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DEED RECORDS 762
FOREST LAKES
SUBDIVISION
RESTRICTIONS, USES AND
COVENANTS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
COUNTY OF BASTROP
THAT THE FOREST LAKES PROPERTY
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, A TEXAS Corporation, the successor to WESTERN WOODS, INC.,
do hereby impose upon said property the following Restrictions, Uses and
Covenants:
1. Said tract shall be used exclusively for residential
purposes, and no part there-of shall be used for commercial purposes.
2. No improvements or dwelling place shall be erected, placed or permitted to
remain on said tract nearer than 10 feet to any side line or the rear line, nor
closer than 25 feet to the front line of said tract.
3. No residence
building, out building or any structure shall be erected, assembled, moved or
permitted to remain on said tract until the plans and specifications for the
same have been approved by Forest Lakes Property Owners Association, or by its
nominees; No such residential building shall be occupied and used until the
exterior is completely finished according to such plans and specifications, and
further provided that exterior walls, not of masonry, shall have at least two
coats of paint, and any building or structure is to be completed within 270
days from time it is started.
4. All plumbing shall be connected to
sanitary sewer, or septic tank, and shall comply with the minimum standards and
requirements of the County of Bastrop and the State of Texas.
5. No
mobile, modular, manufactured, re-manufactured, used or portable home will be
placed on any parcel in the subdivision. Residential development is restricted
to conventional site built homes only.
6. Barns and out buildings to
be at least 100 feet back from street.
7. No fowls or animals, other
than pets or school projects, to be allowed; and such are to be caged or fenced
in and one large animal per lot.
8. There shall be no noxious,
offensive, unlawful, or immoral use of said premises, nor shall any use of said
tract be made which constitutes a nuisance to the neighborhood.
9. No
inoperative motor vehicles, or bodies or chassis of motor vehicles without
motors, shall be stored or permitted to remain on said tract.
10.
Invalidation of any one or more of these covenants and restrictions by judgment
of court having jurisdiction shall in no wise effect the validity of any other
covenants and restrictions which shall remain in force and effect.
11. No motor boats or house boats on lakes.
12. The following is
reserved as an easement for the use and enjoyment of all lot owners.
a.) The water surface plus 10 feet of land surface from
the high water line around the lakes.
b.) The surface area of the four
dams.
c.) The South 20' lot 105.
d.) The North 30' lot 116.
e.) The North 70' lot 120.
f.) The North 15' lot 127.
g.) The North 15' lot 128.
h.) The South 20' lot 137.
i.) The South 10' lot 146.
13. The lakes referred to in these
restrictions are the 4 lakes on the back 1/2 of the subdivision.
14. Forest Lakes Property Owners
Association, and assigns shall have the full right to prosecute any violation
of these restrictions and covenants at law or at equity against Purchaser,
their heirs, assigns and successors.
15. Each Property Owner in Forest Lakes
Subdivision is hereby subject to an annual maintenance charge of Ten ($10.00)
Dollars per year, payable annually on the first day of January each year,
beginning January 1, 1999, and each succeding year thereafter until terminated
as provided below, to the Forest Lakes Property Owners Association, its
successors and assigns, for the purpose of creating a fund, known as the
"Maintenance Fund." The Forest Lakes Property Owners Association may increase
or reduce the maintenance charge from time to time by action applied uniformly
to all Property Owner in the Subdivision. By acceptance of contract of sale,
deed or other instrument of conveyance, each owner agrees and consents to the
maintenance charge as provided herein. The act of the Forest Lakes Property
Owners Association and expenditures of the Maintenance Fund shall be final as
long as it acts in good faith.
16. Fishing restricted to pole
fishing.
17. No water pumped from lakes.
18. Any re-subdivision of any lot or any
multiunit dwelling on any lot must be approved by the developer or his
designated architectural control committee.
19. The Term of Restrictions shall be for
a period from the filing of this instrument for record in Bastrop County, Texas
until the January 5, 2009 after which date such Restrictions shall be
automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each, unless
and until, by instruments executed by the Forest Lakes Property Owners
Association, and duly recorded in the Deed Records of Bastrop County, Texas,
such restrictions are altered, rescinded, modified or changed, in whole or in
part. The invalidity, violation, abandonment, waiver of failure to enforce any
one or more of any part of the provisions of this document shall in no way
affect or impair the remaining provisions or parts thereof, which shall remain
in full force and effect.
The above Restrictions, Uses and
Covenants shall be and are hereby imposed upon all of the certain 164.06 acres
of land in Bastrop County, Texas more commonly known as Forest Lakes
Subdivision, By the undersigned authority of the Forest Lakes Property Owners
Association.
EXECUTED this 1st Day of January 1999 by
the Directors of the Forest Lakes Property Owners Association.
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