Section 1. Duration.
The covenants, conditions and restrictions
of this Sub-Declaration shall run with and bind the Properties,
and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Sub-Association,
the Company, and any Owner, their respective legal
representatives, heirs, successors, and assigns from the date
this Sub-Declaration is recorded until this Sub-Declaration is
terminated. This Sub-Declaration may be terminated only at a
meeting of the Members, after giving to each Member at least
forty-five (45) days written notice in advance of said meeting
that termination will be considered; upon the affirmative vote of
three-fourths (3/4ths) of the votes cast by Members present and
voting; with the written consent (in recordable form) of
Institutional Mortgagees holding first mortgages securing
three-fourths (3/4ths) of the aggregate outstanding dollar
balance of all mortgages encumbering the Properties.
Section 2. Amendments_by_Members.
This Sub-Declaration may be
amended at any time by the members upon the affirmative vote of
Three-fourths (3/4ths) of the votes cast by the Members present
at a duly called and held meeting of the Sub-Association. If the
affirmative vote required for approval of action under the
specific provision to be amended, is a higher or lower
percentage, then such higher or lower percentage shall be
required to approve amendment of that provision. Notice shall be
given at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the
meeting at which such proposed amendment is to be considered. If
any proposed amendment to this Sub-Declaration is approved by the
Members as set forth above the President and Secretary of the
Sub-Association shall execute an Amendment to this Sub-Declaration
which shall set forth the amendment, the effective
date of the amendment which in no event shall be less than sixty
(60) days after the date of recording the amendment, the date of
the meeting of the Sub-Association at which such amendment was
adopted, the date that notice of such meeting was given, the
total number of votes of members of the Sub-Association, the
total number of votes required to constitute a quorum at a
meeting of the Sub-Association, the number of votes necessary to
adopt the amendment, the total number of votes cast for the
amendment, and the total number of votes cast against the
amendment. Such amendment shall be recorded at the Official
Records of Palm Beach County, Florida. Notwithstanding the
above, any amendment which would affect the surface water
management system, including the surface water management
portions of the common areas, must have the prior approval of the
South Florida Water Management District; and any amendment which
would affect the Common Property must have the prior approval of
every Governmental Agency having jurisdiction thereof; and any
amendment which would diminish the rights and powers of the
Company must have the prior approval of the Company; and any
amendment which would diminish the rights and powers of the
Master Association must have the prior approval of the Master
Association; and any amendment which would diminish the rights
and powers of the Developer must have the prior approval of the
Developer.
Section 3. Amendments by Developer.
The Developer may amend
this Sub-Declaration at any time that it shall be in control of
the Sub-Association without the consent of the Members. The
Developer may amend this Sub-Declaration at any time, without the
consent or approval of the Members, to correct any scrivener's
errors. In that regard, the Developer shall be the sole judge of
what constitutes a scrivener's error.
Section 4. Quorum.
Quorum requirements in the Articles of
Incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding, the first time any
meeting of the Members of the Sub-Association is called to take
any action, the presence at the meeting of the Members or proxies
entitled to cast sixty (60%) per cent of the total vote of the
Members shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not
present at any meeting, a subsequent meeting may be called upon
the giving of proper notice and the required quorum at each such
subsequent meeting shall be the presence of the Members or
proxies entitled to cast that per cent of the total vote of the
Members which is ten (10) whole percentage points less than the
percentage required at the immediately preceding meeting. The
failure to attend a meeting may result in the Sub-Association
being controlled by a minority.
Section 5. Notices.
Any notice required, to be sent to any
Member or Owner under the provisions of the Sub-Declaration
shall be deemed to have been properly given, when mailed, with
the proper postage affixed, to the last known address of the
person or entity who appears as Owner in the Public Records of
Palm Beach County, Florida, as said address appears on the
records of the Sub-Association. Notice to one of two or more
co-owners of a Residential Lot or Family Dwelling Unit, shall
constitute notice to all co-owners. It shall be the obligation
of every Member to immediately notify the Secretary of the Sub-Association
in writing of any change of address. Any person who
becomes an Owner and Member following the first day in the
calendar month in which said notice is mailed shall be deemed to
have been given notice, if said notice was given to his
predecessor in title. In the event notice of change of ownership
of the property of any Member is not furnished to the Sub-Association
as provided in Section 3 of Article III hereof, any
notice sent by the Sub-Association to the Owner last known to the
Sub-Association shall be deemed proper notice under this section.
Notice of meetings, proposed assessments, and all matters except
proposed individual assessments or sanctions against particular
properties or Owners shall be given only to the Voting
Representatives and not to the general membership.
Section 6. Enforcement.
Enforcement of these covenants,
conditions and restrictions shall be by any proceeding at law or
in equity and may be instituted by the Developer, its successors
or assigns, the Sub-Association, its successors or assigns, or
any Owner. The failure by the Sub-Association, any Owner, or the
Developer to enforce any covenant, condition, or restriction
herein contained for any period of time shall in no event be
deemed a waiver nor estoppel. of the right to enforce same
thereafter. In any proceeding for the enforcement or to
determine the construction of any of the provisions hereof, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of costs and
reasonable attorneys' fees; provided, however, that no award of
costs and reasonable attorneys' fees shall ever be entered
against the Developer.
Section 7. Fines & Suspensions.
In addition to all other remedies
a fine, fines or a suspension, including the suspension of
voting rights, may be imposed upon an Owner for failure of an
Owner and an Owner's tenants, guests, invitees, employees
and other occupants for failure of an Owner, his family, guests,
invitees, tenants, or employees to
comply with any covenant, restriction, rule, or regulation
contained herein or promulgated pursuant to this Sub-Declaration,
or any applicable Supplemental Sub-Declaration,
provided the following procedures are adhered to:
Section 8. Severability.
Should any covenant, condition or
restriction herein contained, or any article, section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or term of this Sub-Declaration
be declared to be void, invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable, for any reason by the adjudication of any court or
other tribunal having jurisdiction over the parties hereto and
the subject matter hereof, such judgment shall in no way affect
the other provisions hereof which are hereby declared to be
severable and which shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 9. Interpretation.
The Board of Directors of the Sub-Association
shall have the right except as limited by any other
provisions of this document or the By-Laws to determine all
questions arising in connection with this Sub-Declaration and to
construe and interpret its provisions, and its good faith
determination, construction or interpretation shall be final and
binding. In all cases, the provisions of this Sub-Declaration
shall be given that interpretation or construction that will best
tend toward the consummation of the general plan of development.
Section 10. Authorized Action.
All actions which the Sub-Association
are allowed to take under this instrument shall be
authorized actions of the Sub-Association if approved by the
Board of Directors of the Sub-Association in the manner provided
for in the By-Laws of the Sub-Association, unless the terms of
this instrument provide otherwise.
Section 11. Execution of Documents.
To effectuate the
Development Plan, Palm Beach County may require from time to time
the execution of certain documents. To the extent that said
documents require the joinder of Owners, the Developer, by its
duly authorized officers may, as the agent or the
attorney-in-fact for the Owners, execute, acknowledge, and
deliver such documents, and the Owners, by virtue of their
acceptance of deeds, irrevocably nominate, constitute, and
appoint the Developer, though its duly authorized officers, as
their proper and legal attorney-in-fact for such purpose. Said
appointment is coupled with an interest and is therefore
irrevocable. Any such documents executed pursuant to this
section shall recite that it is made pursuant to this section.
Section 12. Non-profit Status.
Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Sub-Association will
perform no act nor undertake any activity which will violate its
non-profit or tax exempt status (if granted) under applicable
state or federal law.
Section 13. Construction of Terms.
Whenever the context so
permits, the use of the singular shall include the plural and the
plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender
shall be deemed to include all genders.
Section 14. Liberal Construction.
The provisions of this Sub-Declaration
shall. be liberally construed, to effectuate its
purpose of creating a uniform development plan for the operation
of the Properties.
Section 15. Dissolution of Sub-Association.
The Sub-Association
may not be dissolved prior to the termination of this Sub-Declaration
as heretofore provided. In the Event the Sub-Association
is involuntarily terminated for failure to comply
with the requirements of Chapters 607 and 617, Florida Statutes
(1981), or otherwise:
Section 16. Failure of Sub-Associations to
Fulfill their Responsibilities.
If at any time it appears to the Board of
Directors of the Master Association that this Sub-Association is
not properly fulfilling its responsibilities hereunder and under
its Sub-Declaration, to the extent that the appearance,
residential standards, surface water management system, health,
or safety of Sun Valley P.U.D. is jeopardized, or if the Sub-Association
is delinquent in the payment of any assessment to the
Master Association, the board of directors may, after at least 15
days written notice to the Sub-Association and furnishing the
officers of the said Sub-Association an opportunity to be heard,
assume all or any portion of the rights and responsibilities of
said Sub-Association until the officers of said Sub-Association
demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the board of
directors of the Master Association that the Sub-Association will
properly exercise its responsibilities. Upon any such assumption
of authority by the Master Association, it shall be entitled to
demand and immediately receive all funds and property of the said
Sub-Association, the power to draw upon the funds of said
Sub-Association in any financial institution without prior
consent or counter-signature of the officers of said
Sub-Association, the power and authority to assess each of the
members of said Sub-Association as provided in the applicable
Declaration, and the power and authority to levy and enforce
liens for collection of said assessments as provided in the
applicable Declaration. All reasonable expenses incurred by the
Master Association in the exercise of its powers under this
section, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees
(whether suit is brought or not), accountants' fees, and
professional management fees (the Master Association is hereby
empowered to place the affairs of the Sub-Association subjected
to the provisions of this section in the hands of professional
management agents), shall be paid by the Sub-Association as a
common expense. Should the Sub-Association fail to operate or
maintain the surface water management system as provided in the
set of Sub-Association homeowners' documents, the Master
Association is authorized to act pursuant to its power granted
hereunder as well reserved in the Master Declaration.
Section 17. Change in Density by Developers.
Whenever reference
is made in this Sub-Declaration to the number of Units projected
by the Development Plan for the various areas of the Properties,
including but limited to the provisions relating to voting and
assessments, such projected number of Units, as same may be
amended from time to time by the Developer, is the maximum number
of Units projected for such areas. The actual number of Units
constructed may be less, as determined by the Developer of each
such area (subject to the approval of the Company, which shall
not unreasonably be refused). Until the recording in the Public
Records of a plat or the issuance of approval of a final
development plan by applicable governmental authorities
establishing that less than the number of Units projected by the
Development Plan are to be constructed, the number of Units
projected by the Development Plan for each area shall be utilized
for all purposes. After approval of a final development plan or
recording of a plat establishing that a different number of Units
are to be constructed, said different number of Units shall be
utilized for all purposes under this Sub-Declaration. The
determination of the A.R.C. (established under the Master
Declaration) as to the number of Units to be constructed shall be
final.
Section 18. Compliance with Requirements of Board of County
Commissioners (Petition 85-162 and action thereon).
The development of Sun Valley P.U.D. shall at all times be governed
by and be consistent with the contents of Petition No. 85-162 as
approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County on January 3, 1986 and confirmed by Resolution No. R-86-
477 on April 8, 1986, and as the same may be lawfully amended.
In the event that any of the terms and conditions of this Sub-Declaration
or any Supplemental Declaration contemplated
hereunder are inconsistent with the requirements and conditions
imposed by the Board of County Commissions of Palm Beach County,
the latter shall prevail.
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