Protective Covenants for Placer Valley
Know all men by these Presents, James F. & Marjorie A. Beresford being the owners of the land known as Placer Valley in County of Park, and State of Colorado, which are herein mentioned, and being the subdivider thereof into the Subdivision named PLACER VALLEY do hereby enter into, make and establish the following PROTECTIVE COVENANTS for and applicable to the said Placer Valley the said Subdivision, and for and applicable to all blocks, lots, building plots, and parcels of land in the said Subdivision, to-wit:
1. There shall be no more than one single family dwelling, guesthouse, barn and /or garage erected on any one acre.
2. No basement, shack, trailer, tent, garage, or like structure, shall be occupied or used as a residence temporarily or permanently, nor shall any temporary structure be occupied as a residence.
3. No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be conducted within the Subdivision, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
4. A private stable may be maintained for not more than three horses, or two horses and one cow, however the total number of such animals that may be kept on any lot, is limited to one such animal for each 10,000 square feet of lot area. Private dog kennels may be kept for not more than three dogs. No other animals, except household pets, will be allowed except for special written permission from the Subdivider.
5. No building site shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish, trash, garbage, debris or other waste, except when kept in sanitary containers which shall be disposed of promptly. All incinerators or other equipment for disposal of such material shall be kept in sanitary condition and every precaution shall be taken against fire hazard. No outside toilet facilities without removable containers shall be used.
6. Property may be used as a picnic site, or building site; purchaser may choose the time to start construction of residence, or cabin.
7. No building shall be erected or permitted on any lot with a ground floor area, exclusive of one story open porches and garages, less than 400 square feet.
8. No building of any kind whatsoever shall be erected within 30 feet of front property line. Front property line shall be any line abutting on any road.
9. No oil drilling, oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying, gravel operations or mining operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any building site, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be permitted upon or in any building site.
10. A culvert shall be installed in ditch of driveway to site by purchaser.
11. No detached single family dwelling or other improvement, shall be erected, placed or altered on any lot until the building plans have been approved in writing as to conformity and harmony of external design with existing structures and planned structures on the property by subdivider. No individual water supply system shall be constructed, developed or altered on any lot until plans and specifications therefor have been approved by the subdivider. No individual sewage disposal system shall be permitted on any lot until specifications therefore have been approved by the subdivider, unless such system is designed, located and constructed in accordance with requirements, standards and recommendations of the United States Forest Service and the Colorado Department of Public Health.
In the event the subdivider fails to approve such plans or designs within thirty days after said plans have been submitted to it, such approval will not be required and this covenant will be deemed to have been fully complied with.
These covenants shall run with the land, and shall bind all parties and all persons claiming under them until may 1st, 1984, at which time they shall be automatically extended for successive 5-year periods, unless by a vote of the majority of the owners of the lots said covenants are then changed in whole or in part. Invalidation of any of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any of the other provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, James F. & Marjorie A. Beresford, owners, have caused their names to be hereunto affixed.