SUBDIVISION COVENANTS FOR

DARDANELLE CORPORATIONSUBDIVISION #1

 

            WHEREAS, Dardanelle Corporation, herein called Owners, have caused certain lands owned by them to be platted into an addition known as Dardanelle Corporation Subdivision #1, Franklin County, Arkansas, and the plat thereof appears of record in the office of the Recorder of Franklin County, Arkansas, in Plat Book B at Page 36; and

            WHEREAS, Owners desire to provide for the use of property to residential uses and to restrict its uses as such;

            NOW THEREFORE, Owners hereby adopt the covenants stated herein and agree that the stated covenants shall apply to all of the property now platted as Dardanelle Corporation Subdivision #1, Franklin County, Arkansas, as covenants running with the land:

1.      These covenants shall apply in their entirety to the area known and described as Dardanelle Corporation Subdivision #1, Franklin County, Arkansas, as shown on the recorded plat thereof.

2.      No lot in Dardanelle Corporation Subdivision #1 shall be used except for residential purposes.  No commercial building of any type shall be erected, nor shall any commercial activity be conducted on any lot.  It is not the purpose of this restriction to preclude hobby farming or other similar small scale projects.

3.      No dwelling shall be constructed having less than 1000 square feet in the ground floor, exclusive of open porches and garages.

4.      No more than one dwelling shall be constructed on each three acre tract.  Nor shall any three acre tract be re-subdivided into smaller lots for the purpose of building a dwelling thereon.

5.      Mobile homes will not be permitted in the subdivision except on tracts number 25-36.  Mobile homes on these tracts may be no smaller than 12' X 60' and must be underpinned within 30 days from the date placed upon the tract. (Note: deed restrictions  prohibit mobile homes on all tracts except 28 &29)

6.      Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved.

7.      No structure of a temporary character including basements, tents, shacks, garages, barns or other outbuilding shall be used on any lot at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently.  Any type structure commenced on a tract must be completed on the exterior within one year from the date construction began.

8.      No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.  No garbage or other debris shall be allowed to accumulate on the property.  No inoperative vehicles of any kind or unused equipment or materials shall be permitted to remain on any portion of the tract for a period in excess of 30 days.

9.      These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them for a period of 10 years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of 10 years unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots has been recorded, agreeing to change said covenants in whole or in part.

10.  Enforcement shall be by proceeding at law or in equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to violate any of these covenants, violators being subject either to restraint or to an action for damages.

11.  Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgement or court order shall in no way affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.