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2006-139 ORDINANCE NO. .t tJ06- /..3 9 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR A ZONING CHANGE TO CREATE AN OVERLA Y DISTRICT CONSISTING OF AN APPROXIMATELY 47-ACRE TRACT OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 1-35 EAST, SOUTH OF WIND RIVER BOULEVARD AND WEST OF UNICORN LAKE BOULEVARD, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND DEPICTED ON EXHIBIT B A IT ACHED HERETO TO BE KNOWN AS THE "UNICORN LAKE OVERLAY DISTRICT"; AMENDING CHAPTER 35, SUBCHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY OF DENTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, "DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE," "SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS" TO ADD SECTION 35.7.8 "UNICORN LAKE OVERLAY DISTRICT"; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE UNICORN LAKE OVERLAY DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Manager initiated the rezoning process for that certain tract of land described by the metes and bounds description in Exhibit "A" and depicted on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the City Manager, at the request of the owner of the Property, directed that the Property be considered for rezoning from NR-2 and NRMU-12 zoning districts to an overlay district, which district shall be known as the "Unicorn Lake Overlay District"; and WHEREAS, the owner of the Property supports the rezoning of the Property to an overlay district containing the provisions in Section 4 of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, Sections 35.7.1, 35.7.2, and 35.7.3 of the Denton Development Code authorize the City Council to approve overlay districts to protect and enhance certain specific lands and structures which, by virtue of their type or location, have characteristics which are distinct from lands and structures outside such special districts and contain such reasonable and necessary requirements to insure the protection and enhancement of said land and structures. Further, the overlay districts are authorized to establish specific design standards and development regulations to effectuate the purpose of the district; and WHEREAS, on April 26, 2006, the Planning and Zoning Commission made a recommendation to approve the Unicorn Lake Overlay District; and WHEREAS, on May 16, 2006, the City Council held a public hearing as required by law and approved the change in zoning from the NR-2 and NRMU-12 zoning districts to the Unicorn Lake Overlay District; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that establishing the Unicorn Lake Overlay District serves a public purpose; and WHEREAS, the City Council makes the following findings: a. The change in zoning creating the Unicorn Lake Overlay District is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan; and b. The Unicorn Lake Overlay District will protect and enhance the Property, which is distinct from the lands and structures outside of the Unicorn Lake Overlay District, including the immediate neighborhood. NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION I. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. The Property is rezoned as an overlay district to be known as the Unicorn Lake Overlay District and to be developed in accordance with the terms of this ordinance. SECTION 3. The City's official zoning map is amended to show the change in zoning district classification. SECTION 4. Chapter 35, Subchapter 7 "Denton Development Code", "Special Purpose and Overlay Districts", Code of Ordinances, City of Denton Texas is hereby amended by adding Section 35.7.8, Unicorn Lake Overlay District to read as follows: 35.7.8 Unicorn Lake Overlay District 35. 7~~~!_~~EP.~~~____ The purpose of establishing the Unicorn Lake Overlay District is to: A. Stabilize and improve property values; B. Ensure compatibility of new construction with the existing scale and characteristics of surrounding properties; and C. Balance the economic development goals and the environmental goals of the City. B. Application of Regulations The regulations applicable to the NRMU-12 zoning district shall apply, except as specifically modified herein. If any provision of this Section 35.7.8 conflicts with any other provision of the Code of Ordinances, the provisions of this Section 35.7.8 shall govern and control. Where any provision of this Section 35.7.8 modifies any provision of any other applicable ordinance, the words used herein shall have the meaning defined in the 35.7.8.2 A. c. 2 provIsIOns of the ordinance modified, unless the definition is otherwise provided herein. 35.7.8.3. Development Standards The City rules and regulations applicable to the development of property located within an NRMU-12 zoning district are applicable to the Unicorn Lake Overlay District with the following exceptions: A. Private Streets and Utilities. I. A private street system with gated access may be constructed to serve the Property. Clubhouse Drive shall be a public street. Prior to the recordation of any final plat allowing the construction of such a private street system, deed restrictions for the Property must be recorded in the deed records of Denton County containing provisions in substantially the same form as the following provisions of Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference: (a) Article II (and related definitional provisions); (b) Section 4.10; (c) the provisions of Section 6.02 requiring that liability insurance be obtained in an amount approved by the City, and naming the City as an additional insured; (d) the provisions of Section 10.03 precluding amendment (without City consent) of any of the provisions which specifically require City consent to an amendment; and (e) Section 10.12. 2. Except as otherwise provided by this ordinance, private streets and sidewalks must be designed and constructed according to public street standards. 3. Discontinuity with other existing or future neighborhoods is unavoidable due to adjacent conditions and constraints including a) an existing subdivision to the west of the Property that does not have street stubs to connect to, b) flood plain and lake areas to the east of the Property, which present a significant physical barrier, and c) State School property to the south of the Property that does not, and likely will never, provide street connection points to the Property. The proposed ingress and egress for the Property consists of two streets directly connecting to a collector roadway (Clubhouse Drive), which provide adequate ingress and egress for a development of 106 single-family lots. When developed for single-family uses, the Property will have fewer units than allowed under the prior zoning, thus mitigating any concern regarding the number of ingress and egress points associated with the Property. If the Property is developed with any uses other than detached single-family uses, the adequacy findings of this paragraph shall not apply. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in the Denton Development Code or City of Denton criteria manuals, the following requirements apply to private streets: 1. The maximum street grade for Clubhouse Drive shall be eight percent (8%). 3 11. The maximum street grade within sixty feet (60') of an intersection shall be eight percent (8%). 111. No traffic calming features are required. IV. Cul-de-sacs may be a maximum of three hundred feet (300') in length. Cul-de-sacs must have a minimum radius of fifty feet (50'). v. Barrier free ramps are required only at intersection curb returns. VI. In the event any of the transportation provisions above fall below any applicable City standards, the minimum standards set by ASHTO shall apply. For purposes of applying ASHTO standards, Clubhouse Drive shall be considered an urban collector. VII. All private streets shall have a total minimum right-of-way of fifty feet (50'). 5. All water and sewer lines that serve the Property shall be publicly owned and maintained. 6. All water and sewer lines shall be designed and built according to City standards. 7. A Public Utility Easement or other adequate water and sewer easement shall be dedicated to the City of Denton for all water and sewer lines. 8. Utilities may be located within a public utility easement or other adequate water and sewer easement dedicated to the City of Denton as shown on Exhibit D attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. The City is not responsible for repairing damage to private streets resulting from City repairs to utilities located underneath the street paving. However, if the City makes such repairs, the City shall first give the Home Owners Association the option of paying to upgrade the repair work so that the streets are repaired to City standards. B. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted: (I) a maximum of 112 single family dwelling units, and any accessory uses thereto including an amenity center; (2) gas wells, including drilling operations and uses accessory to gas wells; and (3) offices not to exceed a total of 8,000 square feet, and any accessory uses thereto. Permitted uses are restricted to the areas shown on Exhibit B. C. Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot size shall be 5,000 square feet for single-family uses. The minimum residential lot size requirements in Section 35.12.6 do not apply. D. Minimum House Size. All single-family homes must contain a minimum of2,500 square feet of air conditioned living space. E. Minimum Yard Abutting a Sinde-Familv Use or District. The minimum yard when abutting a single-family use or district shall be ten feet (10') plus one foot (I') for each foot of building height above twenty feet (20'). F. Minimum Side Yard. The minimum side yard for single family uses shall be five feet (5'). 4 G. Maximum Lot Coverage. There is no maximum lot coverage requirement for single family uses. H. Minimum Landscape Area for Single-Family Uses. The minimum landscaped area on a single-family lot shall be fifteen percent (15%). I. Pedestrian Access. Section 35.13.IO.A.2 does not apply. J. Design Standards for Single-Family Uses. In lieu of complying with Section 35.13.13.1, all residential buildings shall comply with the following standards: I. Each single family dwelling shall be constructed utilizing at least three of the following design features: I. Dormers. II. Gables. 111. Recessed entries, a minimum of three feet (3') deep. IV. Covered front porches. v. Cupolas. VI. Architectural pillars or posts. VII. Bay window, a minimum 24" projection. Vlll. Clay tile, slate, copper, or high definition composition roofing materials. IX. Fireplace chimneys matching exterior finish of home. x. Windows and doors made of wood, metal clad or metal with bronze anodized finish. XI. Decorative wrought iron or wood railings as extensions of the architecture of the home. XII. Trim and accent colors that are dark, rich earth tones that come from stains and refined woods, medium browns, or medium to dark greens. XIII. 4:12 to 12:12 single pitch roofs or double pitch roofs up to 12:12, with shed roofs used only as secondary elements. XIV. Minimum ten foot (10') first floor wall height and minimum nine foot (9') second floor wall height. 2. No garage door shall occupy more than 40% of the total building frontage, unless the garage door is on a front facing garage located at least 30 feet behind the front of the house. This requirement does not apply to garages facing an alley or courtyard entrance. 3. No garage may extend beyond the front of the house, except side load or J-swing garages. 4. No elevation may be repeated more frequently than every fifth lot on the same side of the street. No elevation may be repeated on the lot directly across the street or next door to the lot directly across the street. 5 5. Primary entrances shall face the private street and sidewalk. 6. Windows shall be provided with trim or shall be recessed. Windows shall not be flush with exterior wall treatment. 7. Exterior finishes shall consist of one of the following materials, or any combination thereof: local stone, brick, plaster with stone, or wood. No more than three materials shall be used for the exterior finish of a single dwelling unit. K. Parking Behind Buildings. Section 35.13.13.4.A.8 does not apply. L. Tree Preservation. The tree preservation requirements in Section 35.13.7 do not apply. M. Buffer. A buffer that is a minimum of fifty feet in width, in the location shown on Exhibit E, must be provided. Alterations to the required buffer area are prohibited except as necessary to do the following: (1) accommodate drainage flows from adjacent and upstream property and meet all applicable City drainage requirements; (2) construct a fence or wall along the boundary of the Property; (3) install a retaining wall along the east line of the buffer, if necessary; and (4) remove dangerous, diseased, or dead trees from the buffer. The only machinery that may be used in the required buffer to do the work described in the preceding sentence is machinery that is reasonably necessary and appropriate to the scope of work being performed. N. Clubhouse Drive. No additional lanes are required on Clubhouse Drive to serve single family development, whether an additional lane is for the purpose of providing a turn lane or bus lane or for any other purpose. SECTION 5. If any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 6. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding $2000.00. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas within ten (10) days of the date of its passage. +~ PASSED AND APPROVED this the / (; - day of L/l[ar ~~cL ,2006. EULINE BROCK, MAYOR 6 ATTEST: JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY~"*~ WI> b(,,,, APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: -- ~. B'y< ==------:;::; ~DW1N'M:-SNYDER, CITY ARNEY --\ 7 Exhibit A Metes and Bounds Description of the Property 47.402 ACRES BEING A 47.402 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE M.E.P. & P.R.R. SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 950, CITY OF DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING PART OF A TRACT OF LAND, CONVEYED TO WINDJAMMER LTD. BY DEED RECORDED IN COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 98-R0062520, DEED RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 47.402 ACRE TRACT, WITH REFERENCE BEARING BEING THE EAST LINE OF SUNDOWN RANCH PHASE 3, AN ADDITION TO DENTON COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN CABINET U, PAGE 768-769, PLAT RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID WINDJAMMER TRACT, SAID POINT BEING A NORTHWEST ELL CORNER OF 201.38 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 435, PAGE 12, DEED RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS; THENCE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE COMMON SOUTH LINE OF SAID WINDJAMMER TRACT AND THE NORTH LINE OF SAID STATE OF TEXAS TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 1880.54 FEET TO POINT FOR CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID WINDJAMMER LTD. TRACT AND THE EAST LINE OF AFORESAID SUNDOWN RANCH PHASE 3 ADDITION; THENCE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SUNDOWN RANCH PHASE 3, A DISTANCE OF 1433.34 FEET TO POINT FOR CORNER ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID WINDJAMMER TRACT; THENCE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID WINDJAMMER TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 353.91 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER; THENCE, OVER AND ACROSS SAID WINDJAMMER LTD. TRACT, THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES: SOUTH 56 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF I 198.58 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER; SOUTH 33 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 619.52 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER; SOUTH 79 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 559.04 FEET TO POINT FOR CORNER ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID WINDJAMMER TRACT AND A NORTHERLY WEST LINE OF AFORESAID STATE OF TEXAS TRACT; 8 THENCE, SOUTH 02 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID COMMON LINE, A DISTANCE OF 500.71 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 47.042 ACRES LAND, MORE OR LESS. 9 Exhibit B Depiction ofthe Property i~-::-"'=:~~'~:I~:: ~;_. '-f~:~~~~._.m~ .-';i-' ':~:-{!~t~~~:' :i:.., . -ii" ..J:.. " . Hl, ~.J lt~l=l n::~~~-~ :'~~:i . J ".. '---CC', "._,",~~LA_ . -'j "--. ,~".....n'l""'."' -. --T- --Ill! '--'r"':-.! . ..-- I' I '1... 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Changes in ordinances of the City or other City action could cause the Streets to no longer be private streets. (b) As a condition of the City's approval of the Plat, Declarant was required to submit to the City the same plans and engineering information required to construct public streets and utilities, and is subject to the City requirements pertaining to inspection and approval of street and utility improvements. (c) The Association shall, and has the sole responsibility to, maintain the Streets in a condition not less than the minimum standards required for public streets in the City, and the Association shall make any further repairs to the Streets reasonably deemed necessary by the City to ensure emergency access. The City, so long as the Streets are private and owned by the Association, will have no obligation or right to maintain the Streets or to provide any Street cleaning services. The Association's costs of maintaining the Streets will be collected from the Owners through Assessments as provided in Article IV hereof. (d) The Association will establish and maintain a maintenance reserve fund (the "Street and Wall Reserve Fund") to pay future extraordinary maintenance costs of the Streets and boundary privacy wall to be collected from the Owners through Assessments. Following expenditure of any amounts from the Street and Wall Reserve Fund for such extraordinary maintenance requirements or restoration, the amount thereof shall be reestablished within such time and in an amount consistent with the purposes thereof. (e) The Association will dedicate to the City, and to municipally franchised utilities, for so long as the Streets are private, an easement to enter onto and use the Streets for the provision of police and fire protection, garbage collection, and code enforcement, and services related to the installation, repair, maintenance and billing of electric, water and wastewater services, or municipally franchised utilities, and for any other purpose relating to the exercise of a governmental service or governmental function and to remove any vehicle or obstacle from the Streets that impairs emergency access. It is not intended that the City police will make routine police patrols of the Streets or enforce traffic or parking ordinances or prepare accident reports regarding occurrences on the Streets. (I) Utilities serving the Subdivision shall be installed only in the Streets or in designated utility easements shown on the Plat (except for individual utility connections from the common utility lines to improvements constructed on a Lot). 11 (g) The Plat shall contain a dedication to the City of all water, wastewater and drainage improvements and shall further dedicate to the City and to all public utility entities providing utility service to the Subdivision the right to use the Streets to construct, install, maintain, operate, inspect, remove and reconstruct the facilities, equipment and systems that serve the Subdivision. (h) If the Association maintains mechanism(s) to control access to the Streets, the Association shall maintain such mechanism(s) in good operating condition so as to allow twenty-four (24) hour access to the Streets by the City and the providers of utility services to the Subdivision, and shall install and maintain devices to open the controls automatically in response to traffic signal preemption devices installed on emergency vehicles. If the Association fails to maintain such access in a reliable manner, the City may enter the subdivision and remove any gate or device which is a barrier to access at the sole expense of the Association. The requirements of this paragraph may not be amended or removed without the written consent of the City. (i) The Association agrees to release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City and any governmental entity or public utility that owns public improvements within the Subdivision (collectively, the "Indemnitees") from and against any claims for damages to the Streets, controlled access mechanisms and entrances and related appurtenances (collectively, the "Street Improvements") caused by the reasonable use of the Street Improvements by the Indemnitees (excluding, only, gross negligence), or for emergency use (without exclusion). G) The Association agrees to release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against any claims for damages to Property and injury to Persons (including death) that arise out of the use of the Street Improvements by any person and that are alleged to be caused by the condition of the streets or limited access system. The indemnification contained in this Section shall apply regardless of whether a contributing factor to such damages or injury was the negligent acts or omissions (excluding, only, gross negligence) or any person of the Indemnitees or their respective officers, employees or agents. (k) Each Owner agrees to release the Indemnitees from claims for damages to property and injury to persons (including death) that arise out of the use of the Street Improvements by any person and that are alleged to be caused by the condition of the streets or limited access system. (I) The obligations of the Association and the Owners set forth in Section 2.0I(i), Section 2.0I(j) and Section 2.01(k) hereof shall immediately and automatically terminate, if, as and when the Streets have been dedicated to, and have been accepted by, the City. (m) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof, the provisions of this Section relating to access to the Streets by the City and providers of utility services to the Subdivision, or relating to the maintenance, indemnification and repair obligations of the Association for the Streets, cannot be changed without the written consent of the City, until such time, if at all, the Streets become public streets as provided in Section 2.0 I (n) hereof. ]2 (n) The Owners of at least eighty-two (82) Lots and Declarant [for so long as Declarant owns at least one (1) Lot] shall have the right, at any time upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice given to Declarant and the Association, to request the City to accept dedication of all (but not less than all) of the Streets to the City as public streets. If the City agrees to accept the Streets as public streets: (i) Prior to dedication of the Streets to the City, the Association shall make repairs, if any, to the Streets required to cause the Streets to, be brought into compliance with City standards for public streets and shall remove any mechanisms(s) controlling access to the Streets; (ii) If the cost of such work exceeds the Street Reserve Fund, the excess shall be collected from the Owners as Assessments; and (iii) Upon completion of such work as approved by the City, the Association shall dedicate the Streets to the City by special warranty dedication deed subject to then existing matters of record affecting the Streets (but free and clear of any private liens). (0) So long as the Streets are private, (i) the Association shall not be dissolved without the prior written consent of the City, (ii) the Owners must be Members of the Association, and (iii) the provisions of this Section may not be amended or deleted from this Declaration without the written consent of the City. 2.02 Limited Access Svstem. Declarant will install a mechanical system that limits vehicular access to the Streets from public streets (the "System"). By accepting a deed to a Lot, each owner acknowledges the following: (a) The Board will have the sole authority, in the Board's sole and exclusive discretion, to determine when the System will become operational; (b) Neither Declarant nor the Association is responsible for providing security to the Owners or their family members, guests, invitees or their property. The purpose of the System will be to provide some degree of restriction of vehicular access onto the Streets. However, there is absolutely no guarantee or assurance whatsoever that the presence of the System will in any way increase the personal security or safety of any Owner or their family members, guests, invitees or their property. Each Owner's personal and property security is that Owner's own responsibility; (c) The City will have access to the Property for emergency response, utility access, code and law enforcement purposes, however, such access does not constitute a special relationship, and the City police will not make routine patrols, enforce traffic or parking ordinances or prepare accident reports in the Property; (d) The System is not intended to replace or to serve in lieu of Individual alarm systems or other measures to provide security at a residence or within any Lot or Lots. Each owner is encouraged to install such Owner's own personal security devices to the same 13 extent that would be prudent if the System did not exist; (e) The System will be installed based upon the representations of vendors regarding the operational and performance capabilities of the components of the System. DECLARANT DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND DECLARANT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED. Declarant does not expressly or impliedly guarantee that the System will avert or prevent occurrences or consequences which the System is designed to avert or prevent; (f) The System shall be owned by the Association. Operation of the System shall be the responsibility of the Association. Declarant shall not be required to operate or maintain the System. Costs of operation and maintenance of the System will be paid by the Owners through Assessments; (g) Each residence constructed on a Lot must be connected into the System, and each Owner is responsible for using the System in the proper manner and within the rules and regulations relating thereto as may be adopted from time to time by the Association; and (h) Pursuant to requirements of the City, any private street which has an access control gate or cross arm must have a minimum uninterrupted pavement width of 22 feet at the access control device, and any overhead barrier must be a maximum of 14 feet in height above the road surface, and all gates and cross arms must be of break-away design. From Article IV of the Deed Restrictions ASSESSMENTS 4.01 Covenants for Assessments. Each Owner, by acceptance of a deed or other conveyance or transfer of legal title to a Lot, whether or not it shall be so expressed in any such deed or other conveyance or transfer, shall be deemed to have covenanted and agreed to pay to the Association, or to an independent entity (or agency which may be designated by the Association to receive such monies), the following assessments (collectively, the "Assessments"): (a) Regular Assessments as provided in Section 4.02 hereof; (b) Special Purpose Assessments as provided in Section 4.03 hereof; and (c) Special Member Assessments as provided in Section 4.04 hereof. 14 All Assessments shall remain the property of the Owner making payment of such Assessments but shall be controlled and expended by the Association on behalf of the Owners only for the specified purposes provided or approved pursuant to this Declaration. No profit gain or other benefit is to be derived by the Association from the Assessments, but, instead, such funds shall be expended only as agent for the Owners. All services contemplated to be paid from Assessments shall be obtained by the Association on behalf of the Owners. Upon termination of the Association (and not before), all Assessments held at that time by the Association shall be allocated and returned to the Owners that paid such Assessments. No Assessments shall be levied against the Streets or other Common Properties, or the Lots owned by Declarant; provided, however, that Declarant shall pay the amounts, if any, pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof agreed to be expressly paid by Declarant. From Article VI. A portion of Section 6.02 The Association and the Members shall use the net insurance proceeds to repair and replace any damage or destruction of property, real or personal, covered by such insurance. Any balance from the proceeds of insurance paid to the Association remaining (after satisfactory completion of repair and replacement) shall be retained by the Association as part of a general reserve fund for repair and replacement of the Common Properties. Additionally, the Association shall purchase liability insurance, naming the City as an additional insured, of the type and in the amount determined by City as sufficient to insure the Association's indemnity obligations to Indemnitees, as required in this agreement. If the insurance proceeds are insufficient to repair or replace any such loss or damage, the Association may levy Special Purpose Assessment(s) or Special Member Assessment(s) (if applicable) to cover any such deficiency. From Article X. A Portion of Section 10.03 10.03 Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.10 hereof, Section 10.13 hereof or in this Section, this Declaration, or any provisions hereof, may be terminated or amended as to any portion of the Properly only by a document duly executed and acknowledged by Owners holding, in the aggregate, seventy-five percent (75%) of the votes of all Members in Good Standing (both classes of Members) present at a duly called meeting at which a Regular Quorum is present. No such termination or amendment shall be effective until a written instrument setting forth the terms thereof has been executed by the Secretary (herein so called) of the Association confirming the vote of the Members adopting such termination or amendment as required above and recorded in the Real Property Records of Denton County, Texas, Notwithstanding the above, Declarant, without the joinder of any other party, shall have the sole and absolute right to make minor changes or amendments to this Declaration, as determined by Declarant from time to time, to correct or clarify errors, omissions, mistakes or ambiguities contained herein, other than those specified to require City's consent. From Article X. Section 10.12 10.12 Approval by the City. The provisions of Article IT hereof (for so long as the 15 Streets remain private as referenced in Article II hereof), Section 4.10 hereof or Section 9.05 through Section 9.06 hereof, and any other provision so stating, cannot be amended or deleted from this Declaration without the written consent of the City. Other provisions of this Declaration can be amended or deleted without the necessity of the consent of the City. ]6 Exhibit D Utilities C') .- II> " . -l!! ..!!' -------- --'-ii1"" .;0 ~~ - ~Q'- Zv; ... -l -< q II> \J Iii "l C') II> (') ;0 i>l . 0 I )> '" .. 1 '" .. r .... <1 II> " 'll j= ill < \J . 'll" ... )> "'! ..0 '" II> \<z .. < '" l~~ " .... ~~ " - Iz... '" Z ;0 ...", II> II> () II> ... '" ;0 .. "" '" II> '" '" (f) =. ... c: .. -< '" z fTl . 'll ... ...-- (') ~ L -l r 0 z L ",,- r '" ,,- ... ;0 n --------.. 17 II> <1 ." c:: III n c:: ... F' ::; -< .. z o o ;0 . :i! .. ~ '" . II> '" ~ z ... 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