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Jennifer J Hayden
HAMILTON County Recorder IN
Recorded as Presented
MASTER DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND
RESTRICTIONS
OF
THE LEGACY
Recorded , 2008
Instrument No.
Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County
MASTER
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS
THE LEGACY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1. Definitions 2
Section 2. Declaration and Relation to Supplemental Declarations
and Associations 2
A. Declaration 2
B. ReeIation to Supplemental Declarations 2
C. Relation of Corporation to Supplemental Associations 2
Section 3. Additions to and Withdrawals from the Property 2
A. Additions 2
B. Withdrawals 3
Section 4. Common Area 3
A. Development of Common Area 3
B. Maintenance 3
C. Title 4
Section 5. The Common Area Use and Improvement 4
A. Use and Improvements 4
B. Education Facility 4
Section 6. The Ponds 4
A. Maintenance of Banks of Ponds 4
B. Use 4
Section 7. The Amenity Area(s) 5
Section 8. Drainage System 5
Section 9. Paths and Path Lights 5
Section 10. Enhy Ways, Landscape Easements and Round- Abouts 5
A. Entry Ways 5
B. Landscape Easements 5
C. Round - Abouts 5
Section 11. Street Trees; Snow Removal; Trash Removal 6
A. Street Trees 6
13. Snow Removal 6
C. Trash Removal 6
Section 12. Shared Parking Lots 6
Section 13. Change of Use of Common Area 6
Section 14. The Legacy Governing Association, Inc 6
A. Membership 6
B. Powers 6
C. Board of Directors 6
D. Maintenance Standards 7
E. Insurance, Taxes and Utilities 7
F. Limitations on Action by the Corporation 7
G. Mergers 7
Section 15. Assessments. 7
A. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments 7
13. General Assessment 8
C. Plaza/Community Drive Assessment 10
D. Initial Assessment 12
E. Real Estate Subsequently Annexed 13
F. Capital Assessment 13
G. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments; Remedies of the
Corporation 13
H. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages 13
1. Certificates 13
7. Corporation's Annual Budget Plan 13
K. Special Assessments 14
L. Violation Assessments 14
Section 16. Architectural Control. 19
Section 17 Common Area and Common Facilities 15
A. Ownership 15
B. Density ofUse 15
C. Management and Control 15
D. Easements of Enjoyment 15
E. Extent of Easements 16
F. Additional Rights of Use 17
G. Damage or Destruction by Owner 17
H. Conveyance of Title 17
1. Limited General Common Area and Limited Common Facilities 18
Section 18. Use of Property 18
A. Protective.Covenants 18
B. Maintenance of Property 18
Section 19. Easements 19
A. Plat Easements 19
B. General Easement 20
C. Public Health and Safety Easements 21
D. Crossing Underground Easements 21
E. Declarant's Easement to Correct Drainage 21
F. Water Retention 21
G. Damage 21
1-1. Connections Authorized 21
Section 20. Use of Lots during Development 21
A. By Declarant 21
13. By 13uilders 22
Section 21. Enforcement 22
Section 22. Limitations on Rights of the Corporation and
Supplemental Association 22
Section 23. Approvals by Declarant 22
Section 24. Mortgages 22
A. Notice to Corporation 22
B. Notices to Mortgagees 23
C. Notice of Unpaid Assessments 23
D. Financial Statement 23
E. Payments by Mortgagees 23
Section 25. Amendments 23
A. Generally 23
B. By Declarant 24
C. Approval by Zoning Authority 24
D. Class Approval 24
E. Effective Date 24
Section 26. Interpretation 24
Section 27. Duration 24
Section 28. Severability 24
Section 29. Non - Liability of Declarant 24
Section 30. Compliance with the Soil Erosion Control Plan 24
A. The Plan 24
B. Maintenance 25
C. Indemnity 25
Section 31. Exclusive Builders 25
Section 32. Right to Develop 25
Section 33. Exclusive Rights to Use Name of Development 25
Section. 34. Right to Approve Additional Covenants 25
Section 35. Perpetuities 25
Section 36. Mechanic's Liens 25
Section 37. Tax Abatement 26
MASTER
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF
THE LEGACY
This Declaration (the "Declaration "), is made as of the 33 sT day of C.TbB612._ ,
2008, by East Carmel, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, ("Declarant ");
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Declarant is the Owner of certain real estate located in Hamilton County, Indiana,
and more particularly described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit
"A" (the "Real Estate ");
WHEREAS, the real estate located in Hamilton County and particularly described in what is
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit `B ", together with all real estate eontiguous
therewith, shall mean and be referred to throughout this Declaration as the "Additional Real Estate ";
WHEREAS, the word "Property" as used throughout this Declaration shall mean and refer to the
Real Estate together with such portions of the Additional Real Estate as may be made subject to this
Declaration per the terms of Section 3 below;
WHEREAS, the Declarant intends, but is not obligated to develop upon the Property a master
planned, mixed -use community to be known as The Legacy, as generally and preliminarily depicted on the
Preliminary Plan of Development, which Preliminary Plan of Development may from time to time be
amended by the Declarant in the Declarant's discretion;
WHEREAS, the Real Estate described in what are attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference as Exhibit A and Exhibit B has been designated as a Planned Unit Development District and
development thereof is subject to the development standards set forth in the Zoning Ordinance;
WHEREAS, Declarant intends, but is not obligated, to construct certain improvements and
amenities hi The Legacy which may constitute either General Common Area or Limited Common Area, as
it is designated by the Declarant in the Declarant's discretion;
WHEREAS, Declarant desires to provide for the preservation and enhancement of the property
values, amenities and opportunities in The Legacy and for the maintenance of the Property and the
improvements thereon, and to this end desires to subject the Property to the covenants, restrictions,
easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth, each of which is for the benefit of the Lots and lands in
the Property and the future Owners and Occupants thereof;
WHEREAS, Declarant deems it desirable, for the efficient preservation of the values and
amenities in The Legacy, to create agencies, including Supplemental Associations, to which may be
delegated and assigned by Declarant the powers of owning, maintaining and administering the Common
Areas, administering and enforcing the Restrictions, collecting and disbursing the General Assessments,
Special Assessments and other changes and Assessments hereinafter created, and promoting the health,
safety, and welfare of the Owners and Occupants of Lots and Units in The Legacy; and,
WHEREAS, Declarant has incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana a nonprofit
corporation known as The Legacy Governing Association, Inc., and may incorporate Supplemental
Associations for the purpose of exercising the aforementioned functions.
NOW, `BEFORE, Declarant hereby declares that all of the Lots and lands in the Property and
such additions thereto as may hereafter be made pursuant to Section 3 hereof, as they are held and shall be
held, conveyed, • hypothecated or encumbered, leased, rented, used, occupied and improved, are subject to
the following Restrictions, all of which are declared to be in furtherance of a plan for the improvement and
sale of Lots and Units in the Property, and are established and agreed upon for the purpose of enhancing
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and protecting the value, desirability and attractiveness of the Property as a whole and of each of the Units,
Lots and lands situated therein. The Restrictions shall run with the land and shall be binding upon
Declarant its respective successors and assigns, and upon the parties having or acquiring any interest in the
Property or any part or parts thereof subject to such Restrictions, and shall inure to the benefit of Declarant
and its successors in title to the Property or any part or parts thereof
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Declaration shall have the meaning given
such terms in Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise.
Section 2. Declaration and Relation to Supplemental Declarations and Associations.
(A) Declaration. Declarant hereby expressly declares that the Property and
any additions thereto pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall he held, transferred, and occupied
subject to the Restrictions. The Owner of any Lot, Parcel or Unit subject to the Restrictions,
by (i) acceptance of a deed conveying title thereto, or the execution of a contract for the
purchase thereof whether from Declarant or a subsequent Owner of such Lot, Parcel, or
Unit, or (ii) by the act of occupancy of any Lot, Parcel or Unit, shall accept such deed,
execute such contract and/or take such occupancy subject to each Restriction and agreement
herein contained. By acceptance of such deed or execution of such contract, each owner
acknowledges the rights and powers of Declarant and of the Corporation with respect to the
Restrictions, and also for itself, its heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns,
covenants, agrees and consents to and with Declarant, the Corporation, and the Owners and
subsequent Owners of each of the Lots, Parcels and Units affected by the Restrictions to
keep, observe, comply with and perform such Restrictions and agreements.
(B) Relation to Supplemental Declarations. This Declaration is intended
primarily to address areas of common concern and benefit to all Owners in The Legacy, but
also establishes general Restrictions applicable to particular Parcels. As a mixed -use
community, certain matters will be primarily of concern to Owners within a particular
Parcel which shall be subject to a Supplemental Declaration which shall compliment or
supplement the provisions of this Declaration. Except as expressly provided in such
Supplemental Declaration (and where necessary approved by Declarant), in the event of a
conflict between the terms of this Declaration and a Supplemental Declaration, the terms of
this Declaration shall control; provided, however, that nothing in this Declaration shall
preclude any Supplemental Declaration from containing additional restrictions applicable to
any Parcel which are more restrictive than the provisions of this Declaration and, in such
case, the more restrictive shall control.
(C) Relation of Corporation to Supplemental Associations. The
Corporation shall have the power to veto any action taken or contemplated to be taken by
any Supplemental Association which the Corporate Board reasonably determines to be
adverse to the interests of the Corporation or a class of Owners. The Corporation also shall
have the power to require specific action to be taken by any Supplemental Association in
connection with its express obligations and responsibilities under a Supplemental
Declaration, such as requiring specific maintenance or repairs or aesthetic changes to be
effectuated and requiring that a proposed budget include certain items and that expenditures
be made therefore. In the event of the failure or unreasonable delay of a Supplemental
Association to enforce a Supplemental Declaration against the Owners subject thereto, the
Corporation may, but shall not be required to, do so, at the expense of such Supplemental
Association.
Section 3. Additions to and Withdrawals from the Property.
(A) Additions. As of-the date of the execution of this Declaration the Property
comprises the Real Estate. Declarant in its discretion shall have the right, and hereby
reserves on to itself the unilateral right, at any time, and from time to time, at any time prior
to the Applicable Date, to add to the Property and subject to this Declaration all or any part
of the Additional Real Estate. Auy portion of the Additional Real Estate shall be added to
the Property, and therefore and thereby becomes a part of the Property and subject in all
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respects to this Declaration and all rights, obligations, and privileges herein, when Declarant
places of record in Hamilton. County, Indiana an instrument so declaring the same to be part
of the Property, which instrument may be a Supplemental Declaration, a declaration of
annexation contained in a Plat, a statement in a Plat that the Lots and Common Areas
therein are subject to this Declaration or an amendment to this Declaration. Any such
Supplemental Declaration may contain modifications hereto and additional terms,
conditions, restrictions, maintenance obligations, and assessments as may be necessary to
reflect the different character, if any, of the Additional Real Estate.
Upon recording of any such instrument on or before the Applicable Date, the real
estate described therein shall, for all purposes, thereafter be deemed a part of the Property
and the Owners of any Lots within such real estate shall be deemed for all purposes, to have
and be subject to all of the rights, duties, privileges, and obligations of Owners and Lots
within the Property. No single exercise of Declarant's right and option to add and expand
the Property as to any part or parts of the Additional Real Estate shall preclude Declarant
from thereafter from time to time further expanding and adding to the Property to include
other portions of the Additional Real Estate, and such right and option of expansion may be
exercised by Declarant from time to time as to all or any portions of the Additional Real
Estate so long as such expansion is accomplished on or before the expiration of the
Applicable Date. Such expansion of the Property is in the discretion of the Declarant and
nothing contained in this Declaration or otherwise shall require Declarant to expand the
Property beyond the Real Estate, or to any portions of the Additional Real Estate which
Declarant may voluntarily and in its discretion from time to time subject to this Declaration.
(B) Withdrawals. So long as it has a right to annex Additional Real Estate
pursuant to Section 3(A), Declarant reserves the right in its discretion to amend this
Declaration and the Preliminary Plan of Development for any purpose including, without
limitation, the purpose of removing any portion of the Property, which has not yet been
improved with Structures, from the coverage of this Declaration Such amendment shall not
require the consent of any Person other than the Owner(s) of the property to be withdrawn,
if not the Declarant. If the property is General Common Area, the Corporation shall consent
to such withdrawal.
Section 4. Common Area. Subject to, and unless otherwise provided in this Declaration, a Plat, a
Supplemental Declaration, an instrument of conveyance to a Permitted Title I- Iolder, or a Development
instrument, the development, ownership and maintenance of any Common Area shall be in accordance
with the following and other applicable provisions of this Declaration:
(A) Development of Common Area. Declarant intends, but is not obligated,
to develop Common Area. Declarant reserves the right, subsequent to commencement of
the development of the Cornmon Area, to determine its size, location, configuration and
type all of which may vary, in the Declarant's discretion, from that depicted on the
Preliminary Plan of Development.
(B) Maintenance.
1. The Corporation shall be responsible for maintaining any
General Common Area and any General Common Facilities, and the
Maintenance Costs thereof shall be assessed as a General Assessment against
all Lots subject to Assessment; and
2. Except as noted below Section 4(B)(3), the Applicable
Supplemental Association shall be responsible for maintaining Limited
Common Area located within its Parcel and any Limited Common Facilities,
and the Maintenance Costs thereof shall be assessed as a Parcel Assessment
pursuant to the corresponding Supplemental Declaration.
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3. The Village District Supplemental Association shall be
responsible for maintaining (i) the Plaza and (ii) the Limited Common
Facilities located within all four (4) sides of the entire perimeter of the block
which encloses, in part, the Plaza and (iii) the Limited Common Facilities
located within the segment of Community Drive located south of 146th Street
and north of Integrity Mall, and the costs thereof shall be allocated and
charged to all Supplemental Associations on a pro -rata basis on a manner
determined by the Declarant, in its discretion, using the Valuation Table.
(C) Title. Prior to the Applicable Date, Declarant shall convey title, by
quitclaim deed, to any General Common Area to a Permitted Title Holder. Prior to the
applicable Parcel Applicable Date, Declarant shall convey title, by quitclaim deed, to
any Limited Common Area within such Parcel to a Permitted Title Holder.
Section 5. The Common Area Use and Improvement.
(A) Use and Improvements. Unless approved by the Declarant, in its discretion, or
the Corporate Board, in its discretion, no permanent improvements shall be made to or installed on
any General Common Area or General Common Facilities. The use of the Common Area which
is General Common Area shall be subject to rules, regulations, policies and procedures adopted by
the Corporate Board, in its discretion, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Declaration. The use of the Common Area which is Limited Common Area shall be subject to
rules, regulations, policies and procedures adopted by the Supplemental Board of the Applicable
Supplemental Association, in its discretion, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Declaration or the Applicable Supplemental Declaration. The General Common Area(s) may be
used by all Owners and Occupants and their guests. Unless otherwise specified in this Declaration
or in a Supplemental Declaration, all Limited Common Areas may be used by all Owners and
Occupants and their guests.
(B) Education Facility, Any Educational Facility may be constructed by and be the
property of the public or private educational institution which operates the Education Facility, and
the Corporation, in the discretion of the Corporate Board, may enter into an agreement by which
the Educational Facility may from time to time be used exclusively by the public or private
educational institution which operates the Educational Facility.
Section 6. The Ponds
(A) Masateraance of Banks of Ponds. Unless otherwise specified in writing by
the Declarant, all Ponds within the Property are General Common Areas to be maintained
by the Corporation. In the Declarant's discretion, any Common Area contiguous with the
pool level of a pond may be designated in writing by the Declarant as a General Common
Area or a Limited Common Area and shall then be maintained by the Corporation and the
Applicable Supplemental Association, respectively.
(B) Use. No dock, pier, wall or other structure may be extended into any
pond, and no boats or swimming shall be permitted in any part of a Pond (1) that is General
Common Area without the prior approval of the Corporate Board, or (ii) that is Limited
Common Area without the prior approval of the Supplemental Board of the applicable
Supplemental Association. Each Owner of a Lot abutting a Poncl shall indemnify and hold
harmless Declarant, the Corporation, the Applicable Supplemental Association and each
other Owner against all loss or damage incurred as a result of injury to any Person or
damage to any property, or as a result of any other cause or thing, arising from or related to
use of, or access to, a Pond by any Person who gains access thereto from, over or across
such Owner's Lot with the knowledge or acquiescence of such Owner. The Declarant shall
have no Iiability, whatsoever, to any Person with respect to a Pond, the use thereof or access
thereto, or with respect to any damage to any Lot resulting from a Pond or the proximity of
a Lot thereto, including loss or damage from erosion.
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Section 7, The Amenity Area(s). Declarant may, but is not obligated to, construct in any
Common Area one or more Amenity Areas. The Amenity Area(s) shall not be available for use by all
Owners and Occupants but, instead, .shall be limited in use, per the terms of a Supplemental Declaration
governing the Amenity Area(s), to (1) only the Owners and Occupants identified in such Supplemental
Declaration and (ii) to persons who are not Owners or Occupants, on terms and conditions specified in such
Supplemental Declaration. If Declarant undertakes the development of one or more Amenity Area(s),
Declarant intends upon completion of construction to convey the same by quitclaim deed to a Supplemental
Association prior to the applicable Parcel Applicable Date specified in such Supplemental Declaration, and
subject to the right of Declarant to use the Amenity Area(s) in the Declarant's discretion. Unless the
instrument of conveyance provides otherwise, the Applicable Supplemental Association shall be
responsible for maintenance of the Amenity Area(s) and the Maintenance Costs thereof shall be assessed as
a Parcel Assessment against all Lots within and covered by such Supplemental Declaration. The
Supplemental Board of the applicable Supplemental Association in its discretion may adopt such rules,
regulations, policies and procedures with respect to the use of Amenity Area(s) as it deems appropriate and
may charge reasonable fees for the use thereof, but no rule, regulation or charge shall be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Declaration or the Supplemental Declaration.
Section 8, Drainage System. The Drainage System will be constructed for the purpose of
controlling drainage within and adjacent to the Property and maintaining the water level in the Ponds. Each
Owner shall be individually liable for the cost of maintenance of any drainage system located entirely upon
his Lot and which is devoted exclusively to drainage of his Lot and is not maintained by the Drainage
Board.
Section 9. Paths and Path Lights. In its discretion the Declarant may, but is not obligated to,
install the Paths at the approximate locations depicted on the Preliminary Plan of Development, and/or
elsewhere in easements or Co nanon Areas, and Path Lights and may reserve easements for such purpose
over and across Lots_ The Corporate Board or the Supplemental Board of the Applicable Supplemental
Association may, in their discretion, adopt such rules, regulations, policies and procedures with respect to
the use of the Paths which are General Common Area or Limited Common Areas, respectively, as such
Corporate Board or Supplemental Board may deem appropriate.
Section 10. Entry Ways. Landscape Easements and Round - Abouts.
(A) Entry Ways. Grass, trees, shrubs and other plantings located on an Entry
Way shall be kept neatly cut, cultivated or trimmed as reasonably required to maintain an
attractive entrance to The Legacy or a part thereof All entrance signs located on an Entry
Way shall be maintained at all times in good and sightly condition appropriate to a first -
class master planned, mixed -use community. The obligations specified in this Section
10(A) shall be (i) the obligations of the Corporation with respect to Entry Ways which are
within General Common Areas or which contain General Common Facilities and (ii) the
obligation of the Applicable Supplemental Association with respect to Entry Ways which
are within Limited Common Areas or which contain Limited Common Facilities.
(B) Landscape Easements. Unless the Corporate I3oard or Supplemental
Board, as applicable, determines that all or some of the Landscape Easements shall be
maintained by the Corporation and/or a Supplemental Association and the Maintenance
Costs thereof assessed as a General Assessment or Parcel Assessment, the Owner of each
Lot upon which a Landscape Fasement is located shall at his/her expense keep the grass,
trees, shrubs and other plantings located on a Landscape Easement properly irrigated and
neatly cut, cultivated or trimmed as reasonably necessary to maintain the same at all times
in a good and sightly condition appropriate to a first -class master planned mixed use
community and, if such Owner fails to do so, the Corporation or a Supplemental
Association, as applicable, may undertake such maintenance and assess the Maintenance
Costs thereof as a Special Assessment against such Lot.
(C) Round- Abouts. The Corporation shall maintain the Round - Abouts
(exclusive of the street pavement, curbs and drainage structures and tiles), and the
Maintenance Costs there of shall be assessed as a General Assessment.
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Section 11. Street Trees; Snow Removal; Trash Removal
(A) Street Trees. The following rules apply to the rnaintenance and
replacement of Street Trees:
1. Street Trees located within Cherry Creek Boulevard and the
segment of Community Drive located south of the Integrity Mall shall be
maintained by the Corporation.
2. Unless otherwise specified in a Supplemental Declaration or in
an amendment to this Declaration, and except as set forth above in Section
11(AXI), Street Trees located within streets internal to any Parcel or contiguous
with the perimeter of any Parcel shall be maintained by the Applicable
Supplemental Association.
3. Street Trees in the segment of 146th Street contiguous with a
General Common Area shall be maintained by the Corporation.
4. The foregoing notwithstanding, any Street Trees which are
damaged or destroyed by the intentional or negligent act of a Person shall be
replaced by that Person.
(B) Snow Removal. Snow removal which is a Corporate Obligation shall be
undertaken at frequencies and depths determined by the Corporate Board in its discretion,
and snow removal which is a Supplemental Association Obligation shall be undertaken at
frequencies and depths as determined by the Supplemental Board in its discretion.
(C) Trash Removal. Trash removal may, in the Declarant's discretion, be the
obligation of the Applicable Supplemental Association on terms specified in a Supplemental
Declaration.
Section 12. Shared Parking Lots. Declarant shall construct such Shared Parking lots as it deems
desirable. Unless otherwise determined by the Declarant in the Declarant's discretion, such shared parking
lots shall be a Limited Common Area and shall be maintained by the Applicable Supplemental Association.
In the Declarant's discretion, the cost of maintaining such shared parking Iot shall be assessed by the
Applicable Supplemental Association against all or fewer than all Owners within the Pagel.
Section 13. Change of Use of Common Area. A Permitted Title Holder shall not change the use
of any Common Area conveyed to the Permitted Title Holder by Declarant from the use being made thereof
at the time of conveyance without the prior consent or approval of (i) prior to the Applicable Date,
Declarant or (ii) after the Applicable Date, the Corporate Board and, if the same is Limited Common Area,
the Supplemental Board of the applicable Supplemental Association.
Section 14. The Legacy Governing, Association Inc
(A) Membership. The Corporation shall not have members.
(B) Powers. The Corporation shall have such powers as are set forth in this
Declaration and in the Corporate Articles and Corporate ByLaws, or designated to it in a
Supplemental Declaration, together with all other powers that belong to it by law.
(C) Board of Directors. Prior to the Applicable Date, and as specified in the
Corporate Bylaws, (i) any and all members of the Corporate Board shall be appointed by
and serve at the pleasure of the Declarant, (ii) any and all members of the Corporate Board
may be removed and replaced by the Declarant at any time and for any reason, and (iii) all
vacancies in the Corporate Board shall be filled by the Declarant. After the Applicable
Date, members of the Corporate Board may be designated, appointed, or removed in the
manner set forth in the Corporate Bylaws.
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(D) Maintenance Standards. in each instance in which this Declaration
imposes on the Corporation a maintenance obligation with respect to the General Common
Area or the General Common Facilities or a part thereof, the Corporation shall maintain the
General Common Area, General Common Facilities or designated part thereof in good
condition, order and repair substantially comparable to Its condition when originally
constructed, installed or planted and compatible in appearance and utility with a first -class
master planned, mixed -use community. Grass, trees, shrubs and other plantings located on
the General Common Area for which the Corporation has maintenance responsibility may,
in the discretion of the Corporation's Board, be irrigated and shall be kept properly and
neatly cut, cultivated or trimmed as reasonably required and otherwise maintained at all
times in good and sightly condition appropriate to a .first -class master planned, mixed -use
community.
(E) Insurance, Taxes and Utilities. The Corporation shall maintain public
liability and casualty insurance in prudent amounts insuring against risk of loss to the
Corporation on account of injury to person or property and damage to property owned by
the Corporation, shall maintain en-ors and omissions insurance insuring its officers and
directors, and shall pay all taxes assessed against property and all utility charges incurred
with respect to General Common Area and General Common Facilities.
(F) Limitations on Action by the Corporation. Unless at least two - thirds
(2/3) of the Mortgagees (based on one vote for each first mortgage owned) and two - thirds
(2/3) of the members of the Corporate Board have given their prior written approval, a
Permitted Title Holder, the Corporate Board and the Owners may not: (i) except as
authorized by Section 17(A) (but subject to the limitations of Section 17(A), by act or
omission seek to abandon, partition, subdivide, encumber, sell or transfer the General
Common Area (but the granting of easements for public utilities or other public purposes
consistent with the intended use of the General Common Area shall not be deemed a
transfer for the purposes of this clause); (ii) fail to maintain fire and extended coverage
insurance on insurable General Common Area and General Common Facilities on a current
replacement cost basis in the amount of one hundred percent (1 OO %) of the insurable value
(based on current replacement cost); (iii) use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any
General Common Area or General Common Facilities for other than the repair, replacement
or reconstruction of the General Common Area or General Common Facilities.
(G) Mergers. Upon a merger or consolidation of another corporation with the
Corporation, its properties, rights and obligations may, as provided in its Articles of
Incorporation, by operation of law be transferred to another surviving or consolidated
corporation or, alternatively, the properties, rights and obligations of another corporation
may by operation of law be added to the properties, rights and obligations of the
Corporation as a surviving corporation pursuant to a merger. The surviving or consolidated
corporation may administer the covenants and restrictions established by this Declaration
within the Property together with the covenants and restrictions established upon any other
properties as one scheme. No merger or consolidation, however, shall effect any revocation,
change or addition to the covenants established by this Declaration within the Property
except as hereinafter provided.
Section 15. Assessments.
(A) Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments. Each
Owner (other than Declarant and Designated Builders) of any Lot by acceptance of a deed
thereto, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and
agree to pay to the Corporation: (i) General Assessments, (ii) Plaza/Community Drive
Assessment, (iii) Initial Assessments, (iv) Capital Assessments and (v) Special Assessments,
such Assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided.
If two (2) or more Lots originally shown on a Plat are consolidated as a single Lot
by virtue of partial vacation of a Plat then, as long as such Lots are consolidated, they shall
be deemed to constitute a single Lot for purposes of Assessments under this Section 15. If
such Lot is divided by conveyance of portions thereof to owners of adjacent Lots, then, so
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long as the divided Lot is used in its entirety by one or more Owners of contiguous Lots,
such divided Lot shall not be a Lot for purposes of Assessment under this Section.
All Assessments, together with interest thereon and costs of collection thereof,
shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the Lot against which each
Assessment is made until paid in full. The Corporate Board, in its discretion, is hereby :fully
authorized to record with the Recorder of Hamilton County a written instrument evidencing
the lien, against the applicable Lot, for any delinquent Assessments. Each Assessment,
together with interest thereon and costs of collection thereof, shall also be the personal
obligation of the Person who was the Owner of the Lot at the time when the Assessment
became due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and, except as hereinafter provided, without
limiting the personal obligation of any such Person, the Corporate Board, in its discretion
may, from time to time, elect to require the collection .of any Assessments of the
Corporation by and through a Supplemental Association, which shall then allocate the
Assessments of the Corporation to those Owners who are members of such Supplemental
Association, and such Supplemental Association, along with the owners within the
Supplemental Association's Parcel, shall be personally liable therefore.
(B) General Assessment.
1. Purpose of Assessment. The General Assessment levied by the
Corporation shall be used exclusively to promote the health, safety, and
welfare of the Owners of Lots and Occupants of Units and to satisfy the
Corporate Obligations as determined by the Corporate Board. The Corporate
Board, in its discretion, from time to time may but shall not be obligated to
establish and maintain a reserve fund for replacements by the allocation from
the General Assessment and the payment to such reserve fund of an amount
determined annually by the Corporate Board, in its discretion, to be sufficient
to meet the cost of periodic significant capital repairs, renewals and
replacements of the General Common Facilities. The Corporate Board shall
determine the dates on and frequencies with which the General Assessment
shall be paid_
2. Basis for Assessment.
(a) Each Lot within The Ridge at Legacy. The general area of The
Ridge at Legacy, to be developed for detached Residential Units is
identified on the Preliminary Plan of Development, comprises
approximately 72.32 acres, is part of the Real Estate and is legally
described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference as "Exhibit E ( "The Ridge at Legacy "). Except as provided
in Section 15(B)(3) with respect to Lots owned by the Declarant and
Designated Builders, all Lots located within The Ridge at Legacy
shall be assessed at a uniform rate without regard to whether a
Residential Unit and other improvements have been constructed upon
such Lot. As set forth in the Valuation Table, the initial rate at which
such Lots shall be assessed shall be 5205.00 per Lot per year. Absent
the written consent of at least 2/3 of the Owners of each Lot in The
Ridge at Legacy, the General Assessment in any given year may not
increase by more than (i) ten percent (10 %) of the General
Assessment for the prior year plus (ii) 10% per year for each year,
before the prior year, in which the General Assessment was not
increased; provided, however, that the annual General Assessment of
The Ridge at Legacy shall never exceed that portion of the
Corporation's Annual Budget which the Declarant, in good faith and
through the application of the Valuation Table, determines is
allocable to The Ridge at Legacy. The General Assessment for each
Lot subject to assessment in The Ridge at Legacy shall commence on
the first day of the first month following both 0) the recordation with
the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana, of a secondary Plat which
includes such Lot and (ii) the date on which the Declarant and/or the
Designated Builder conveys such Lot. The foregoing provisions in
this Section 1503)(2)(a) may not be changed or modified through any
means including, without limitation, by an amendment to this
Declaration.
(b) Each Lot Within Parkview at Legacy. The general area of
Parkview at Legacy, to be developed for detached Residential Units is
identified on the Preliminary Plan of Development, comprises
approximately 5.464 acres, is part of the Real Estate, and is legally
described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference as "Exhibit F' (" Parkview at Legacy "). Except as provided
in Section 15 (B)(3) with respect to Lots owned by the Declarant and
Designated Builders, all Lots located within Parkview at Legacy shall
be assessed at a uniform rate without regard to whether a Residential
Unit and other improvements have been constructed upon such Lot.
As set forth in the Valuation Table, the initial rate at which such Lots
shall be assessed shall be $174.25 per Lot per year. Absent the
written consent of at least 2./3 of the Owners of each Lot in Parkview
at Legacy, the General Assessment in any given year may not
increase by more than (i) 10% of the General Assessment for the
prior year plus (U) 10% per year for each year, before the prior year,
in which the General Assessment was not increased; provided,
however, that the annual General Assessment for Parkview at Legacy
shall never exceed that portion of the Corporation's Annual Budget
which the Declarant, in good faith and through the application of the
Valuation Table, determines is allocable to Parkview at Legacy. The
General Assessment for each Lot subject to assessment in Parkview
at Legacy shall commence on the first day of the first month
following both (i) the recordation with the Recorder of Hamilton
County, Indiana, of a secondary Plat which includes such Lot and (ii)
the date on which the Declarant and/or the Designated Builder
conveys such lot. The foregoing provisions in this Section
15(B)(2)(b) may not be changed or modified through any means
including, without limitation, by an amendment to this Declaration.
(c) The Legacy Towns and Hats. The general area of The Legacy
Towns and Flats is identified on the Preliminary Plan of
Development, comprises approximately 13.04 acres, is part of the
Real Estate, and is legally described in what is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference as "Exhibit G" ( "The Legacy Towns
and Flats "). For purposes of computing Assessments, The Legacy
Towns and Flats is hereby deemed to comprise 13.04 acres and, as
such, as set forth in the Valuation Table, the initial rate at which The
Legacy Towns and Flats shall be assessed shall be a total of
$14,702.60 per year which, per the Valuation Table, represents (i) the
product of the assigned Valuation Factor of 5.5 per acre and $205.00
multiplied by (ii) 13.04 acres. Absent the written consent of the
Owner of The Legacy Towns and Flats, and after increasing as set
forth below for additional apartment units for which a Certificate of
Occupancy ( "Certificate of Occupancy ") has been issued, the General
Assessment in any given year may not increase by more than (1) 10%
of the General Assessment for the prior year plus (ii) 1 0% per year
for each year, before the prior year, in which the General Assessment
was not increased; provided, however, that the annual General
Assessment of The Legacy Towns and Flats shall never exceed that
portion of the Corporation's Annual Budget which the Declarant, in
good faith and through the application of the Valuation Table,
determines is allocable to The Legacy Towns and Flats. The General
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Assessment for The Legacy Towns and Flats shall (i) commence and
be prorated, on a calendar year basis, starting from the date on which
the Zoning Authority issues a Certificate of Occupancy for an
Apartment Building which is constructed in The Legacy Towns and
Flats and shall (ii) also be prorated based upon the number of
apartment units in Apartment Buildings in the Legacy Towns and
Flats for which a Certificate of Occupancy has been issued; provided,
however, that such proration based upon the number of apartment
units shall continue for a period of time not to exceed 3 years after
Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the First Apartment Building in
the Legacy Towns and Flats (the "Third Anniversary") and,
immediately following the Third Anniversary, 100% of the General
Assessment for the Legacy Towns and FIats, prorated as specified
above on a calendar year basis, shall be due and payable. By way of
example, on the date on which the Certificate of Occupancy is issued
for the first Apartment Building, the General Assessment which shall
be due and payable shall be equal to (i) the number of apartments
units in said Apartment Building divided by the total number of
apartment units which will exist once all Apartment Buildings in The
Legacy Towns and Flats are constructed, multiplied by (ii) 100% of
the General Assessment for The Legacy Towns and Flats for the
applicable calendar year, prorated as specified above on a calendar
year basis, and so on for the number of apartment units in each
subsequent Apartment Building, until the earlier of the Third
Anniversary or the issuance of the Certificate for the last Apartment
Building to be constructed in The Legacy Towns and Flats, at which
time 100% of the General Assessment for The Legacy Towns and
Flats, prorated as specified above on a calendar year basis, shall be
due and payable. The foregoing provisions in this Section
15(B)(2)(c) may not be changed or modified through any means
including, without limitation, by an amendment to this Declaration.
(d) Condominiums. At the Declarant's discretion and election,
each Condominium shall be assessed through the Condominium
Association having jurisdiction thereof, provided that each
Condominium shall nonetheless be subject to the liens therefore in
the amount of the General Assessment allocable to it
(c) Change in Basis. The basis for Assessment specified in the
Valuation Table :may be changed by a majority of the Corporate
Board, in its discretion, who are voting in person at a meeting of the
Corporate Board duly called for this purpose.
3. Allocation of General Assessment. Unless otherwise expressly
provided in This Declaration, the General Assessment shall be allocated, in the
discretion of the Corporate Board, among all Owners (other than the Declarant
and Designated Builders) in accordance with the applicable Valuation Factor
specified in the Valuation Table. Notwithstanding anything in this Declaration
to the contrary, with respect to Lots titled in the name of the Declarant and the
Designated Builders, the Declarant in the Declarant's discretion, may elect on
a year -to -year basis to pay either (i) the General Assessment or (ii) the
Corporation's Annual Operating Deficit,
(C) PlazalConununity Drive Assessment. The PlazalConununity Drive
Assessment described above in Section 4(B)(3) shall be due and payable to the Village
District at the Legacy Supplemental Association as specified below:
1. Each lot within The Ridge at Legacy. Except as provided in
Section ]5(13)(3) above with respect to Lots owned by Declarant and Designated
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Builders, all Lots within the Ridge at Legacy shall be assessed at a uniform rate
without regard to whether any Residential Unit and other improvements have been
constructed upon such Lot. As set forth in the Valuation Table, the initial rate shall
be assessed at $25.00 per Lot per year. Absent the written consent of at least two -
thirds of the Owner of each Lot in the Ridge at Legacy, the Plaza/Community
Drive Assessment in any given year may not increase by more than (1) 1O% of the
Plaza/Community Drive Assessment for the prior year plus (ii) IO% per year for
each year, before the prior year, in which the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment
was not increased; provided, however that the annual Plaza&Comtnunity Drive
Assessment for The Ridge at Legacy shall never exceed that amount which the
Declarant, in good faith and through application of the Valuation Table, determines
is allocable to The Ridge at Legacy. The Plaza/Comnii pity Drive Assessment for
each Lot subject to assessment in the Ridge at Legacy shall commence on the first
day of the first month following both (f) the recordation with the Recorder of
Hamilton County, Indiana, of the Secondary PIat, which includes such Lot and (ii)
the date on which the Declarant and/or the Designated Builder conveys such lot.
The foregoing provisions in this Section 15(C)(1) may not be changed or modified
though any means including, without limitation, by an amendment to the
Declaration.
2. Each Lot within Parkview at Legacy. Except as provided in
Section 15(B)(3) above with respect to Lots owned by Declarant and Designated
Builders, all Lots within the Parkview at Legacy shall be assessed at a uniform rate
without regard to whether any Residential Unit and other improvements have been
constructed upon such Lot. As set forth in the Valuation Table, the initial rate shall
be assessed at $21.25 per Lot per year. Absent the written consent of at least two -
thirds of the Owner of each Lot in Parkview at Legacy, the Plaza/Community
Drive Assessment in any given year may not increase by more than (i) 10% of the
Plaza /Community Drive Assessment for the prior year plus (ii) 10% per year for
each year, before the prior year, in which the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment
was not increased; provided, however that the annual Plaza/Community Drive
Assessment for Parkview at Legacy shall never exceed that amount which the
Declarant, in good faith and through application of the Valuation Table, determines
is allocable to the Parkview at Legacy. The Plaza/Community Drive Assessment
for each Lot subject to assessment in Parkview at Legacy shall commence on the
first day of the first month following both (i) the recordation with the Recorder of
Hamilton County, Indiana, of the Secondary Plat, which includes such Lot and (ii)
the date on which the Declarant and/or the Designated Builder conveys such lot.
The foregoing provisions in this Section 15(C)(2) may not be changed or modified
though any means including, without limitation, by an amendment to the
Declaration.
3. The Legacy Towns and Flats. As set forth in the Valuation
Table, the initial rate at which The Legacy Towns and Flats shall be assessed shall
be the sum of $1,793.00 per year which, per the Valuation Table, represents (i) the
product of the assigned Valuation Factor of 5.5 and $25.00, multiplied by (ii) 13.04
acres. Absent the written consent of the owner of The Legacy Towns and Flats,
and increasing as set forth below for additional apartment units for which a
Certificate of Occupancy has issued, the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment in
any given year may not increase by more than (1) IO% of the Plaza/Community
Drive Assessment for the prior year plus (11) 10% per year for each year, before the
prior year, in which the Piaza/Community Drive Assessment was not increased;
provided, however that the annual Plaza/Community Drive Assessment for The
Legacy Towns and Flats shall never exceed that amount which the Declarant, in
good faith and through application of the Valuation Table, determines is allocable
to The Legacy Towns and Flats. The Plaza/Community Drive Assessment for the
The Legacy Towns and Flats shall (i) commence and be prorated, on a calendar
year basis, starting from the date on %inch the Zoning Authority issues a
Certificate of Occupancy for an Apartment Building which is constructed in. The
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Legacy Towns and Flats and shall (ii) also be prorated based upon the number of
apartment units in Apartment Buildings in the Legacy Towns and Flats for which a
Certificate of Occupancy has been issued; provided, however, that such proration
based upon the number of apartment units shall continue for a period of time not to
exceed 3 years after the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the
First Apartment Building hi the Legacy Towns and Flats (the "Third Anniversary")
and, immediately following the Third Anniversary, 100% of the Plaza/Community
Drive Assessment for the Legacy Towns and Flats, prorated as specified above on
a calendar year basis, shall be due and payable. By way of example, on the first
day of the month on which the Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the first
Apartment Building, the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment which shall be due
and payable shall be equal to (i) the number of all apartments units in said
Apartment Building divided by the total number of apartment units which will
exist once all Apartment Buildings in the Legacy Towns and Flats are constructed,
multiplied by (ii) 100% of the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment for the Legacy
Towns and Flats for the applicable calendar year, and so on for the number of
apartment units in each subsequent Apartment Building, until the earlier of the
Third Anniversary or the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the last
Apartment Building to be constructed in The Legacy Towns and Flats, at which
time 100% of the P1amfCommunity Drive Assessment for The Legacy Towns and
Flats, prorated as specified above on a calendar year basis, shall be due and
payable. The foregoing provisions in this Section 15(C)(3) may not be changed or
modified though any means including, without limitation, by an amendment to the
Declaration.
4. Condominiums. At the Declarant's discretion and election, each
condominium shall be assessed through the condominium association having
jurisdiction thereof, provided that each condominium shall nonetheless be subject
to the liens therefore in the amount of the Plaza/Community Drive Assessment
allocable to it.
S. Change in basis — The basis for the assessment specified in the
Valuation Table may be changed by a majority of the Corporate Board, in its
discretion, at a meeting of the Corporate Board duly called for this purpose.
(D) initial Assessment. There shall be due and payable to the Corporation
the Initial Assessment specified below:
1. Each Lot within The Ridge at The Legacy. For each Lot in The
Ridge at The Legacy, there shall -be due as payable an Initial Assessment, in
the sum of $250.00, on the earlier of the date (1) the date the Declarant
conveys the Lot to an Owner (other than a Designated Builder or the holder of
a first mortgage on such Lot in a conveyance which constitutes a deed in lieu
of foreclosure), (ii) a Residential Unit constructed on the Lot has been certified
for occupancy by the Zoning Authority, (iii) the date a Designated Builder
conveys the Lot to an Owner (other than Declarant), or (iv) the date a
Residential Unit on the Lot is first occupied by an Owner or Occupant upon
completion of construction thereof.
2. Each Lot within Farkview at Legacy. For each Lot in Parkview at
Legacy, there shall be due as payable an Initial Assessment, in the sum of
$212.50, on the earlier of the date (i) the date the Declarant conveys the Lot to
an Owner (other than a Designated Builder or the holder of a first mortgage on
such Lot in a conveyance which constitutes a deed in lieu of foreclosure), (ii) a
Residential Unit constructed on the Lot has been certified for occupancy by
the Zoning Authority, (iii) the date a Designated Builder conveys the Lot to an
Owner (other than Declarant), or (iv) the date a Residential Unit on the Lot is
first occupied by an Owner or Occupant upon completion of construction
thereof.
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3. The Legacy Towns and Flats. An Initial Assessment shall not he
due and payable from The Legacy Towns and Flats
(E) Real Estate Subsequently Annexed. As part or all of the Additional
Real Estate is annexed to the Property and made subject to this Declaration per the terms of
this Declaration, the Declarant in its discretion shall determine (i) the manner in which such
Additional Real Estate shall be assessed with the General Assessment and the
Plaza/Comnnunity Drive Assessment and (ii) the amount of Initial Assessment to apply to
such Additional Real Estate. In determining the manner in which such Additional Real
Estate shall be so assessed, the Declarant may consider any and all factors deemed relevant
by the Declarant in its discretion including, without limitation, the Valuation Table, the
impact on the Drainage System, the amount of post - development impervious surface within
the Additional Real Estate, and the extent to which the Owners and Occupants of Additional
Real Estate, once developed, will use the General Common Areas.
(F) Capital Assessment. The Corporate Board, in its discretion, may levy
in any calendar year a Capital Assessment applicable to that year and not more than the next
four (4) succeeding calendar years for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost
of any construction, repair, or replacement of a capital improvement upon the General
Common Area, including fixtures and personal property relating thereto or any General
Common Facilities, provided that any such Capital Assessment shall have the assent of a
majority of the votes of the Owners whose Lots are subject to Assessment with respect to
the capital improvement who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting of Owners duly
called for this purpose. Any Capital Assessment pursuant to this Section 15 (E) shall be
allocated, based upon the Valuation Table, among Lots subject thereto.
(G) Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments; Remedies of the Corporation.
Any Assessments not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date may, upon resolution of
the Corporate Board, bear interest from the due date at a percentage rate no greater than the
current statutory maximum annual interest rate, to be set by the Corporate Board for each
Assessment year. The Corporation shall be entitled to institute in any court of competent
jurisdiction any lawful action to collect a delinquent Assessment, to foreclose lien or such
delinquent Assessments in the same manner in which mortgages are foreclosed in the State
of Indiana, and shall also be entitled to collect plus any expenses or costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Corporation in collecting such Assessment. If the
Corporation has provided for collection of any Assessment in installments, upon default in
the payment of any one or more installments, the Corporation may accelerate payment and
declare the entire balance of said Assessment due and payable in full. No Owner may waive
or otherwise escape liability for the Assessments provided for herein by nonuse of the
. General Common Area or the General Common Facilities or abandonment of a Lot.
(H) Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages. To the extent specified herein,
the lien of the Assessments provided for herein against a Lot shall be subordinate to the lien
of any recorded first mortgage covering such Lot and to any valid tax or special assessment
lien on such Lot in favor of any governmental taxing or assessing authority. Sale or transfer
of any Lot shall not affect the lien of any Assessment. The sale or transfer of any Lot
pursuant to mortgage foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof shall, however,
extinguish the lien of such Assessments as to payments which became due more than six (6)
months prior to such sale or transfer. No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability
for any Assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof.
(1) Certificates. The Corporation shall, upon demand in writing by an
Owner, at any time, furnish a certificate in writing signed by an officer of the Corporation
that the Assessments by the Corporation on a Lot have been paid or that certain such
Assessments remain unpaid, as the case may be.
(J) Corporation's Annual Budget. By a majority vote of the Corporate
Directors, the Corporate Board in its discretion shall adopt the Corporation's Annual Budget
for the subsequent calendar year, which shall provide for allocation of expenses in such a
manner that the Corporate Obligations will be met. The Corporate Board may from time to
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tine, in its discretion, include in the Corporation's Annual Budget a capital reserve in an
amount sufficient to meet the projected need with respect to both amount and timing of
significant construction, repair or replacement of the General Common Facilities.
(K) Special Assessments. Subject to Iim.itations on increases and
maximum levels of the General Assessment specified above in this Section 15, in the event
the General Assessment for any calendar year after the Applicable Date is inadequate to
cover the cost incurred by the Corporation for the purposes set forth in Section 15(B)
hereof in such calendar year, the Corporate Board in its discretion may levy upon all
Owners, as a Special Assessment, an Assessment to cure such inadequacy. Such Special
Assessment shall be allocated among the Owners in the same manner as the Genera/
Assessment is allocated among Owners.
(L) Violation Assessment. In addition to all other Assessments as be
authorized herein, the Corporate Board, in its discretion, may levy a Violation Assessment
against an Owner, (i) for a violation of this Declaration or (1i) for damages if any portion of
the Common Area that the Association is obligated to maintain, repair and/or replace is
damaged due to the willful or negligent act or omission of such Owner or Owner's guest or
invitee. In the event of such damage, the Corporate Board shall have the right to undertake
the necessary maintenance, repair or replacement. The choice between repair or
replacement is in the discretion of the Corporate Board.
Section 16. Architectural Control. The Legacy Building Guidelines set forth the general thematic
design and architectural standards for The Legacy in order to provide guidance to Owners concerning
architectural, design and construction matters of particular concern to Declarant and may, from time to
time, be amended and revised by the Declarant or the Corporate Board, in their discretion. Due however,
to location, types of surrounding uses, type of construction and use and unique characteristics of property
within the Property, Declarant intends that actual architectural control shall be vested in Development
Standards and Architectural Control Committees established with respect to particular Parcels, and the
Supplemental Declarations shall establish one or more Development Standards and Architectural Control
Committees, and the procedures, guidelines and standards thereof. As a result, the Legacy Building
Guidelines is not the exclusive basis for architectural approval, and compliance with the Legacy Building
Guidelines shall not guarantee architectural approval.' Each Owner shall look to the Supplemental
Declaration, and the Development Standards and Architectural Control Committee established pursuant
thereto, for the particular building guidelines applicable to Lots or Units subject to such Supplemental
Declaration. Pursuant to a Supplemental Declaration, the applicable Development Standards and
Architectural Control Committee shall regulate the external design appearance, use, location and
maintenance of the Lots and of all improvements thereon within the Parcels covered by the Supplemental
Declaration in such manner as to preserve and enhance values, to maintain a harmonious relationship
among Structures, improvements and the natural vegetation and topography, and to implement the
development standards and guidelines set forth in the Zoning Ordinance.
Notwithstanding anything in. this Declaration or any Supplemental Declaration to the contrary, if
Declarant has reserved rights of architectural review and control over any portion of the Property pursuant
to any contract, deed, covenant or other recorded instrument outside this Declaration or a Supplemental
Declaration, then the provisions of such instrument shall control as to any architectural review and control
with respect thereto, and approval by Declarant pursuant to such instrument shall be deemed full
compliance with the architectural review and control provisions of this Declaration and the applicable
Supplemental Declaration unless, and then only to the extent that Declarant has (i) assigned in writing any
or all of its reserved rights under such instrument to a Development Standards and Architectural Control
Committee established pursuant to a Supplemental Declaration or (ii) recorded an instrument declaring its
intent that a particular Supplemental Declaration shall govern architectural review and control with respect
thereto. Also notwithstanding anything in this Declaration or any Supplemental Declaration to the
contrary, with the exception (i) of provisions in Supplemental Declaration pertaining to the circumstance
of casualty and (ii) of modifications (if any) which are to the four (4) buildings within The Legacy Towns
and Flats flanking Community Drive and which have not been approved by the Declarant prior to the
recordation of this Declaration with the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana, The Legacy Towns and
Flats shall be exempt from any architectural control (including, without limitation, architectural control of
Structures, lighting, landscaping, signage, outdoor recreational equipment and satellite receives, down -links
and dishes and antennas) specified in this Declaration or any Supplemental Declaration, but must (i) be
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maintained as a first class apartment community and in good, clean and sanitary condition, order and repair
and (ii) comply with all applicable requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and all approvals obtained from
the Zoning Authority. The immediately preceding sentence regarding exemption from architectural control
may not be changed or modified through any means including, without limitation, by an amendment to this
Declaration.
Section 17. Common Area and Common. Facilities.
(A) Ownership. Unless expressly stated in a recorded instrument, the
Common Area and Common Facilities shall remain private, and neither Declarant's
execution or recording of an instrument portraying the Common Area nor the doing of any
other act by Declarant is, or is intended to be, or shall be construed as, a dedication to the
public of the Common Area or the Common Facilities. Declarant, the Corporation or, as to
Limited Common Area, the applicable Supplemental Association, may, however, dedicate
or transfer all or any part of the Common Area or the Common Facilities to any Permitted
Title Holder for public parks or other public purposes, to a municipality or the county of
Hamilton for use as public rights -of -way or to a public utility for public utility purposes, and
Declarant may transfer alI or any part of the Common Area to a permitted Title Holder as
contemplated by this Declaration.
(B) Density of Use. Declarant expressly disclaims any warranties or
representations regarding the density of use of the Common Area or any facilities located
thereon or constituting a part thereof.
(C) Management and Control.
1. The Corporation, subject to the rights of Declarant, a
Supplemental Association and the Owners set forth in this Declaration and the
rights of any Permitted Title Holder established in an instrument conveying
title to any part of the General Common Area, shall be responsible for the
exclusive management and control of the General Comunon Area and the
General Common Facilities, and except as otherwise provided herein, in a
Supplemental Declaration, or in an instrument of conveyance to a Permitted
Title Holder, shall keep the General Common Area and General Common
Facilities in good, clean, attractive and sanitary condition, order and repair.
The Corporation may, with the consent of the applicable Supplemental Board,
transfer to a Supplemental Association responsibility for management, control
and/or maintenance of General Common .Area and General Cornmon
Facilities.
2. The Applicable Supplemental Association, subject to the
rights of Declarant, the Corporation and the Owners set forth in this
Declaration and the rights of any Permitted Title Holder established in an
instrument conveying title to any part of the Common Area, shall be
responsible for the exclusive management and control of the Limited Common
Area and the Limited Common Facilities and, except. as otherwise provided
herein, in a Supplemental Declaration, or in an instrument of conveyance to a
Permitted Title Holder, shall keep the Limited Common Area and Limited
Common Facilities in good, clean, attractive and sanitary condition, order and
repair. The Supplemental Association may, with the consent of the Corporate
Board, transfer to the Corporation responsibility for management, control
and/or maintenance of Limited Common Area and Limited Common
Facilities.
(D)
Basements of Enjoyment.
1. Owners. No Person shall have any right or easement of
enjoyment in or to the Common Area except to the extent granted by, and
subject to the terms and provisions of this Declaration or a Supplemental
Declaration. Such rights and easements as are thus granted shall be
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appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot for whose benefit they
are granted. Unless otherwise provided in this Declaration or a Supplemental
Declaration, a Plat or other Development Instrument, (1) all Owners, tenants of
Non - Residential Lots and tenants in The Legacy 'Towns and Flats or in an
Apartment Building located elsewhere in the Property shall have the right to
the use of the General Common Area, subject to the reserved rights of
Declarant and the Corporation, and (ii) all Owners, tenants of Non-Residential
Lots and tenants in The Legacy Towns and Flats or in an Apartment Building
located elsewhere in the Property shall also have the right to the use of such
Limited Common Area and Limited Common Facilities, subject to the
reserved rights of Declarant, the Corporation and the Applicable Supplemental
Association. Owners of Lots abutting a Pond may use any Pond which abuts
such Owner's Lot, but such use shall be limited to fishing and such other uses
as may be authorized by resolution adopted (i) by the Corporate Board in the
case of Ponds that are General Common Area, (ii) by the applicable
Supplemental Association in the case of Ponds that are Limited Common
Areas, and (iii) by both the Corporate Board and the Supplemental in the case
of ponds which are a General Common Area but which are surrounded by a
Limited Common Area. Subject to restrictions on points of access, the Ponds
that are General Common Area may be used by all Owners, but only for
fishing and such other purposes as may be authorized by the Corporate Board.
Subject to restrictions on points of access, the Pond which are Limited
Common Area may also be used by all Owners of Property, but only for
fishing and such other purposes as may be authorized by the Corporate Board
or the applicable Supplemental Association. No Owner whose Lot does not
abut a Pond shall have any right of access to a Pond over any Lot, but only
such right of access over the Common Area as may be authorized by
resolution adopted by the Corporate Board, in the case of a General Common
Area, or by resolution adopted by the Supplemental Board, in the case of a
Limited Common Area.
2. Occupants. Occupants who are not also Owners, tenants of
a Residential Lot or a Non - Residential. Lot, or tenants within the Legacy
Towns and Flats or an Apartment Building elsewhere in the Property may use
and enjoy the Common Area only to the extent specified in Section 17 (F) or
as explicitly authorized elsewhere in this Declaration, in a Supplemental
Declaration, by the Corporate Board in the case of a General Common Area,
or by the Supplemental Board of a Supplemental Association in the case of a
Limited Common Area.
(E) Extent of Easements. The easements of enjoyment created hereby shall be
subject to the following:
1. The right of the Corporation, as to General Conmion Area,
and the applicable Supplemental Association, as to Limited Common Area, to
establish reasonable rules for the use of such Common Area (including but not
limited to use of identification cards) and to charge reasonable fees for the use
of any such Common Area or part thereof;
2. The right of the Corporation, as to General Common Area,
and the applicable Supplemental Association, as to Limited Common Area, to
suspend the right of an Owner and all Persons whose right to use the Common
Area derives from such owner's ownership of a Lot (including Occupants on
the Lot) to use all or any portions of such Common Area for any period during
which any Assessment against the Owner's Lot remains unpaid for more than
thirty (30) days after notice;
3. The right of the Corporation, as to General Common Area,
and the Applicable Supplemental Association, as to Limited Common Area, to
suspend the right of an Owner or any Person claiming through the Owner
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(including Occupants of the Unit) to use all or any portion of such Common
Area for a period not to exceed sixty (60) consecutive days for any other
infraction of this Declaration, any Supplemental Declaration or any rules or
regulations adopted by the Corporation and/or a Supplemental Association
with respect thereto; provided, however, that Occupants of an Apartment
Building or Multiuse Structure who are not personally responsible for the
infraction and who otherwise have a right of use shall not be denied such use
as a consequence of an infraction by another Occupant of such Apartment
Building of Multiuse Structure; provided, however, that a parent may be
deemed personally responsible for the infraction of a minor;
4. The right of the Corporation, as to General Common Area,
and the applicable Supplemental Association, as to Limited Common Area, to
mortgage any or all of such Common Area, the facilities constructed thereon
and the Common Facilities associated therewith for the purposes of
improvements to, or repair of such Common Area, the facilities constructed
thereon or such Common Facilities, pursuant to approval of the Corporate
Board or applicable Supplemental Board, as the case may be; and
5. The right of the Corporation, as to General Common Area,
and the applicable Supplemental Association, as to Limited Common Area, to
dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Area and/or the Common
Facilities associated therewith to any public agency, authority or utility
exclusively for purposes permitted herein, but subsequent to the Applicable
Date, in the case of General Common Area, and the applicable Parcel
Applicable Date, in the case of Limited Common Area, no such dedication or
transfer shall be effective unless an instrument is signed by the appropriate
officers of the Corporation or the applicable Supplemental Association acting
pursuant to authority granted by a majority of the votes of its board of
directors; and
(F) Additional Ruts of Use. The members of the family of every Person (i)
owning or leasing a Residential Lot, (ii) leasing an apartment within the Legacy Towns and
Flats or in an Apartment Building located elsewhere within the Property and (iii) the
employees of every Person owning or leasing a Non - Residential Lot may use the Common
Area and the Common Facilities (or part thereof) on the same terms and subject to the same
limitations as such Person subject to the terms of any instrument of conveyance of such
Common Area or Common Facilities to a Permitted Title Holder and to such general rules,
regulations, policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of this Declaration (with
respect to General Common Area) and all Supplemental Declarations (with respect to
Limited Common Area) as may be established from time to time by the Corporation and/or
a Supplemental Association. Except as otherwise provided herein or in a Supplemental
Declaration, the Corporation may restrict use of the General Common Area and General
Common Facilities by guests of Persons whose use thereof is authorized herein or in a
Supplemental Declaration, and a Supplemental Association may restrict use of the Limited
Common Area and Limited Common Facilities by guests of Persons whose use thereof is
authorized herein or in a Supplemental Declaration.
(G) Damage or Destruction by Owner. In the event the General Common
Area or any General Common Facility is damaged or destroyed by an Owner or any of his
guests, tenants, licensees, agents, or members of his family, such Owner authorizes the
Corporation to repair said damaged area and the Corporation shall repair said damaged area
in a good workmanlike manner in conformance with the original plans and specifications of
the area involved, or as the area may have been modified or altered subsequently by the
Corporation in the discretion of the Corporation. An amount equal to the costs incurred to
effect such repairs shall be assessed against such Owner as a Special Assessment and shall
constitute a lien upon the Lot of said Owner.
(Ii) Conveyance of Title. Declarant may but is not obligated to retain the
legal title to the General Common Area and the General Common Facilities until the
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Applicable Date and to Limited Common Area and Limited Common Facilities until the
applicable Parcel Applicable Date; provided, however, that the Declarant hereby covenants
that it shall convey to a Permitted Title Holder the title, by quitclaim deed, (i) prior to the
Applicable Date in the case of a General Common Area or General Common Facility and
01) prior to the Parcel Applicable Date in the case of a Limited Common Area or Limited
Common Facility
(1) Limited Common Area and Limited Common Facilities. Unless
otherwise expressly referenced herein, the ownership, use, maintenance and other matters
related to the Limited Common Areas and. Limited Common Facilities shall be governed by
the Applicable Supplemental Association and corresponding Supplemental Declaration
establishing or governing such T imited Common Areas and Limited Common Facilities.
Without limiting the foregoing, no Person shall have any right or casement of enjoyment in
or to the Limited Common Area except to the extent granted by, and subject to the terms
and provisions of this Declaration or a Supplemental Declaration. In the event the Limited
Common Area or any Limited Common Facility is damaged or destroyed by an Owner or
any of his guests, tenants, licensees, agents, or member of his family, such Owner authorizes
the applicable Supplemental Association to repair said damaged area and the applicable
Supplemental Association shall repair said damaged area in a good workmanlike manner in
conformance with the original plans and specifications of the area involved, or as the area
may have been modified or altered subsequently by the applicable Supplemental
Association in the discretion of the applicable Supplemental Association. An amount equal
to the costs incurred to effect such repairs shall be assessed against such Owner as a Special
Assessment and shall constitute a lien upon the Lot of said Owner.
Section 18. Use of Property.
(A) Protective Covenants.
1. Land Use. Lots and Common Areas may be used only for
the purposes authorized by the Zoning Ordinance.
2. Nuisances. No nuisance shall be permitted to exist or
operate upon any Lot so as to be detrimental to any other Lot in the vicinity
thereof or to its Occupants.
3. Other Restrictions. Declarant may impose additional
Restrictions in any Flat, Supplemental Declaration, the Legacy Building
Guidelines, other written instrument, or in the general rules or regulations
adopted by the applicable Development Standards and Architectural Control
Committee.
(B) Maintenance of Property. To the extent that exterior maintenance is not
provided for in a Supplemental Declaration, each Owner shall, at such Owner's expense,
keep all Lots owned by the Owner, and all improvetnents therein or thereon, in good order
and repair and free of debris including, but not limited to, the seeding, watering, and
mowing of all lawns, the pruning and cutting of all trees and shrubbery and the painting (or
other appropriate external care) of all Structures and other improvements, all in a manner
and with such frequency as is consistent with good property management as determined by
the Corporate Board in its discretion. In the event an Owner of any Lot in the Property
shall fail to maintain the premises and the improvement situated thereon, as provided herein,
the Corporation, after notice to the Owner as provided by the Corporate By -Laws and
approval by a majority vote of the Corporate Board, shall have the right to enter upon said
Lot to correct drainage and to repair, maintain and restore the Lot and the exterior of the
Structures and any other improvements erected thereon. All costs related to such correction,
repair or restoration shall become a Special Assessment upon such Lot.
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Section 19. Easements.
(A) Plat Easements. In addition to such easements as are created elsewhere in
this Declaration or in a Supplemental Declaration and as may be created by Declarant
pursuant to other written instruments recorded in the office of the Recorder of Hamilton
County, Indiana, Lots are subject to drainage easements, sewer easements, utility easements,
entry way easements, landscape easements, water access easements, Common Area access
easements, pathway easements, non - access easements and access easements, either
separately on in any combination thereof, as shown on the Pints, which are reserved for the
use of Declarant, Owners, the Corporation, public utility companies and government
agencies and, as to any Limited Common Area, the applicable Supplemental Association,
and the applicable Development Standards and Architectural Control Committee as follows:
I. D.E. Drainage Easements are created to provide paths and
courses for area and local storm drainage, either overland or in adequate
underground conduit, or covered pipe to serve the needs of The Legacy and
adjoining ground andfor public drainage systems; and it shall be the individual
responsibility of each Owner to maintain the drainage access across his own
Lot. No easement shall be blocked in any manner by the construction or
reconstruction of any improvement, nor shall any grading restrict, in any
manner, the water flow. Said areas are subject to construction or
reconstruction to any extent necessary to obtain adequate drainage at any time
by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over drainage, by
Declarant, the Corporation and the applicable Supplemental Association, but
neither Declarant, the Corporation nor the applicable Supplemental
Association shall have any duty to undertake any such construction or
reconstruction. Said easements are for the mutual use and benefit of the
Owners.
2. S.S.E. Sewer Easements are created for the use oldie local
governmental agency, having jurisdiction over any sanitary waste disposal
system which may be designed to serve The Legacy for the purpose of
installation and maintenance of sewers that are a part of said system.
3. U.E. Utility Easements are created for the use of Declarant,
the Corporation, the applicable Supplemental Association and public or
municipal utilities, not including transportation companies, that provide
electrical, telephone, gas and water service for the installation and
maintenance of underground mains, ducts, wires and other facilities for such
service, as well as for all uses specified in the case of sewer casements,
provided that prior to the Applicable Date no such mains, ducts, wires and
other facilities may be installed in any utility easement without the prior
consent of Declarant.
4. I.M.A.E. Installation. Maintenance and Access Easements
are created for the use by Declarant, the applicable Development Standards
and Architectural Control Committee, the Corporation and the applicable
Supplemental Association designated thereon for (i) the installation, operation
and maintenance of the Entry Ways, (ii) the planting and maintenance of trees,
shrubs, and other plantings, and all other walls, fences, or other improvements,
(iii) gaining access to the Ponds in the course of maintenance, repair or
replacement of any thereof, (iv) gaining access to the General Common Area
in the course of maintenance, repair or replacement thereof and for the use of
Owners for the purpose of gaining access to such General Common Area to
enjoy the use thereof to the extent authorized herein, (v) gaining access to the
Limited Common Area in the course of maintenance, repair or replacement
thereof and for the use of Owners for the purpose of gaining access to such
Limited Common Area to enjoy the use thereof to the extent authorized herein
or a Supplemental Declaration, and (vi) the installation by Declarant, the
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maintenance by the Corporation or the applicable Supplemental Association
and the use by the Owners, of the Paths and Path Lights to the extent
authorized herein.
5. P.P.E. Plant Preservation Easements are created in order to
conserve existing trees. Within the Plant Preservation Easements, established
trees shall be conserved and shall not be removed except as is necessary (i) to
clear underbrush and dead trees (ii) for the installation of access easements,
rights -of -way, streets, paths, sidewalks, utilities and drainage improvement
and infrastructure and (iii) for public health and safety as determined in
cooperation with the City's Urban Forester.
6. N.A.E. Non- Access Easements are created to preclude
access from certain Lots to abutting rights -of -way across the land subject to
such easements.
7. U.R.D.E. Urbanized Regulated Drainage Easements are
created for the purpose of identifying those drainage improvements that are
specifically under the jurisdiction of the Drainage Board and subject to the
Drainage Board's rules and regulations as amended from time to time.
8. T.A.E. Temporary Access Easements are created ly for the
purpose of affording public access over temporary cul -de -sacs for dead end
public streets that will be extended at some point in the future. Extension of
the public street and elimination of the temporary cul -de -sac shall
automatically terminate the subject temporary access easement.
The Corporation may exercise each of the foregoing easements granted to it across
the entire Property; provided, however, that the Corporation may not exercise any of the
foregoing easements in. a manner that damages any existing Structures without the prior
written consent of the Owner of the such Structure. Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein or in a Supplemental Declaration or on a Plat, a Supplemental Association may only
exercise each of the foregoing easements within the Parcel over which it has jurisdiction.
All easements mentioned herein include the right of reasonable ingress and egress for the
exercise of other rights reserved.
All mains, ducts, pipes, wires, and other facilities permitted pursuant to any of the
foregoing easements shall be underground, provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
underground utilities to be connected with utility tie -in locations above ground on exterior
walls of the improvements to be constructed on a Lot immediately adjacent to the locations
where such underground utilities penetrate the ground.
No Structure, including fences, shall be built on any drainage, sewer or utility
easement if such Structure would interfere with the utilization of such easement for the
purpose intended or violate any applicable legal requirement or the terms and conditions of
any easement specifically granted to a Person who is not an Owner by an instrument
recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana. A paved driveway
necessary to provide access to a Lot from a public street or Private Street and a sidewalk
installed by or at the direction of Declarant (and replacements thereof) shall not be deemed a
Structure for the purpose of this Restriction.
(B) General Easement. There is hereby created a blanket easement over,
across, through and under the Property for ingress, egress, installation, replacement, repair
and maintenance of underground water, sewer, gas, telephone and electric lines and
systems; provided, However, that no water, sewer, gas, telephone or electric lines and
systems may be installed or relocated in a Parcel except as proposed and approved by
Declarant prior to the Applicable Date or by the applicable Development Standards and
Architectural Control Committee thereafter. By virtue of this easement it shall be expressly
permissible for Declarant or the providing utility or service company to install and maintain
facilities and equipment on the Property and to excavate for such purposes if Declarant or
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such company restores the disturbed area as nearly as is practicable to the condition in
which it was found. Should any utility furnishing a service covered by the general easement
herein provided request a specific easement by separate recordable document, Declarant or
the Corporate Board, in the case of General Common Area and Declarant or the
Supplemental Board, in the case of Limited Common Area, shall have the right to grant
such easement on the Property without conflicting with the terms hereof. This blanket
easement shall in no way affect any other recorded easements on the Property, shall be
limited to improvements as originally constructed, and shall not cover any portion of a Lot
upon which a Unit, Apartment Building, or Multiuse Structure has been constructed or is
proposed for construction (i) pursuant to a Lot Development Plan which has been approved
by the applicable Development Standards and Architectural Control Committee or (ii) as
otherwise permitted pursuant to this Declaration_
(C) Public Health and Safety Easements. An easement is hercby_created for
the benefit of and granted to, all police, fire protection, ambulance, delivery vehicles, and
all similar Persons to enter upon all General Common Area and all Limited Common Areas
and Private Streets in the performance of their duties.
(D) Crossing Underground Easements. Easement utilized for underground
service may be crossed by driveways, walkways, Paths, Water Access Easements, General
Common Area Access Easements and Limited Common Area Access Easements. Such
easements as are actually utilized for underground service shall be kept clear of all other
improvements, including buildings, decks, patios, or other pavings, other than crossings,
driveways, walkways, Paths, Water Access Easements, General Common Area Access
Easements or Limited Common Area Access Easements, and neither Declarant nor any
utility company using the easements shall be liable for any damage done by either of them
or their assigns, agents, employees, or servants to shrubbery, trees, flowers or other
improvements of the Owner located on the land covered by said easements.
(E) Declarant's Easement to Correct Drainage For a period of twenty -five
(25) years from the date of conveyance of the .first Lot in a Parcel, Declarant reserves a
blanket easement and right on, over and under the ground within that Parcel to maintain and
to correct drainage of surface water in order to maintain reasonable standards of health,
safety and appearance. Such right expressly includes the right to cut any frees, bushes or
shrubbery, make any gradings of the soil, or to take any other similar action reasonably
necessary, following which Declarant shall restore the affected property to its original
condition as nearly as practicable. Declarant shall give reasonable notice of its intention to
take such action to all affected Owners, unless in the opinion of Declarant an emergency
exists which precludes such notice. The foregoing Easement to. Correct Drainage shall not
be exercised in a manner that damages an existing Structure absent the written consent of
the Owner of such Structure.
(F) Water Retention. The Owner of each Lot, by acceptance of a deed
thereto, consents to the temporary storage (detention) of storm water within the drainage
easements (DE) on such Owner's Lot.
(G) Damage. Any damage to a Lot or Unit caused by the exercise of any of
the easement rights referred to in this Declaration shall promptly be repaired and restored to
the condition existing prior to the exercise of such rights, by, and at the expense of, the
Person exercising such rights. •
(H) Connections Authorized. Each Owner upon whose Lot an easement
exists hereby authorizes and grants an easement, to adjacent Owners, to tie -in to and
connect with any such easements existing on such Owner's Lot.
Section 20. Use of Lots durina.Development.
(A) By Declarant. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this
Declaration or in any other instrument or agreement, Declarant or its sales agents or
contractors, or any Designated Builder, may maintain during the period of construction and
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sale or rental of Lots and Units in the Property, upon such portion thereof as is owned or
leased by Declarant, or any Designated Builder, such facilities as in the discretion of
Declarant may be reasonably required, convenient or incidental to the construction, sale or
rental of Lots and Units, including but without limiting the generality thereof a business
office, storage area, construction yards, signs, model Units and sales or leasing offices.
Declarant specifically reserves the right to maintain a sales office in, and make other use of,
any building located within a Common Area during the period that it is engaged in the sale
of Lots in the Legacy.
(B) By Builders. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this
Declaration, a builder who has constructed a Residential Unit in the Legacy may, with the
prior consent of the Corporate Board, use such Residential Unit as a "model" home and may
hold such home open to the public, either individually or as part of a "hone show" approved
by the Corporate Board for such reasonable period as the Corporate Board may specify.
With the approval of Declarant, and the consent of the Owner thereof, undeveloped Lots
adjacent to or in proximity to such model home may be used for parking by visitors to such
model home.
Section 21. Enforcement. The Corporation, the applicable Supplemental Association (in the case
of Limited Common Area, Limited Common Facilities or other rights provided for hereunder with respect
to a Supplemental Association), any Owner or Declarant shall have the right to enforce, by proceeding at
law or in equity all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens and charges now or hereafter
imposed by the provisions of this Declaration, but neither Declarant nor the Corporation or any
Supplemental Association shall be liable for damage of any kind to any Person for failure either to abide by,
enforce or carry out any of the Restrictions. No delay or failure by any Person to enforce any of the
Restrictions or to invoke any available remedy with respect to a violation or violations thereof shall under
any circumstances be deemed or held to be a waiver by that Person of the right to do so thereafter, or an
estoppel of that Person to assert any right available to him upon the occurrence, recurrence or continuation
of any violation or violations of the Restrictions. In any action to enforce this Declaration, the Person
seeking enforcement shall be entitled to recover all costs of enforcement, including attorney's fees, if it
substantially prevails in such action.
Seetion 22. Limitations on Rights of the Corporation and Supplemental Association. Prior to the
Applicable Date, neither the Corporation nor any Supplemental Association may use its resources or take a
public position with respect to the Preliminary Plan of Development or to changes thereto proposed by
Declarant Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the rights of the Owners acting as individuals
or in affiliation with other Owners or groups as long as they do not employ the resources of the Corporation
or a Supplemental Association or identify themselves as acting in the name, or on the behalf of the
Corporation or a Supplemental Association.
Section 23. Approvals by Declarant. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, prior to the
Applicable Date, the following actions shall require the prior approval of Declarant: the addition of real
estate to the Property; dedication or transfer of the General Common Area; mergers and consolidations of
Parcels within the Property or of the Property with other real estate; mortgaging of the General Common
Area; amendment of this Declaration or any Supplemental Declaration; changes in the basis for Assessment
or the amount, use and time of payment of the Initial Assessment; the assumption of personal liability for
payment of Assessments by any Supplemental Association pursuant to Section 15(A) of this Declaration;
and the adoption or modification of the Legacy Building Guidelines. Notwithstanding any other provisions
hereof, prior to the applicable Parcel Applicable Date, the fallowing actions shall require the prior approval
of Declarant: the dedication or transfer any of the Limited Common Area mortgaging of any of the Limited
Common Area; and the amendment of any Supplemental Declaration.
Section 24. Mortes.
(A) Notice to Corporation. Any Owner who places a first mortgage lien upon
a Unit, Apartment Building or Multiuse Structure or the Mortgagee may notify the Secretary
of the Corporate Board of such mortgage and provide the name and address of the
iVlortgagee. A record of such Mortgagee's name and address shall be maintained by the
Secretary and any notice required to be given to the Mortgagee pursuant to the terms of the
Organizational Documents shall be deemed effectively given if mailed to such Mortgagee at
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the address shown in such record in the time provided. Unless notification of any such
mortgage and the name and address of Mortgagee are furnished to the Secretary, either by
the Owner or the Mortgagee, no notice to any Mortgagee as may be otherwise required by
the Organizational Documents shall be required and no Mortgagee shall be entitled to vote
by virtue of the Organizational Documents or a proxy granted to such Mortgagee in
connection with the mortgage.
(B) Notices to Mortgagees. The Corporation may provide, to any Mortgagee
of whom the Corporation has been provided notice under Section 24(A) above, notice of
any of the following:
1. Any condemnation or casualty loss that affects a material
portion of the General Common Area;
2. Any delinquency in the payment of any Assessment owed to
the Corporation by the Owner of any Unit, Apartment Building or Multiuse
Structure on which said Mortgagee holds a mortgage or any default by an
Owner under -Oho Organizational Documents, if said delinquency or default
continues for more than sixty (60) days;
3. Any lapse, cancellation or material modification of any
insurance policy or fidelity bond maintained by the Corporation;
4. Any proposed action that requires the consent of a specified
percentage of Mortgagees hereunder; and,
5. Any proposed amendment of the Organizational Documents
effecting a change in (i) the interests in the General Common Area
appertaining to any Lot or the liability for Maintenance Costs appertaining
thereto, (ii) the vote appertaining to a Lot or (iii) the purposes for which any
Lot or the General Common Area are restricted.
(C) Notice of Unpaid Assessmepts. The Corporation shall, upon request of a
Mortgagee, a proposed mortgagee, or a proposed purchaser who has a contractual right to
purchase a Lot, furnish to such mortgagee or purchaser a statement setting forth the amount
of the unpaid Assessments owed to the Corporation against the Lot and the Owners, and any
Mortgagee or grantee of the Lot shall not be liable for, nor shall the Lot conveyed be subject
to a lien for, any unpaid Assessments for periods prior to such statement in excess of the
amount set forth in such statement.
(D) Financial Statement. Upon the request of any Mortgagee, the Corporation
shall provide to said Mortgagee the most recent financial statement prepared on behalf of
the Corporation.
(E) Payments by Mortgagees. Any mortgagee may (i) pay taxes or other
charges that are in default and that may or have become a lieu upon the Common Area or
any part thereof and (ii) pay overdue premiums on hazard insurance policies or secure new
hazard insurance coverage for the Common Area in ease of a lapse of a policy. A
Mortgagee making such payments shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement from the
Corporation.
Section 25. Amendments.
(A) Generally. Subject to Sections 25(C) and 25(D), this Declaration may be
amended at any time by an instrument signed by (i) the appropriate officers of the
Corporation acting pursuant to the authority granted by not less than a majority of the votes
of the Corporate Board cast at a meeting of the Corporate Board duly called for the purpose
of amending this Declaration and (ii), to the extent required by Section 24, Declarant.
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(B) By Declarant. Subject to Subsection 25(C) but without regard to
Subsections 25(A) and 25(D), Declarant hereby reserves the right, prior to the Applicable
Date to unilaterally amend and revise (i) the provisions, standards, covenants and
restrictions contained in this Declaration and (ii) any and all exhibits attached to this
Declaration including, without limitation, the Preliminary Plan of Development and the
Valuation Table, unless the amendment of a particular provision of this Declaration is
explicitly prohibited by this Deolaration. Such amendments shall be in writing, executed
by Declarant, and recorded with the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana.
(C) Approval by Zoning Authority. No amendment which would eliminate,
waive or qualify a requirement set forth in this Declaration for the consent of or approval by
the Zoning Authority shall be effective unless approved in writing by the Zoning Authority.
(D) Class Approval. Subject to Section 25(13), the extent that such
amendment affects Owners of Non - Residential Units, Apartment Buildings or Multiuse
Structures (or any Units therein), there shall be no amendment of this Declaration which
would limit or impair the rights granted herein or add to the burdens imposed by this
Declaration.
(E) Effective Date. Any amendment shall become effective upon its
recordation in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana.
Section 26. Interpretation. The underlined titles preceding the various Sections and Sub- Sections
of this Declaration are for convenience of reference only, and none of them shall be used as an aid to the
construction of any provision of this Declaration. Wherever and whenever applicable, the singular form of
any word shall be taken to mean or apply to the plural, and the masculine form shall be taken to mean or
apply to the feminine or to the neuter.
Section 27. Duration. This Declaration and its covenants and restrictions are for the mutual
benefit and protection of the present and future Owners, the Corporation, and Declarant, and shall run with
the land and shall be binding on all parties and all Persons claiming under them until January 1, 2070, at
which time said covenants and restrictions shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten
(l0) years, unless changed in whole or in part by vote of a majority of the members of the Corporate Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all easements created in this Declaration shall be perpetual to the fullest
extent of the law, unless otherwise specifically stated herein.
Section 28. Severability. Every one of the Restrictions is hereby declared to be independent of,
and severable from, the rest of the Restrictions and of and from every one of the Restrictions, and of and
from every combination of the Restrictions. Therefore, if any of the Restrictions shall be held to be invalid
or to be unenforceable, or to lack the quality of running with the Iand, that holding shall be without effect
upon the validity, enforceability or "running" quality of any other one of the Restrictions.
Section 29. Non - Liability of Declaraant. Declarant shall not have any liability to an Owner,
Occupant or any other Person with respect to drainage on, over or under a Lot or erosion of a Lot. Such
drainage and erosion control shall be the responsibility of the Owner of the Lot upon which a Unit,
Apartment Building, or Multiuse Structure is constructed and of the builder of such Unit, Apartment
Building or Multiuse Structure and an Owner, by acceptance of a deed to a Lot, shall be deemed to agree to
indemnify and hold Declarant free and harmless from and against any and all liability arising from, related
to, or in connection with the erosion of or drainage on, over and under the Lot described in such deed.
Declarant shall have no duties, obligations or Iiabilities hereunder except such as are expressly assumed by
Declarant, and no duty of, or warranty by, Declarant shall be implied or be inferred from any term or
provision of this Declaration.
Section 30. Compliance with the Soil Erosion Control Plan.
(A) The Plam Declarant has established and implemented an erosion control
plan pursuant to the requirements and conditions of Rule 5 of 327 IAC 15, Storm Water
Run -off Associated with construction activity. In connection with any construction activity
on a Lot by an Owner, its contractor or the subcontractors of either, Owner shall take or
cause to be taken all erosion control measures contained in such plan as the plan applies to
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"land disturbing activity" undertaken on a Lot and shall comply with the terms of
Declarant's general permit under Rule 5 as well as all other applicable state, county or local
erosion control authorities. All erosion control measures shall be performed by personnel
trained in erosion control and shall meet the design criteria, standards, and specifications for
erosion control measures established by the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management in guidance documents similar to, or as effective as, those outlined in the
Indiana Handbook for Erosion Control in Developing Areas from the Division of Soil
Conservation, Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
(13) Maintenance. Declarant has established an Operation. and Maintenance
Plan defining the responsibilities of the Declarant for operating and maintaining the
stormwater Best Management Practices. ("BMP's ") in accordance with the Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Plan on file with the City of Carmel. The Corporation shall execute
such Operation and Maintenance plan including but not limited to the completion of replier
inspections, inspections following periods of heavy rainfall, submission of inspection
reports to the City of Carmel, and repairs as identified by inspections.
(C) Indemnity. The Owner of each Lot shall indemnify and hold Declarant
harmless from and against all liability, damage, loss, claims, demands and action of any
nature whatsoever which may arise out of or are connected with, or are claimed to arise out
of or be connected with, any work done by such Owner, its contractors and their respective
employees, agents, or subcontractors which is not in compliance with the erosion control
plan implemented by the Declarant.
Section 31. Exclusive Builders. Declarant reserves the absolute right prior to the Applicable Date
to restrict construction of Residential Units in the Legacy to builders who have been approved by
Declarant, which approval shall be granted or withheld in the absolute discretion of Declarant.
Notwithstanding the purchase of a Lot by an Owner, such Owner may not cause or authorize any Person to
construct a Residential Unit on the Lot other than a builder who has been approved in writing by Declarant.
Section 32 Right to Develop. Every Person acquiring any interest in The Legacy acknowledges
that (i) The Legacy is a master planned community, the development of which is likely to extend over
many years, (ii) The Legacy is a mixed -use community which will comprise a diversity of uses including,
without Iimitation, detached single family residential, attached residential, apartments, assisted living and
continuing care facilities and commercial retail and office development, along with lighting, sound, and
intensity occasioned by commercial development. Every person acquiring an interest in The Legacy agrees
not to protest, challenge, or otherwise object to (i) changes in uses or density of property outside or within
the Parcel in which such Person holds an interest; or (ii) changes in the Preliminary Plan of Development,
or (iii) the intensity, sound, acid lighting occasioned by any development allowed by the Zoning Ordinance.
Section 33. Exclusive Rights to Use Name of Development. No Person shall use the name "The
Legacy" or any derivative of such name or in logo or depiction in any printed or promotional material
without Declarant's prior written consent. However, Owners may use the name "The Legacy" in printed or
promotional matter where such term is used ly to specify that particular property is located within The
Legacy and the Corporation and any Supplemental Association shall be entitled to use the words "The
Legacy" in its name.
Section 34. Right to Approve Additional Covenants. Prior to the Applicable Date, no Person
shall record any declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, Declaration of Condominium, or
similar instrument affecting any portion of the Property without Declarant's review and written consent.
Any attempted recordation without such consent shall result in such instrument being void and of no force
and effect unless subsequently approved by written consent signed and recorded by Declarant.
Section 35. Perpetuities. If any of the covenants, conditions, restrictions, or other provisions of
this Declaration shall be unlawful, void, or voidable for violation of the rule against perpetuities, then such
provisions shall continue only until twenty -one (21) years after the death of the last survivor of the now
living descendants of George Herbert Walker Bush, former President of the United States of America.
Section 36. Mechanic's Liens. Each Owner agrees that in the event any mechanic's lien or other
statutory lien shall be filed against its Lot, any other Lot or any Common Area by reason of work, labor,
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services or materials supplied to or at the request of such Owner pursuant to any construction on its Lot, or
at the request of the Owner or an Occupant of the Lot pursuant to any construction by said Owner or
Occupant, it shall pay and discharge the same of record within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof,
subject to the provisions of the following sentence. Each Owner shall have the right to contest the validity,
amount or applicability of such liens by appropriate legal proceedings, and, so long as it shall furnish such
bond or provide such indemnification as is hereinafter provided and be prosecuting such contest in good
faith, the requirement that it pay and discharge such liens within said thirty (30) days shall not be
applicable; provided, however, that in any event such Owner shall, within thirty (30) days after the filing
thereof, bond or indemnify against such liens in amount and in form satisfactory to induce the title
insurance company which insured title to the respective parcel, to insure over such liens or to reissue and
update its existing policy, binder or commitment without showing title exception by reason of such liens,
and shall indemnify and save harmless Declarant, the other Owners, the Corporation and the applicable
Supplemental Association, if any, from all loss damage, liability, expense or claim. whatsoever (including
reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of defending against the foregoing) resulting from the assertion
of any such liens. In the event such legal proceeding shall be finally concluded (so that no further appeal
may be taken adversely to the Owner contesting such liens) such Owner shall, within ten (10) days
thereafter, cause the liens to be discharged of record.
Section 37. Tax Abatement. So long as Declarant, or any of their respective affiliates, successors
or assigns are liable, directly or indirectly, for the repayment or guaranty of any outstanding bonds or lease
rental obligations that have been issued or incurred by Hamilton County, Indiana, the City of Carmel's
Redevelopment Commission or the Hamilton County Redevelopment Commission and secured by tax
increment revenues pledged pursuant to IC 36-7-14-39 or any successor provision thereto, no Owner or
Occupant may seeks or claim a deduction from assessed value (commonly known as property tax
abatement) for any real or personal property of such Owner or Occupant under IC 6 -1.1 -12.1 or any
successor provision thereto ("Tax Abatement"). It shall be the responsibility of the Owner or Occupant to
inquire in writing with Declarant as to whether any such liability exists prior to seeking Tax Abatement.
Declarant's address for such inquiry is: East Carmel, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, 9757
Westpoint Drive, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46256, Attn: Steven R. Edwards - The Legacy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, Declarant has executed this Declaration as of the date set
forth above.
EAST CARMEL, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company,
Hy: Platinum Properties, LLC,
an Indiana limited liability company, Member
By
Steven R. Edwards, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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49.141, WILLIAM B. 01.SEN
""' :• County
MyCommission>< ines
AMP - -- - -- thine 00,2016
STATE OF INDIANA )
) SS:
COUNTY OP HAMILTON )
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Steven R.
Edwards, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Platinum Properties, LLC, an Indiana limited
liability company, who acknowledged the execution of the foregoing "Master Declaration of
Covenants and Restrictions of The Legacy" on behalf of Platinum Properties, LLC as a member of
East Carmel, LLC.
WITNESS my hand and Notarial S
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My Commission Expires:
(Printed Signature)
My County of Residence:
This instrument prepared by, and after recording, return to: Charles D. Frankenberger, NELSON &
FRANKENBERGER, 3105 E. 98`x' Street, Suite 170, Indianapolis, IN 46280
Pursuant to IC 36- 2- 11(b)(2), I affirm under the penalties for perjury, that 1 have taken reasonable
care to redact each Social Security number in this document, unless required by law — Charles D.
Frankenberger.
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EXHIBIT "A"
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THE RIDGE AT LEGACY
A part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 22 and part of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 23, Township 18 North, Range 4 East of the 211 Principal Meridian,
Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter Section, said corner
being marked by a Harrison Monument; thence North 89 degrees 34 minutes 25 seconds
East along the North line of said Quarter Section a distance of 1,316.91 feet to the
Northwest corner of the East Half of said Quarter Section; thence South 00 degrees 03
minutes 48 seconds East along the West line of said Half Quarter Section a distance of
58.60 feet to a 5/8" rebar with cap stamped "S & A Firm #0008" (hereafter referred to as
a S & A rebar) on the southerly right-of-way of 146th Street and the POINT OF
BEGINNING of this description; thence along the said rift - of-way by the next fifteen
courses; 1) South 89 degrees 46 minutes 32 seconds East 117.55 feet to as a S & A rebar;
2) South 88 degrees 35 minutes 16 seconds East 12.24 feet to as a S & A rebar; 3) South
88 degrees 42 minutes 45 seconds East 20.41 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 4) South 88
degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds East 56.52 feet to as a S & A rebar; 5) South 88 degrees
23 minutes 04 seconds East 15.80 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 6) South 84 degrees 48
minutes 27 seconds East 173.52 feet to as a S & A rebar; 7) South 88 degrees 44 minutes
54 seconds East 171.13 feet to as a S & A rebar; 8) South 86 degrees 51 minutes 09
seconds East 45.84 feet to as a S & A rebar; 9) South 87 degrees 55 minutes 37 seconds
East 99.38 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 10) South 88 degrees 29 minutes 08 seconds East
77.44 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 11) South 89 degrees 33 minutes 55 seconds East 140.45
feet to as a S & A rebar; 12) North 89 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds East 274.73 feet to
as a 5 & A rebar; 13) North 89 degrees 58 minutes 25 seconds East 135.72 feet to as a 5
& A rebar; 14) South 89 degrees 22 minutes 08 seconds East 103.23 feet to as a S & A
rebar; 15) South 83 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds East 54.30 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 515.54 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 18 degrees 26 minutes 06 seconds West 316.23 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 535.79 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 39 degrees 34 minutes 22 seconds West 83.20 feet to as a 5 & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 540.50 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 167.00 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 285.00 feet to as a 5 & A rebar;
thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 783.98 feet to as a S & A rebar and
the point of curvature of a curve concave southerly, the radius point of said curve being
South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 427.00 feet from said point; thence
westerly along said curve 283.00 feet to as a S & A rebar and the point of tangency of
said curve, said point being North 37 degrees 58 minutes 26 seconds West 427.00 feet
from the radius point of said curve; thence South 52 degrees 01 minutes 34 seconds West
119.99 feet to as a S & A rebar; thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes 26 seconds East
19.23 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; thence South 52 degrees 01 minutes 34 seconds West
56.82 feet to as a S & A rebar on the West line of said Half Quarter Section; thence North
00 degrees 03 minutes 48 seconds West along said West lime 2,493.06 feet to the place of
beginning, containing 72.322 acres, more or less.
EXHIBIT "A"
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PARKVIEW AT LEGACY
A part of the Northwest and Northeast Quarter Sections of Section 23, Township 18
North, Range 4 East, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, more particularly
described as follows:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence
North 89 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West along the North line of said Quarter
Section a distance of 624.85 feet; thence South 00 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds West
perpendicular to said North line 94.18 feet to the North line of real estate described in
-instrument Number 2007043398 in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County,
Indiana, said point also being on the easterly right of way line of Community Drive;
thence along said easterly right of way line by the following eleven (11) calls; (1) South
00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 220.22 feet to the point of curvature of a curve
concave westerly, the radius point of said curve being North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds West 544.50 feet from said point; (2) southerly along said curve 41.41 feet to the
point of tangency of said curve, said point being South 85 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds
East 544.50 feet from the radius point of said curve; (3) South 04 degrees 21 minutes 27
seconds West 242.38 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave easterly, the radius
point of said curve being South 85 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds East 455.50 feet from
said point; (4) southerly along said curve 34.64 feet to the point of tangency of said
curve, said point being North 90. degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 455.50 feet from
the radius point of said curve; (5) South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 88.34
feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave easterly, the radius point of said curve
being South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 455.50 feet from said paint; (6)
southerly along said curve 24.51 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said point
being South 86 degrees 55 minutes 01 seconds West 455.50 feet from the radius point of
said curve; (7) South 03 degrees 04 minutes 59 seconds East 480.79 feet to the point of
curvature of a curve concave westerly, the radius point of said curve being South 86
degrees 55 minutes 01 seconds West 544.50 feet from said point; (8) southerly along said
curve 29.30 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said point being South 90 degrees
00 minutes 00 seconds East 544.50 feet from the radius point of said curve; (9) South 00
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 13.14 feet; (10) South 45 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds West 28.99 feet; (11) South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 690.4 feet to
the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds East 210.35 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 113.40
feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 mutes 00 seconds East 172.00 feet; thence South 00
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 78.70 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds East 138.69 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 207.30
feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 270.72 feet; thence South 00
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 36.00 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds East 27.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 119.00 feet
to the northerly right of way line of Cherry Creek Boulevard; thence along said northerly
right of way line by the following three (3) calls; (1) North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds West 427.30 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave southerly, the
radius point of said curve being South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1,575.00
EXHIBIT "A"
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feet from said point; (2) westerly along said curve 234.57 feet to the point of tangency of
said curve, said point being North 08 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds West 1,575.00 feet
from the radius point of said curve, said point also being a point on a curve concave
northerly, the radius point of said curve being North 08 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds
West 75.00 feet from said point; (3) westerly along said curve 2.43 feet to the point of
tangency of said curve, said point being South 06 degrees 40 minutes 44 seconds East
75.00 feet from the radius point of said curve, said point also being on the northerly right
of way line of Community Drive; thence along said northerly and easterly right of way
Lines of Community Drive by the following rive (5) calls; (1) continuing westerly along
said curve 57.06 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said paint being South 36
degrees 54 minutes 55 seconds West 75.00 feet from the radius point of said curve; (2)
North 53 degrees 05 minutes 05 seconds West 54.83 feet to a point on a curve concave
northeasterly, the radius point of said curve being North 36 degrees 54 minutes 54
seconds East 144.00 feet from said point; (3) northwesterly along said curve 125.16 feet
to the point of tangency of said curve, said point being South 86 degrees 42 minutes 56
seconds West 144.00 feet from the radius point of said curve, said point also being the
point of curvature of a curve concave easterly, the radius point of said curve being North
86 degrees 42 minutes 56 seconds East 289.00 feet from said point; (4) northerly along
said curve 16.57 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said point being North 90
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 289.00 feet from the radius point of said curve; (5)
North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 17446 feet to the place of beginning,
containing 5.464 acres, more or less, subject to all legal highways, rights -of -ways,
easements, and restrictions of record.
EXHIBIT "A"
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THE LEGACY TOWNS AND FLATS
A part of Section 23, Township 18 North, Range 4 East of the 2nd Principal Meridian,
Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana described more particularly as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 23 being
marked by a Harrison monument; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds East
along the North line of said Quarter Section a distance of 291.35 feet; thence South 00
degrees 44 minutes 20 seconds West, perpendicular to said North line, a distance of
426.88 feet to a 5/8" rebar with cap stamped "S & A Firm #0008" (hereafter referred to
as a S & A rebar) and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the following description; thence
South 04 degrees 48 minutes 02 seconds West 196.10 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South
15 degrees 34 minutes 41 seconds West 112.29 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 47
degrees 16 minutes 03 seconds West 165.92 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 38
degrees 32 minutes 50 seconds West 152.74 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 33
degrees 40 minutes 01 seconds West 82.68 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 00
degrees 09 minutes 59 seconds West 76.50 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 38
degrees 41 minutes 04 seconds West 136.39 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 67
degrees 30 minutes 02 seconds West 85.08 feet to a S & A rebar; thence North 85
degrees 34 minutes 55 seconds West 33.06 feet to a S & A rebar; thence North 60
degrees 37 minutes 33 seconds West 61.76 feet to a S & A rebar; thence North 78
degrees 03 minutes 00 seconds West 39.88 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 89
degrees 56 minutes 56 seconds West 42.30 feet to a S & A rebar; thence South 89
degrees 59 minutes 23 seconds West 265.57 feet to a S & A rebar; thence North 03
degrees 04 minutes 59 seconds West 475.72 feet to a S & A rebar and the point of
curvature of a curve concave easterly, the radius point of said curve being North 86
degrees 55 minutes 01 seconds East 455.50 feet from said point; thence northerly along
said curve 24.51 feet to a S & A rebar and the point of tangency of said curve, said point
being North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 455.50 feet from the radius point of
said curve; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 88.34 feet to a S & A
rebar and the point of curvature of a curve concave easterly, the radius point of said curve
being South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 455.50 feet from said point; thence
northerly along said curve 10.52 feet to a S & A rebar and the point of tangency of said
curve, said point being North 88 degrees 40 minutes 38 seconds West 455.50 feet from
the radius point of said curve; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 01 seconds East 73.57
feet to a S & A rebar; thence North 88 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 125.78 feet to
a S & A rebar; thence North 04 degrees 21 minutes 27 seconds East 176.84 feet to a S &
A rebar; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 720.62 feet to the place of
beginning, containing 13.040 acres, more or less.
EXHIBIT "B"
Page 1 of 2
THE LEGACY (413 Acres)
A part of Sections 22 and 23, Township 18 North, Range 4 East of the 2nd Principal
Meridian, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana described more particularly as
follows:
Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Section 23; thence North 89 degrees 15
minutes 40 seconds West along the North line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 23
a distance of 337.40 feet; thence South 20 degrees 07 minutes 12 seconds West a distance
of 149.74 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of this description; thence South 20
degrees 07 minutes 21 seconds West 92.91 feet; thence South 69 degrees 52 minutes 38
seconds East 16.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 41 seconds West 195.81
feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave westerly, the radius point of said curve
being North 89 degrees 52 minutes 19 seconds West 688.98 feet from said point; thence
southerly along said curve 426.40 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said point
being South 54 degrees 24 minutes 43 seconds East 688.98 feet from the radius point of
said curve; thence South 35 degrees 35 minutes 17 seconds West 313.27 feet; thence
North 69 degrees 52 minutes 38 seconds West 16.50 feet; thence South 20 degrees 07
minutes 28 seconds West 119.41 feet; thence North 69 degrees 52 minutes 38 seconds
West 16.50 feet to a point on a curve concave southeasterly, the radius point of said curve
being South 54 degrees 49 minutes 01 seconds East 1,574.80 feet from said point; thence
southwesterly along said curve 367.82 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said
point being North 68 degrees 11 minutes 57 seconds West 1,574.80 feet from the radius
point of said curve; thence South 21 degrees 48 minutes 03 seconds West 191.51 feet;
thence South 15 degrees 18 minutes 16 seconds East 82.28 feet; thence South 68 degrees
12 minutes 11 seconds East 16.50 feet; thence South 21 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds
West 243.57 feet; thence South 21 degrees 20 minutes 03 seconds West 151.74 feet;
thence South 23 degrees 01 minutes 40 seconds West 99.76 feet; thence South 24 degrees
29 minutes 46 seconds West 51.87 feet to a point on a curve concave northwesterly, the
radius point of said curve being North 66 degrees 03 minutes 44 seconds West 397.42
feet from said point; thence southwesterly along said curve 191.02 feet to the point of
tangency of said curve, said point being South 38 degrees 31 minutes 23 seconds East
397.42 feet from the radius point of said curve; thence South 52 degrees 56 minutes 19
seconds West 64.43 feet; thence South 56 degrees 48 minutes 58 seconds West 84.84
feet; thence South 58 degrees 29 minutes 55 seconds West 204.22 feet; thence South 59
degrees 38 minutes 13 seconds West 213.74 feet; thence South 59 degrees 38 minutes 43
seconds West 416.86 feet; thence South 59 degrees 26 minutes 13 seconds West 210.95
feet; thence South 59 degrees 08 minutes 15 seconds West 205.20 feet to a point on a
curve concave southeasterly, the radius point of said curve being South 29 degrees 09
minutes 29 seconds East 1,427.15 feet from said point; thence south-westerly along said
curve 338.21 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said point being North 42
degrees 1'1 minutes 11 seconds West 1,427.15 feet from the radius point of said curve;
thence South 47 degrees 13 minutes 52 seconds West 257.68 feet; thence South. 47
degrees 01 minutes 38 seconds West 316.41 feet; thence South 46 degrees 58 minutes 46
seconds West 613.46 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave southeasterly, the
radius point of said curve being South 43 degrees 01 minutes 14 seconds East 1,232.86
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feet from said point; thence southwesterly along said curve 153.01 feet to the point of
tangency of said curve, said point being North 50 degrees 07 minutes 53 seconds West
1,232.86 feet from the radius point of said curve; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 16
seconds West 78.51 feet to a point on a curve concave southeasterly, the radius point of
said curve being South 47 degrees 28 minutes 47 seconds East 1,285.49 feet from said
point; thence northeasterly along said curve 100.05 feet to the point of tangency of said
curve, said point being North 43 degrees 01 minutes 14 seconds West 1,285.49 feet from
the radius point of said curve; thence North 46 degrees 58 minutes 46 seconds East
613.46 feet; thence North 89 degrees 45 minutes 37 seconds West 2,114.73 feet; thence
North 00 degrees 18 minutes 08 seconds East 1,112.61 feet; thence South 89 degrees 37
minutes 04 seconds West 1,31 9.56 feet; thence North 00 degrees 03 minutes 48 seconds
West 2,594.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 32 seconds East 117.55 feet;
thence South 88 degrees 35 minutes 16 seconds East 12.24 feet; thence South 88 degrees
42 minutes 45 seconds East 20.41 feet; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds
East 56.52 feet; thence South 88 degrees 23 minutes 04 seconds East 15.80 feet; thence
South 84 degrees 48 minutes 27 seconds East 173.52 feet; thence South 88 degrees 44
minutes 54 seconds East 171.13 feet; thence South 86 degrees 51 minutes 09 seconds
East 45.84 feet; thence South 87 degrees 55 minutes 37 seconds East 99.38 feet; thence
South 88 degrees 29 minutes 08 seconds East 77.44 feet; thence South 89 degrees 33
minutes 55 seconds East 140.45 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds
East 274.73 feet; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 25 seconds East 135.72 feet; thence
South 89 degrees 22 minutes 08 seconds East 103.23 feet; thence South. 83 degrees 58
minutes 30 seconds East 54.30 feet; thence continuing South 83 degrees 58 minutes 30
seconds East along said line, a distance of 34.16 feet; thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes
46 seconds East 158.43 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 10 seconds East 92.23
feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 28 seconds East 292.56 feet; thence South 89
degrees 24 minutes 13 seconds East 413.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes 11
seconds East 149.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 13 seconds East 325.45
feet; thence South 89 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds East 12.90 feet; thence South 88
degrees 10 minutes 19 seconds East 458.39 feet; thence South 85 degrees 17 minutes 03
seconds East 696.40 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East 1,691.18
feet; thence continuing South 89 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East along said line, a
distance of 470.49 feet to the place of beginning, containing 413.165 acres, more or less,
subject to all legal highways, rights-of-ways, easements, and restrictions of record.
Excepting therefrom the Real Estate described in what is attached to and made a part of
this Master Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of The Legacy as Exhibit `A "_
MASTER DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS 01? THE LEGACY
EXH BIT C
DEFINITIONS
"Additional Real Estate" means the real estate located in Hamilton County, Indiana and particularly
described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit B, along with all real
estate contiguous therewith.
"Amenity Areas" paeans a Limited Common Area, designated by Declarant and upon which the Declarant
constructs improvements which, in the Declarant's discretion, may include, without limitation, swimming
pools, bath houses, sports fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, and other improvements.
"Apartment Building" means a Structure with two or more Residential Units under one roof except when
such Residential Units are situated upon their own individual Lots, are Condominiums or are located in a
Multiuse Structure. By way of example, The Legacy Towns and Flats contains Apartment Buildings.
"Applicable Date" means the date that Declarant has voluntarily relinquished its rights as the Declarant
under this Declaration (hut not such earlier date as Declarant may voluntarily relinquish its rights as
Declarant under a Supplemental Declaration), as established in a written notice to the Corporation. The
document by which Declarant establishes the Applicable Date may allow Declarant to reserve the right to
require Declarant's prior written approval of certain actions by the Corporation.
"Applicable Supplemental Association" or words to similar effect means the Supplemental Association that
pursuant to a Plat, Supplemental Declaration or a Development Instr €anent has jurisdiction of a particular
Parcel or Limited Common Area
"Assessments" means all sums assessed against the Owners or as declared by this Declaration, any
Supplemental Declaration, the Corporate Articles or the Corporate By -Laws or the articles of incorporation
or by -laws of a Supplemental Association.
"Assigned Votes" means the votes which the Declarant assigns to each Supplemental Board and which are
cast by the members of each Supplemental Board at each election of the members of the Master Board,
occurring subsequent to the Applicable Date, in the manner specified in the Corporate Articles and
Corporate Bylaws. The Assigned Votes shall be as specified in the Valuation Table and/or a Supplemental
Declaration, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Declarant or the Master Board in their
discretion.
"Building Activity" means any improvement, alterations, repairs, change of colors, excavations, changes in
grade, planting, installation or modification of signage or other work that in any way alters any Lot or the
exterior of the improvements and any Structure located thereon from its natural or improved state.
"Capital Assessment" means an Assessment made pursuant to Section 15(E) of the Declaration.
"Cherry Creek Boulevard" means what is identified on the Preliminary Plan of Development as "Cherry
Creek Boulevard".
"City" means the City of Carmel, Indiana.
"Common Area" means any General Common Area and any Limited Common Area.
"Common Facilities" means any General Common Facilities and any Limited Common Facilities.
"Common Lighting" means the light standards, wiring, bulbs and other appurtenances, if any, installed to
illuminate the General Common Area or Limited Common Area, as the case may be, or the public and
private ways in The Legacy exclusive of the Path Lights.
"Community Drive" means what is identified on. the Preliminary Plan of Development as "Community
Drive ".
"Condominium" means a condominium, established per the terms of a Declaration, pursuant to and as
defined in IC 32- 25 -1 -1 et. seq., as amended.
"Condominium Association" means an "association of co- owners" as that term is defined in IC 32- 25 -1 -1
et. seq., as amended.
"Corporate Articles" means the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time.
"Corporate Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
"Corporate By- Laws" means the Code of By -Laws of the Corporation, as amended from tiine to time.
"Corporate Obligations" means, collectively, the cost as determined by the Corporate Board in its
discretion of (i) the improvement, maintenance, repair, replacement and operation of the General Common
Area and the General Common Facilities, (11) insurance required by this Declaration to be maintained by
the Declarant, (iii) maintenance of the Drainage Facilities, (iv) services to remove snow, from Cherry
Creek Boulevard and Community Drive, in frequencies determined by the Corporate Board and the
Declarant, (v) maintaining Site Furniture and Facilities, Entry Ways, Street Trees, street lights, signs, turf,
bicycle parking, walls and fences located within Cherry Creek Boulevard and that portion of Community
Drive South of the Integrity Mali and (vii) all other obligations of the Corporation which are specified in
this Declaration.
"Corporation" means The Legacy Governing Association, Inc., an Indiana nonprofit corporation, its
successors and assigns.
"Corporation's Annual Budget" means the costs, as determined by the Corporation's Board, in its
discretion, of fulfilling the Corporation's Obligations on an annual basis.
"Corporation's Annual Operating Deficit" means the cost of satisfying the Corporate Obligations, on an
annual basis, as deterinincd by the Corporate Board, less all of the total General Assessment owed by all
Owners other than the Declarant and Designated Builders, for the subject year.
"Declarant" means East Carmel, LLC, au Indiana limited liability company, and its successors and assigns
to interest in the Property other than any Owners purchasing Lots or Units by deed from Declarant (unless
the conveyance indicated an intent that the grantee assume the rights and obligations of Declarant).
"Declaration of Condominium" means a "declaration" as defined in IC 32- 25 -1 -1, et seq., as amended.
"Development Standards and Architectural Control Committee" means an entity established pursuant to a
Supplemental Declaration for the purposes therein stated, and "applicable Development Standards and
Architectural Control Committee" means the Development Standards and Architectural Control Committee
for the Parcel subject to such Supplemental Declaration.
"Designated Builder" means for such period as designated in writing by Declarant may continue, any
Person engaged in the construction of more than one (1) Unit on the Property who is designated in writing
by Declarant as a "Designated Builder".
"Development Instnun.ent" means any other recorded instrument applicable to the Property prepared by
Declarant in addition to this Declaration, a Supplemental Declaration or a Plat
" District" means the Legacy Planned Unit Development District established by the Zoning Ordinance as it
exists and may be amended, from time to time. The District shall include, without limitation, the real estate
legally described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A and Exhibit
B.
"Drainage Board" means the Hamilton County Drainage Board, its successors or assigns, or the City of
Carmel Department of Public Works, its successors and assigns.
"Drainage System" means the open drainage ditches and swales, the subsurface drainage tiles, bioswales,
pipes and structures, the dry and wet retention and/or detention ponds (including the Ponds), and the other
Structures, fixtures, properties, equipment and facilities located in the Property, and designated for the
purpose of controlling, retaining or expediting the drainage of surface and subsurface waters from, over and
across the Property, including but not limited to those shown or referred to on a Plat, all or part of which
may be established as legal drains subject to the jurisdiction of the Drainage Board.
"Education Facility" means any facility or area Located in a General Common Area owned or leased by a
public or private educational institution or its successor in title, which is used principally for education
purposes.
"Entry Ways" means the Structures, including monuments and signs, constructed as an entrance to The
Legacy or a part thereof (exclusive of the street pavement, curbs, and drainage Structures and tiles), the
traffic islands depicted as a Common Area on a Plat and any other traffic islands dividing a roadway
providing access to The Legacy or a part thereof, and the grassy area surrounding such Structures.
"General Assessment" means an Assessment made pursuant to Section 15(B) of the Declaration.
"General Common Area" means (i) areas of land that are designated as General Common Area on any Plat
or in this Declaration or any Development Instrument, and all improvements located within any such
General Common Area, and (ii) other areas of land that are conveyed to or acquired by the Corporation,
and its successors and assigns, together with all improvements thereto, all utility service lines or facilities
located therein not maintained by a public utility company or governmental agency and all General
Cortunon Facilities located therein or used in connection therewith.
"General Common Area Access Easement" means the area designated on a Plat as a means of access to a
General Common Area or Shared Parlcing Lot.
"General Common Facilities" means (i) all improvements which are located in the General Common Areas,
including, without limitation, all Paths, Common Lighting, Ponds, Site Furniture and Fixtures, bicycle
racks, walls, fences, signs and landscaping, (ii) the Drainage System, and (iii) the Site Furniture and
Facilities, the Drainage System, Entry Ways, Street Trees, street lights, signs, turf, bicycle racks, walls and
fences and any and all infrastructure not maintained by the City per the City of Carmel Property
Maintenance Code, as amended which are located within (x) Cherry Creek Boulevard and that portion of
Community Drive south of the Integrity Mali or (y) that portion of the public right -of -way which is
immediately adjacent to a General Common Area.
"Initial Assessment" means the Initial Assessment required by Section 15(C) of the Declaration.
"Integrity Mall" means the pedestrian path that is identified on the Preliminary Plan of Development as the
"Integrity Mall ".
"Landscape Easement" means a portion of a Lot denoted on a Plat as an area to be landscaped or as a
Landscape Easement.
"Legacy Building Guidelines" means guidelines and requirements for Building Activity on the Property
adopted by the Declarant, as the same may be amended from time to time in the discretion of the Declarant
or the Supplemental Board of the Applicable Supplemental Association.
"Limited Common Area" means any Amenity Area and other areas of land or improvements that are (i)
designated by the Declarant, in the Declarant's discretion, as Limited Common Area on any Plat or in any
Supplemental Declaration or Development Instrument, or located within any such Limited Common Area,
(ii) conveyed to or acquired by a Supplemental Association, or (iii) required by this Declaration to be
maintained by a Supplemental Association, together with all improvements thereto, all utility service lines
or facilities located therein not maintained by a public utility company or governmental agency and any
Limited Common Facilities located therein.
"Limited Common Facilities" means (i) all improvements located within a Limited Common Area
including, without limitation, Paths, Common Lighting, Site Furniture and Fixtures, bicycle racks, walls,
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fences, signs, and landscaping. (ii) what the Declarant, in its discretion, identifies and defines in a
Supplemental Declaration as a Limited Common Facility and may also include; without limitation, (iii) Site
Furniture and Facilities, Entry Ways, Street Trees, street lights, signs, turf, bicycle racks, walls and fences
and any and all infrastructure not maintained by the City of Carmel per the City of Carmel Property
Maintenance Code, as amended which are located within a Parcel or a public street internal or adjacent to a
Parcel but not located within (x) Cherry Creek Boulevard and that portion of Community Drive south of the
Integrity Mall, (y) a public right-of-way immediately adjacent to a General Common Area, or (z) a General
Common Arca.
"Lot" means (i) any plot of land intended as a building site shown upon any recorded Plat, with the
exception of Common Areas and Shared Parking Lots, (ii) any Condominium, (iii) any part of the Property
designated in a recorded instrument as "Lot", and (iv) any other part of the Property acquired by an Owner
or used by Declarant for the construction or operation oi, or occupancy as, one or more Units.
"Lot Development Plan" means (1) a site plan prepared by a licensed engineer or architect, (ii) foundation
plan and proposed finished floor elevations, (iii) building plans, including elevation and floor plans, (iv)
material plans and specifications, (v) landscaping plan, (vi) exterior lighting plan, (vii) tree preservation
plan and (viii) all other data or information that the applicable Development Standards and Architectural
Control Committee may request, with respect to the improvement or alteration of a Lot (including but not
limited to the landscaping thereof) or the construction or alteration of a Unit, Apartment Building, Multiuse
Structure or other Structure or improvement thereon.
"Maintain," as it refers to any physical item means rznaintain, repair, replace and remove as necessary or
appropriate.
"Maintenance Costs" means all of the costs, as determined by the Corporate Board, in its discretion, with
respect to General Common Areas and General Common Facilities, and the Applicable Supplemental
Association, in the discretion of its Supplemental Board with respect to Limited Common Areas and
Limited Common Facilities necessary to keep the facilities to which the term applies operational and in
good condition, including but not limited to the cost of all upkeep, maintenance, repair, and replacement of
all or any part of any such facility, payment of all insurance premiums for public liability, casualty and
other insurance maintained with respect thereto, all utility charges relating to such facilities, all taxes
imposed on the facilities and on the underlying land, leasehold, easement or right -of -way, and any other
expense related to the continuous maintenance, operation, or improvement of the facilities.
"Majori " means any number greater than fifty percent (50 %).
"Mortgagee" means the holder of a first mortgage on a Lot, a Unit, an Apartment Building or a Multi -use
Structure.
"Multi -Use Structure" means a Structure which contains one or more Nonresidential Units and one or more
Residential Units.
"Non- Residential Lot" means a Lot which is used primarily for non - residential purposes and shall include
Lots on which Apartment Buildings or Multi -Use Structures exist.
"Non- Residential Unit" means any Structure or portion thereof (including Common Areas) situated upon
the Property which is designated and intended for use and occupancy for such non- residential purposes as
are permitted under the Zoning Ordinance exclusive of home -based offices and other uses accessory to the
use and enjoyment of a Residential Lot. A Nonresidential Unit may be a Condominium.
"Occupant" means any Person who is in possession of a Unit either as an Owner or as a tenant pursuant to a
lease or other occupancy agreement.
"Organizational Document" means, collectively, the Declaration, the Master Articles and the Master By-
Laws.
"Owner" means Person, including Declarant, who at the time has or is acquiring legal title to a Lot, except
a Person who has or is acquiring such title merely as security for the performance of an obligation.
"Parcel" means each platted subdivision or part thereof, parcel of land or one or more Lots within the
Property that are subject to the same Supplemental Declaration or are declared by Declarant to constitute a
"Parcel" and may include Limited Common Areas andlor Amenity Area(s). One or more Lots may be
included in more than one Parcel. A Parcel comprises more than one type of use and may include
noncontiguous lots, platted subdivisions or parcels of land.
"Parcel Applicable Date" means the date specified in the applicable Supplemental Declaration as the
"Parcel Applicable Date" for that Parcel.
"Parcel Assessment" means an Assessment made pursuant to a Supplemental Declaration for a Parcel to be
used for such purposes as are authorized by the Supplemental Declaration.
"Paths" means those walkways, sidewalks and /or bikeways installed outside of a public right - of-way
pursuant to Section 9 and such other real estate or interest therein as is conveyed or granted in the
Declarant's discretion to the Corporation and/or Supplemental Association for the purpose of being used
for walkways andlor bikeways.
"Path Lights" means the light standards, conduits, wiring, bulbs and other appurtenances, if any, installed
to illuminate the Paths.
"Permitted Title Holder" means (i) the Corporation, (ii) any Supplemental Association, (iii) a public or
private educational institilion, (iv)the City or any of its agencies or (v) a nonprofit corporation having
perpetual existence or a governmental entity designated, in either case, by Declarant.
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or
other legal entity, or any combination thereof.
"Plat" means (i) a final secondary plat, (ii) a detailed (secondary) development plan pursuant to the Zoning
Ordinance of a portion of the Property executed by Declarant and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of
Hamilton County, Indiana or (iii) where a final secondary plat or Detailed (secondary) development plan is
not required by the Zoning Ordinance, a map or drawing prepared by Declarant showing a portion of the
Property (which may show the division of that portion of the Property into Lots, the dedication of right-of-
way or the creation of easement thereon) and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County,
Indiana.
"Plaza" means a Limited Common Area to be located adjacent to the Community Dive and to be utilized,
in the discretion and by the permission of the Supplemental Board of the Village District Supplemental
Association, in its discretion, as a central gathering place for performances, festivals and outside events.
"Pond" means a body of water either located in a Common Area or located outside the Property but utilized
for controlled drainage from the Property pursuant to easement or other agreements requiring the Declarant
and/or the Corporation or applicable Supplemental Association to maintain such bodies of water, and
"Ponds" means all of such bodies of water.
"Preliminary Plan of Development" means that plan prepared by Declarant that outlines the total scheme of
development and general uses of land in the Property, attached to this Declaration as Exhibit D. The
Preliminary Plan of Development is preliminary and conceptual only, and may be amended, changed and
modified by Declarant from time to time, in the Declarant's discretion.
"Private Street" means a privately -held right-of-way, open to the public for the purposes of vehicular and
pedestrian travel, and which is identified and designated by the Declarant in writing, on a Plat or otherwise,
as a Private Street. A Private Street may be comprised of pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks,
parking space, and the like. Private Street does not include a driveway located entirely on a single Lot.
"Property" means certain property located in Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, as described in
Exhibit A to this Declaration and such other parts of the Additional Real Estate as may from time to time
be annexed thereto under the provision of Section 3 of this Declaration.
"Real Estate" means the real estate particularly described in what is attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference as Exhibit A.
"Residential Lot" means a Lot which is used or intended to be used primarily for residential purposes
except where the Lot is improved by the construction thereon of an Apartment Building or a Multi -Use
Structure.
"Residential Unit" means a Structure containing a room or combination of MOMS designed for year -round
habitation, containing a bathroom and kitchen facilities, and designated for or used as a permanent
residence by at least one Person, and all Structures accessory thereto.
"Restrictions" means the covenants, conditions, easements, charges, liens, restrictions, rules, regulations,
policies and procedures and all other provisions set forth in this Declaration, all Applicable Supplemental
Declarations, any Plats, any Development Instruments, the Legacy Building Guidelines and any rules,
regulations, policies, and procedures adopted by the Corporate Board and/or a Supplemental Board, in their
discretion, as the same may from time to time be amended.
"Round- about" tneans the traffic circle in The Legacy which may be constructed per the Declarant in the
Declarant's discretion.
"Shared Parking Lot" means any parking lot owned, managed author maintained by the Corporation or a
Supplemental Association intended for use by the Occupants of or visitors to The Legacy and designated,
in writing, by the Corporate Board, in its discretion, as a Shared Parking Lot.
"Simplicity Park" means the General Common Area which is preliminarily and conceptually identified on
the Preliminary Plan of Development as the "Simplicity Park ".
"Site Furniture and Facilities" means any furniture, trash containers, sculpture or other furniture, fixtures,
equipment or facilities constructed, installed or placed in the Property by Declarant, the Corporation or a
Supplemental Association and intended for the common use or benefit of some, if not all, of the Owners
and Occupants.
"Speeial Assessment" means an Assessment made pursuant to Section 15(1) of the Declaration.
"Street Trees" means the trees, shrubs and other plantings planted by Declarant, the Corporation or
Supplemental Association pursuant to Section 11 of this Declaration, as the same may be replaced from
time to time.
"Structure" means anything which is constructed or installed upon a Lot including, without limitation, all
improvements which are principally above ground and enclosed by walls.
"Supplemental Association" means any nonprofit corporation established pursuant to a Supplemental
Declaration to carry out functions speeified in such Supplemental Declaration.
"Supplemental Board" means the board of directors of a Supplemental Association.
"Supplemental Declaration" means any supplemental declaration of covenants, conditions or restrictions
which may be recorded, with respect to a Parcel or part of a Parcel and which may extend the provisions of
this Declaration or any previously recorded Supplemental Declaration to a Parcel and which may contain
such complementary or supplementary provisions for such Parcel as are specified in the Supplemental
Declaration by the Declarant, in Declarant's discretion..
"The Legacy" means the name by which Property shall be commonly known.
"The Legacy Towns and Flats" means the apartment community described in Section 15(B)(2)(c) of the
Declaration.
"Unit" means any Residential Unit or Nonresidential Unit, including a Condominium, and "Units" means
all Residential Units and Nonresidential Units, including all Condominiums.
"Valuation Factor" means Declarant's good faith estimate of a quantitative indicator of the extent or degree
of the assumed demand of a Lot or Unit (including a Horizontal Property Regime) for services subject to
the General Assessment
"Valuation Table" means the table attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "H"
which may, from time to time, be modified, amended and revised by the Declarant in the Declarant's
discretion, for any reason including, without limitation, in order to address the characteristics and impact of
any Additional Real Estate annexed to the Property and made subject to this Declaration per the terms of
this Declaration.
"Village District Supplemental Association" means the Village District at the Legacy Owners
Supplemental Association, Inc., established pursuant to the Supplemental Declaration of Covenants and
Restrictions of The Village District at The Legacy which will be recorded with the Recorder of Hamilton
County, Indiana following the recordation of the Declaration with the Recorder of Hamilton County,
Indiana.
"Zoning Authority" with respect to any action means the Director of the City of Carmel's Plan
Commission or, where he lacks the capacity to take action, or fails to take such action, the governmental
body or bodies, administrative or judicial, in which authority is vested under applicable law, or hear appeals
from, or review the action, or the failure to act, of the Director.
"Zoning Ordinance" means the ordinance adopted by the City of Carmel, Indiana, as Ordinance Z- 501 -07
establishing the District.
Exhibit "D"
Preliminary Plan of Development
(See attached PDF)
EXHIBIT "E"
TIIE RIDGE AT LEGACY
A part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 22 and part of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 23, Township 18 North, Range 4 East of the 2' Principal Meridian,
Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter Section, said comer
being marked by a Harrison Monument; thence North 89 degrees 34 minutes 25 seconds
East along the North line of said Quarter Section a distance of 1,316.91 feet to the
Northwest comer of the East Half of said Qnarter Section; thence South 00 degrees 03
minutes 48 seconds East along the West line of said Half Quarter Section a distance of
58.60 feet to a 5/8" rebar with cap stamped "S & A Firm 10008" (hereafter referred to as
a S & A rebar) on the southerly right-of-way of 146th Street and the POINT OF
BEGINNING of this description; thence along the said right-of-way by the next fifteen
courses; 1) South 89 degrees 46 minutes 32 seconds East 117.55 feet to as a S & A rebar;
2) South 88 degrees 35 minutes 16 seconds East 12.24 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 3) South
88 degrees 42 minutes 45 seconds East 20.41 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 4) South 88
degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds East 56.52 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 5) South 88 degrees
23 minutes 04 seconds East 15.80 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 6) South 84 degrees 48
minutes 27 seconds East 173.52 feet to as a S & A rebar; 7) South 88 degrees 44 minutes
54 seconds East 171.13 feet to as a S & A rebar; 8) South 86 degrees 51 minutes 09
seconds East 45.84 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 9) South 87 degrees 55 minutes 37 seconds
East 99.38 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 10) South 88 degrees 29 minutes 08 seconds East
77.44 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; 11) South 89 degrees 33 minutes 55 seconds East 140.45
feet to as a S & A rebar; 12) North 89 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds East 274.73 feet to
as a S & A rebar; 13) North 89 degrees 58 minutes 25 seconds East 135.72 feet to as a 5
& A rebar; 14) South 89 degrees 22 minutes 08 seconds East 103.23 feet to as a S & A
rebar; 15) South 83 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds East 54.30 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 515.54 feet to as a 5 & A rebar;
thence South 18 degrees 26 minutes 06 seconds West 316.23 feet to as a 5 & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 535.79 feet to as a 5 & A rebar;
thence South 39 degrees 34 minutes 22 seconds West 83.20 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 540.50 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 167.00 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 285.00 feet to as a S & A rebar;
thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 783.98 feet to as a S & A rebar and
the point of curvature of a curve concave southerly, the radius point of said curve being
South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 427.00 feet from said point; thence
westerly along said curve 283.00 feet to as a S & A rebar and the point of tangency of
said curve, said point being North 37 degrees 58 minutes 26 seconds West 427.00 feet
from the radius point of said curve; thence South 52 degrees 01 minutes 34 seconds West
119.99 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes 26 seconds East
19.23 feet to as a 5 & A rebar; thence South 52 degrees 01 minutes 34 seconds West
56.82 feet to as a S & A rebar on the West line of said Half Quarter Section; thence North
00 degrees 03 minutes 48 seconds West along said West line 2,493.06 feet to the place of
beginning, containing 72.322 acres, more or less.