CC&R EXHIBIT B - Initial Use Restrictions

The following Use Restrictions shall apply to all of the Properties until such time as they are amended, modified, repealed, or limited by the Association pursuant to Article III of the Declaration.

General. The Properties shall be used only for residential, recreational, and related purposes (which may include, without limitation, offices for any property manager retained by the Association or business offices for Declarant, approved Builders, or the Association consistent with this Declaration and any Supplemental Declaration). Any Supplemental Declaration or additional covenants imposed on the property within any Neighborhood may impose stricter standards than those contained in the Declaration and the Association shall have standing and the power to enforce such standards.
Restrictions. The following are prohibited within the Properties unless expressly authorized by, and then subject to such conditions as may be imposed by, the Board:
1. Temporary Structures Prohibited. No basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding or buildings or any structure of a temporary or moveable character erected or placed on the Properties shall at any time be used as living quarters except as specifically authorized by the PIC.
2. Nuisances. No noxious or undesirable thing, activity or use of any Lot in the Properties shall be permitted or maintained. If the PIC shall determine that a thing or use of any Lot or any part of the Properties is undesirable or noxious, such determination shall be conclusive. The PIC may recommend and the Board may direct that steps be taken as is reasonably necessary including, without limitation, the institution of legal action or the imposition of fines in the manner authorized by RCW Chapter 64.38, to abate any activity, remove anything or terminate any use of property which is determined by the PIC or described in this Declaration to constitute a nuisance.
3. Limitation on Animals. No animal, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any Lot, except cats, dogs, birds or fish may be kept if they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose, and they shall not be kept in numbers or under conditions reasonably objectionable in a closely built-up residential community. Animals shall not be allowed to roam loose outside the limits of any Lot on which they are kept. Any dogs must be kept so as to minimize excessive noise from barking or otherwise shall be considered a nuisance according to the terms of this Declaration.
4. Limitation on Signs. The Association may regulate or prohibit all signs, to the full extent allowed by State law. The Association's sign rules will limit the number of signs on any Unit to one sign, not to exceed 24 inches by 24 inches, and may establish any other guidelines or restrictions including duration, location and appearance of signs. In addition to other rights reserved to Declarant in the Declaration, Declarant hereby reserves for itself and all Builders, so long as Declarant or any Builders own any Lot, the right to maintain upon the Properties such signs as in the opinion of Declarant are required, convenient or incidental to the merchandising and sale of the Lots.
5. Completion of Construction Protects. The work of construction of all building and structures shall be pursued diligently and continuously from commencement of construction until the structures are fully completed and painted. All structures shall be completed as to external appearance, including finish painting, within one year of the date of commencement of construction, except such construction as is performed by Declarant, which shall be exempt from the limitations contained in this Section. Front yard landscaping must be completed within 90 days of completion of a Unit, and rear yard landscaping must be completed within one year of completion of a Unit. Except with the approval of the Board, no person shall reside on the premises of any Unit until such time as the improvements to be erected thereon in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Board have been completed.
6. Unsightly Conditions. No unsightly conditions shall be permitted to exist on any Unit. Unsightly conditions shall include, without limitation, laundry hanging or exposed in view for drying, litter, trash, junk or other debris; inappropriate, broken or damaged furniture or plants; non-decorative gear, equipment, cans, bottles, ladders, trash barrels and other such items; and no awnings, air conditioning units, heat pumps or other projections shall be placed on the exterior walls of any Unit unless prior written approval shall have been obtained from the PIC.
7. Antennas, Satellite Reception. Satellite dishes of no more than one meter in diameter or diagonal measurement that are visually shielded from most of the view of the residents traveling upon streets located within the Properties are permitted on the Properties without PIC approval. All over-the-air reception devices shall comply with the Residential Design Guidelines or other applicable rules adopted by the Association pertaining to the means, method and location of antennas and satellite dishes. PIC approval will be consistent with FCC regulations.
8. Setbacks. No building shall be located on any Unit nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side street than the minimum building setback lines adopted by the governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Properties.
9. Roofs. Roofs on all buildings must be finished with materials approved for use by the PIC. More than one type of material may be approved.
10. Fences, Walls. In order to preserve the aesthetics of the Properties, no fence, wall or hedge shall be erected or placed on any Lot unless prior written approval has been obtained from the PIC. The design and color of any fence on the Properties, whether visible to the other Units or not, shall be constructed and finished according to the standard fence detail, as such detail is initially designated by the PIC. if a standard fence detail is attached to this Declaration, such fence detail and any required color for a fence may be modified by the PIC.
11. Residential Use Only. Except for Declarant's or a Builder's temporary sales, construction offices and model homes, no Lot shall be used for other than one detached single-family residential dwelling, with driveway parking used for not more than three cars.
12. Underground Utilities Required. Except for any facilities or equipment provided by the Developer or any utility, all electrical service, telephone lines and other outdoor utility lines shall be placed underground.
13. Sales and Construction Facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration to the contrary, it is expressly permissible for Declarant, a Builder, and their agents, employees or nominees, to maintain on any portion of the Properties owned by Declarant, a Builder or on the Common Areas such facilities as the they may reasonably feel are required, convenient or incidental to the construction and/or sales of Units or improvements thereon. Declarant may permit, in writing, an individual Owner or third party purchaser to maintain temporary equipment and construction material on the Owner's Lot when the Declarant feels the same is reasonably required, convenient or incidental to construction activities for improvement of the Unit.
14. Drainage Waters. Following original grading of the roads and ways of the Properties, no drainage waters shall be diverted or blocked from their natural course so as to discharge upon any public road rights-of-way. The Owner of any Unit, prior to making any alteration in the drainage system, must make application to and receive approval from the applicable governmental jurisdiction. Any enclosing of drainage waters in culverts or drains or rerouting thereof across any Unit as may be undertaken by or for the Owner of any Unit shall be done by and at the expense of such Owner.
15. NBA Restrictions and Maintenance. All areas designated on the Plat as Sensitive Area, Buffer, Natural Buffer Area, Wetland or Wetland Buffer (collectively, "NBA") shall be left permanently undisturbed in a substantially natural state. No clearing, grading, filling, building construction or placement, or road construction of any kind shall occur within these areas, except the activities approved by the Local Jurisdiction. Some activities that may be permitted are: (1) underground utility lines and drainage discharge swales may cross such areas, utilizing the shortest alignment possible if and only if no feasible alignment is available which would avoid such a crossing; (2) fences, when the NBA and its buffer are not detrimentally affected; and (3) removal of hazardous vegetation by the Owner of a Unit on which a NBA is located. The Association shall be responsible for operating, maintaining and restoring the condition of the NBA in the event any unauthorized disturbance occurs; however, in the event that this disturbance is determined to be the fault of a party, the Association may pursue a claim for reimbursement of damages to the NBA from the party disturbing the area.
16. Deviation by Consent of Declarant. Declarant hereby reserve the right to enter into an agreement with the Owner of any Unit (without the consent of the Owner of any other Unit) to deviate from the conditions, restrictions, limitations or agreements contained in this Declaration. Any deviation shall be manifested in an agreement in writing and shall not constitute a waiver of any such condition; restriction, limitation, or agreement as to the remaining Lots located on the Properties; and the condition, restriction, limitation or agreement waived by Declarant shall remain fully enforceable as to all other Lots located in the Properties.
17. Timeshares. No operation of a timesharing, fraction-sharing, or similar program whereby the right to exclusive use of the Unit rotates among participants in the program on a fixed or floating time schedule over a period of years, is permitted.
18. Conversion of Carports or Garages. Conversion of any carport, garage, attic, or other unfinished space, other than a basement, to finished space for use as an apartment or other integral part of the living area on any Unit is prohibited.
19. Irrigation Systems. No sprinkler or irrigation systems or wells of any type may draw upon water from lakes, creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, wetlands, canals, or other ground or surface waters within the Properties, except that Declarant and its designees shall have the exclusive right to draw water from such sources and to reduce the level of such bodies of water, if and to the extent allowed by the Permits.
20. Burning. No open-air burning or use of wood stoves is permitted, except in compliance with Local Jurisdiction Ordinances. However, outdoor cooking facilities, such as barbeques, are permissible subject to rules, regulations, and Local Jurisdiction Ordinances.
21. Limitation on Storage of Vehicles — Temporary Permits for RVs. Except as hereinafter expressly provided, the Units, Common Areas and/or streets located on the Properties shall not be used for the storage and/or overnight parking of any vehicle other than private family automobiles, trucks, motorcycles and commercial vehicles operated by a person residing at the Unit (provided that such commercial vehicles contain a single rear axle). Vehicles shall not be parked on a driveway or street in lieu of being parked in an available space in a garage, except as otherwise provided by Rules established by the Board. Boats, boat trailers, house trailers, campers, trucks, trucks with a camper, or other recreational vehicles or similar object may not be stored and/or parked overnight on any part of the Properties, except as specified herein, or as may be permitted by Rules established by the Board. No inoperable vehicles of any kind shall be parked, stored, maintained, or constructed on any Lot or street unless stored in a garage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Owners who have guests visiting them intending to stay in a camper, trailer, or other form of recreational vehicle, may secure written permission from the PIC for guests to park a vehicle at the Unit or the public street adjacent to a Unit for a period of up to 72 hours, and not to exceed two weeks in any calendar year. The privilege shall only exist, however, after the written permission has been obtained from the PIC or its authorized representative. An Owner that stores a recreation vehicle off-site may park the vehicle on the driveway of a Unit, other unscreened area or on the street for 48 hours for the purpose of preparing for departure or upon return, to facilitate preparation and return from travel.
Street Trees. Street Trees are those trees planted by Declarant, or at the Declarant's direction, to comply with the requirements contained in the Plat. Street Trees may be located on Units near the public right of ways that lie within and along the boundaries of the Plat. Street Trees that are located within Common Areas are owned by the Association. A pre-existing tree or a tree planted by the Declarant on a Unit at the time it is purchased by an Owner is considered a Street Tree. Any tree located within twenty (20) feet of a public right of way (whether such right of way is located within or outside the Plat), shall be presumed to be a Street Tree subject to the restrictions contained herein, unless the Association, the Declarant or the Local Jurisdiction confirm otherwise in writing to the Owner.
1. Easement Granted. The Association, the Declarant (and any Builder or person who has posted a bond related to the planting, maintenance or replacement of Street Trees with any government jurisdiction, and who has agreed to carry out the Declarant's duties as they pertain to Street Trees — who for the purpose of this Section may exercise the Declarant's rights related to Street Trees) are granted an easement to place, care for and maintain Street Trees on each Unit on the Properties, in locations adjacent to the public right of ways and sidewalks, whether such public right of ways are located along the front, side or back boundary of a Unit. The easement granted herein shall extend onto a Unit for a distance sufficient for a Street Tree (of a variety approved by the Local Jurisdiction or its successor) to be planted, maintained and pruned in manner consistent with good nursery practices. The Association and the Declarant are also granted such temporary easements that are needed to reach the location of any Street Tree, across any Unit or Common Areas on the Properties.
2. Responsibility for Planting and Maintenance of Street Trees. The Declarant shall, in their sole discretion (but consistent with the requirements of the Local Jurisdiction), plant the Street Trees in such locations on the Units along the right of ways and in the Common Areas that the Declarant determines. The Owners and the Association shall have primary responsibility for the maintenance of the Street Trees after they are planted. The division of responsibility between the Owners and the Association for different aspects of maintenance of the Street Trees may be established by rule promulgated by the Board. The Owners and the Association shall provide such maintenance to the Street Trees that is appropriate, based upon good nursery practices and requirements imposed by the Declarant or the Local Jurisdiction. The Owners and the Association shall be prohibited from (1) voting to abandon or ceasing the maintenance of the Street Trees, or (2) removing or altering (other than appropriate pruning) the Street Trees without permission of Declarant, until such date that the Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds posted with any governmental jurisdiction related to the Street Trees is released and fully exonerated, without charge or reduction, or upon the bonds' forfeiture.
3. Remedies for Failure to Maintain Street Trees. In the event that any Owner and the Association fail to maintain the Street Trees, a Declarant may elect to maintain the Street Trees and may charge the Association and the Owners, as a special assessment, the cost of such maintenance. The special assessment arising under this section shall be a lien on the Properties in favor of Declarant, which Declarant may enforce (in place of the Association) in the manner described in the Declaration. In the alternative, Declarant may elect to charge any sums deducted from the Declarant's performance bond as a special assessment against the Association and the Owners, impose the special assessment as a lien on the Properties in favor of Declarant, and enforce such special assessment (in place of the Association) in the manner described in the Declaration. This provision may not be amended without the permission of Declarant, until the Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds posted with any governmental jurisdiction related to the Street Trees are released and fully exonerated, without charge or reduction, or such bonds are forfeited.
4. Remedies Upon Removal or Alteration of Street Trees. In the event that an Owner removes or alters inappropriately a Street Tree without written permission of a Declarant (until the Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds are released or forfeited, and then the Association), the removal shall be a violation of this Declaration and of RCW 64.12.030. Declarant, (until Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds are released in full without claim, and then the Association), may bring an action to restrain the removal of any Street Tree, or for damages arising from such removal, including such additional, treble damages and attorney's fees that are available under this Declaration or state law.
5. Termination or Alteration of Restrictions on Removal of Street Trees. Declarant's rights and duties described herein shall cease and automatically terminate upon (1) release in full, without claims, of the Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds, (2) recovery of compensation by Declarant for all sums deducted from the bond, or (3) a date six years from the date of any bond forfeiture, whichever event occurs first. After Declarant's performance and maintenance bonds are released or forfeited, and the Declarant has received the full exoneration of the bonds without claims, or compensation for any payments made from the bonds, the Association may apply to the Local Jurisdiction or its successor for approval to terminate or alter the restrictions imposed upon the removal or alteration of Street Trees described in this Section. Such application may be made if a majority of the Owners approve of the Association's application for termination or alteration of the Street Tree restrictions. Upon written notification of the termination or alteration of the restrictions upon Street Trees contained herein, the Association shall record a copy of the written notice in the Recorder's Office of the county in which the Properties are located. Upon recordation of such notice, the provisions of this related to Street Trees shall terminate or be amended in the manner described in the notice.

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