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ANNEX “A”

DEED OF RESTRICTIONS

 

I.THE SANS SOUCI ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION

1.) The PURCHASER of this lot or his/her successor-in-interest is required to be and is automatically a member of the Homeowners Association (hereinafter called as the ASSOCIATION) and must abide by the rules and regulations laid down by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and/or the ASSOCIATION in the interest of sanitation, security, aesthetic, and the general  welfare of the community. It is an integral part of the development scheme of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER to initiate the formation of the ASSOCIATION. The DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER intends to assign to the said ASSOCIATION some of its rights under this Deed, like those pertaining to building restrictions, for a more uniform and efficient enforcement thereof. The ASSOCIATION  is authorized, to make assessments to meet its expenses which will constitute as a lien on the property junior only to liens of the government for taxes and voluntary mortgages for sufficient consideration into in good faith.

2.) While absolute ownership of the facilities and utilization for water supply, street lighting, maintenance of the roads and drainage and such other facilities that may be put for the promotion of the general welfare, health, safety, and morals of the members of the ASSOCIATION shall continue to remain in the name of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER, the ASSOCIATION shall conduct the affairs and activities related with the proper operation, maintenance, regulation and enforcement of the ASSOCIATION’s rules and regulations as well as these restrictions and shall manage and maintain the facilities mentioned earlier subject, however, to the control and supervision of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER, it being expressly stipulated that the imposition and adjustment of fees, charges, dues, and assessments for water and temporary electrical facilities shall exclusively belong to the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER, and it being clearly understood that the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER may, in due time, transfer after proper arrangements, ownership of such facilities to the ASSOCIATION which shall be bond to accept the same.

 

II.USE AND OCCUPANCY OF LOTS

1.) Individual lots shall not be subdivided. However, two (2) lots may be consolidated into one. Three (3) or more lots may be consolidated and subdivided into a fewer number of lots, provided that none of the resulting lots shall be smaller in area than the smallest lot before consolidation. In all cases, the consolidation of the subdivision plans shall be duly approved by the proper government office or agency and duly registered in the proper office of the Register of Deeds. Adjoining lots that have been acquired by the same PURCHASER and not registered as a consolidated lot shall still be considered as a single lot as long as the PURCHASERS maintains these lots as one compound.

2.) All lots shall be used exclusively for residential purposes except for lots designated as commercial.

3.) Only one (1) single family house shall be constructed on a single lot except for lots which have been designated for condominium development.

4.) Commercial or advertising signs shall not be placed, constructed, or erected on residential lots. Name plates and professional signs of occupants therein are permitted so long as they do not exceed 30x60 centimeters in size.

5.) No animals shall be maintained on the lots, except that domestic pets may be kept subject to regulations and control of the ASSOCIATION. All PURCHASERS are required to ensure proper waste disposal of all pet litter.

6.) Every lot PURCHASER must provide, in his/her lot, an open space for purposes of landscaping and easement for drainage, sewage, water, and other public utilities as may be necessary and desirable. Such open space shall consist of five (5) meters wide on the side/s fronting a street, and two (2) meters wide along the sides and rear portion of the lot not fronting a street. The PURCHASER, his/her lessee, or his/her representative, shall allow the authorized representative/s of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors, the ASSOCIATION, and the public utility entities concerned access thereto for the purposes for which the easement is created. 

7.) The lots shall not be used for any immoral or illegal trade or activity.

8.) No part of the property shall be used or maintained as dumping for rubbish, garbage, and other materials or aggregates.

9.) The PURCHASER and/or lessee shall at all times keep the grass cut and trimmed. The DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and/or the ASSOCIATION may have the grass cut and trimmed at any time the grass grows beyond twelve (12) inches from the soil and may keep the lot clean at the expense of the PURCHASER/lessee. For this purpose, the ASSOCIATION, the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER, or their authorized representatives shall have authority to enter into the lot. For maintenance of vacant lots, the PURCHASER shall pay a monthly maintenance fee of two pesos ( 2.00) per square meter per year which shall be incorporated into the PURCHASER’s monthly account.

10.) No existing tree, whether found within or outside the lot, shall be cut, moved, or damaged, nor shall it be relocated or transferred without the written approval of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors. When all the residential lots in the subdivision shall have been sold, and all the streets, lanes, and open spaces shall have been disposed of to the ASSOCIATION or to the proper government entity concerned, such approval shall be secured from the ASSOCIATION of the entire subdivision.

11.) No clothing, laundry or wash shall be aired on any portion of the residential property in an area exposed to view from the roads.

12.) No barbecue pits or any permanent structure shall be allowed to abut the fence or on the boundary within the development.

13.) Any type of motorized vehicles like cars and motorcycles are not allowed within the subdivision. To preserve the character of the subdivision as a vacation destination the PURCHASER is advised to limit any other type of noise pollution to a minimum.

14.) The DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER covenants to keep the resort area in front of the subdivision open to the PURCHASER for access and passage to the beach area. In addition the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER will make available discounts for usage of resort amenities and Restaurant/Bar.

 

III.BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE

1.) All buildings must be of strong materials and of a type of architecture that is in harmony with the surrounding landscape and homes in the vicinity as intended by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER.

2.) Uphill Lots. Buildings shall be not higher than twelve (12) meters measured vertically from the highest projection of the building proper to the highest original ground level of the lot.

3.) Downhill Lots. Buildings  be not higher than twelve (12) meters measured vertically from the crown of the road fronting the lot.

4.) For all buildings constructed to a height of twelve (12) meters or three (3) levels above the ground, a four (4) meter setback must be provided on the third level or six (6) meters above the ground. This four (4) meter setback shall be measured beginning from the building of the ground floor footprint, in addition to the easements mentioned under Section II, Paragraph 6 above. The covered area of the third level should not exceed fifty (50) percent  of the building footprint of the ground floor area.

5.) Filling of the lot is allowed provided the filling does not exceed two (2) meters above the original ground level within the two (2) meter setback on the sides and rear of the lot as provided under Section II, Paragraph 6 above, and two (2) meters above the original ground level of the five (5) meters setback in front of the lot adjoining a street. Drainage and other facilities are to be  installed by the PURCHASER to prevent the water from flowing or seeping into the adjacent lots. Likewise, structurally designed retaining walls are to be constructed by the PURCHASER. All forms of filling are subject to prior approval by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors or assigns.

6.) The plans and specifications of the building and any other structure, including the swimming pool, antenna tower, water tank, three-chamber septic tank, pergola or trellis, or any subsequent additions thereto, constructed within the property, shall comply with all existing laws, ordinances, and/or regulations governing the establishment of residence and must be subject to the approval by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and the ASSOCIATION thirty (30) days prior to the start of construction. Any construction commenced without the approval of the plans thereof by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and the ASSOCIATION shall constitute a violation of this Deed and all the materials for use in the construction thereof may be refused entry in the subdivision.

7.) No house plan shall be approved unless the PURCHASER shall have paid a construction deposit to the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER in the sum of Thirty Thousand Pesos (30,000.00). The said deposit shall be refunded to the PURCHASER after completion minus whatever damage the PURCHASER may have caused to any of the subdivision facilities and after the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER shall have been satisfied that all restrictions embodied therein shall have been complied with the PURCHASER. In case of violation hereof, the construction deposit shall be forfeited without prejudice to such other legal action the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or the ASSOCIATION may pursue.

8.) Minimum cost of the residential house for each lot shall be Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (300,000.00) and the house shall have a minimum floor area of Fifty (50) square meters. The amount and area may be adjusted from time to time by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors. Houses built before any such adjustment shall however not be required to extend and adjust to any such new provisions.

9.) All buildings, including garage, servant’s quarters, and/or parts thereof, except as hereinafter provided must be constructed at a distance of not less than five (5) meters from the lot boundary fronting a street, and two (2) meters from the other boundaries not fronting a street. The setback shall be measured from the property line to the nearest finished wall or column or any projection from the said wall or column. Outside edges of roof, and/or eaves, including porte-cochere or canopy of the building must be at least two (2) meters from the property line fronting a street and one (1) meter from the property line not fronting a street.

10.) In the event the PURCHASER construct his/her house on a wrong lot, the PURCHASER shall immediately remove the said construction at his/her expense, otherwise the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER shall immediately remove the same at the PURCHASER’s expense without the necessity of a court order and without incurring any criminal and/or civil liability whatsoever on the part of the corporation or its officers and employees.

11.) No temporary building, shack, barn, or other structures shall be erected. Adjacent lots may be used for dumping of materials and stockpile for construction provided that the said lots are immediately cleaned after construction of the PURCHASER’s house. In case of failure of the PURCHASER to do so, the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER shall do the same, but the cost thereof shall be deducted from the PURCHASER’s construction deposit.

12.) The PURCHASER shall not be allowed to mix concrete directly on the subdivision’s roads or sidewalks.         

13.) No soil, stones, gravel shall be taken from any lot belonging to the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER.

 

IV.WALL/FENCE

Wall or fences on the perimeter of the lots shall be subject to the approval of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors prior to construction and shall be constructed in harmony with the surrounding landscape using natural materials and/or live vegetation. The PURCHASERS whose lots are along the perimeter of the subdivision are not allowed to make any opening in the perimeter as an egress to or ingress from the other side of the subdivision. The foregoing restrictions, requirements, and conditions are required to be observed by the PURCHASER, his/her assigns, or successor-in-interest.

 

V.UTILITIES/FACILITIES

1.) The PURCHASER should first verify the actual location of underground utilities prior to planning, and should secure all the necessary permits before tapping any utility line.

Booster pump/s directly connected to the water main is not allowed. However, booster pump/s may be installed to draw water from a ground storage tank of adequate capacity supplied by natural resource pressure from the water main.

Sewage disposal must be connected only to the 3-chamber septic tank which the PURCHASER will build. The plans of this septic tank will be subject to the approval of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER. The septic tank may be constructed within the open space required for the lot, but must not extend to within one (1) meter from the boundary of the lot. All drainage lines shall be connected to the subdivision drainage system. No installation of any drainage line shall be allowed outside the property without the written approval of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors.

Boring or cutting through the concrete curb and gutter is not allowed.

Since the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER shall be providing services in the subdivision like security and maintenance, the PURCHASER agrees to pay a maintenance fee of Three Hundred Pesos (300.00) per month to cover the cost thereof. Aforesaid fees shall be mandatory.  

 

VI.VEHICULAR/PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE

No vehicular entrance or exit shall be allowed along the curves at street intersections. No vehicular or pedestrian entrance or exit shall be allowed on lot boundaries adjoining the subdivision perimeter.

 

VII.USE OF STREETS

Employees, guest, patients, students, teachers, and members, as the case may be, of duly authorized hospital or medical clinics and educational, charitable, religious, civic or government institutions, if any, within the subdivision shall be allowed to use the streets in the subdivision, leading to and from their respective destinations mentioned earlier.

The institutions enumerated above may be assessed by the ASSOCIATION for the maintenance of the streets and other services provided by the ASSOCIATION, and such assessment may be increased, provided that the increase shall in no case exceed the proportion of the increase in the assessment on regular members of the ASSOCIATION during the same period.

In case of disagreements, the question shall be submitted to arbitration by three (3) disinterested real estate brokers or Realtors, one (1) to be chosen by each party and the third to be chosen by the two (2) arbitrators.  The fees and expenses of arbitration shall be divided equally between the two parties.

 

VIII.PERIOD OF RESTRICTIONS

All the restrictions, easements, reservations and conditions enumerated herein shall be valid and binding and shall run for a period of twenty five (25) years from and after March 1, 1998.  Such restrictions may be added to but not diminished, amended or changed by the ASSOCIATION or by any governing body of the village, provided that the use  and occupancy of the lot for residential purposes by a single family only shall not be changed except for areas designated by the DEVELOPER /LAND OWNER as multifamily development. In addition the permission to keep domestic pets shall never be diminished by the ASSOCIATION or by any governing body of the village.

 

IX.ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTION

1.) The DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER or its corporate successors or the ASSOCIATION and their duly authorized representatives shall have the right, during reasonable hours of the day and upon due notice, to enter and inspect any building constructed on the lot to ascertain compliance with all the restrictions herein. Compliance with the said restrictions, reservations, easements, and conditions may be enjoined and/or enforced by court action by the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and/or the ASSOCIATION, their respective successors and assigns, or by any member in good standing of the ASSOCIATION.

2.) Any inaction, silence, delay or tolerance of any of the said parties in respect to violations of any of the covenants, conditions, and restrictions hereof committed by the PURCHASER of this lot or by any lot owners in the said vicinity thereof shall not bar or stop any of the said parties from instituting an action to enforce the same, provided that the outcome of the said action shall not affect the one who is not made a party to the suit.

3.) The PURCHASER hereby declares that he/she has investigated the property subject matter of this Deed and that he/she has found no squatters or adverse occupants whatsoever thereon and is fully satisfied with the area, terrain, and contour of the lot, and the actual condition of the lot and of the area in general.

4.) The PURCHASER agrees not to sell, cede, transfer, encumber or in any manner do any act which will violate this Deed without the prior written approval of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER and until all stipulations of this deed shall have been fulfilled. The PURCHASER binds himself not to alter, remove, displace, or in any way interfere with any monument or other evidence of boundary upon the said premises; not to cut , destroy or in any manner cause any waste or damage to/or upon the said premises; and not to allow others to commit any of the other aforesaid acts, without previous written approval from the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER.

 

X.INTERPRETATION OF RESTRICTIONS

Where there appears to be a conflict in the interpretation of these restrictions, the most stringent interpretation shall be adopted.

 

XI.VALIDITY OF THE COVENANTS

In the event of invalidation of any one of the above covenant or any part thereof by written directive of the DEVELOPER/LAND OWNER, or by court or judgment, the other provisions or portions shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

 

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereunto set their hands this .....day of .............................. 20.......         in ..................................

 

Sans Souci Beach Resort and Estates            

(as Developer and as representative of Landowner)                               

By:                                                                             

            MATTHIAS HANIKA                                                           …………………………………..                                 President                                                                      PURCHASER

                                                                                                                                                                        ELIZABETH HANIKA                                            

 

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

 

                        ......................................................                  ...................................................

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )

                                                  )S.S.

 

            BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in .............................. this ...... day of ....................................... personally appeared the following persons, with their Community Tax Certificates, to wit:

 

            Name                                                   CTC No.                                  Date/ Place Issued

 

 

            Known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

             

This instrument consisting of .............. (.......) pages including this page whereon the acknowledgment clause is written and signed by the parties and their instrumental witnesses on each and every page hereof, sealed with my notarial seal, pertains to a Deed of Restrictions of a parcel of land in             ...................................             .

            WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on the date, year, and place first above written.

 

                                                                                                            NOTARY PUBLIC

                                                                                                            Until December 31, 20.......       

                                                                                                            P.T.R.No...........................      

                                                                                                            Issued on ..........................      

Doc. No.........                                                                                      Issued at ..........................       

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