ARTICLE IX
LAND USE RESTRICTIONS
9.1 County Regulations. Zoning ordinances, rules and regulations of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, are considered to be a part hereof, and to any extent that these covenants might establish minimum requirements which conflict with the minimum requirements established by said zoning ordinances, the more restrictive will apply.
9.1 County and State Regulations. Zoning ordinances, rules and regulations of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, are considered to be a part hereof, and to any extent that these covenants might establish minimum requirements which conflict with the minimum requirements established by said zoning ordinances, the more restrictive will apply.
9.2 Residential Purposes. All Lots on the Property shall be used for residential purposes and no building shall be erected or placed on any Lot other that one private single-family dwelling, together with a private attached garage and such outbuildings as are customarily appurtenant to such a dwelling. An “outbuilding”/ as the word is used herein, is intended to mean an enclosed covered structure not directly attached to the dwelling which it serves.
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9.3 Business Activity- Nuisances. No externally visible trade or business activity shall be conducted, carried on or practiced on any Lot or in a residence or Dwelling Unit constructed thereon. This is a prohibition shelf Pacific play preclude auctions and garage sales, estate sales or other similar activities, unless approved in advance by the Architectural Control Committee. Such request for approval must include plans for parking, placements and amount of signs and the ration of activity. Drilling for water and pumping and disposal of thereof are not prohibited. No Owner of a Lot shall suffer or permit any residence or Dwelling Unit erected thereon to be used or employed for any purpose that we'll constitute a nuisance in law or that will detract from the residential value of said Lot or any other Lot in the Property.
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 any such Lot Or any portion thereof, in the opinion of the Architectural Control Committee, unsanitary, unsightly, offensive or detrimental to any other Lot or to its occupants. No noise or other nuisance shall be permitted to exist or operate upon any lot so as to be, in the opinion of the Architectural Control Committee, offensive or detrimental to any other Lot or its occupants. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions, no horns, whistles, bells, or other sound devices (other than security devices used exclusively for security purposes) shall be located, used or placed on any Lot without the prior written approval of the Architectural Control Committee.
9.4 Animals. No cows, pigs, horses, chickens, poultry, rabbits or other livestock shall be raised, browns, bred, maintained, or cared for upon any Lot other than as hereinafter provided or unless approved by the Architectural Control Committee. An Owner of a Lot may, at any one time, keep on his Lot no more than two (2) mature horses and one immature horse. (A mature horse shall be deemed any horse older than one year). In order to prevent over grazing, such livestock shall be kept in a small corral which does not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent of the Lot size (remaining after any exceptions for Bridal Paths), and the shall be allowed only to occasionally graze on remaining native grass areas owned and fenced by the Owner. A building and other structure, conforming to the building and design regulations specified in Article VIII, must be completed within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date a horse(s) is moved onto an Owner’s Lot. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any Owner from maintaining, keeping and caring for domestic, household pets not maintained for commercial purposes; (the number of which shall be the legal limit dictated by the City of Centennial) however dogs, cats and other household animals shall not be allowed to run at large off of their Owner’s Lot. Such animals shall, when off of their Owner’s Lot, be on a leash or under the couch control of their Owners at all times. All Lots must be maintained in a clean and odor-free condition. Each Owner of a pet shall be financially responsible and liable for any damage caused by said Owner’s pet, and shall be responsible for the pickup and disposal of any excrement deposited by his pet.
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9.5 Unsightly Articles, Storage, Trash. No unsightly article shall be permitted to remain on any Lot of on streets and drives within the Property so as to be visible from adjoining property. All equipment, garbage cans or wood piles shall be kept screened by adequate planting or fencing so as to conceal them from view of the Bridle Paths, neighboring Lots and streets. All rubbish, trash or garbage shall be regularly removed from the Property, and shall not be allowed to accumulate thereon. Storage areas, compost piles and facilities for hanging, drying, or airing clothing or household fabrics shall be appropriately screened from view. No lumber, grass, plant waste shrub or tree clippings, metals, bulk materials, or scrap shall be kept, stored or allowed to accumulate on any portion of the Property except within an enclosed structure or in an area appropriately screened from view. Snow removal equipment as well as garden and maintenance equipment shall be kept at all times in an enclosed structure except when in actual use and now repair or maintenance work shall be done on any of the foregoing, or on any motorized vehicle, other than minor emergency repairs, except in an enclosed garage or other structure. All vegetation throughout the entire Property, with the exception of trees, march grasses, shrubs, Yuccas and other landscaping plants, shall be limited to twelve inches in height.
9.6 Temporary Structures. No structure of a temporary character nor any trailer, mobile home, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or other outbuilding shall be erected or maintained on any Lot at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently. No temporary building or structure, shall be placed on any portion of the Property without the prior approval of the Architectural Control Committee.
9.7 Signs. The placement, construction or maintenance of billboards, “for rent” or “for sale” signs shall be located on any Lot only at Ground level. The size of all such signs shall be limited to six square feet per side, per sign. No more than one (1) sign per Lot will be permitted, unless the Lot borders on more than one (1) street, in which case one sin will be permitted adjacent to each street, not to exceed two (2) signs. When an open house is held and then and only when a sales representative is present on the Lot, one (1) “open house” sign meeting the above requirements will be permitted. In case of an open house and in the event that the subject Lot is not readily visible from either East Long Avenue or East Jamison Avenue, then one (1) “open house arrow” sign (not to exceed two (2) square feet in area per side) will be permitted at the intersection of the street upon which the subject Lot is located and the closer of East Long Avenue or East Jamison Avenue. In the event an open house is being held at more than one (1) Lot on the same street and such Lots are not readily visible from either East Long Avenue or East Jamison Avenue, then one (1) “open house arrow” sign (the first one up) will be permitted at the common intersection described above. All “open
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house” signs and “open house arrow” signs shall be removed upon completion of each open house session )when the sales representative(s) vacate the subject Property). In no event will and “for sale”, “for rent”, “open house”. “open house arrow”, “garage sale” signs or any advertising signs of any nature be permitted at any of the Common Areas or common entranced to Chenango. With the exception of the permitted signage described above, no pasteboards, advertising structures, or advertising signs of any nature, balloons, banners, or flags will be permitted on any Lot or on any of the Common Areas without the prior approval of the Architectural Control Committee.
9.8 Campers or Trailers / Parking. No Campers, mobile homes, trailers, boats, buses or other similar recreational equipment and no tractors, mowers, horse trailers, commercial equipment, or similar vehicles shall be kept on any street on the Property unless specifically permitted in writing by the Architectural Control Committee. (Should we add something about cars parked outside houses)
9.9 Drilling or Mining. No oil or gas drilling, oil or gas development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operation of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any Lot, nor shall oil or gas wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations, or shafts be permitted upon or in any Lot. No derrick or other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any Lot.
9.10 Bridle Path Restrictions. The Bridle Paths are not intended for use by the general public; but rather have been conveyed and dedicated to the Association for the exclusive use and benefit of the Members of the Association. The Bridle Paths are subject to the utility and drainage easements as may be shown on the Plats of the Property or as may be otherwise necessary. Motorized vehicles shall be excluded from the Bridal Path except as may be reasonably necessary for constructions, maintenance and repairof the Paths by the Association. If access to an Owner’s Lot for repair, construction or maintenance purposes can only be reasonably attained over the Bridle Path, the periodic vehicular access for such limited purposes shall be permitted. In this regard, any use of the Bridle Paths by vehicles requires return of the Bridle Path to its original condition. No fencing shall in any way obstruct the Bridle Paths or interfere with their intended use by equestrians.
9.11 Hunting. No hunting of mammals, reptiles of birds within the Property shall be permitted otherwise then with the approval of the Architectural Control Committee to eliminate a nuisance or to protect the health, safety and welfare of Owners.
9.12 Firearms. No firearms shall be discharged within the Property
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9.13 Maintenance / Repair of Buildings. No building, structure or other improvement on any Lot shall be permitted to fall into disrepair or to remain otherwise than in good, sanitary and rightful condition and each such building, structure and improvement shall at all times be kept in good condition and repair and adequately painted or otherwise finished. In the event any building, structure or improvement is damaged or destroyed then, within one-hundred and eighty (180) days after such event, but subject to the approvals required by Article VII, Section 7.2 above, such building, structure or improvements shall be immediately repaired or rebuilt or shall be demolished and the site revegetated.
9.14 Dead Vegetation. All dead vegetation or otherwise hazardous material shall be promptly removed. Any dead vegetation may be replace with a replacement plant(s) without prior approval of the Architectural Control Committee. However, this provision, which is to facilitate fire protection, shall not require any Owner to remove live trees or landscaping vegetation.
9.15 Health Safety and Welfare. In the event any additional uses, activities and facilities are deemed by the in the Architectural Control Committee to be a nuisance or to adversely the health, safety or welfare of Owners of Lots within the Property, the Architectural Control Committee may make recommendations to the Board of Directors to make rules restricting or regulating the presence of such uses, activities and facilities on the Property as part of the Association Rules.
9.16 Amendment of Land Use Restrictions. The terms and conditions of this Article IX may be amended by a majority vote of the Architectural Control Committee, a majority vote of the Members of the Board of Directors and by not less than fifty-one (51%) percent of the record Owners of Lots in the Property.