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DE CLARA TION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
This is a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions ánd Restrictions regulating and controlling the,¡
use and development of real property, made effective on the filing hereof, and dated this 31-6
day of July, 2005, by Tyson Merritt, of Lincoln County, Wyoming, hereinafter referred to as
"Declarant" .
RECITALS:
A. The Declarant is owner of certain property that is described located in a portion of
the Sl/2NEl/4SEl/4 of Section 2, T34N, Rl19W of the 6th P.M., County of Lincoln,
Wyoming, herein after referred to as "Property".
B. The Declarant is adopting these covenants, conditions and restrictions to protect
the character and value of the Property for the benefit of all existing and future owners of
the Property.
C. The Property is hereby made subject to the covenants, condition, restrictions,
reservations, assessments, charges and liens contained or provided for this Declaration,
all of which shall run with the land.
D. The Property shall be known as the Merritt Family Subdivision and by such other
or additional names as may be designated by Thë15eclarant from time to time.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Declarant hereby declares that all of the Property shall be held,
sold, conveyed, leased, transferred, used and occupied subject to the provision of this
Declaration, including the tenants, restrictions, reservations, assessments, regulations, charges
and liens contained or provided for herein, which are for the purpose of protecting the value and
desirability of the Property, and that shall be construed as covenants of equitable servitude and
shall run with the land and be binding on all parties having any right, title or interest in the
property or any part thereof, and their heirs, suçcessors and assigns.
ARTICLE 1
USE AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
Section 1. LAND CLASSIFICATION. All land within the Merritt Family
Subdivision has been classified as single family residential property.
Section 2. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. The following general restrictions shall
apply to all of the lots.
(a) Each lot or tract shall be exclusively for residential purposes, and no more
than one family (including servants and transient guests) shall occupy such residence; provided,
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RECEIVING # 912115
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however, that nothing in this subparagraph (a) shall be deemed to prevent the leasing of any lot
from time to time by the owner thereof.
(b) Each residential lot and any and all improvements from time to time
located thereon shall be maintained by the owner thereof in good condition and repair, and in
such manner as not to create a fire hazard, all at such owner's sole cost and expense.
Landscaping should be neat and attractive noxious weeds controlled.
(c) No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall
anything be done or placed thereon which may be or become a nuisance, or cause unreasonable
embarrassment, disturbance, or annoyance to other owners in the enjoyment of their lots. In
determining whether there has been a violation of this subparagraph recognition must be given to
the premise that owners, by virtue of their interest and ownership in the Subdivision, are entitled
to the reasonable enjoyment of the natural benefits and sun'oundings of the Subdivision. Without
limiting any of the foregoing, no exterior speakers, horns, whistles, bells or other sound devices,
except security devices used exclusively to protect the security of the lots and improvements
located thereon, shall be placed or used upon any lot.
(d) No domestic livestock animals of any kind, including but not limited to
pigs, cattle and sheep, shall be allowed on any lot except as follows: A)on any lot, not more than
two (2) dogs or cats; B) on lots 1, 2 and 3 not more than two (2) horses; C) on lots 4 and 5 not
more than four (4) horses. A reasonable number of ducks may be allowed.
Barking dogs constituting as a nuisance shall be confined in a sound resistant
enclosure during normal sleeping hours. All dogs weighing over ten pounds shall be kept and
maintained in a fenced area.
(e) No sign whatsoever, including but without limitation, commercial,
political and similar signs, visible from neighboring property, shall be erected or maintained
upon any lot except for a wooden residential identification sign of a combined total face area of
three (3) square feet or less....
(f) No manufactured house;- house trailer, mobile home, tent, teepee, shack or
similar facility or structure shall be kept, placed or maintained upon any lot at any time, except as
provided below. The terms "manufactured house", "house trailer" or" mobile home" as used
herein includes, but not limited to, any building or structure with wheels and/or axles and any
vehicle, used at any time, or constructed so as to permit its being used for the transport thereof
upon public streets or highways and constructed in a manner as to permit occupancy thereof as a
dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons, and shall also mean any such building,
structure or vehicle, whether or not wheels and/or axils have been removed, after such building
structure or vehicle has been placed either temporarily or permanently upon a foundation. House
trailers will be permitted while home is being constructed, however, such a period shall not be
more than six months. Camper trailers will be allowed on the property, provided they are stored
under a roofed structure.
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(g) No inoperative vehicle shall be kept on the premises for more than thirty
(30) days unless it is parked inside an enclosed building.
(h) All garbage and trash shall be placed and kept in covered containers which
shall be maintained so as not to be visible from neighboring property. Each owner shall provided
for the collection and disposal of garbage and trash not less than once each week. The cost of
garbage and trash collection shall be paid by each owner, in accordance with the billing of the
collector. No rubbish or debris of any kind shall be placed or permitted to accumulate on any lot.
ARTICLE II
STANDARDS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSTRUCTION
Section 1. GENERAL APPLICATION. The following standards and
restrictions are applicable to the construction, reconstruction, alteration and refinishing of any
and all improvements from time to time existing upon the properties.
Section 2. IMPROVEMENTS ALLOWED. No improvements shall be
constructed on the properties other than one single family dwelling to be occupied by the owner,
his lessee, guests and servants, garage, guest house for the use of guests and not for rent, storage
building(s) to be used to house vehicles, equipment and supplies, greenhouses and barns.
Section 3. DESIGN CHARACTER. All buildings shall be constructed in
character with each other specifically by using similar exterior roofing, building material and
coloring on each building on the property.
(a) Exterior materials will be of rough sawn natural wood, peeled log, stone,
exposed aggregate concrete, or similar rough textured natural material, and also vinyl siding,
steel shingle or high quality composite shingle. Ribbed metal roofing on reflective flat colored
finish shall also be allowed.
(b) All buildings must comply with any and all State of Wyoming, and
Lincoln County Building Codes.
(c) No Duilding of any kind may be constructed on any lot without prior
architectural approval. Prior to commencing any construction of any kind, each lot owner must
submit plans and specifications for such construction for architectural approval. Initially,
architectural approval must be received from the Declarant. Declarant reserves and shall exercise
sole and absolute discretion to grant or deny architectural approval. However, Declarant also
reserves the right to assign the approval authority to another person or entity at any time. Any
such assignee shall have the same authority as to architectural approval as Declarant has reserved
herein.
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Section 4.
BUILDING DESIGN AND SETBACKS.
(a) Solar collectors may be of any construction, materials or pitch required
for efficient operation, but they shall not be placed on any structure in a manner which causes
objectionable glare to any neighboring resident. Solar collectors shall be integrated into the
structure of a residence, garage, carport, or other accessory building and shall not be free
standing.
(b) Automobile storage for each residential dwelling shall consist of a
minimum of two indoor parking spaces in a garage that is either detached or attached to the
residence. Parking spaces in the required garage 'shall have minimum dimensions of not less than
ten (10) feet wide by twenty-five (25) feet long and shall be readily accessible by a driveway.
property line.
(c) No building shall be located nearer than ten (10) feet from any exterior
(d) No structure shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on the
property which shall exceed two stories in height.
(e) All electric, television, radio, telephone, sewer, water, and all ofthe utility
installations and connections located on the property shall be placed under the ground.
(f) All construction, recons~ruction, refinishing, alterations and excavations
shall proceed diligently from the date of commencement and shall be completed within twelve
(12) months from the date of commencement except for so long as such completion in rendered
impossible or would result in great hardship to the owner due to strikes, fires, national
emergencies or national calamities.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1. WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. Each residential building
shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system at the owner's sole expense, and such
sewage disposal system shall conform to all applicable standards of the State of Wyoming,
Lincoln County or other regulatory agency. No out-door toilets shall be permitted. All sewer
systems shall be maintained so as to not constitute a nuisance to the adjoining lots.
Each lot owner will be assessed a maintenance and user fee for the water and pipeline that
delivers water to their lot. The assessment will be based upon the water right of the lot owner.
Section 2. SNOW REMOVAL/MAINTENANCE. Snow removal and
maintenance is the sole responsibility of owner of the property, which includes the driveway or
access from the main roadway on to the lots. All lot owners will share equally in the cost of
snow removal and maintenance of the main service roadway to the boundary of the subdivision.
All lot owners will be assessed a maintenance and snow removal fee.
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Section 2. FENCES. No metal posts will be allowed and no barbed wire
shall be used, except that barbed wire fences may be used for subdivision boundary fences.
Section 3. PETS. All pets will be controlled at all times by the pets'
owner(s) and will be fenced or otherwise suitably confined when not under the owner's
immediate verbal or other command.
ARTICLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. ENFORCEMENT. Each grantee of a lot of the Subdivision by
acceptance of a deed or execution of a contract of purchase incorporating by reference this
declaration accepts the same, subject to all such conditions, covenants, reservations, easements,
rights-of-way and restrictions set forth herein or on the plat. Declarant or any lot owner shall
have the right to enforce, by any proceeding at law or in equity, all conditions, covenants,
reservations, easements, right-of-way, restrictions, liens, and charges now or hereafter imposed
by the provisions of this declaration. Failure by Declarant or by any owner to enforce any
conditions, covenants, reservations, easements, right-of-way and restrictions contained herein
shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. A breach of any restriction,
condition or covenant may be joined, abated or remedied by appropriate proceedings. The
Declarant or owner or other party shall be entitle,d to recover their fees, costs, and expenses,
including reasonable attorney's fees, from the party against whom enforcement action is brought.
No such breach shall affect or impair the lien of any bona fide mortgage or deed of trust which
shall have been given in good faith and for value; provided, however, that any subsequent owner
of said property shall be bound by the said conditions, covenants, reservations, easements, right-
of-way and restrictions whether obtained by foreclosure or a trustee sale or otherwise.
Section 2. DEFINITION OF NUISANCE. Every act or omission
whereby any condition, covenant, reservation, easement, right-of-way or restriction in this
declaration is violate~ in whole or part is declared to be and shall constitute a nuisance and may
be abated by the Declarant of his successors in interest or by any lot owner and such remedy shall
be deemed cumulative and not exclusive.
Section 3. SEVERABILITY. Invalidation of anyone of these covenants,
conditions and reservations, by judgement or court order shall not be deemed to affect other
provisions of this declaration which shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. DURATION AND AMENDMENT. All of the covenants,
conditions, and restrictions set forth in this declaration shall continue to remain in full force and
effect at all times against the subdivision lots and the Owners thereof, subject to the right of
¡ amendment or modification provided for below, for a term of twenty (20) years, after which time
¡they shall automatically be extended for successive periods of twenty (20) years.
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This declaration may be amended during the first twenty (20) year period by an
instrument in writing signed by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the Lot Owners and the
Declarant, if the Declarant still is a property owner within the subdivision; Thereafter, by an
instrument in writing signed by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the Lot Owners, which
amendment becomes effective when the instrument ir recorded in the Office of the County Clerk
of Lincoln County, Wyoming. The Declarant snaIl have the right in his sole discretion, during
such time as Declarant owns not less than two(2) Lots, to amend or modify this Declaration by an
instrument in writing, and all Lots within the Subdivision including those previously sold shall
be subject to such modification. Any such amendments shall be duly executed by the Declarant
and are effective when recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Section 5. GOVERNING LAW. This declaration shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Wyoming and shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns of the Declarant and the owners.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Declarant has executed this Declaration as of the day
and year first above written.
STATE OF WYOMING )
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COUNTY OF LINCOLN )
The forgoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3151- day of July, 2005, by
Tyosn Merritt.
CHRISTINA K. ALLRED - NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF _ STATE OF
LINCOLN ~ WYOMING
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 04/30/2009
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