RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
RIVER RIDGE
SUBDIVISION LOTS 1-33
1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION.
These covenants shall apply in their entirety to the area now known and
described as River Ridge Subdivision, Lots 1-33, Independence County,
Arkansas, as appears on the plat of record in the office of the Recorder of
Independence County, Arkansas, in Book "I" of "Large Survey" at Page 145.
2. LAND USE AND BUILDING
TYPES. No lot in the addition shall be used for any other purpose than
single-family residential dwelling. No building shall be erected, altered,
placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single
family dwelling. No business or commercial use shall be carried on or
permitted in any structure or in any portion of this addition in keeping
with the general plan to develop this property for the highest class of
residential occupancy. Cabana structures may be built and maintained within
the building area on any lot in the addition when used in connection with a
swimming pool. The interior area of a detached cabana will not be included
in the determination of the minimum dwelling sizes. Said residential
dwellings shall be a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square
feet, living space.
3. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.
a) No noxious or offensive
activity and no commercial activities of any kind shall be carried on upon
any lot in this addition, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or
become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
b) No manufactured housing,
trailer, mobile home, tent, shack, or barn shall be erected on any lot in
this subdivision, temporary or permanently, except for temporary use by
construction contractors only. Tents used for recreational purposes of a
short duration shall not be considered as excluded by this provision.
c) No signs, billboards,
posters or advertising devices shall be permitted upon any of the lots in
this addition except that the owner of each lot may place house numbers and
the owner's name upon his or her mail box or dwelling.
d) No livestock,
specifically cattle and hogs, shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot.
Dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept provided that they are not
kept, bred or maintained for commercial purposes.
e) No trash, ashes or other
refuse may be thrown or dumped on any of the lots of the addition.
f) No building material of
any kind or character shall be placed or stored upon any lot in the addition
until the owner is ready to commence construction of the improvements
requiring such materials. Building materials shall not be placed or stored
in the street or between the curb and property lines.
g) Grass, weeds and
vegetation shall be kept mowed and cleared at regular intervals on each lot
by the owner thereof so as to maintain the same in a neat and attractive
manner. No debris shall be allowed to accumulate upon any lot. Dead trees,
shrubs, vines and plants shall be promptly removed from each lot.
4. BUILDING LOCATION. No
building shall be located on any lot nearer to the front lot line than
thirty (30) feet. Side yards shall be maintained between the side lot lines
and the building line of not less than ten (10) feet. No building will be
permitted or constructed nearer than twenty-five (25) feet to the rear
property line of any lot.
5. DIVISION OF LOTS. A
"lot" as that word is used herein shall consist of a numbered lot as shown
on the plat of the addition, together with any portion or portions of an
adjacent lot or lots comprising a single building site.
6. EASEMENTS. No recorded
easement shall be used by any company or person, other than the owner of the
affected lot or lots, for any purpose other than those designated on the
plat of the addition. Subdivision road easements are fifty (50) feet.
7. PERSONS BOUND BY THESE
COVENANTS. All persons or corporations who now own or shall hereafter
acquire any of the lots in this addition shall be deemed to have agreed and
covenanted with the owners of all other lots in this addition and with its
or their heirs, successors and assigns to conform to and observe the
restrictions, covenants and stipulations contained herein for a period of 25
years from the date these covenants are recorded, and these covenants shall
thereafter automatically extend in effect for successive periods of 10 years
unless prior to the end of the original term or any successive term of the
application hereof a majority of the then owners of lots in the addition
agree to the amendment or removal of these covenants in whole or in part.
These covenants may be amended at any time by the owners of 80% of the lots
in the addition. No changes in these covenants in the manner herein set
forth shall be valid unless the same shall be placed of record in the office
of the Recorder of Independence County, Arkansas, duly executed and
acknowledged by the requisite number of owners.
8. RIGHT TO ENFORCE. The
covenants, agreements and restrictions herein set forth shall run with the
title to the lots in this addition and bind the present owners, their heirs,
successors and assigns, future owners and their heirs, successors and
assigns; and all parties claiming by, through or under them shall be taken
to hold, agree and covenant with their owners or other lots in the addition,
their heirs, successors and assigns, and with Owners, as to covenants and
agreements herein set forth and contained. None shall be personally binding
on any person, persons, or corporations except with respect to breaches
committed during its, his or their holding of title to lots in the
addition. Any owner or owners of lots in this Addition shall have right to
sue for and obtain an injunction, prohibitive or mandatory, to prevent the
breach of or to enforce the observance of any of the covenants, agreements
or restrictions contained herein together with any other rights to which
they might otherwise be entitled under the laws of the State of Arkansas.
The invalidation of any one of these covenants, restrictions or agreements
herein contained by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction shall in
no way affect any of the other provisions hereof which will remain in full
force and effect. |