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DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS
SHERI LYNN SUBDIVISION
Dated:
Recorder:
Instrument No:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, That the undersigned
does hereby certify and declare:
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Phil~.p R. Harper, and Carol J. Harper, and Daniel J.
Hebden, a single man, dba Doxo~Properties owners in fee
simple of the following described real property, located
in Ada County, Idaho, to-wit:
A. tract of ground in lot 4 of Section 1, T.3N.,R.,
1W,,$.M. Ada County, Idaho mare particularly described
as'_follows:
Commencing at a point on the section line which bears
South 0°15'15"East 1139.05 feet from the section
corner to Sections 1 and 2, T. 3N.,R.1W.,B.M., and to
Sect~.on 35 and 36, T. 4N., R. 1W., B.M., thence South
89° ~.7' East 789.48 fee t. to a steel gin; thence South
0° 26' West 226.98 feet to a steel pin; thence North
89°Zq'30" West 786.70 feet to a point on the section
line common to saids'~ctions 1 and 2, thence North
0°15'55" West along the section line 227.81 feet to
the point of beginning,
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That all of the real property and all lots, parcels
or tracts thereof, and any conveyance describing, all or any
part thereof, either by reference to the official plat of
said subdivision or by a number of disignation therein,
or otherwise, shall be subject to the restrictions, covenants,
reservations, and conditions herein expressed and set forth,
and that by the acceptance of such conveyance, assignment,
or transfer .of interest the grantee or grantees and their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, and each
of them, agree with each other as to the property so described
or=conveyed in or by such conveyance, as follows:
(a} BUILDING RESTRICTIONS: All lots in said sub-
division-shall be known and described as residential Lots
and restr~tcted to single family dwellings and no structure
shall be orected,upon any residential building site other
than residential dwellings, which shall not exceed two stories
in height.
(b) TYPE OF BUILDINGS: All buildings shall be of frame,
stone, brick, concrete, or block construction and, if other
than brick or stone, shall be finished and painted and kept in
good repair, and said property shall be used in such manner as
to be inoffensive to any other property owners thereof.
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(c) MINIMUM HOUSING SIZE: All residences constructed
in this subdivision shall be in accordance with, and comply
to Section 9-615 Title IX, Chapter 6, revised and compiled
ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, as
set forth in ordinance # 383 dated January. 5th, 1981. Said
Ordinance shall be Addendum "A!' of these Restrictive Cove-
nants. If at a future date this Ordinance is changed or
replaced by the City of Meridian, these Restrictive Cove-
nants may be ammended in accordance with said revised or-
dinance at the discretion of any lot owner in compliance
with normal dictated procedure. These footages are exclu-
sive of garages, carports, patios, breezeways, storage rooms,
porches, and similar structures.
(d) QUILDIN6 LOCATION: No dwelling house or garage or any part
thereof or any other structure (exclusive of fences and similar
structures) shall be placed nearer than 20 to 25 feet to the front
of 15 feet to the rear of the building site on which it is located.
Nu building foundation or wall shall be erected that leaves less than
a 5 foot side yard on one side of the house and a 5 foot side yard
on the opposite side of the house, and upon corner lots all buildings
shall be at least 20 feet from the side street line; but this provision
shall not apply to garages or other buildings located on the rear
quarter of any lot except corner lots. For the purpose of this~cav-
errant, eaves, steps, chimneys, gutters, and open porches shall not
be considered as a part of the building, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that this
shall not be construed to permit any portion of a building or any site
to encroach upon any other site. Where it is architecturally possible.
it is recommended that all garages be incorporated in and made a part
of the dwelling house.
LANDSCAPING:
(e} QUILDING SITE: A building site shall consist of at least
(1} one of the residence tracts as platted in said plat, and as
described in a deed or conveyance, or (2) a parcel composed of such
resident tracts ur portions thereof, the depth and frontage if which
parcel shall equal or exceed the depth and frontage of residence
tracts as platted in the sane block, with a minimum of 6,400 square
feet of area and 54 feet of frontage at the building setback line.
After construction of a dwelling on the building site, the lot shall
be landscaped by Guyer within 90 days after occupancy.
{f} MOVING OF QUILDINGS - CONSTRUCTION OF OUTBUILDINGS: Nu
buildings or structures shall be moved onto said real property from
any land outside of said plat except a new prefabricated structure
of a type and design approved by the Architectural Control Committee.
Nur trailer houses shall be parked in any street or within buildings
set back lines. No trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or
other outbuilding erected on a tract shall be at any time used as a
residence, temporarily or permanently, nor shall any residence of a
temporary character ~e permitted. Nu building of any kind shall be
erected or n>aintained on a building site prior to the erection of
the dwelling house thereon, except that a garage or other small building
of permanent construction may be erected for the purpose of storing
tools and other articles prior to the erection of a permanent dwelling.
(g) PROSECUTION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK: The construction of
the dwelling and associated structures shall be prosecuted diligent]y
and continuously from time of commencement thereof until such dwelling
and associated structures are fully completed and painted. All
structures shall be completed as to external appearance, including
finished painting, within eight {8} months from the date of commenc-
rrrent of construction, unless prevented by causes beyong the control
of the owner or builder and only for such time as that cause continues,
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(h) OIL AND MINING OPERATIONS: No oil drilling,
oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining
operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot,
nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or
shafts be permitted upon or in any lot. No derrick or
other structure designed far use in boring for oil or natural
gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any lot.
(i) EXCAVATION, DEFACING OF .LANDSCAPE, DITCHES: No
excavation for stone, sand, gravel, earth, or minerals shall
be made upon a building site unless such excavation is neces-
sary in connection with the erection of an improved structure
thereon. No irrigation drain or waste water shall be
permitted to flow in open ditches tb or on any lot in said
subdivision and may be transmitted .only as follows:
(1) Ditches, if any, to be carried at sufficient
depth underground so as not to interfere with
the use•of such ground.
(2) Ditches, if any, are to be carried in sealed
underground conduit.
(3) Ditches, if any, are to be located only within
easement or street right-of-way lines as shown
on the plat of said subdivision.
(4) The cost of constructing such ditches, if any,
shall be paid by the parties installing same.
The owners of said subdivision are under no
obligation toydeliver water or furnish rights
of way to any of the lots in this subdivision.
~' (j) SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES: All lots in SHERI
LYNN Subdivision are served ley the Meridian City Sewer
Plant and must be connected at time of construction. All
construction and installation costs shall be paid by the
parties installing same. The owners of said Subdivision
are under no obligation to pay for any of the costs in-
volved fob construction or hook-on fees.
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(k) REFUSE DISPOSAL - MATERIAL STORAGE: No machin-
ery, appliance or structure or unsightly material may be
stored upgn any piece, parcel or portion of said Subdivision.
No trash, garbage, ashes, or other refuse may be thrown,
dumped, ox' otherwise disposed of upon the real property; No
building site until the Grantee or builder is ready and able
to commenFe construction, and the such materials shall be
placed within the property line of the building site upon which
the structure is to be erected. The undersigned shall have
the right to enter upon any vacant building site for the pur-
e pose of burning or removing weeds, brush, growth or refuse.
(1) FENCES-HEDGES: No fence, hedge or boundary wall
situated anywhere upon any building site shall have a height
greater than that allowed by the local controlling ordinance,
but in no event whall it be greater than six 6) feet in height
above the finished graded s~=:~aceof the ground upon which such
fence, hedge, or wall is situated. Na fence, wall, hedge, or
shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevation between
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(1) k'ENCES-HEDGES (cony d)
-*---four 4) and eight 8) feet above the roadways shall be
placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the
triangular area formed by the street property lines and a
line connecting them at points twenty 20) feet from the inter-
section of the street lines, or in the case of a rounder
property corner from the intersection of the street property
Lines extended. The same sightline limitations shall apply
on any lot within ten 10} feet from the intersection of a
street property line within the edge of a driveway or alley
pavement. No tree shall be permitted to remain within such
distances of such intersections unless the foliage line is
maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of
such sight-linesl
(m) NOXIOUS USE OF PROPERTY: No portion of the real
property or of a building site or any structure thereon shall
be used fpr the conduct of any trade or business or the conduct
of any business or'professional activities, and noxious or
undesirable acts, or undesirable use of any portion of the
real property is prohibited and shall not be permitted or main-
tained. The determination of the undersigned owner that any
activity pr use'is undesirable or noxious shall be conclusive
upon all ~aarties . _ -
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(n) BILLBOARDS - SIGNS: No sign of any kind shall be
displayed to the public view on any residential building site
except one professional sign,,of not more than four 4) square
feet, or pne sign of not more ,than five 5) square feet adver-
tising the property for sale o'r rent, or signs used by a
builder to advertise theproperty, during the construction and
sales oeriod.
(0) ANIMALS: No livestock, excepting dogs and cats
shall be permitted at any time upon the real property of the
subdivision. Dogs and cats are permitted only as pets, and
no boardipg or -commercial enterprises will be permitted where
such small animals exceed in number those ususally owned by
lot or tract owners.
III
(a) ghat the owner of said real property, hereinabove
described, reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns,
or for public dedication by the owner, its successors and
assigns, a ten 10) foot right of way across and along the
street lies of all lots, a five 5) foot right of way along
each side of all lots, and a ten IO) foot right of way along
the rear lines of each of said lots, for the purpose of con-
structing water mains, electric distribution lines, irrigatian
ditches, sewer lines, gas pipelines, and such other public
utilities as shall be necessary, convenient and desirable for
the Grantees and owners of said lots and parcels henceforth;
this reservation being intended to provide an easement twenty
20} feet wide centering on the rear lot line of each lot,
which easement may be opened as an alley upon the determination
and finding of the Zoning Commission of Ada County, or the City
of Meridian, that the same is required for the public convenience
and health. This provision is made pursuant to Section 6.62 '`
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ICI (a) Cont'd
of the Ada County Subdivision Ordinance adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners of Ada County on September 28,
1959, and the appropriate section of the Meridian City Building
and Zoning Code. The easement area of each Iot and all im-
provements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner
of the lot except for those improvements for which a public
authority or utility company is responsible. Within these
easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be
placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with
the installation and maintenance of utilities or which may
change the direction of flow of water through drainage channel
in the easements.
(b) An easement is hereby granted to the Idaho -Power
Company, ~ corporation, its licensees, successors and assigns,
a permanept and perpetual easement and right-of-way, sufficient
i~ width to install and maintain an underground electrie power
line, including the perpetual right to enter upon the real
estate hereinafter described, at all reasonable times, to
construct, maintain and repair underground power lines; thraugh,
under and across said lands, together with the right, at the
sole expense of Grantee, to excavate and refill ditches and
trences fpr the location of said power line, and the further
right to xemove trees, bushes, sod flowers, shrubbery, and
other obstructions and improvements, interfering with the
location, construction and maintenance of said power lines on
and acros$ the following premises, belonging to the said owner
in Ada County, State of Idaho in the following location, to-wit:
In S~IERI LYNN SUBDIVISION, Ada County, Idaho, a strip
of lend ten 10) feet wide, five 5) feet on each side
of tie boundary line of.;the actual building sites,
runn~.ng from the street right-of-way or utility
easements as sY~ow~n on the plat to a point or paints on
said boundary line which are directly apposite from the
electrical service entrance facilities on the buildings
~`~-' constructed on the building sites on each side~of the
. boundary line; then, strips of land each ten 10) feet
wide, one on each building site running directly from
said point or paints on the boundary line to the cor-
resppndingly opposite electrical service sites. The
. ac~tu~.l~building site may be slot as shown on SHERI LYNN
SUBD~VISIO~t plat or a combination of portions of lots
intended tL`comprise a building site.
The glectr~cal system generally will consist of buried
power wires, transformers, junction boxes and other equipment,
part or which may extend above ground, necessary to serve
electrical. power to these premises and adjacent premises.
IV
That these protective res*-rictions and covenants shall
run with the land described herein and shall be binding upon
the parties hereto and all successors in title or interest to
said real property or any part thereof, until December 30, 1985,
at which time said Protective Restrictions and Covenants shall
be automatically extended for successive periods of ten 10)
years unless the owner or owners of the legal title to not less
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'~ than two-thirds of the platted residence tracts or platted
~~ lots, by an instrument or instruments in writing, duly signed
and acknowledged by them shall then terminate or amend said
Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and such termination
or amendment shall become effective upon the filing'of such
instrument or instruments for record in the office of the
Recorder pf Ada Caunty, Idaho. Such instrument or instru-
ments shall con~ain proper references by volume and page numbers
to the record af.the plat and the record of this Declaration in
which these Pro~:tective Restrictions and Covenants are set forth
and all a~endments hereof.
V
That should any Grantee violate or attempt to violate
any of the provisions of these Protective Restrictions and
Covenants, any other person or persons owning any real property
embraced ~n the said subdivision plat shall have full power and
authority to prosecute any proceedings•at law. or in equity
against the person or persons violating or attempting to violate
any of the said'Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and
either to prevent him orc,them from so doing or to recover
damages sustained by reason of such violation.
VI
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That the invalidation o£ any provision, sentence, or
paragraph contained in these Protective Restrictions and
Covenants by judgment or~Court Order shall in no way effect or
invalidate any of the other'Provisions, sentences, or paragrapY~s
of said Protective Restrictions and Covenants, but the same
shall be and remain in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto caused
its name to be-subscribed and its seal affixed, pursuant to
a resolution of its Board of Directors, by its President and
Secretary this day of of 197
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ORDINANCE NO. ~83
AN ORDINANCE REPEALINCs SECTION 9-615, TITLE IX, CHAFTEI~ 6, REVISED
and COMPILLA ORDINANCES OF TI-IE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, .IDAHO,
ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPAIENT, EMERGENCY INTERIM .MORATORIp!~I, ,AND
PROVIDING A NEW SECTION 9-615 TO BE ENTITLED RESIDENTIP,I, HOUSINr~
STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the P~ayor of the City of
Meridian, Idaho have concluded that it is in the best interest of
said City to repeal Section 9-615, Title I~, Chapter~6, .Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho,
which section relates to a residential moratorium which was to have
lapsed 120 days after its enactment but was included in the Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the pity of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho,
and replace said Section with a new Section 9-615 to be'entitled
Residential Housing Standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAINED 13Y THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF N!ERIDIAPI, ADA COt';NmY,
IDAHQ,
Section 1. That Section 9-615 shall be and hereby is repealed.
Section 2. That the following Section 9-615 ~.s hereby adopted
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and shall read as follows:
9°615 RESIDENTIAL'HOUSING,STANDARDS:
1) All new residential housing built in the City of
Meridian shall' comply with the most recent edition of the Department
~f Housing and Urban Development Minimum property standards, the
Uniform Building Code, standards of the County of Ada, and the State
~f Idaho regulatory agencies and the Ordinances, Resolutions and
?olicies of the City of Meridian.
~) All new residential housing developments in the City of
Meridian shall be designed to insure compatibility with adjacent
existing and/or proposed developments.
3) There shall be dispersed among all new residential develop--
nents houses of varying sizes and the followiner schedule shall set
she percentages and accompanying sixes that shal], exist in all new
residential developments., it being understood that the below
schedule is a minimum schedule and houses of larger sizes may
occupy a larger percentage than as set forth below:
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A. No houses may be constructed which are less
than 999 square feet; •
B. Ten percent (10~} . of the houses in a • residential
development-may be between 1000 and 1099 square
feet;
C. Twenty percent (20~) of the houses in a residential
development may be between 1100 and 1199 square
feet; .
D. Forty percent (40~) of~the houses in a residential
development may be between 1200. and 1299 square'
feet;
E. Thirty percent (30~) of the houses in a residential
development may be larger than 1300 square feet.
4} All houses below the 1300 square foot size shall be inter-
spersed uniformly throughout the entire development.
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5} All new residential housing developments in P~'_eridian shall
be subject to design review to insure that the proposed housing
units are within an established area of community housing need as
defined by the Meridian City Housing Plan which includes the HUD
Housing Inventory and Housing Goals and the objectives of the
Peridian Comprehensive Plan.
6} All new residential housing development plats shall have
the individual lots marked showing the minimum size house that
will be constructed thereon and no plat shall be recorded henceforth
without such indication clearly shown thereon.
7) That, prior to the enactment of this Ordinance, most
residential developments and plats were approved by the City of
P~Pe•ridian with a minimum housing size of 1350 square feet being
contained in the restrictive covenants of the subdivision. This
Section shall not have the effect of removing that 1350 square foot
restriction. I~ an owner or owners of a subdivision desire to have
this section apply to their subdivision, they. shall come before the
City Council with an amended plat showing each lot and the minimum
size house that can be built thereon clearly shown. 'Said change
in the flat shall not be considered as a never platting for purposes
of Platting procedure and only the City Council need act on such
request, but one hearing must be held on such request within
fifteen (15) days prior. to notice being published in the official
City newspaper and with notice. being forwarded by certified mail
return receipt requested to all property owners within 300 feet of
the subdivision.
8) This Section shall not apply to any. residential. ho using
development that was not initially restricted to a minimum house
size. .
Section 3. WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which
emergency is declared to exist, this Ordinance shall take effect
and be in force and effect from and after its passage, approval
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PASSED by the City Council and approved by the Mayor of the ~ i,.;
City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this ~ day of January, 1981. ~e..
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®EC 2 ~ 1978
DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS
SHERI LYNN SUBDIVISION
Dated:
Recorded:
Ins
KNOW ALL. MEN BY TH
does hereby certify and
Philip R. Harper,
Hebden, a single man, d
simple of the following
in Ada County, Idaho, to-wit:
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-signed
.niel J.
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A tract of ground in lot 4 of Section 1, T.3N.,R.,
1W.,B.M. Ada County, Idaho more particularly described
aa.;follows
Commencing at a point on the section line which bears
South 0°15'15"East 1139.05 feet from the section
corner to Sections 1 and 2, T. 3N.,R.1W.,B.M., and to
Section 35 and 36, T. 4N., R. 1W., B.M., thence South
89° 17' East 789.48 feet to a steel pin; thence South
0° 26' West 226.98 feet to a steel pin; thence North
89°20'30" West 786.70 feet to a point on the section
line common to saidsections 1 and 2, thence North
0°15'55" West along the section line 227.81 feet to
the point of b°ginr~ix~g. '
II
That all of the real property and all lots, parcels
or tracts thereof, and any conveyance describing all or any
part thereof, either by reference to the official plat of
said subdivision or by a number of disignation therein,
or otherwise, shall be subject to the restrictions, covenants,
reservations, and conditions herein expressed and set .forth,
and that by the acceptance of such conveyance, assignment,
or transfer of interest the grantee or grantees and their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, and each
of them, agree with each other as to the property so described
or: conveyed in or by such conveyance, as follows:
(a) BUILDING RESTRICTIONS: All lots in said sub-
division shall be known and described as residential lots
and restricted to single family dwellings and no structure
shall be erected upon any residential building site other
than residential dwellings, which shall not exceed two stories
in height.
(b) TYPE OF BUILDINGS: All .buildings shall be of frame,
stone, brick, concrete, or block construction and, if other
than brick or stone, shall be finished and painted and kept in
good repair, an3 said property shall be used in such manner as
to be inoffensive to any other property owners thereof.
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(c) MINIMUM BUILDING SIZE: All residential buildings
erected upon said property shall have a floor area of not
less than 135~square feet of ground floor area exclusive
of garages, carports, patios, breezeways, storage rooms,
porches, and similar structures.
(d) BUILDING LOCATION: No dwelling house or garage
or any part thereof or any other structure (exclusive of
fences and similar structures) shall be placed nearer than
25 feet to the front or 1S feet to the rear of the building
site on which it is located. No building foundation or
wall shall be erected that leaves less than a 5 foot side
yard on one side of the house and a 5 foot side yard on the
opposite side of the house, and upon corner lots all build-
ings shall be at least 20 feet from the side street line;
but this. provision shall not apply to garages or other
buildings located on the rear quarter of any lot except
corner lots. For the purpose of this covenant, eaves,
steps, chimneys, gutters, and open porches shall not be
considered as a part of the building, PROVIDED HOWEVER,
that this shall not be construed to permit any portion of
a building or any site to encroach upon any other site.
Where it is architecturally possible, it is recommended
that all garages be incorporated in and made a part of the
dwelling house.
LANDSCAPING:
(e) BUILDING SITE: A building site shall consist of
at least (1) one of the residence tracts as platted in said
plat, and as .described in a deed or conveyance, or (2) a
parcel composed of such resident tracts or portions thereof,
the depth and frontage of which parcel shall .equal or exceed
the depth and frontage of residence tracts as platted in
the same block, with a minimum of S, 250 feet square of area
and 75 feet of frontage at the building setback line. After
canstruction of a dwelling on the building site, the lot
shall be landscaped.
(f) MOVING OF BUILDINGS - CONSTRUCTION OF OUTBUILDINGS:
No buildings or structures shall be moved onto said real
property from any land outside of said plat except a new
prefabricated structure of a type and design approved by the
Architectural Control Committee. No trailer houses shall be
parked in any street or within buildings setback lines. No
trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or other out-
building erected on a tract shall be at any time used as a
residence, temporarily or permanently, nar shall any residence
of a temporary character be permitted. No building or any
kind shall be erected or maintained on a building site prior
to the erection of the dwelling house thereon, except that.
a garage or other small building of permanent. construction
may be erected for the purpose of storing tools and other
articles prior to the erection of a permanent dwelling.
(g) PROSECUTION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK: The con-
struction of the dwelling and associated structures shall be
prosecuted diligently and continuously from time of commence-
ment thereof until such dwelling an-'_ associated structures
are fully completed and painted. A11 structures shall be
completed as to external appearance,including finished painting,
within eight months from the date of commencement of con-
struction, unless prevented by causes beyond the control of
the owner or builder and only for such time as that cause
continues.
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(h) .OIL AND MINING OPERATIONS: No oil drilling,
oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining
operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot,
nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or
shafts be permitted upon or in any lot. No derrick or
other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural
gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any lot.
(i) EXCAVATION, DEFACING OF LANDSCAPE, DITCHES: No
excavation for stone, sand, gravel, earth, or minerals shall
be made upon a building site unless such excavation is neces-
sary in connection with the erection of an improved structure
thereon. No irrigation drain or waste water shall be
permitted to flow in open ditches td or on any lot in said
subdivision and may be transmitted only as follows:
(1) Ditches, if any, to be carried at sufficient
depth underground so as not to interfere with
the use of such ground.
(2) Ditches, if any, are to be carried in sealed
underground conduit.
(3) Ditches, if any, are to be located only within
easement or street right-of-way lines as shown
on the plat of said subdivision.
(4) The cost of constructing such ditches, if any,
shall be paid by the parties installing same..
The owners of said subdivision are under no
obligation to deliver water or furnish rights
of way to any of the lots in this subdivision.
(j) SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES: All lots. in SHERI
LYPJN Subdivision are served by the Meridian City .Sewer
Plant and must be connected at time of construction.. All
construction and installation costs shall be paid by the
parties installing same. The owners of said Subdivision
are under no obligation to pay for any of the costs in-
volved for construction or hook-on fees.
(k) REFUSE DISPOSAL - MATERIAL STORAGE: No machin-
ery, appliance or structure or unsightly material may be
stored upon any piece, parcel or portion of said Subdivision.
No trash, garbage, ashes, or other refuse may be thrown,
dumped, or otherwise disposed of upon the real property; No
building site until the Grantee or builder is ready and able
to commence .construction, and the such materials shall be
placed within the property line of the building site upon which
the structure is to be erected. The undersigned shall have
the right to enter upon any vacant building site for the pur-
pose of burning or removing weeds, brush, growth or refuse.
(1) FENCES-HEDGES: No fence, hedge or boundary wall
situated anywhere upon any building site shall have a height
greater than that allowed by the ,local controlling ordinance,
but in no event whall it be greater than six 6) feet in height
above the finished graded surfaceof the ground upon which such
fence, hedge, or wall is situated. No fence, wall, hedge, or
shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevation between
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(1) FEAICES-HEDGES (cons' d)
- --four 4) and eight 8) feet above the roadways shall be
placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the
triangular area farmed by the street property lines and a
line connecting them at points twenty 20) feet from the inter-
section of the street lines, or in the case of a rounder
property corner from the intersection of the street property
lines extended. The same sightline limitations shall apply
on any tot within ten 10) feet from the intersection of a
street property line within the edge of a driveway or alley
pavement. No tree shall be permitted to remain within such
distances of such intersections unless the foliage line is
maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of
such sight-linesl
(m) NOXIOUS USE OF PB~OPERTY: No portion of the real
property or of. a building site or any structure thereon shall
be used for the conduct of any trade or business or the conduct
of any business or professional activities, and noxious or
undesirable acts, or undesirable use of any portion of the
real property is prohibited and shall not be permitted or main-
tained. The determination of the undersigned owner that any
activity or use is undesirable or noxious.-shall be conclusive
upon all parties.
(n) BILLBOARDS - SIGNS: No sign of any kind shall be
displayed to .the public view on any residential building site
except ane professional sign of not more than four 4) square
feet, or one sign of not more than five 5) square feet adver-
tising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a
builder to advertise theproperty, during the construction and
sales period.
(0) ANIMALS:. No livestock, excepting dogs and cats
shall be permitted at any time upon the real property of the
subdivision. Dogs and cats are permitted only as pets, and
no boarding or commercial enterprises will be permitted where
such small animals exceed in number those ususally owned by
lot or tract owners.
III
(a) That the owner of said real property, hereinabove
described, reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns,
or for public dedication by the owner, its successors and
assigns, a ten 10) foot right of way across and along the
street lines of all lots,. a five 5) foot right of way along
each side of all lots, and a ten I0) foot right of way along
the rear lines of each of said lots, for the purpose of con-
structing water mains, electric distribution lines, irrigation
ditches,. sewer lines, gas pipelines, and such other public
utilities as shall be necessary, convenient and desirable for
the Grantees and owners of said lots and parcels henceforth;
this reservation being intended to provide an easement twenty
20) feet wide centering on the rear lot line of each lot,
which easement may be opened as an alley upon the determination
and finding of the Zoning Commission of Ada County, or the City
of Meridian, that the same is required for the public convenience
and health. This provision is made pursuant to Section 6.62
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Instrument No.
III (a) Cont'd
of the Ada County Subdivision Ordinance adopted. by the
Board of County Commissioners of Ada County on September 28,
1959, and the appropriate section of the Meridian City Building
and Zoning Code. The easement area of each lot and all im-
provements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner
of the lot except for those improvements for which a public
authority or utility company is responsible. Within these
easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be
placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with
the installation and maintenance of utilities or which may
change the direction of flow of water through drainage channel
in the easements.
(b) An easement is hereby granted to the Idaho Power
Company, a corporation, its licensees, successors and assigns,
a permanent and perpetual easement and right-of-way, sufficient
in width to install and maintain an underground electric power
line, including the perpetual right to enter upon the real
estate hereinafter described, at alI reasonable times, to
construct, maintain and repair. underground power lines; through,
under and across'said lands, together with the right, at the
sole expense of Grantee, to excavate and refill ditches and
trences for the location of said power line, and the further
right to remove trees, bushes, sod,flowers, shrubbery, and
other obstructions and improvements, interfering with the
location, construction and maintenance of said power lines on
a.nd acrbss the following premises, belonging to the said cT~ao.ir
in Ada County, State of Idaho in the following location,~to-wit:
In SHERI LYNN SUBDIVISION, Ada County, Idaho, a strip
of land ten 10) feet wide, five 5) feet on each side
of the boundary line of the actual building sites,
running from the street right-of-way or utility .
easements as shown on the plat to a point or points on
said boundary line which are directly opposite from the
electrical service entrance facilities on the buildings
constructed on the building. sites on each side of the.
boundary line; then, strips of land each ten 10) feet
wide, one on each building site running directly from
said point or points on the boundary line to the- cor-
respondingly opposite electrical service sites. The
actual building site may be clot as shown on SHERI LYNN
SUBDIVISION plat or a combination of portions of lots
intended to comprise a building site.
The electrical system generally will consist of buried
power wires, transformers, junction boxes and other equipment,
part or which may extend above ground,. necessary to serve
electrical power to these premises and adjacent premises.
IV
That these protective restrictions and covenants shall
run with the land described herein and shall be binding upon
the parties hereto and all successors in title or interest to
said real property or any part thereof, until December 30, 1985,
at which time said Protective Restrictions and Covenants shall
be automatically extended for successive periods of ten 10)
years unless the owner or owners of the legal r..itle to not less
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IV cont'd
than two-thirds of~the platted residence tracts or platted
lots, by an instrument or instruments in writing, duly signed
and acknowledged by them shall. then terminate or amend said
Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and such termination
or amendment shall become effective upon the filing~of such
instrument or instruments for record in the office of the
Recorder of Ada County, Idaho. Such instrument or instru-
ments shall contain proper references by volume and page numbers
to the record of the plat and the record of this Declaration in
which these Protective Restrictions and Covenants are set forth
and all amendments hereof.
V
That should any Grantee violate or attempt to violate
any of the provisions of these Protective Restrictions and
Covenants, any other person or persons owning any real property
embraced in the said subdivision plat shall have full power and
authority to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity
against the person or persons violating or attempting to violate
any of the said Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and
either to prevent him or them from so doing or to recover
damages sustained by reason of such violation.
VI
That the invalidation of any provision, sentence, or
paragraph contained in these Protective Restrictions and
Covenants by judgment or Court Order shall in no way effect or
invalidate any of the other Provisions, sentences, or paragraphs
of said Protective Restrictions and Covenants, but the same
shall be and remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto caused
its name to be subscribed and its seal affixed, pursuant to
a resolution of its Board of Directors, by its President and
Secretary this day of _ of 197
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AFFIDAVIT OF CLARIFICATION ANO AP1ENOt1ENT OF ...
DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS
SHERI LYNN Si~BDIVISION
Dated:
Recorder~`~
Instrument No:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, That the undersigned
does hereby certify and declare:
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Phil~.p R. Harper, and Carol J. Harper, and Daniel J.
Hebden, a single man, dba Doxo~Properties owners in fee
simple of the following described real property, located
in Ada County, Idaho, to-wit:
A. tract of ground in lot 4 of Section 1, T.3N.,R.,
1W.,B.M. Ada County, Idaho more particularly described
as•follows:
Commgncing at a point on the section line which bears
South 0°15'15"East 1139.05 feet from the section
corner to Sections 1 and 2, T. 3N.,R.1W.,$.M., and to
Section 35 and 36, T. 4N., R. 1W., B.M., thence South
89° ~7' East 789.48 feet. to a steel pin; thence South
0° 2~' West 226.98 feet to a steel pin; thence North
89°20'30" West 786.70 feet to a point on the section
line common to said Sections 1 and 2, thence North
0°15'SS" West along the section line 227.81 feet to
the point of beginning..
II
That all of the real property and all lots, parcels
or tracts thereof, and any conveyance describing all or any
part thereof, either by reference to the official plat of
said subd3.vision or by a number of disignation therein,
or otherwise, shall be subject to the restrictions, covenants,
reservatigns, and conditions herein expressed and set forth,
and that by the acceptance of such conveyance, assignment,
or transfgr .of interest the grantee or grantees and their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, and each
of them, $gree with each other as to the property so described
or:conveyBd in or by such conveyance, as follows:
(a) BUILDING RESTRICTIONS; All lots in said sub-
division•shall be known and described as residential lots
and restricted to single family dwellings and no structure
shall be Qrected,upon any residential building site other
than residential dwellings, which shall not exceed two stories
in height.
(b) TYPE OF BUILDINGS: All buildings shall be of frame,
stone, brick, concrete, or block construction and, if other
than brick or stone, shall be finished and painted and kept in
good repair, and said property shall be used in such manner as
to be inoffensive to any other property owners thereof.
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Instrument No.
{c} MINIMUM HOUSTNO SIZE: All residences constructed
in this subdivision shall be in accordance with, and comply
to Section 9-615 Titl® IX, Chapter 6, revised and compiled
ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, as
set forth in Ordinance # 363 dated January, 5th, 1981. Said
Ordinance shall be Addendum "A'! of these Restrictive Cove-
nants. If at a future date this Ordinance is changed or
replaced by the City of Meridian, these Restrictive Cove-
nants may be ammended in accordance with said revised or-
dinance at the discretion of any lot owner in compliance
with normal dictated procedure. These footages are exclu-
sive of garages, carports, patios, breezeways, storage rooms,
porches, and similar structures.
(dj BUILDING LOCATION: No dwelling house or garage or any part
thereof or any other structure (exclusive of fences and similar
structures) shall be placed nearer than 20 to 25 feet to the front
of 15 feet to the rear of the building site on which it is located.
No building foundation or wall shall be erected that leaves less than
a 5 foot side yard on one side of the house and a 5 foot side yard
on the opposite side of the house, and upon corner lots all buildings
shall be at least 20 feet from the side street line; but this provision
shall not apply to garages or other buildings located on the rear
quarter of any lot except corner lots. For the purpose of this cov-
enant, eaves, steps, chimneys, gutters, and open porches shall nob
be considered as a part of the building, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that this
shall not be construed to permit any portion of a building or any site
to encroach upon any other site. Where it is architecturally possible.
it is recunnrrended that all garages be incorporated in and made a part
of the dwelling house.
LANDSCAPING:
(e) BUILDING SITE: A building site shall consist of at least
(1) one of the residence tracts as platted in said plat, and as
described in a deed or conveyance, or (2} a parcel composed of such
resident tracts ur portions thereof, the depth and frontage if which
pal°cel shall equal ur exceed the depth and frontage of residence
tracts as platted in the same block, with a minimum of 6,400 square
feet of area and 54 feet of frontage at the building setback line.
After construction of a dwelling on the building site, the lot shall
be landscaped by Buyer within 90 days after occupancy.
(f} MOVING OF BUILDINGS - CONSTRUCTION OF OUTBUILDINGS: Nu
buildings or structures shall be moved onto said real property from
any land outside of said plat except a new prefabricated structure
of a type and design approved by the Architectural Control Cort~nittee.
Nur trailer houses shall be parked in any street or within buildings
set back lines. Nu trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or
other outbuilding erected on a tract shall be at any time used as a
residence, temporarily or permanently, nor shall any residence of a
temporary character pe permitted. No building of any kind shall be
erected or maintained on a building site prior to the erection of
the dwelling house thereon, except that a garage or other small building
of pernw Went construction may be erected for the purpose of storing
tools and other articles prior to the erection of a permanent dwelling.
(g) PROSECUTION OF CONS~'RUCTION WORK; the construction of
the dwelling and associated structures shall be prosecuted diligently
and continuously from time of conmiencement thereof until such dwelling
and associated structures are fully completed and painted. All
structures shall be completed as to external appearance, including
finished painting, within eight (8) months from the date of commenc-
nrent of construction, unless prevented by causes beyong the control
of the owner or builder and only for such time as that cause continues.
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(h) OIL AND MINING OPERATTONS: No oil drilling,
- oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining
operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot,
nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or
shafts be permitted upon or in any lot. No derrick or
other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural
gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted on any lot.
(i) EXCAVATION, DEFACING OF LANDSCAPE, DITCHES: No
excavation for stone, sand, gravel, earth, or minerals shall
be made upon a building site unless such excavation is neces-
sary in connection with the erection of an improved structure
thereon. No irrigation drain or waste water shall be
permitted to flow in open ditches tb or on any lot in said
subdivision and may be transmitted only as follows:
(1) Ditches, if any, to be carried at sufficient
depth underground so as not to interfere with
the use•of such ground.
(2) Ditches, if any, are to be carried in sealed
underground conduit.
(3) Ditches, if any, are to be located only within
easement or street right-of-way lines as shown
on the plat of said subdivision.
(4) The cost of constructing such ditches, if any,
shall be paid by the parties installing same.
The owners of said subdivision are under no
obligation to'deliver water or furnish rights
of way to any of the lots in this subdivision.
~~ (j) SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES: All lots in SHERI
LYNN Subdivision are served by the Meridian City Sewer
Plant and must be connected at time of construction. All
construction and installation costs shall be paid by the
parties installing same. The owners of said Subdivision
are under no obligation to pay for any of the costs in-
volved foz construction or hook-on fees.
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(k) REFUSE DISPOSAL - MATERIAL STORAGE: No machin-
ery, appl~.ance or structure or unsightly material may be
stored uppn any piece, parcel or portion of said Subdivision.
No trash, garbage, ashes, or other refuse may be thrown,
dumped, or otherwise disposed of upon the real property; No
building site until the Grantee or builder is ready and able
to commence construction, and the such materials shall be
placed within the property line of the building site upon which
the structure is to be erected. The undersigned shall have
the right to enter upon any vacant building site for the pur-
pose of burning or removing weeds, brush, growth or refuse.
(1) FENCES-HEDGES: No fence, hedge or boundary wall
situated anywhere upon any building site shall have a height
greater than that allowed by the local controlling ordinance,
but in no event whall it be greater than six 6) feet in height
above the finished graded sL'=faceof the ground upon which such
fence, hedge, or wall is situated. No fence, wall, hedge, or
shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevation between
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Instrument No.
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(1) FENCES-HEDGES (cont'd)
-r---four 4} and eight 8) feet above the roadways shall be
placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the
tziangular area formed by the street property lines and a
_ line connecting them at points twenty 20) feet from the inter-
~' section of the street lines, or in the case of a rounder
property corner from the intersection of the street property
lines extended. The same sightline limitations shall apply
on any lot within ten 10) feet from the intersection of a
street property line within the edge of a driveway or alley
pavement. No tree shall be permitted to remain within such
distances of such intersections unless the foliage line is
maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of
such sight-linesl
(m) NOXIOUS USE OF PB.OPERTY: No portion of the real
property or of a building site or any structure thereon shall
be used for the conduct of any trade or business or the conduct
of any business or'professional activities, and noxious or
undesirable acts, or undesirable use of any portion. of the
real property is prohibited and shall not be permitted or main-
tained. The determination of the undersigned owner that any
activity pr use~is undesirable or noxious shall be conclusive
upon all parties.
(n) BILLBOARDS - SIGNS: No sign of any kind shall be
displayed to the public view on any residential building site
except one professional sign,.of not more than four 4) square
feet, or one sign of not more .than five 5) square feet adver-
tising th,e property for sale or rent, or signs used by a
builder to advertise theproperty, during the construction and
sales period.
(0) ANIMALS: No livestock, excepting dogs and cats
shall be Permitted at any tune upon the real property of the
subdivisipn. Dogs and cats ,are permitted only as pets, and
no boardipg or -commercial enterprises will be permitted where
such small animals exceed in number those ususally owned by
lot or tract owners. '
III
(a) That the owner of said real property, hereinabove
described, reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns,
or for public dedication by the owner, its successors and
assigns, a ten 10) foot right of way across and along the
street lines of all lots, a five 5) foot right of way along
each side of all lots, and a ten 10) foot right of way along
the rear lines of each of said lots, for the purpose of con-
structing water mains, electric distribution lines, irrigation
ditches, sewer lines, gas pipelines, and such other public
utilities as shall be necessary, convenient and desirable ~'or
the Grantees and owners of said lots and parcels henceforth;
this reservation being intended to provide an easement twenty
20) feet wide centering on the rear lot line of each lot,
which easement may be opened as an alley upon the determination
and finding of the Zoning Commission of Ada County, or the City
of Meridian, that the same is required for the public convenience
and health. This provision is made pursuant to Section 6.62 ~'
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Instrument No.
III (a) Cont'd
of the Ada County Subdivision Ordinance adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners of Ada County on September 28,
1959, and the appropriate section of the Meridian City Building
and Zoning Code, The easement area of each lot and all im-
provements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner
of the lot except for those improvements for which a public
authority or utility company is responsible, Within these
easements,- no structure, planting or other material shall be
placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with
the installation and maintenance of utilities or which may
change the direction of flow of water through drainage channel
in the easements.
(b) An easement is hereby granted to the Idaho Power
Company, a corporation, its licensees, successors and assigns,
a permanept and perpetual easement and right-of-way, sufficient
i~ width to install and maintain an underground electric power
line, including the perpetual right to enter upon the real
estate hereinafter described, at all reasonable times, to
construct, maintain and repair underground power lines; through,
under and across said lands, together with the right, at the
sole expense of Grantee, to excavate-and refill ditches and
trences fpr the location of said power 'line, and the further
right to zemove trees, bushes, sod,flowers, shrubbery, and
other obstructions and improvements, interfering with the
location, construction and maintenance of said power lines on
and across the following premises, belonging to the said owner
in Ada County, State of Idaho in the following location, to-wit:
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In S~iERI LYNN SUBDIVISION, Ada County, Idaho, a strip
of lend ten 10) feet wide, five 5) feet on each side
of tie boundary line of.•the actual building sites,
running from r_he street right-of-way or utility
easements as shown on the plat to a point or points on
said boundary line which are directly opposite from the
electrical service entrance facilities on the buildings
• - constructed on the building sites on each side•of the
boundary line; then, strips of land each ten 10) feet
wide, one on each building site running directly from
said point or points on the boundary line to the cor-
resppndingly opposite electrical service sites. The
ac~tu~l•building site may be slot as shown on SHERI LYNN
SUBDZVISIO~ plat or a combination of portions of lots
intepded tL comprise a building site.
The Qlectrical system generally will consist of buried
power wires, transformers, junction boxes and other equipment,
part or which may extend above ground, necessary to serve
electrical power to these premises and adjacent premises.
IV
That these protective restrictions and covenants shall
run with the land described herein and shall be binding upon
the parties hereto and all successors in title or interest to
said real property or any part thereof, until December 30, 1985,
at which time said Protective Restrictions and Covenants shall
be automatically extended for successive periods of ten 10)
years unless the owner or owners of the legal title to not less
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Instrument No.
IV cont'd
'-'"~ than two-lthirds of the platted residence tracts or platted
~~ lots, by an instrument or instruments in writing, duly signed
and acknowledged by them shall then terminate or amend said
Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and such termination
or amendment shall become effective upon the filing'of such
`~ instrument or instruments for reoord in the office of the
Recorder of Ada~~County, Idaho. Sueh instrument or instru-
ments shall contain proper references by volume and page numbers
to the record of. the plat and the record of this Declaration in
which these Pro~:tective Restrictions and Covenants are set forth
and all amendments hereof.
V
That should any Grantee violate or attempt to violate
any of the provisions of L-hese Protective Restrictions and
Covenants, any other person or persons owning any real property
embraced ~.n the said subdivision plat shall have full power and
authority to prosecute any proceedings•at law. or in equity
against the person or persons violating or,attempting to violate
any of the said~Protective Restrictions and Covenants, and
either to prevent him or~,them from so doing or to recover
damages sustained by reason of such violation.
VI
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That the invalidation o~~ any provision, sentence, or
paragraph contained in these Protective Restrictions and
Covenants by judgment or~Court Order shall in no way effect or
invalidate any of the other Provisions, sentences, or paragrapY~s
of said Protective Restrictions and Covenants, but the same
shall be and remain in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto caused
its name to be-subscribed and its seal affixed, pursuant to
a resolution of its Board of Directors, by its President and
Secretary this day of of 197
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ORDINANCE NO. ~ 3
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P.O. Bor 427
Morldlon, Idafro
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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 9-615, TITLE IX, CHAPTER 6, REVISED
and COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO,
ENTITLED CESIDENTIAL DEVELOPP~4ENT, E_n2ERGENC;Y INTERIM .MORATORIt?~i, .AND
,PROVIDING A NEW SECTION 9-615 TO BE ENTITLED RESIDENTIpL IIOUSIN(~
STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the t^.ayor of the City of
Meridian, Idaho have concluded that it is in the best interest of
said City to repeal Section 9-615, Title IX, Chapter~6, Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho,
which section relates to a residential moratorium which was to have
lapsed 120 days after its enactment but was included in the Revised
and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho,
and replace said Section with a new Section 9-515 to be 'entitled
Residential Housing Standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT O~tDAINED BY THE A4AYOR OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF N!ERIDIAPJ, ADA COI°NmY,
IDAHO, '
Section 1. That Section 9-615 shall be and hereby is repealed.
Section 2. That the following Section 9-615 ~s hereby adopted
and shall read as follows;
9-615 ' ~ RESIDENTIAL' HOUSING ,STANDARDS :
1) All new residential housing built in the City of
Meridian shall' comply with the most recent edition of the Department
~f Housing and Urban Development Minimum property standards, the
Uniform Building Code, standards of the County of Ada, and the State
of Idaho regulatory agencies and the Ordinances, Resolutions and
policies of the City of Meridian.
2) All new residential housing developments in the City of
Meridian shall be designed to insure compatability with adjacen t
axisting and/or proposed developments.
3) There shall be dispersed among all new residential develop-
nents houses of varying sizes and the following schedule shall set
:.he pereentac~es and accompanying sizes that shall, exist in all new
-esidential developments, it being understood that the below
schedule is a minimum schedule and houses of larger sizes may
-ccupy a larger percentage than as set forth below:
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A. No houses may be constructed which are less
than 999 square feet;
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H. Ten percent (10~).of the houses in a'residential
development may be between 1000 and 1099 square
feet; .
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C. Twenty percent (20~) of the houses in a residential
development may be between 1100 and 1199 square
feet; .
D. Forty percent (40~) of~the houses in a residential !
development may be between 1200. and 1299 square
feet;
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E. Thirty percent (30~) of the houses in a residential
development may be larger than 1300 square feet. ~'
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4) All houses below the 1300 square foot size shall be inter- ~
spersed uniformly throughout the entire development. `'
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5) All new residential housing developments in ~?eridian shall f
be subject to design review to insure that the proposed housing
units are within an established area of community housing need as
defined by the Meridian City I~o'using Plan which includes the Ht]D
Housing Inventory and Housing Goals and the objectives of the ~
meridian Compreh ensive Plan.
6) All new residential housing development plats shall have
the individual lots marked showing the minimum size house that
will be constructed thereon and no plat shall be recorded henceforth
without such indication clearly shown thereon. ~ '
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7) That, prior to the enactment of this Ordinance; most ~~
residential developments and plats were approved by the City of
Meridian with a minimum housing size of 1350 square feet being f
contained in the restrictive covenants of the subdivision. This !
Section shall not have the effect of removing that 1350 square-foot ~
restriction. If an owner or owners of a subdivision desire to have
this section apply to their subdivision, they. shall come before the
City Council with an amended plat showing each lot and the minimum °
size house that can be built thereon clearly shown. 'Said. change
in the flat shall not be considered as anew platting for purposes p
of Platting procedure and only the City Council need act on such '
request, but one hearing must be held on such- request within
fifteen (15) days prior to notice being published in the official
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8) This Section shall not apply to any residential. housing
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