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ARTICLE 2 - PROTECTIVE COVENANTS

Section 2.1 Property Uses. (As amended by Red Creek Ranch, January 10, 2000)

  • a. All Lots on the Property shall be used exclusively for recreational, private residential or agricultural uses, provided that such uses shall be specifically be limited to (1) the following uses permitted by right or by review under the zoning regulations for the Property: personal equestrian arena, farming or ranching, greenhouse and nursery; guest house; hay, grain, feed, seed and fertilizer (storage and wholesale; not retail); tenant housing, one-family and two-family residence; riding academy and/or stables; airport, private heliport, glider port; associations and clubs; large child care home; commercial/club equestrian arena; farm products; processing, manufacture, storage and wholesale; and runway; and (2) and home occupation certificate granted by Pueblo County, Colorado through appropriate approvals. No dwelling unit erected or maintained within the property shall be used or occupied for any purpose than a single-family dwelling. Each dwelling unit shall contain no less than 1,500 square feet of heated floor area devoted to living purposes (i.e. exclusive of roofed or unroofed porches, patios, terraces, basements, or garages). No dwelling unit not built on site shall be permitted except as provided in section 2.1.B below. This prohibition shall include without limitation modular homes, mobile homes, and manufactured homes of any type. No Lot owner will dump refuse or garbage on any Lot nor will any Lot Owner build, maintain, operate, or construct any structure that will cause the accumulation of animal waste, junk, or obnoxious odor. No business, profession or other activity for gain shall be carried on or within any Lot or dwelling unit, not withstanding zoning or agricultural special use permits, otherwise available by Pueblo County, except for those uses specifically allowed in this section 2.1.A.
  • b. Any current Owner of a Lot conveyed of record by Declarant prior to the date of this amendment, January 10, 2000, may place a manufactured home on the Owner's Lot provided (i) such manufactured home complies with and satisfies ALL requirements of the definition in Section 10.1.10 (as amended) of this declaration, and (ii) the Owner obtains the Declarant's (i.e. Red Creek Ranch) approval of such manufactured home as being in compliance with such definition prior to installation of it on the Lot. If an Owner who owns a Lot as of the date of this Amendment conveys such Lot without an approved manufactured home on it, the prohibition against any manufactured homes being placed on such Lot shall thereafter apply to the Lot and all subsequent Owners.

Section 2.2 Improvements. No Improvement shall be erected within the Property, except single-family dwelling units and accompanying outbuildings or stables and other facilities necessary for the agricultural use of the Property (called "Improvement(s)") or as approved in writing by Declarant. All power, telephone, gas, wastewater and other utility lines of every nature shall be underground, unless approved in writing by Declarant based on extraordinary geologic or other construction conditions.

Section 2.3 Storage. No building materials shall be stored on any Lot except temporarily during continuous construction of a building or its alteration or improvement.

Section 2.4 Temporary Residence. No pick-up, camper, camp trailer, tent, motor home, or similar accommodations may occupy a Lot other than for recreational purposes. A mobile home may be used on a Lot as a temporary residence during construction of a permanent residence on the Lot, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, after notifying the Association in writing in advance of such use. No such facilities may be used as a permanent dwelling.

Section 2.5 Construction Completion. The exterior of all improvements must be completed within eighteen (18) months after the commencement of construction except where such completion is impossible or would result in great hardship due to strikes, fires, national emergency or natural calamities. For purpose of Section 2.5, "commencement of construction" for an improvement is defined as the obtaining of necessary building permits and the excavation of earth for a foundation, and for all other Improvements is defined as the undertaking of any visible exterior work. If construction is not completed within eighteen (18) months after commencement, or if construction shall cease for a period of sixty days without permission of the Association, the Association will give the Owner thereof written notice of such fact, and if construction on such improvement is not diligently commenced within thirty days after such notice. The unfinished Improvement or unfinished portion thereof shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be removed forthwith by and at the cost of the Owner.

Section 2.6 Construction or Sales Offices. Buildings for construction or administration purposes or for sales offices may be erected or maintained only by Declarant. Model homes may be used and exhibited only by Declarant or with the permission of Declarant.

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