Section 1. Membership.
Every Owner, including the Developer and
the Company, shall be a Member of the Master Association. Every
Owner, including the Developer shall be a member of the Sub-Association.
By acceptance of a deed or other instrument
evidencing his ownership interest, each Owner accepts his
membership in the both Associations, acknowledges the authority
of the Master Association as stated in the Master Declaration as
well as the authority of the Sub-Association as herein stated,
and agrees to abide and be bound by the provisions of the Master
Declaration, this Sub-Declaration, and any Supplemental Sub-Declaration
applicable to the Owner's unit, the Articles of
Incorporation, the By-Laws, and other rules and regulations of
the Master Association and this Sub-Association. In addition to
the foregoing, the family, guests, invitees, licensees, and
tenants of said Owners shall, while in or on the Property, abide
and be bound by the provisions of the Master Declaration, this
Sub-Declaration, and any applicable Supplemental Sub-Declaration,
the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws, and other rules and
regulations of the Master Association and this Sub-Association.
Section 2. Types of Membership.
Membership in the Sub-Association
shall consist of the following two classes, each with
distinct rights and privileges.
Class "A" - Class "A" Members shall be all those Owners of any Lot, Unit, Tract, Site or Undivided Land.
Class "B" - The Developer shall be the only one Class "B" Member as long as the total votes of all Class "A" Members are less than the total votes of the Class "B" Member, or until December 31, 2003, or until the Class "B" Member voluntarily converts its membership to Class "A" status, whichever occurs first. The Class "B" membership shall be held by any successor or assignee of the Developer, provided that (1) such successor or assignee acquires ownership of the balance of the Properties then owned by the Developer (except such Properties as the Developer may retain other than in the ordinary course of its land development business), and (2) such successor or assignee holds such Properties for sale, development, or improvement. No Owner or any other person may contest the status of the Class "B" membership of the Developer or its successor or assigns. They shall be conclusively presumed to hold Class "B" membership until the total of all Class "A" Members' votes equal or exceed the total votes of the Class "B" Members, or January 1, 2004, or upon voluntary change of membership status to Class "A" by the Class "B" Member, whichever occurs first, whereupon each of the Developer's memberships shall be automatically converted to Class "A" status.
Section 3. Change of Membership.
Change of membership in the
Sub-Association shall be established by recording in the Public
Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, a deed or other instrument
conveying record fee title to any Residential Lot or
Family-Dwelling Unit and by the delivery to the Sub-Association
of a true copy of such recorded instrument showing its recording
data. The Owner designated in such instrument shall, by his
acceptance of such instrument, become a Member of the Sub-Association,
and the membership of the prior owner, which
membership was appurtenant to that Lot, Unit or Tract, shall be
terminated. In the event that a true copy of said instrument
showing its recording data. is not delivered to the Sub-Association,
said Owner shall become a Member and be subject to
all of the obligations of membership, but shall not be entitled
to voting privileges enjoyed by his predecessor in interest nor
shall such member be entitled to use any Recreational Facility.
The foregoing shall not, however, limit the Sub-Association's
powers or privileges. The interest, if any, of a Member in the
funds and assets of the Sub-Association shall not be assigned,
hypothecated or transferred in any manner except as an
appurtenance to his real property. Membership in the Sub-Association
by all Owners shall be compulsory and shall continue,
as to each Owner, until such time as such Owner transfers or
conveys of record his interest in the real property upon which
his membership is based or until said interest is transferred or
conveyed by operation of law, at which time the membership shall
be appurtenant to, run with, and shall not be separated from the
real property interest upon which membership is based.
Section 4. Voting Rights.
The number of votes which may be cast
on all matters on which the membership is entitled to vote shall
be determined as follows:
Section 5. Board of Directors.
The Sub-Association shall be
governed by a Board of Directors as provided in the Articles and
By-Laws of the Sub-Association.
Section 6. Quorum Required for Any Action
Authorized at Regular or Special Meeting of the Association.
The quorum required for
any action which is subject to a vote of the Members at any
meeting of the Sub-Association shall be as is provided in the
Articles and By-Laws of the Sub-Association except as is
otherwise specifically provided in this Sub-Declaration.
Section 7. Voting Representatives.
Section 8. Voting by Class B Member.
The Class B Member shall
vote all of its votes directly and not through any Voting
Representative. The senior officer of the Class B Member present
at any meeting shall be entitled to cast said Member's votes.
Section 9. Changes in Voting Strength.
Changes may occur from
time to time in the aggregate number of votes to which the
Members are entitled to cast because of:
Such changes may result in changes in the number of total votes which may be cast at membership meetings and the number of votes which may be cast by each or any particular Voting Representative. No such changes, assuming that they are otherwise properly authorized by changes in the Development Plan, this Sub-Declaration, any Supplemental Sub-Declaration, or any other Sub-Declaration, or as set forth in Section 17 of Article X, shall be subject to objection or question by any Member, notwithstanding the fact that such Member's relative voting strength may be affected thereby.
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