Farley Neighborhood

Farley Neighborhood Covenants

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FARLEY NEIGHBORHOOD COVENANTS

Copied May 31, 2004, original version on demand (print was very small) by Don Griffith

The undersigned, Richard Smith, Harold W. Jones, and Robert C. Farley, trustees, owners of the above mentioned real estate, hereby certify that text layoff, plat and subdivide the same in accordance with the within plat. This subdivision shall be known and designated “Farley’s Speedway Homeplace, 9th Section”, the streets shown herein and not heretofore dedicated are hereby dedicated to the public as a right of way for public travel and for public sewers.

The strips of ground marked “utility easements” shown herein, and hereby reserved for installation and maintenance of public utility poles, wires and conduits for gas, water, electric, and telephone utilities and for sewers serving lots in Farley’s Speedway Homeplace, 9th Section, subject at all times to the proper civil authority and to the specific easements herein reserved. No permanent or other structure shall be erected or maintained upon said easements and all lot owners shall take their titles subject to the rights of the utilities and to the rights of the other owners in this subdivision.

No residential structure shall be erected or placed upon any building plot which has an area of less than 11,250 square feet and a width of less than 80 feet at the building setback line. Front and side building lines are hereby established as shown herein and between such lines and the street property lines there shall be erected and maintained no structure other than a one story open porch. The ground floor area of any dwelling, exclusive of open porches and garages, shall be not less than 900 square feet, in the case of a one-story structure, not less than 600 square feet in the case of a one and one-half, two or two and one half story structure.

No fence shall be erected or placed between the street property lines and the building setback lines.

No building shall be erected or placed on any lot nearer than 15 feet to the side lines or 15% of the width of the lot, whichever is the lesser. These restrictions shall not apply to a garage located on the rear half of the lot. In the case of a structure occupying more than one lot, this restriction shall apply to the boundaries of the multiple lots.

No trailer, tent, shack, garage, barn, or other structure erected in this subdivision shall be at any time used as a residence, temporarily, or permanently, nor shall any structure of a temporary nature be used as a residence.

No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. No alcoholic beverage or malt or vinous liquors shall be made or sold on any lot in this subdivision.

No farm animals or domestic fowls shall be permitted on any lot or lots in this subdivision and no pets or domestic animals shall be kept thereon for commercial purposes.

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

If the parties hereto, or any of them, or their heirs or assignees shall violate or attempt to violate any of the covenants herein, it shall be lawful for any other person or persons owning any real property in this subdivision, to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against those violating or attempting to violate any such covenant and either to prevent him or them from so doing or recover damages or other dues for such violation.

These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties for all persons claiming under them until January 1, 1979, at which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten years unless by a vote of a majority of the then owners of the real property in this subdivision, it is agreed to change said covenants in whole or in part,

Witness of signatures this 10th day of June 1958.