CC&R ARTICLE B: Building and Land Use Restrictions
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Section 1. Improvements. No dwelling, residence, outbuilding, fence, wall, building, pool or other structure or other improvement shall be erected, altered, placed or maintained on any Lot unless it shall comply with the following:
(a) Prior to placing any such structure or making any such improvement On the Lot, the plans and specifications for the structure or improvement and a request for approval shall be submitted to and approved by the Committee as provided in Article C. When constructed or placed on the Lot the structure or improvement shall substantially conform to the plans and specifications as approved by the Committee.
(b) Prior to making any change or alteration to the external appearance of any improvement on a Lot, plans and specifications for the alteration and change shall be submitted to and approved by the Committee as provided in Article C. When made the changes or alteration shall substantially conform to the plans and specifications as approved by the Committee.
(c) Once started the work of constructing, altering, repairing or reconstructing any structure or improvement on all Lots shall be diligently prosecuted until completion thereof and in any event the exterior of the structure shall be completed and finished within eight months after the work first commences.
(d) All buildings and improvements on a Lot shall be of permanent construction, and no temporary structure, trailer, mobile home, tent, garage, outbuilding or other similar device shall be placed on any Lot, except with the permission of the Committee incident to and during the construction of the first permanent improvement on the Lot.
(e) No Lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot except for one (1) detached single family dwelling not to exceed two (2) stories in height above its lowest externally visible point where the highest reasonable finish grade of the Lot is next to any portion of the dwelling and except for permitted accessory buildings.
(f) Accessory buildings which are appurtenant to the use of an existing permanent residential building shall be permitted on a Lot, which permitted accessory buildings shall include, without limitation, garages, greenhouses, playhouses, toolsheds, woodsheds, doghouses and gazebos. No permitted accessory building shall be placed on a Lot unless it has been first approved as to the design and location on the Lot by the Committee, The Committee may refuse to approve a permitted accessory building if in the exercise of the discretion of the Committee, the structure detracts from the general visual appearance of the neighborhood as seen from the streets or adjoining properties. The location of a permitted accessory building other than garages shall be at a place which minimizes the visual impact and as a general guideline shall be in the side or rear yard behind the front of the house. The Committee shall not be bound by the guidelines, but may exercise its discretion in that respect.
(g) All structures and improvements shall comply with King County Code setback requirements, as amended from time to time, provided that nothing herein shall require removal of a building originally placed in conformity with such Code because of change in the Code.
(h) No fence, wall, hedge or mass plantings shall be permitted on a Lot to extend nearer to any street than is a building permitted under paragraph (g) of this Section 1, except that nothing shall prevent the erection of a necessary retaining wall, (i) the top of which does not extend more than two (2) feet above the finished grade, (ii) maintenance of decorative rail fences installed by the Declarant or (iii) other decorative walls, fences and hedges which do not exceed three (3) feet in height and which have been approved by the Committee as to appearance prior to installation. No fence, wall, hedge or mass planting shall at any time, where permitted, extend higher than six (6) feet above the ground. No chain-link fence shall be permitted on a Lot unless approved pursuant to Section 6 of Article C.
(i) No exterior aerials, antennas or microwave receivers (dishes) for television or other purposes shall be permitted on any Lot, except with the permission of the Committee.
(j) No lines or wires for the transmission of electric current or television or telephone signals shall be constructed, placed or permitted to be placed outside of the buildings of a Lot, unless the lines and wires shall be underground or in conduit attached to a building.
(k) All trash, recycle materials, yard waste and compost shall be placed in appropriate sanitary containers and screened from view of the street and adjoining structures.
Section 2. Animals. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any Lot except that other usual household pets such as dogs, cats and birds may be kept, provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for commercial purposes and do not become a nuisance.
Section 3. Signs. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view in the Subdivision except entry signs identifying the neighborhood, one professional sign of not more than one square foot, one sign of not more than five (5) square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, and signs used by the Declarant during the initial selling of Lots and by the builder of the first residence on a Lot to advertise and identify the property during the construction and sales period.
Section 4. Nuisances. No Lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish; and trash, garbage or other waste shall not be kept in the Subdivision except in sanitary containers. All equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and out of sight. Nothing shall be done in the Subdivision which may become a nuisance to the neighborhood.
Section 5. Businesses. No trade, craft business, profession, commercial or manufacturing 'enterprise or business or commercial activity of any kind which shall constitute an annoyance to the neighborhood, the evidence of which shall be visible from the exterior of the building on the Lot or which shall increase traffic beyond usual residential volumes in the Subdivision, shall be conducted or carried on upon any Lot or within any building located in this Subdivision.
Section 6. Storage. No goods, equipment, vehicles (including busses, boats, motor homes, and trailers of any description) materials or supplies which are intended for use for non-business purposes or in connection with any trade business or service wherever the same may be conducted, shall be kept, stored, dismantled or repaired outside of any building, approved fence or permitted accessory building on any Lot or on the street adjacent to a Lot.
Section 7. Firearms and Related Activity. No firearms, whether for purposes of hunting or target practice, shall be discharged within the Subdivision.
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