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OLYMPIA JOINT VENTURE
TO
THE PUBLIC
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR OLYMPIA UNIT 12
AND ANNEXATION TO OLYHP:A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
STATE OF TEXAS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF BEXAR
That Olympia Joint Venture, a joint venture composed of SWM
Holdings/Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Lumbermen's
Investment corporation, a Delaware Corporation, hereinafter
referred to as "Declarant," being the owner of the real property
below described and known as Olympia Unit 12, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the plat thereof in Volume 9526 , Page ~, of the Deed
and Plat Records of Bexar County, Texas, (hereinafter called "the
Subdivision"), and desiring to create and carry out a uniform plan
tor the improvement, development and sale of the residential lots
within the SubdiVision, does hereby adopt and establish the
following restrictions and covenants to run with the land and to
apply in the use, occupancy, and conveyance of said property being
described as follows:
Lots 8-13, inclusive, Block 62, Lots 9-19, inclusive, Block
65, and Lots 2-8, inclusive, Block 67, County Block 5047,
OLYMPIA UNIT 12, Bexar County, Texas, according to plat
the::-eof recorded in Vohu!!e 9526 I Page 2-7, Deed arid PlaT..
Records of Bexar County, Texas;
Pursuam: to the terms of that cer-:::ainFirst supp i ement.ai
Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Olympia Subdivision: Units
4,8,9 and 11, recorded in Volume 5055, Page 1274 of the Real
Property Records 0: Bexar County, Texas, Olympia Subdivision Unit
12 is subject to annexation by Declarant to mandatory membership
in, and the assessment of lots by, olympia Neighborhood Association
and Declarant hereby exercises Declarant's right to so annex the
Subdivision to the assessment powers of said Association;
Declarant declares that the above-described property
constituting OLYMPIA UNIT 12 is and shall be held, transfe::-red,
sold, conveyed, occupied, and enjoyed subjec-:: to the covenants,
restrictions, easements, charges, and liens hereinafter set forth,
and shall hereafter be subject 1:0 the jurisdiction and assessments
of Olympia Neighborhood Association, Each contract or deed which
may be executed with regard to any of the above-listed lots, shall
be held to have been executed, delivered and accepted SUbject to
the following restrictions, covenants, and provisions (the headings
being employed for convenience only and not T..O be controlling over
content) :
ARTICLE !
PERMITTED USES OF PROPERTY
All lots listed above shall be known and described as
single-family residential lots and shall be used exclusively for
that purpose, No structure shall be erected, placed., altered, or
permitted ~o remain on any lot other than one detached
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single-family dwelling, not to exceed two stories in height, and
an enclosed garage and/or such outbuildings customarily appurtenant
to a single-family dwelling unit and for use in connection
therewith.
J>..RTICLEII
PROHIBITED USES OF PROPERTY
1. Oil and Minine Operations - No oil drilling, oil development
operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations 0:
any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot, nor shall oil
wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excava-cions, or shafts be
permitted upon any lot. No derrick or other structure
designated for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be
erected, maintained or permitted upon any lot. No tank for the
storage of oil or other fluids may be maintained on any lot.
2. Water and Sewage Systems - No individual water supply system
or sewage disposal system shall be permitted on any lot,
including but not limited to water wells, cesspools or septic
tanks.
3. Radio or Television Antenna - No radio, television, or other
aerial wires or antenna shall be maintained on any portion of
any lot forward of the main ridge line of the house or forward
of the midpoint of the main ridge in the case of a house whose
main roof ridge line is not parallel to the front lot line.
Furthermore, no radio, television, or other aerial wires or
am:enna shall be placed or maintained on any lot, which
extends more than ten feet (10') above the highest part of the
roof of the main residence on said lot, and no discs, dishes,
satellite or other special radio, television, or cable
television equipment/apparatus shall be placed so as to be
visible from any public street. On corner lots, no radio I
television, or other aerial wires or antenna shall be placed
or maintained on the street side of such lot without written
permission of the Architectural Committee.
4. Nuisances - No noxious or offensive activity shall take place
on any lot. Nothing shall be done or placed on any lot which
may be or become a nuisance, or cause unreasonable
embarrassment, disturbance, or annoyance to other owners in
the enjoyment of their property. As used herein, the term
"nuisance" shall mean and include, but shall not be limited
to, all activities and conditions defined by s'::atute,or
determined by common law, to constitute a nuisance.
No exterior lighting of
maintained on a lot where
nuisance to neighboring
security, and landscape
Architectural committee.
any sort shall be installed or
the light source is orfensive or a
property. All tennis court's,
lighting must be approved by the
No sound shall be emitted from any lot which is unreasonably
loud or annoying to the owners or occupants of another lot.
No exterior speakers, horns, whistles, bells or other sound
devices (except security devices used exclusively to protect
the lot and improvements situated thereon) shall be placed or
used upon any lot.
5. DumDing; Burnine of Refuse; outside Storage; Litter and
Garbaoe Control - No garbage, lit'ter, cuttings from trees,
shrubs, or lawns, trash ashes, scrap lumber, or other refuse
may be thrown, dumped, stored, or allowed to accumUlate on any
lot, park, drainage-way, or adjacent vacant property. There
shall be no burning of refuse within the Subdivision.
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Each owner shall provide suitable, sanitary receptacles for
collection of refuse and such receptacles, as well as other
stored nonrefuse items, shall be kept and stored so as to not
be visible from streets or from the ground level of
neighboring lots, and shall be protected from disturbance,
except that solely on a day designated for removal of garbage
and rubbish when the receptacles may be placed beside a street
for pickup, but such receptacles shall be removed from view
before the following day.
6. Clothes Lines
clothes drying
maintained on
Architectural
outside clothes lines and other outside
or airing facilities shall not be placed or
any lot without the written consent of the
committee.
7. Animals; Pets - No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind
shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot, except for cats,
dogs I or other generally recognized household pets
(specifically excluding all swine, pit bulls, boa constrictors
and any venomous animals) of a reasonable number, provided
that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial
purposes, and provided further that no more than two (2) adult
dogs and two (2) adult cats may be kept on a single lot. An
adult animal for the purposes of this declaration is defined
as one more than six months old.
All such animals shall be kept in strict accordance with all
local laws and ordinances (including leash laws) and in
accordance with all rules established by the Association. It
shall be the responsibility of the owners of such household
pets to prevent the animals from running loose or becoming a
nuisance to residents of other lots.
8. Non-Standard Vehiclesj Vehicle Repair - No mobile home, motor
home, tent.,camper, coa c , trailer, travel trailer, commercial
vehicles (other than a piCkUp t~ck or small utility van), or
similar vehicle, shall be kept, parked, or stored in the
driveway or front yard of any house or on the exposed sideyard
of any corner lot or parked overnight on any street within the
subdivision. All such vehicles shall be kept, parked, s~ored
or maintained on other portions of a lot only within an
enclosed structure or a screened area which prevents the view
thereof from adjacent lots or stree~s.
No stripped down, wrecked, junked, inoperable, unused I or
similar vehicle shall be kept, s~ored, or parked on any lot
or on any street right of way. No dismantling or assembling
of motors, motor vehiCles, boats, trailers, or other machinery
or equipment shall be permitted on any lot or street right of
way.
9. Non Single-Family Residential Uses
No owner shall occupy or use his lot or any improvements
constructed thereon, or permit the same or any part thereof
to be occupied or used for any purpose other than as a private
residence for the owner, his family, and guests or for
tenants. No residence shall be used as a boarding house,
apartments, hotel, or other rental purposes, except this
paragraph Shall nut be construed to prevent rental or lease
of the entire residence for periods of thirty (30) days or
more for single-family residential purposes only. Any detached
living area shall be used exclusively for occupancy by the
owner's family members, servants, or guests, and shall not be
made available for lease or rental.
During the construction and sales period, the Declarant, at
its sole discretion, may allow builders to erect and maintain
such structures as are customary in connection with the
construction and sale of such property, including, but no;
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