of
suits and actions to restrain and enjoin any breach or threatened breach of the
Declaration of Protective Covenants, or the Design Guidelines, and enforcement
by mandatory injunction or otherwise, of all of the provisions of the
Declaration of Protective Covenants or the Design Guidelines;
h. Preventing the maintenance of nuisance and impairment of the
attractiveness and value of property with SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING; and
i. Exercising any and all powers granted to the Association by the Colorado statutes
governing the formation and operation of non-profit corporations.
5. Composition of Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Skyland Community
Association shall consist of five members, each of
whom shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to the Board for
resolution.
6. Design Guidelines.
The Association, acting through its Board of Directors, and subject to
the provisions of the Declaration of Protective Covenants, may adopt Design
Guidelines consistent with the expressed or implied purposes of the Declaration
of Protective Covenants and the Association, which govern, but need not
necessarily be limited to: use of real property within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING;
general conduct of Owners, members of their immediate family, and their guests
and invitees; pet control; noxious, offensive or dangerous activity; nuisances;
property maintenance; services; financial matters; enforcement of the
Declaration of Protective Covenants and Design Guidelines adopted pursuant
thereto; interpretation and clarification of the Declaration of Protective
Covenants; building and landscaping control and design and construction matters
as set forth in Article VI.
Prior to the adoption of any proposed Design Guidelines or the amendment
or repeal of any existing Design Guidelines, the Board shall give notice of the
proposed action to all Owners and provide to those Owners an opportunity to
submit views or otherwise participate informally in conferences relative to the
proposed actions. Notice of the proposed action shall be published once a week
for two successive weeks in any newspaper of general circulation within Gunnison County, Colorado.
In lieu of the publication requirement, the Board may direct notice be given by
posting in no less than three (3) prominent places within SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING. Any such notice shall state the time, place and nature of the
proceedings, which shall not be held less than five (5) days after the last
publication is given, or, if appropriate, twenty (20) days after posting, the
authority under which the action is proposed, and either the terms or substance
of the proposed Design Guidelines, the amendment thereof, or a description of
the subjects and issues involved. At the time and place specified in the
notice, the Association shall hold a public hearing at which it shall afford
interested persons an opportunity to submit written data, views, or arguments
and to present the same orally unless the Board deems it unnecessary. The Board
shall consider the submissions prior to taking any action. In the event the
Board acts as initially proposed, the action taken shall become effective
immediately thereafter. In the event of any material revisions made by the
Board to the proposed actions subsequent to the giving of notice to Owners, as
provided hereinafter, as a result of Owner comment or otherwise, the proposed
actions, as revised, shall become effective immediately after the Board votes
to adopt same and gives notice to each Owner of such revisions, in the manner
provided above.
The Design Guidelines adopted hereunder shall be certified
by the Secretary of Assistant Secretary of the Association, and shall be on
file in the office of the Association and available for inspection by any
owner, prospective owner, or mortgagee of any property with SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING, during normal business hours. Said Design Guidelines shall have the
same force and effect as if the same were set forth in and made a part of these
Protective Covenants, without the necessity of amending these Protective
Covenants.
7. Assessments. The Association, acting through its Board of
Directors, is further charged with the responsibility for and is granted the
authority for enacting, adopting and enforcing assessments of the following
classifications, including amendments or supplements thereof:
a. Operation
and Maintenance Assessment. An
Operation and Maintenance Assessment, based upon a budget developed by the
Association Board, will be levied upon all Owners subject to this assessment
for the purpose of generating sufficient revenues to pay and discharge
anticipated operational and maintenance expense. In developing the budget, the
Board of Directors shall take into consideration all expenses which are
reasonably foreseeable, and which are deemed to be necessary, prudent and
desirable, for the purpose of performing the Association's duties and
obligations under the Covenants and such Design Guidelines as may be adopted by
the Association. Those expenses, which are deemed to be necessary, prudent and
desirable may include, but not necessarily be limited to: (1) real property
taxes on any property owned by the Association; (2) reasonable insurance
coverage, including liability insurance for directors, agents and employees of
the Association; (3) legal, accounting and audit fees; (4) salaries and utility
costs for security; (5) capital projects of a general Owner benefit and
reserves therefore; (6) office salaries; (7) payroll taxes and workmen's
compensation; (8) contract labor; (9) office rent, utilities, supplies, postage
and expenses; (10) printing; (11) directors 'reimbursable expenses; (12)
reasonable directors' fees; (13) design committee expenses; and (14) a
reasonable reserve for contingencies.
b. Non-Compliance
Assessment. Should any Owner cause
or allow to be caused any violation of the Declaration of Protective Covenants
or any Design Guidelines adopted under the power and authority granted herein,
and allow such violation to continue after written notice to such owner and the
expiration of a reasonable time in which to comply, as set forth in the written
notice, a Non-Compliance Assessment may be levied by the Board against such Owner.
The amount of any such assessment may include: (1) costs incurred by the
Association in attempting to secure compliance, including reasonable attorney's
fees; and (2) non compliance penalties in such amounts as may from time to time
be established by the Association's Board of Directors.
c. Emergency
Assessments. In addition to the
specific assessments provided for herein, the Association, acting through the
concurrence of at least four of the five members of the Board, may adopt, levy
and enforce such emergency assessments as may be deemed necessary for the
preservation and protection of the property subject to the Declaration of
Protective Covenants.
The Operation and Maintenance Assessment shall be levied
on an annual basis, but may be supplemented from time to time by the Board if
necessitated by inadequate working capital, and all other assessments provided
for herein shall be levied from time to time when and as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Association in accordance with the Declaration of
Protective Covenants, and the Association's Articles of Incorporation, its
Bylaws, and its Design Guidelines.
Written notice of all assessments and amended or
supplemental assessments shall be sent to every Owner subject thereto as soon
as the amounts are determined, which notice shall specify due dates and
available payment options, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board of
Directors of the Association. If an assessment is not paid when due, then such
assessment shall become delinquent and shall, together with interest thereon
and cost of collection thereof, including reasonable attorney's fees, become a
continuing perpetual lien on the real property to which the assessment relates,
which shall, except as hereinafter provided, bind such property in the hands of
the then Owner, his heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns.
In addition to such lien rights, it shall be the personal obligation of the
then Owner or Owners (jointly or severally) to pay any such assessment and such
personal obligation
shall continue even though the Owner's interest in the Lot
or Unit shall be transferred.
All sums assessed to any Owner pursuant hereto, together
with interest thereon at a rate not to exceed eighteen percent (18) per annum,
shall be secured by a lien on the Owner's real property in favor of the
Association upon recordation of the notice of assessment as herein provided.
Such lien shall be superior to all other liens and encumbrances on such real
property except for: (i) valid tax and special assessment liens on the real
property in favor of any governmental assessing authority; ( ii) a lien for all
sums unpaid to any first mortgagee with a prior duly recorded lien, including
all unpaid obligatory advances to be made pursuant to such mortgage, and all
amounts advanced pursuant to such mortgage and secured by the lien thereof in
accordance with the terms of such instrument; and (iii) labor or material man’s
liens, to the extent permitted by law. All other lienors acquiring liens, on
any real property subject to this Declaration shall be deemed to consent that
such liens shall be inferior to future liens for assessments as provided
herein, whether or not such consent be specifically set forth in the instrument
creating such lien.
To evidence a lien for sums assessed pursuant hereto, the
Association shall prepare a written notice of assessment lien setting forth the
amount of the assessment, the date due, the amount remaining unpaid, a
description of the real property to which said assessment relates, and the name
of the record Owner of that real property. Such a notice shall be signed on
behalf of the Association and shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado. No notice of assessment shall be recorded
until there is a delinquency in payment of the assessment. Such lien may be
enforced by judicial foreclosure sale of the property by the Association in the
same manner in which mortgages on real property may be foreclosed in Colorado, or in any
other manner now or hereafter permitted by law. In any such foreclosure, the
Owner shall be required to pay the costs and expenses of such proceeding, the
costs and expenses of filing the notice of assessment lien and a release
thereof, and all reasonable attorney's fees.
All such costs and expenses shall be secured by the lien being
foreclosed. The Owner shall also be required to pay to the Association any
assessments, including interest, against the real property which shall become
due during the period of foreclosure, which amounts may be claimed in any
proceeding for collection and included within the bid at any foreclosure sale
without the necessity of filing additional notices of assessment. The
Association is expressly authorized to bid at any foreclosure sale or other
legal sale, and to acquire, hold, convey, lease, rent, encumber, use and
otherwise deal with any real property so acquired, in the same manner as an
Owner. A further notice stating the satisfaction and release of any such lien
shall be executed on behalf of the Association and properly recorded in the
real property records of Gunnison
County, Colorado upon
payment of all sums secured by a lien which has been made the subject of a
recorded notice of assessment.
Any encumbrancer holding a lien on real property subject
hereto may pay, but shall not be required to pay, any amount secured by the
liens created hereunder, and upon such payment, such encumbrancer shall be
subrogated to all rights of the Association with respect to such lien,
including priority.
The Association shall report to any encumbrancer of real
property any unpaid assessment or other default remaining unpaid or uncured for
longer than sixty (60) days after the same shall have become due; provided,
however, that such encumbrancer first shall have furnished to the Association
written notice of such encumbrance.
The
amount of any assessment provided for herein against any real property subject
hereto shall be the personal obligation of the Owner thereof to the
Association. Suit to recover a money judgment for such personal obligation,
together with costs and reasonable attorney's fees, may be maintained by the
Association without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing payment of same.
No Owner may avoid or diminish such real property or personal obligation by
waiver of the use and enjoyment of any of his real property or by abandonment
of his real property.
Upon
receipt of written request from any Owner, mortgagee, prospective mortgagee, or
prospective purchaser of real property subject hereto, the Association shall
furnish a written statement of account relating to said real property and
setting forth: (i) the amount and nature of any delinquent assessments; and
(ii) the amount of any advanced payments made, which statement shall be conclusive
upon the Association in favor of persons who rely thereon in good faith. Unless
such request shall be complied with within thirty (30) days after receipt of
same, all unpaid Operation and Maintenance Assessments which become due prior
to the date of such request and which are attributable to said real property
shall be subordinate to the rights of the person requesting such statement. A
reasonable service fee in any amount necessary to reimburse the Association for
its expense, as determined from time to time by the Board, shall be paid for
furnishing the statement of account.
Subject to the provision contained within the preceding
paragraph, a purchaser of real property subject hereto, except for any first
mortgagee who comes into possession of any real property subject hereto
pursuant to the remedies provided in its mortgage, or becomes an Owner of any
real property subject hereto pursuant to foreclosure of its mortgage or by the
taking of a deed in lieu thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable with
his seller for all unpaid assessments against said real property so acquired
which were incurred prior to the time of the grant or conveyance, without
prejudice to the purchaser's right to recover from his seller the amount paid
by the purchaser for such assessment.
In addition to the penalties imposed above for failure to
pay assessments imposed by the Association when due and owing, the Board may
suspend voting rights of any Owner failing to pay such assessment when due and
owing, may preclude participation in any meetings of the Association, its Board
of Directors or its Design Committees by the Owner failing to pay such
assessment when due and owing, or member of his immediate family.
DESIGN
REVIEW AND APPROVAL
1. Design Review Committee. The Design Review Committee shall consist of
a group of five persons, who shall be members of the Board of Directors of the
Skyland Community Association, or who shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors for terms not to exceed five years. The Design Review Committee shall
have and exercise all of the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in
this instrument, and shall enforce the provisions of this covenant.
2. Conduct of Business. The Design Review Committee shall meet at the
convenience of its members or may conduct its business by mail or telephone as
often as necessary to transact its business. If the Design Review Committee
consists of appointees members shall, at all times be responsible to the Board
of Directors of the Skyland Community Association.
3. Design Guidelines. The Skyland Community Association will adopt
and publish a document entitled "SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING", Design
Guidelines. Said Design Guidelines will be based upon the will be based upon the
content of this instrument, however, the content of the Design Guidelines will
be more specific and detailed than this instrument. In the event of any conflict between this
instrument and the Design Guidelines, the provisions of this instrument shall
govern.
The
Design Guidelines will cover, without limitation, the following areas of
interest:
Improvements on single family and duplex lots.
Improvements on multifamily tracts, employee housing tracts, commercial
tracts, commercial tracts, maintenance tracts, and clubhouse tract.
Setbacks and easements.
Clearing of trees and vegetation.
Screening and landscaping.
Drainage.
Grading
Driveways.
Parking.
Any improvements, structures, drainage facilities or other matters
requiring Design Review Committee approval shall be designed in such manner
as will mitigate or render insignificant geologic hazards which have been
identified as potentially present in portions of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
Further and more specific information regarding location of said potential
hazards is set forth in a map prepared by Rocky Mountain Geotechnical, which
map is on file with the offices of the Gunnison County Planning Staff and
Building Department. Said potential geologic hazards are as follows:
A. Bog. High ground water conditions, organic soils,
and severe frost heave potential.
B. Down
Slope Creep. Anticipate accelerated
lateral and vertical movement of near surface soils in a downslope direction.
C. Frost
Heave. Even though these areas lie
above the water table, a moderate to severe potential for the formation of ice
lenses and frost heave is felt to exist due to capillarity and the presence of
free water at depth.
D. Rockfall
Source Area, Glacial. Primarily
steeply sloping glacial features containing many boulder-sized rock fragments
producing a rockfall hazard.
E. Rockfall
Runout Zone, Glacial. Areas where
permanent structures may be subject to impact from moving talus derived from
the above referenced glacial source area.
GENERAL USE REQUIREMENTS
1. Land Use. No lands within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING shall
ever be occupied or used by or for any structure or purpose or in any manner
which is contrary to the land uses indicated on the final plat and defined
herein. All lots and tracts with SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING shall be designated as
one of the following uses on the final plat as recorded with Gunnison County.
Said lots and tracts shall only be used in the manner specified herein, subject
to the provisions of this instrument and other regulations which may from time
to time be adopted by the Skyland Community Association. Allowable land uses
for the lots and tracts within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING are:
A. Single
Family Lot
One residential building containing one primary dwelling unit with an
optional caretaker's
apartment, which must be attached to or incorporated within the primary unit,
and which shall not exceed 900 square feet. Not less than one double car
attached garage with doors is required for each single family lot plus at least
one single car attached garage for any caretaker's apartment.
B. Duplex Lot
One residential building containing two primary dwelling units and no
caretaker's apartment, or one residential building containing one primary
dwelling unit with an optional attached caretaker's apartment. Not less than
one double car attached garage with doors is required for any primary dwelling
unit, plus not less than one single car attached garage for the caretaker's
apartment, if allowed.
C. Multi-family
Tract
Condominium or townhouse residential type buildings with the total number
of primary dwelling units not exceeding the number designated on the recorded
plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
D. Employee
Housing Tract
Condominium, townhouse, or apartment residential type buildings with the
total number of dwelling units not exceeding 100.
E. Commercial
Tract
Condominium, townhouse or apartment residential type buildings with the
total aggregate number of dwelling units on all of said tracts not exceeding
20. Commercial space for use as service station, stores and drygoods shops, restaurants,
lounges, offices and services of which the total aggregate square footage of
usable space on all of said tracts shall not exceed 100,000 square feet.
F. Clubhouse
Tract
One or more buildings related to recreational and health activities such
as but not limited to golf, tennis, swimming, racquetball and handball,
including restaurants and lounges, pro shops, toilets and locker rooms,
swimming pool, racquetball and handball courts, and tennis courts (indoor and
outdoor).
2. Resubdivision. No single family lot shall ever be
resubdivided into smaller tracts or lots.
Any Duplex, Multi-family Tract, Employee Housing Tract, and Commercial
Tract may be further subdivided in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this instrument and the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution.
3. Mining, Drilling, or
Quarrying. No mining, quarrying,
tunneling, excavating, or drilling for any substances within the earth,
including oil, gas, minerals, gravel, sand, rock, or earth, or geothermal
resources shall ever be permitted with SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING except as
required for soils and geology investigation required by this instrument, or
during construction of approved improvements.
4. Nuisance. No unsightly objects, activities or noises
shall be erected or permitted on any lot or tract, and nothing shall be done or
permitted which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to other residents.
5. Signs. No signs, including without limitation,
advertising signs, "for sale" signs, or billboards shall be erected
or permitted on any lot or tract in SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING. Signs required
within a Commercial Tract, Maintenance Tract, or Clubhouse Tract must be
approved by the
Design Review Committee prior to installation.
6. Animals. No animals or poultry shall be kept in
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING except ordinary household pets (normally maintained
within a dwelling) belonging to a property owner or resident. The Skyland
Community Association may require any owner or resident to remove any animals
or poultry that are in violation of this provision from SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING. All dogs must be kept in a dog
run area, on a leash or chain, or under direct control of a person at all
times. Not more than three domestic household pets shall be permitted per
dwelling unit.
7. Water Wells. There shall be no water wells drilled or
placed on any lot or tract within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, except as may be
required by the Skyland Metropolitan District.
All units or structures requiring domestic or yard water must connect to
the Skyland Metropolitan District central domestic water system.
8. Sewage Disposal. There shall be no individual septic or
cesspool type sewage systems constructed within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING. All
units or structures requiring sewage disposal must connect to the Skyland
Metropolitan District central sanitary sewer system, or any successor area-wide
sewage treatment facility.
9. Utility Lines. All water, sewer, gas, power, telephone, and
cable television main, secondary and service lines and cables installed within
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING must be buried in the ground and may not be carried on
overhead poles or above the surface of the ground. No permanent improvements
may be constructed upon any easements shown upon the recorded plat of SKYLAND
INITIAL FILING, except with the prior written consent of the Skyland Community
Association.
10. Tanks. No above ground tanks of any kind shall be
erected, placed or permitted within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING. Any tank installed within
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, including tanks for the storage of gasoline, propane,
oil, and water shall be completely buried in accordance with applicable
building codes.
11. Firearms. No firearms, fireworks, bows and arrows
crossbows, or other weapons or explosives of any kind or character may be
discharged or utilized in any manner with SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, except
explosives utilized in conjunction with construction approved by the Design
Review Committee.
12. Vehicular Storage. No trailer, house trailer, mobile home, tent,
truck, camper, boat or motor home shall be kept, placed or maintained upon any
lot for longer than 48 hours except within a garage, nor shall the same be
parked on any roads within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING. The provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to temporary construction shelters or facilities
maintained during and used exclusively in connection with the construction of
any work or improvement permitted under the Declaration of Protective Covenants
or Design Guidelines.
13. Temporary Structures. No accessory structure or building shall be
constructed, placed, or maintained upon any lot or tract to the construction of
the main structure thereon; provided, however, that the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to temporary construction shelters or facilities
maintained only during and used exclusively in connection with the construction
of the main structure of the residence.
14. Recreational Vehicles. No trailer, automobile, truck or other
vehicle, or boat shall be constructed, reconstructed, repaired or stored except
in a garage.
15. Clotheslines. Outside clotheslines or other outside clothes
drying or airing facilities shall be maintained exclusively within a fenced
service yard designed in accordance with the Design Guidelines and shall not be
visible from neighboring property or roads.
16. Mailboxes. All mailboxes and newspaper receptacles shall
conform to such design criterion as is formulated by the Design Guidelines, and
the location of mailboxes shall be as specified by the Design Review Committee.
17. Exterior Fires. There shall be no exterior fires whatsoever
except barbeque fires contained within receptacles therefor.
18. Exterior Antenna. No exterior antenna or reception discs of any
type shall be permitted.
19. Camping. Camping shall be prohibited anywhere with
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
20. Garage Doors. All garages must have doors which shall
remain closed except when required to be open for entry or exit of vehicles or
persons.
21. Unsightly Growth. All owners will be required to mow, cut,
prune, clear, and remove from their land any unsightly brush, weeds or other
unsightly growth, and further to remove from their land any growth infected
with noxious insects or contagious plant diseases, all as determined in the
sole discretion of the Association, and to remove any trash which may collect
or accumulate on their lots.
22. Solicitors. Solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant
merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise, shall not enter any lot or
tract for the purpose of conducting their business, without prior request or
invitation by the Owner of same.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
REQUIREMENTS
1. Rubbish, Trash, and Garbage. Rubbish, garbage, or other waste shall be
kept and disposed of in a sanitary container. All containers or other refuse
shall be kept in a sanitary condition and shall be kept inside a building or an enclosed and
screened structure. No trash, litter, or junk shall be permitted to remain
exposed upon the premises and visible from public roads or adjoining or nearby
premises, except at such times as the same is being collected by the
appropriate refuse collection company, and then only in metal containers. All
rubbish and trash shall be removed from all lots and tracts in SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING and shall not be allowed to accumulate and shall not be burned or
disposed of anywhere within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
2. Damaged Structures. Any dwelling unit of other structure damaged
by weather, fire, flood vandalism or in any other manner, shall be completely
repaired, reconstructed or completely removed within three (3) months of the
date when damage occurred. In the event the structure or building is removed,
the site must be cleaned of rubble, stabilized and landscaped to prevent
erosion and to eliminate any unsightly appearance.
3. Failure to Maintain. In the event the owner of any lot, tract, or
structure within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING shall fail to maintain his property or
structure in a satisfactory manner, the Board of Directors of the Skyland
Community Association shall have the right, through its agents or employees, to
enter upon said property and to repair, maintain, and restore the property or
structures to an acceptable condition. All costs incurred as a result of such
action shall be borne by the owner of the lot, tract, or structure, or shall
become a lien on the property, in the same manner as is herein specified for
non-payment of assessments.
4. Recreation Restrictions
A. Cross country or any other form of skiing is prohibited in the
travel lanes of any road or street owned, operated, or maintained by the
Skyland Metropolitan District. Cross country skiing may be allowed in all open space, subject to
certain restrictions and limitations that may, from time to time, be imposed by
the Board of Directors of the Skyland Metropolitan District.
C. Trail bikes,
mini-bikes, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, or other motorized vehicles not
licensed by the State of Colorado
may not be operated within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
RESTRICTIONS ON OPEN SPACE
1. Improvements. No improvements of any kind or nature shall
be constructed or allowed to remain on any land designated on the recorded plat
of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING as Open Space except lakes and ponds, bridle paths,
fences, trails, park facilities, or similar improvements for the benefit of or
use of all lot owners or residents of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING. Any improvements
to be made upon Open Space shall first be approved by the Skyland Metropolitan
District, and shall conform and harmonize in appearance, siting, and cost with
the overall development scheme of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
2. Landscaping. No trees or brush existing on any Open Space
shall be felled or trimmed, no natural areas shall be cleared, nor shall any
vegetation, rocks or soil be damaged or removed, nor any landscaping performed
on any Open Space area unless first approved in writing by the Design Review
Committee.
3. Temporary Building. No temporary house, house trailer, travel
trailer, recreation vehicle, horse trailer, tent, or other temporary or movable
structure shall be placed, erected, or allowed to remain on any Open Space
area.
4. Ownership, Operation, and
Maintenance. All Open Space shall be
owned, operated, and maintained by the Skyland Metropolitan District. However,
it is the intention of this instrument that all Open Space shall remain as such
and shall at all times remain under the ownership of the Skyland Metropolitan
District, and be available for use by the residents of the District, and their
guests.
5. Vehicles. Trail bikes, mini-bikes, motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles, or other motorized vehicles may not be utilized within
the Open Space.
RESTRICTIONS ON GOLF COURSE
1. Ownership, Operation, and
Maintenance. The Skyland
Metropolitan District will at all times be responsible for ownership,
operation, and maintenance of the golf course. The Skyland Metropolitan
District may enter into an agreement or contract with a firm that specializes
in golf course operation and maintenance, which contract will allow the firm
contracted with to operate and maintain the entire eighteen hole course and the
practice range, practice green, and related golf facilities.
2. Use of the Golf Course. The golf course, practice range, and practice
green will at all times be open for use by the general public, the only
exception being for scheduled tournaments or
scheduled league play. Use of the course will be subject to regularly
scheduled hours of play.
3. Restricted Uses. The golf course shall be used for those
purposes for which it was designed and constructed; other recreational uses may be allowed only
by resolution of the Skyland Metropolitan District. Snowmobiling, motorcycling,
bicycling, and horseback riding will never be allowed within the limits of the
golf course. The Skyland Metropolitan District may from time to time allow
special uses of the golf course which have not been provided for in this
instrument.
ENFORCEMENT,
DURATION, AND AMENDMENT
1. Right of Enforcement. The Declaration of Protective Covenants and
the restrictions, covenants and conditions contained herein are for the benefit
of the Owners, jointly and severally, and for the benefit of the Association
and may be enforced by an action for damages, whether actual punitive, or both,
suit for injunction, mandatory or prohibitive, or such other appropriate legal
remedy as may be available, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs
incurred therein instituted by one of more Owners, the Association, the Design
Review Committee, Gunnison County, Colorado, or any combination thereof;
provided, however, that prior to the commencement of any enforcement
proceedings by an Owner, that Owner shall advise the Association Board in
writing of the claimed violation, and the Board shall thereafter have a period
of thirty (30) days in which to attempt to compel compliance or commence
enforcement proceedings in its name. In the event the Association Board fails
or refuses to act to remedy the claimed violation within the time period above
specified, then and only then may an Owner, separately, and at his sole cost
and expense, attempt to enforce the Declaration of Protective Covenants. No
action shall be brought or maintained against the Board or members thereof in
the event the Board elects to take no action with respect to alleged violations
of the Declaration of Protective Covenants for SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
2. Covenants to Run With Land. All of the articles contained within this
instrument shall be a burden on the title to all of the lands within the
boundaries of SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and the benefits thereof shall be
guaranteed to the Owners of all the lands within SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and
the benefits and burdens of all said covenants shall run with the title to all
of the lands in SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING.
3. Terms of Covenants. All of the articles contained in this
instrument shall continue for a period of at least thirty (30) years from the
date of adoption. At the end of the thirty (30) year period, the Board of
Directors of Skyland Community Association shall have the right to renew the
term of this instrument for an additional thirty (30) years or adopt a new or
revised set of covenants.
4. Amendment. The conditions, restrictions, stipulations,
agreements and covenants herein contained, as well as the recorded plat of
SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, and any supplemental plats as specified in Article II
hereof, shall not be waived, abandoned, terminated or amended except by an
instrument setting forth the written consent of the then Owners of seventy-five
percent of the lots and tracts, within the subdivision, which instrument shall
be duly executed, acknowledged and recorded in Gunnison County, Colorado.
5. Until such time as seventy-five
percent of the lots within the subdivision have been conveyed to third persons
by the Declarants, these Covenants and the recorded plat of SKYLAND, INITIAL
FILING shall not be waived abandoned, terminated or amended except upon the
written consent of the Board of Commissioners of Gunnison County, Colorado.
6. Severability. Should any part or parts of these covenants
be declared invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining articles, parts, or clauses,
which shall remain in full force and effect.
7. Adoption Clause. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the foregoing Declaration
of Protective Covenants, SKYLAND, INITIAL FILING, are hereby duly adopted, and
shall continue for the original term of such covenants from this date of
October 6, 1981.
limited
partnership
By
Jack
D. Blanton
Nancy
Blanton
Bud
F. Garland
Dolores
Garland
Gary
F. Garland
STATE OF COLORADO