ARTICLE VHI.
<br /> ARCHITECTURAL AND EXTERIOR CONTROLS
<br /> Section 1. No building, driveway, walkway, wall, fence, garage, aerial, antenna, wire, pipe,
<br /> dock, mailbox, mailbox stand, exterior ornament, swimming pool, landscaping, swing set, play area,
<br /> dock or other structure or foliage (hereafter "Improvement") shall be constructed, altered, improved
<br /> or placed upon a Lot without written approval by the Architectural Control Committee of the plans
<br /> and specifications of said Improvement, including site location thereof and of the builder who will
<br /> actually perform the proposed work, in accordance herewith:
<br /> (a) The Architectural Control Committee shall consist of three (3) individuals to be
<br /> appointed or elected by the Owners of the Lots. Subject to Article, I11, Section 2, each Lot Owner
<br /> shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned, regardless of 'many Lots may be owned by a
<br /> single, common, or Joint Owner(s). Fee Owners of record, as to lected in the office of the County
<br /> Recorder for the County in which the Lots are located, shall c nclt ely be deemed the "Owner" of
<br /> a particular Lot for purposes of voting for Architectu� ontrol ittee Members; provided,
<br /> however, any person in possession of said Lot under >icorded contract deed from the recorded
<br /> fee Owner will be deemed the "Owner" in lieu of 46 record fee Owner of such Lot. Election of
<br /> Architectural Control Committee Members shall be condtwted at a meeting of said Lot Owners
<br /> pursuant to notice mailed first class to the mess to wbiCh real property tax statements are sent to
<br /> each such Lot Owner (if an Owner owns mcWil0a one L(i only one notice need be given to such
<br /> Owner). Proof of mailing, whether by affidavit or certificate from the post office or by return receipt
<br /> certificate from the post office or by fern request shall be conclusive evidence of notice
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<br /> `. being given to any particular Lot neid Marty[ shall be held as determined by the Architectural
<br /> Control Committee except that once fifty percent( %)or more of the Lots have been improved with
<br /> Units, said meetings shall take pie�,; Subdivision. Any five (5) or more Lot Owners may
<br /> call a meeting at any timeigovidd d east seve�l i;7)days prior notice is given. Owners representing
<br /> at least 25% of the Lots fil'bil an Emit "A" shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of such Lot
<br /> Owners for a meeting to elect, remove, or re-election or replacement of Architectural Control
<br /> Committee Members. Architectural Control Committee Members shall serve without compensation
<br /> until replaced or remove by the next meeting of Lot Owners or until they resign.
<br /> (b) The Archittontrol Committee shall govern itself according to a majority vote
<br /> of the Committee Members. The Architectural Control Committee, within thirty (30) days of its
<br /> election, or change in its membership pursuant to a Lot Owner's meeting (or in the event no such
<br /> change in membership has occurred during a given calendar year subsequent to the calendar year
<br /> 2004, then, prior to February 1 of each such subsequent year) shall notify each Lot Owner (in the
<br /> same manner required for Lot Owner Meetings) of the name and address of each Architectural
<br /> Control Committee Member, together with a copy of subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this
<br /> Section 1, Article VIII.
<br /> (c) From and after the completion of a Unit on a particular Lot, no building, fence, wall,
<br /> or other Improvement shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon any such Lot, nor shall any
<br /> exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made, nor shall any improvement be placed,
<br /> planted or constructed within such Lot until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind,
<br /> shape, height, materials and location of the same shall have been submitted to and approved in
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