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NORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION POLICY HANDBOOK ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE REQUEST All changes, additions or alternations to the exterior of a home (including, but not limited to, those listed below) or lot must be approved in writing by the ARC Committee. Request forms must be completed by the homeowner prior to any work beginning. Forms are available from a Board member, Management company, on in the newsletter. ITEM POLICY REFERENCE FLOOD LIGHTS Not permitted according to covenants; however, decided to allow for security reasons, with certain restrictions on placement so as not to be an annoyance to neighbors. BOD min. 10-17-94 . Wattage of each halogen bulb must be 530 lumens (or 45 watts) or less. Lights must be positioned in a downward direction as to limit shining on neighboring property. BOD min 12-4-97 EXTERIOR COLOR CODE Homeowners must submit color chart/sample when altering the exterior color scheme from the original Phillips colors. . BOD min. 10-17-94 Color selection of deep, dark muted greens, maroons, and blues (avoiding bright colors) and the use of vinyl siding colors. BOD min. 4-17-95 It is stressed that approval is based on the "color" submitted. Variations in color which occur due to quality of paint, surface to be painted, etc. may result in non- compliance. BOD min. 4-24-97 STORAGE SHEDS Must match house with same siding and roofing; wood- style same as fence. BOD min. 4-17-95 Maximum size 10 ft x 10 ft, no higher than fence level, no aluminum or metal sheds - wood frame and/or vinyl - same color as house only; roofing must match house color and all sides adjacent to neighboring lots must be properly maintained. BOD min. 11-27-95 Exception made to height of fence rule to allow slightly over fence due to placement of shed, placed on front fence line, hidden from street by tree. ACR/BOD min. 3-25-96 FENCES Shall be relatively consistent with the Phase I (i.e., wooden privacy). ACR/BOD min. 6-6-95 Fences shall be built on property lines to avoid dead space between neighboring fences (excluding those fences which have already been installed with approval), unless drainage prohibits. BOD min. 4-24-97 Updated 12/98

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NORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION

POLICY HANDBOOK

ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES

ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE REQUEST All changes, additions or alternations to the exterior of a home (including, but not limited to, those listed below) or lot must be approved in writing by the ARC Committee. Request forms must be completed by the homeowner prior to any work beginning. Forms are available from a Board member, Management company, on in the newsletter.

ITEM POLICY REFERENCE

FLOOD LIGHTS Not permitted according to covenants; however, decided to allow for security reasons, with certain restrictions on placement so as not to be an annoyance to neighbors.

BOD min. 10-17-94

.Wattage of each halogen bulb must be 530 lumens (or 45 watts) or less. Lights must be positioned in a downward direction as to limit shining on neighboring property.

BOD min 12-4-97

EXTERIOR COLOR CODE Homeowners must submit color chart/sample when altering the exterior color scheme from the original Phillips colors. .

BOD min. 10-17-94

Color selection of deep, dark muted greens, maroons, and blues (avoiding bright colors) and the use of vinyl siding colors.

BOD min. 4-17-95

It is stressed that approval is based on the "color" submitted. Variations in color which occur due to quality of paint, surface to be painted, etc. may result in non-compliance.

BOD min. 4-24-97

STORAGE SHEDS Must match house with same siding and roofing; wood- style same as fence.

BOD min. 4-17-95

Maximum size 10 ft x 10 ft, no higher than fence level, no aluminum or metal sheds - wood frame and/or vinyl -same color as house only; roofing must match house color and all sides adjacent to neighboring lots must be properly maintained.

BOD min. 11-27-95

Exception made to height of fence rule to allow slightly over fence due to placement of shed, placed on front fence line, hidden from street by tree.

ACR/BOD min. 3-25-96

FENCES Shall be relatively consistent with the Phase I (i.e., wooden privacy).

ACR/BOD min. 6-6-95

Fences shall be built on property lines to avoid dead space between neighboring fences (excluding those fences which have already been installed with approval), unless drainage prohibits.

BOD min. 4-24-97

Updated 12/98

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ITEM  POLICY  REFERENCE 

Fences shall not be painted due to visibility.  Stain color will  be reviewed via Architectural Change Request by submission of color on piece of similar wood to obtain accurate color sample. 

BODmin. 5­29­97 

PATIOS/DECKS  Patios will  not be allowed in front  yards because of various yard slopes. 

ACR/BOD mm. 6­26­95 

Patios (brick or concrete) allowed in backyards.  ACR/BODmin. 11­27­95 

Wood decks may be added to rear of home.  ACR/BODmin. 1­8­96 

Decks may be painted or stained, subject to color approval via Architectural Change Request. 

BOD min. 5­29­97 

Porch enclosures, extensions, roofing (aluminum vs shingled) will  be subject to individual location and visibility. 

BOD min. 5­29­97 

MAILBOXES/POSTS  May be painted white or black, or approved exterior color matching shutters, door, etc. Other "styles" (i.e., bricked, wooden, etc.) of boxes may be approved within range of tasteful. 

ACR/BOD min. 1/8/96 

Posts must be brick or wood.  BOD min. 4­24­97 

BANISTERS  May be added to porches consistent with any other posts or railing. 

ACR/BOD min. 1­8­96 

GARAGE DOOR COLORS  White or the color of siding  BOD min. 3­25­96 

DRIVEWAYS  Request that driveways have an 18­inch setback from property line and the total increase should not exceed 7 feet. (Due to lack of city codes and pre­existing drives in neighborhood that do not meet these requirements, this is a suggested policy only; in hopes to alleviate drainage problems and maintain continuity and aesthetic value of the homes.) 

BOD min 3­5­98 

BOATS  It was considered fair to interpret the covenants to mean that the boat shall not visible from the street on which the person lives.  (Because of the contour of the land on the upper streets a reasonable attempt to hide a boat from  the street in the backyard behind a fence, does not necessarily screen it from  view on a lower street.) 

BOD min. 12/4/97 

MISCELLANEOUS

COLLECTION POLICY  Due Date; 

.•   30 days late ­ $25.00 late fee with late letter 

•   60 days late ­ lien letter demanding payment in 10 days; 10 days file lien 

•   90 days late ­ civil suit against owner 

BOD min 02/17/2014 

2 Updated 02/17/2014 

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ITEM POLICY REFERENCE

COVENANT/BY-LAW CHARGES

Homeowners will be charged $25 for copies of covenants and bylaws. All homeowners should receive a copy of the documents at closing provided by the closing attorney.

BOD min 3/5/98 BOD MIN 4/2/98

WALK THROUGH CRITERIA

• Yard maintenance (mow/trim yard and shrubs) • Siding condition (mold/excess dirt) • Vents, trim, shutters, porch posts, garage door chipped

or faded and in need of painting • Mailbox/post in need of repair and/or painting • Garbage can exposed to street or neighboring lots • Unapproved structures (satellite dishes, sheds, etc),

colors, etc.

Established 5/95

NONCOMPLIANCE LETTER POLICY

Letters will be mailed as follows: (i) first letter sent giving 30-day notice; (ii) second letter sent giving 15-day notice; (iii) third letter sent giving 10-day notice with a note that the matter will be submitted to an attorney; (iv) fourth letter sent by attorney indicating further action if not resolved.

BOD min. 8/6/98 BOD min 9/3/98

PROBLEM SOLVING • For a non-emergency situation, put on agenda for next meeting to discuss with the Board.

• If considered necessary, invite homeowner to attend Board meeting for discussion.

BOD min 12/19/96

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FILE D ,KATHRYN BROWN, REG.

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to the provisions of Section 48-52-101 of the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, as amended,. the undersigned incorporator delivers the following charter for filing with the Secretary of State:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is North Pointe HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

ARTICLE H

The corporation is a mutual benefit corporation and is not organized for profit.

ARTICLE III

The address of the principal office of the corporation in the State of Tennessee is c/o Phillips Builders, Inc., 2910 Kraft Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204.

ARTICLE IV

The address of the registered office of the corporation shall be Phillips Builders, Inc., 2910 Kraft Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204. The registered agent at that office shall be H. E. Phillips.

ARTICLE V

The purposes for which the corporation is organized are:

(a) To operate, manage, maintain and administer the affairs of North Pointe, a Planned Unit Residential Development (hereinafter referred to as "PUD"), established pursuant to that certain Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe dated January 24, 1989, filed for record in Book 64, Page 503, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee; and the Plat filed for Record in Plat Book 12, Pages 274-276, in said Register's Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Declaration" and the Plat", respectively).

(b) To enter into and perform any contract and to exercise all powers which may be necessary or convenient to the operation, management, maintenance and administration of the affairs of North Pointe in accordance with the Declaration.

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The corporation is to have members, and each Owner, as that term is defined Declaration, shall be a member. of the corporation and no other person or

• - Antity• •strait be entitled to membership. No OWner shall be required to pay any consideration whatsoever solely for his membership in the corporation.

ARTICLE VII

(a) The share of an Owner in the funds . and assets of the corporation cannot be assigned, pledged or transferred in any. , manner except as an appurtenance to his Lot in the PUD.

(b) Each Owner shall be entitled to a vote, in accordance with the Lot Classification set forth in the Declaration.

(c) No Owner other than the Developer shall be entitled to vote at any. meeting of the corporation until he has presented evidence of ownership of a Lot in the PUD to the corporation. The vote of each Owner • may only be cast by such Owner or by a proxy given by such Owner to his duly authorized representative. If title to a Lot shall be in the name of two or more persons as Owners, any one of such Owners may vote as the Owner of the Lot at any meeting of the corporation and such vote shall be binding on such other Owners who are not present at such meeting until written notice to the contrary has been received by the corporation, in which case the unanimous action of all such Owners (in person or by proxy) shall be required to cast their vote as Owners. If two or more of such Owners are present at any meeting of the corporation, then unanimous action shall also be required to cast their vote as Owners.

(d) An Owner in default with respect to any provision of the Declaration shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the corporation so long as such default is in existence.

(e) Defined terms used in the Declaration shall have the same meanings ascribed to them herein.

ARTICLE VIII

(a) The number of Directors of the corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws of the corporation but shall not be less than three (3). The Directors of the corporation shall be appointed by the Developer until after transfer of control to the Owners, as provided in the Declaration. After such time, the Directors shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of members as provided in the Bylaws of the corporation to serve in accordance with the term of office established in such Bylaws.

(b) Directors may take any action which they are required or permitted to take without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote thereon.

(c) The initial Board of Directors shall be composed of the following individuals:

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H. Marshall Greene, Iiicorporator

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H. E. Phillips 2910 Kraft Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37204

Randall L. Phillips 2910 Kraft Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37204

C. Wayne Meadows 2910 Kraft Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37204

ARTICLE XI

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For so long as the Developer under the Declaration retains a weighted vote within the corporation, as described in Article IV, Section 2 of the Declaration, the. corporation shall not annex any additional properties, participate in any merger or consolidation, mortgage any portion of the Common Areas, amend this Charter or dissolve this corporation without the prior consent of the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Director of the Veterans Administration as the case may be.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, having capacity to contract and acting as the Incorporator under the Tennessee Non-Profit Corporation Act, submits the foregoing Charter for North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1989.

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This document prepared by: H. Marshall Greene GREENE & GREENE 323 Union Street P. O. Box 198768 Nashville, TN 37219

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF NORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

This First Amendment to the Bylaws of North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. is made and entered into as of the 1st day of August, 1994.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. (the "Association") is the duly constituted governing body of the North Pointe Planned Unit Residential Development created pursuant to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe recorded in Book 64, page 484, Register's Office.of Sumner County, Tennessee (the "Declaration"), as thereafter amended; and

WHEREAS, attached as an exhibit to the Declaration are the Bylaws of North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. recorded in Book 64, page 504, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, (the "Bylaws"); and.

WHEREAS, at a duly called meeting . of the North Pointe Homeowners Association held on August 1 , 1994 at Forth Pointe the owners, there present, constituting greater than fifty percent of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast as defined in Section 8.07 of the Bylaws approved an amendment to the Bylaws;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws of the North Pointe Homeowners Association are hereby amended as follows:

1. Section 5.02 of the Bylaws is amended to increase the size of the Board of Directors from three (3) to five (5) members. The two additional directors elected to fill those new positions will serve terms of three (3) years • and two (2) years with the longest terms being awarded to the individuals. obtaining the greatest vote. Thereafter, each director will serve a three (3) year term.

2. Ratification. In all other respects, the Bylaws of the North Pointe Homeowners Association are ratified and confirmed.

r,„IN;uWITNESS WHEREOF, the Secretary of the North Point.e.451

AssookgatEian certifies that the foregoing Amendment was duly adopted in,acttyrdqn

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Before me, I. d , al-Votary Public of the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared e iA7 Li;/IoM with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved tome on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who, upon oath, acknowledged hie self to be the Secretary of North Pointe Hnmeowners Association. Inc., the within named targa ;.ncr, and that ho/she as such agent being. authorized so to do, exenuted the for.:going instrement fnr the purpose therein contained, by signing his/her name as Secretary.

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this the /4.• day of CLA.4. 1994.

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Witness,sty hand aR.O. official seal at office in this the ::)/J' day of C),-,./)ho,— , Igo

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323 Union Street P. O. Box 198768 Nashville, TN 37219

SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF NORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 250883

This Second Amendment to the Bylaws of North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. is made and entered into as of the J. day of Cid-otner , 1996.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. (the "Association") is the duly constituted governing body of the North Pointe Planned Unit Residential Development created pursuant to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe recorded in Book 64, page 484, Register's Office of Sumner County, Tennessee (the "Declaration"), as thereafter amended; and

• WHEREAS, attached as an exhibit to the Declaration are the Bylaws of North

Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. recorded in Book 64, page 504, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, (the "Bylaws"); and

WHEREAS, at a duly called meeting of the North Pointe Homeowners Association held on April 13, 1996 at North Pointe, the owners, there present, constituting greater than fifty percent of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast as defined in Section 8.07 of the Bylaws approved certain amendments to the Bylaws;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws of the North Pointe Homeowners Association are hereby amended as follows:

1. The first sentence of Section 4.05 of the Bylaws is deleted and replaced with the following:

The presence in person or by proxy of twenty (20%) percent of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the Members shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Members for the transaction of business.

2. The following sentence shall be added at the end of Section of 5.02 of the Bylaws:

An alternate Board member will be elected each year to complete the terms of any Board vacancy that may occur before the next annual meeting. The alternate member will hold that "alternate" status until the next annual meeting.

3. The second sentence of Section 5.03 of the Bylaws is deleted and replaced with the following:

If any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any Director, a successor will be the alternate Board member.

4. Ratification. In all other respects, the Bylaws of the North Pointe Homeowners Association are ratified and affirmed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Secretary of the North Pointe Homeowners Association certifies that the foregoing Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the Bylaws at the association meeting held on April 13, 1996.

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This First Amendment to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Nort Pointe (the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of this 1---"`"day of January, 1997.

W I T N E S S E.T H:

WHEREAS, Phillips Builders, Inc. ("Developer"), has previously submitted certain property to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 64, page 484, as amended in that First Supplementary Declaration to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 434, page 427, and as further amended in that Second Supplementary Declaration to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 435, page 742, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee (the "Declaration");

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 8.3, the Declaration may be amended by the Developer in accordance with the provisions thereof; and

WHEREAS, Developer has determined that it is in the best interest of North Pointe to amend certain sections of the Declaration.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Phillips Builders, Inc., being

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empowered so to do hereby amends the Declaration as follows:

1. Existing Section 7 of Article III of the Declaration is

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nu' amended to add the following sentence at the end of the existing

tak paragraph: >-

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t.. g so-called "invisible fencing" which only

ah_ affects animals wearing specialized collars or of5 other devices.

2. Existing Section 16 of Article III of the Declaration is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 16. Broadcast Signal Reception. All television antennae, satellite dishes, dishes which

c5 x. I receive video programming" services via multipoint distribution services and any other device used for the reception of television broadcast signals, direct broadcast satellite services or multichannel multipoint distribution (wireless cable) services must be one (1) meter (3.2808 ft) or less in diameter, must be located to the rear of a Lot and not visible from the street (unless such location would preclude reception of an acceptable quality signal) and may not be affixed to any portion of the Common Area. Television antennas must be located to the rear of the roof ridge line, cable or center line of the principal dwelling. Freestanding antennae must be attached to and located behind the rear wall of the main residential structure. No antennae shall be erected on a wooden pole.

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By: 411111 Lee S ac

STATE OF TENNESSEE ) COUNTY OF DAVIDSON )

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3. Existing Section 23 of Article III of the Declaration is amended to add the following sentence at the end of the existing paragraph:

All animals will be restricted to backyard or inside of home unless under direct supervision/control of the owner.

4. Existing Section 3 of Article IV of the Declaration is amended to add the following sentence at the end of the existing paragraph:

The official solicitation of proxies for all voting matters may be conducted by mail or other reasonable method of conveyance.

5. Ratification. In all other respects the Declaration is ratified and confirmed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Phillips Builders, Inc., being empowered to do so, has caused this First Amendment to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe to be executed as of the day and date first above written.

PHILLIPS BUILDERS, INC.

Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Stacy Green, with-whom I an personally acquainted (or who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who upon oath acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained and who further acknowledged that she is Assistant Vice President of Phillips Builders, Inc., a corporation, and is authorized to execute this instrument on behalf of Phillips Builders, Inc.

• Witness my hand and seal, at offices in Nashville, Tennessee,

this 47Z/ day of January, 1997. 4L z Notary Public

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1. Amendment. Article VIII, Section 4 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Enforcement. If any person or entity shall violate or attempt to violate any of these restrictions, it shall be lawful for any other person, firm or corporation owning any property within North Pointe to bring an action against the violating party at law or in equity for any claim which these Restrictions may create in such other Owner or interested party either to prevent said person or entity from so doing such acts or to recover damages for such violation. The provisions of this section are in addition to and separate from the rights of the Association to collect Association fees and assessments. Any failure by Developer, the Association or any property Owner to enforce any of said covenants and restrictions or other provisions shall 'in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. Invalidation of any one or more of these restrictions by judgment or court order shall neither affect any of the other provisions not expressly held to be void nor the provisions so voided in circumstances or applications other than those expressly invalidated, and all such remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect together with the provisions ruled upon as they apply to circumstances other than those expressly invalidated. In the event any action or proceeding is brought to enforce, to . challenge, or to determine by declaratory judgment or otherwise, the rights and Obligations imposed by these Restrictions, the substantially prevailing party in any such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the losing party the costs of such action or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys' fees.

REC'D JUN e 6 1997 AT 9..-si9 REC IN BOOK70.-9

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KATHRYN BROWN, REGISTER SUMNER COUNTY, TENN.

This instrument prepared by: Alvin L. Harris WEED, HUBBARD, BERRY & DOUGHTY Suite 2900, SunTrust Center 424 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee 37219

SECOND AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

KATHRYN i;ROWN.

SUMNER COUNTY. TENN.

RECORDING

STATE TAX 3;

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REC. NO. , a 260,8 DECLARATION OF FOR NORTH POINTE

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This Second Amendment to Declaration of Restrictive Cov nahts for orth Pointe (the "Second Amendment") is made this day of

, 1997 by the North Pointe :Homeowner's Association, a ;P nnessee nonprofit corporation (the "Association");

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Beazer Homes Corp. d/b/a Phillips Builders, a Tennessee corporation, and the successor to Phillips Builders, Inc. (the "Developer"), has previously submitted certain property to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 64, page 484, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, as supplemented by the First Supplementary Declaration to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 434, page 427, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, and as further supplemented by the Second Supplementary Declaration to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 435, page 742, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, and as amended by the First Amendment to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe of record in Book 660, page 78, Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee (the "Declaration");

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 3, the Declaration may be amended by the Developer in accordance with the provisions thereof; and

WHEREAS, Developer has determined that it is in the best interests of North Pointe to amend Article VIII, Section 4 of the Declaration.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of these premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Developer, being empowered so to do, hereby amends the Declaration as follows:

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718 2. Ratification. In all other respects, the terms and

conditions of the Declaration are ratified and confirmed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Beazer Homes Corp. d/b/a Phillips Builders, being empowered so to do, has .caused this Second Amendment to the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe to be executed as of the day and date first above written.

BEAZER HOMES. CORP. d/b/a PHILLIPS BUILDERS'

Stac een, Assi ant Vice President

STATE OF TENNESSEE

COUNTY OF DAVIDSON

Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Stacy Green, with

. whom I am personally acquainted (or who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who upon oath, acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained and who further acknowledged that she is Assistant Vice President of Beazer Homes Corp. d/b/a Phillips Builders, a Tennessee corporation, and is authorized to execute this instrument on behalf of Beazer Homes Corp. d/b/a Phillips Builders.

Witpess my hand and seal, at office in Nashville, Tennessee, this JIZC day of 2e,tt , 1997.

/Ladd 4Ltie--,0 Notary Public

My Commis ion Expires: 2-.7.27 97

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KATHRYN BROWN, REG. SUMNER COUNTY, TENN.

RECORDING X O • OD STATE TAX $ REG. FEE $ TOTAL $ REC. NO

DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

FOR

NORTH POINTE

RECT Thle 9 C.Ing___AT2:1__REC. IN ei&OOK.M_PAGF

484 ' KATHRYN BROWN, REGISTER SUMNER COUNTY, TENN.

THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY: O'Hare, Sherrard & Roe 500 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee 37219

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Palm ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 3

ARTICLE II PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION 4

Section I. Initial Properties Subject to Declaration 4 Section 2. Additional Phases 5 Section 3. Supplementary Declarations 5 Section 4. Consent to Rezoning 5 Section 5. Extention of Development Rights to

Adjacent Property 5 Section 6. Compatibility of Construction 5 Section. 7. Association Rights 5

ARTICLE III ARCHITECTURAL, MAINTENANCE, AND USE RESTRICTIONS •L 5

Section I. Single-Family Residential Construction 5 Section 2. Approval of Plans 5 Section 3. Structural Compliance 6 Section 4. Minimum Square Footage within Improvements 6 Section 5. Improvement and Setback Restrictions 6 Section 6. Re-subdivision of Lots 7 Section 7. Walls, Fences and Hedges 7 Section 8. Roofing Material 7 Section 9. Swimming Pools 7 Section 10. Storage Tanks and Refuse Disposal 7 Section 11. Clothes Lines 7 Section 12. Signs and Advertisements 7 Section 13. Use of Temporary Structures 7 Section 14. Storage of Automobiles, Boats, Trailers

and Other Vehicles 8 Section 15. Outside Lighting 8 Section 16. Maximum Height of Antennae 8 Section 17. Window Units 8 Section 18. Recreational Equipment 8 Section 19. Oil and Mining Operations 8 Section 20. Maintenance 8 Section 21. Damage, Destruction or Maintenance 9 Section 22. Use of Premises 9 Section 23. Animals and Pets 9 Section 24. Nuisances and Unsightly Materials 9 Section 25. Hobbies and Activities 9 Section 26. Visual Obstruction at the Intersection

of Public Streets 10 Section 27. Governmental Restrictions 10 Section 28. Roads 10 Section 29. Easement for Roads 10

ARTICLE IV ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS 10

Section I. Membership 10 Section 2. Voting and Voting Rights 10 Section 3. Method of Voting 10 Section 4. First Meeting of Members 11 Section 5. Working Capital Fund 11 Section 6. Acceptance of Development 11

ARTICLE V COMMON AREA PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS 11

Section 1. Common Areas 11 Section 2. Assessment for Maintenance of Common Areas Section 3. Creation of Lien and Personal Obligation

of Assessments 12 Section 4. Levy of Assessments 12 Section 5. Maximum Annual Assessment 12 Section 6. Assessment Liability 13 Section 7. Effect of Non-Payment of Assessments, and

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486 ARTICLE VI EASEMENTS 13

Section 1. General 13 Section 2. Development and Construction 13 Section 3. Emergency 13 Section 4. Utilities 13

ARTICLE VII MORTGAGEE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION REGULATIONS 13

Section I. Special Actions Requiring Mortgagee Approval 13 Section 2. Special Rights of Mortgagees 14 Section 3. Conformity with Federal Home Loan

Mortgage Corporation Regulations 14 Section 4. Notices of Mortgages 14 Section 5. Copies of Notices to Mortgage Lenders 14 Section 6. Further Right of Mortgagees 14

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS 14

Section 1. Exercise of Powers 14 Section 2. Duration 14 Section 3. Amendment 15 Section 4. Enforcement 15 Section 5. Headings and Binding Effect 15 Section 6. Unintentional Violation of Restrictions 15 Section 7. Books and Records 15 Section 8. Conflicts 15 Section 9. Binding Effect 16

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DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

FOR

NORTH POINTE

THIS DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS (the *Declaration s). made, published, and declared this /1,4i. day of 44.14,im.i. , 1989, by and between Phillips Builders, Inc. (the 'Developer"), and any and Jill persons, firms, or .corporations presently owning or hereafter acquiring any of the within described property;

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Developer is the owner of certain real property in Sumner County, Tennessee, known as North Pointe, Phase I, which is shown on the Plat of record in Book 12. , pagerl li-Z* in the Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee (the *Plan and being the first phase of a 216 Lot Residential Subdivision within Sumner County, Tennessee (hereinafter referred to as the "Subdivision'), a preliminary plan for which is on file in the Office of . the Planning Commission for the City of Millersville;

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit, interest, and advantage of Developer and of each and every person or other entity hereafter acquiring any of the within described property that certain covenants, conditions, restrictions, assessments, and liens governing and regulating the use and occupancy of such property be established, fixed, and set forth and declared to be covenants running with the land;

WHEREAS, the Developer, now desires to supercede any restrictions that may presently exist with respect to the property described herein and to establish restrictions applicable to such property in accordance with the terms of this Declaration;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, Developer. with any and I all persons, firms, corporations, or other entities hereafter acquiring all or any of the

property hereinafter described (the 'Property'), that any previous restrictions, recorded or unrecorded shall be of no further force or effect and that the Property shall be hereinafter subjected to the following restrictions, covenants, conditions, assessments, and liens (collectively, the °Restrictions') relating to the use and occupancy thereof and relating to the use, occupancy, and maintenance of such portions of the same as at present or in the future shall be designated as common areas, said Restrictions to be construed as covenants running with the land which shall be binding on all parties having or acquiring any right, title, or interest in or to the Property or any part thereof and which shall inure to the benefit of each owner thereof.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following words, when used in this Declaration or any amendment or supplement hereto, shall, unless the context shall clearly require to the contrary, have the following meanings:

I. *Additional Phases' shall mean the additional acreage that may be added to the development in one or more Phases at the sole discretion of the Developer, containing up to 114 Lots, together with the Common Areas as shown on the Plat amendment(s) to be filed in connection therewith.

2. °Association* shall mean and refer to North Pointe Homeowner's Association, a not-for-profit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Tennessee, its successors and assigns.

3. *Common Area* or 'Common Areas° shall mean and refer to any and all real property owned by the Association, and such other property to which the Association may hold legal title, whether in fee or for a term of years, for the non-exclusive use, benefit, and enjoyment of the members of the Association, subject to the provisions hereof, and such other property as shall become the responsibility of the Association, through easements or otherwise, including in particular the areas located at the entrance to North Pointe Subdivision. Common Areas with respect to the properties made subject to this Declaration, whether.at the time of filing of this

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• 488 Declaration or subsequently by Supplementary Declaration(s) shall be shown on the Plat(s) of North Pointe and designated thereon as 'Common Areas' or "Open Space" and shall be conveyed to the Association by instrument to be recorded in the Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee.

4. °Declaration° shall mean and refer to this Declaration of Restrictions applicable to the Properties • that is to be recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumner County, Tennessee and any Supplementary Declarations upon the creation of Additional Phases.

5. °Detached Homes" shall mean those homes that are free-standing and which shall be constructed in certain areas of the Properties as shown on the Plat(s).

6. °Developer° shall mean and refer to Phillips Builders, Inc., a Tennessee corporation having a principal place of business in Nashville, Tennessee, its successors and assigris.

7. "Lor shall mean and refer to any plot of land to be used for single-family residential purposes and so designated as a Lot upon the Plat.

8. "Member' shall mean and refer to any person who shall be an Owner and, as such, shall be a member of the Association.

9. 'Owner" shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one (I) or more persons or entities, of the fee interest in any Lot or portion of a Lot, excluding, however, those parties having such interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation.

10. 'Occupant' shall mean and refer to any person or persons in possession of a Lot or home other than an Owner.

11. 'Person" shall mean and refer to a natural person, as well as a corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, or other legal entity.

12. 'Phase shall. mean and refer to the initial Properties subject to the Declaration icontaining 112 Lots, which consists of detached homes as shown on the Plat (the "Detached Homes'), and the Common Areas.

13 "Plat" shall mean and refer to the Plat of record in Book I 2.. Pages 2-P-t through 7-14 , Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee, together with any amendments and supplements thereto recorded upon the creation of Additional Phases.

14. °Properties" shall mean and refer to any and all of that certain real property now or which may hereafter be brought within that certain residential subdivision being developed by Developer in Sumner County, Tennessee, which subdivision is and shall be commonly known as North Pointe.

15. 'North Pointe" shall mean and refer to that certain residential community known as North Pointe, which is being developed on real property now owned by Developer in Sumner County, Tennessee, together with such additions thereto as may from time to time be designated by Developer whether or not such additions are contiguous with or adjoining the boundary lines of North Pointe, Phase I, as shown on the Plat.

16.. "Successor Developer' shall mean and refer to any person (including any affiliate of the original owners) who shall acquire the right to construct Additional Phases on all or any portion of Tract II (as defined herein) adjacent to North Pointe and able to be included in the general development plan of North Pointe.

17. `Supplementary Declaration(s)" shall mean the one or more supplementary declarations that may be recorded from time to time to create Additional Phases or to or to amend this Declaration as expressly permitted hereunder.

ARTICLE 11

PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION

Section 1. Jnitial Properties Subject to Declaration. The property which is and shall be held, transferred, sold, conveyed and occupied subject to this Declaration is located in Sumner County, Tennessee, and is more particularly described and shown on Exhibit °A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference. North Pointe is to be built in two or more Phases. Construction of Phase 1 consisting of 80

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Lots is anticipated to be completed as of July 1, 1989. MI of the real property shown on Exhibit "A' and designated as Tract I shall be submitted to these Restrictions.

Section 2. Additional Phases. Without further assent' or permit. Developer and any Successor Developer hereby reserves the right, exercisable from time to time but not later than seven (7) years after the date hereof, to subject all or part of other, contiguous real property described as Tract H on Exhibit II* to the restrictions set forth herein, in one or more Additional Phases, in order to extend the scheme of this Declaration to such property to be developed as part of North Pointe and thereby to bring such additional contiguous Properties within the jurisdiction of the Association. In no event shall the number of Lots created on Tract Il exceed 358 lots nor shall any property other than Tract H or some severable portion thereof be submitted to this Declaration as a part of North Pointe.

Section 3. Supplementary Declarations. The additions herein authorized shall be made by filing of record one or more Supplementary Declarations in respect to the creation of Additional Phases or the addition of other Properties to be then subject to this Declaration and which shall extend the jurisdiction of the Association to such property and thereby subject such addition to assessment for its just share of the Association's expenses and shall also require the filing of such additional plats as are required for such sections in the Register's Office for Sumner County, Tennessee. Each supplementary Declaration must subject the added property or additional Lots to the covenants, conditions and restrictions contained herein.

Section 4. Consent to Rezoning. Every Owner shalt be deemed to have consented to any rezoning of Tract H that may be necessary, to the development of such property as part of North Pointe. Owners of any Lots in the additional property shall succeed to all of the rights and obligations of membership in the Association.

Section 5. Extension of Development Rights to Adiacent Property,. The Developer and • any Successor Developer shall have the rights described in this Paragraph 2 of Article II, exercisable without approval of the Association or any other person or entity. The Developer or such Successor Developer shall have the voting rights as specified hereinafter with respect to any added Lots, subject to the original limitations as to duration of weighted voting.

Section 6. Compatibility of Construction. Developer or any Successor Developer warrants that any additional Lots to be constructed on Tract II together with any Common Areas to be added hereunder shall be compatible in style and quality of construction with the remainder of North Pointe.

Section 7. Association Rights. The Association may not assert as a reason to object to the new development plan the fact that existing Association facilities will be additionally burdened by the property to be added by the new development.

ARTICLE Ill

ARCHITECTURAL, MAINTENANCE, AND USE RESTRICTIONS

Section I. Single-Family Residential Construction. No building shall be erected, altered or permitted to remain on any Lot other than one (I) single-family residential dwelling not to exceed two and one-half (2 I/2) stories in height, which may have an attached private garage for not more than two (2) cars which structures shall not exceed the main dwelling in height.

Section 2. Approval of Plans.

(a) No construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, or addition of or to any structure, building, fence, wall, drive, or improvement of any nature shall be constructed without obtaining prior written approval of Developer as to the location, plans, and specifications therefor. A5 a prerequisite to consideration for approval, and prior to the commencement of the contemplated work, two (2) complete sets of building .plans and specifications shall be submitted. Developer shall be the sole arbiter of such plans and may withhold its approval for any reasons, including purely aesthetic reasons. Upon giving approval, construction shall be started and prosecuted to completion promptly and in strict conformity with such plans.

(b) • At such time as Developer divests itself of all Lots within the development, the right of approval of plans for further construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alterations, and additions shall thereafter vest exclusively in the Association and in its Board of Directors, or such committees of the Association as shalt he appointed by its Board of Directors. 489

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N• • • ". 4 9 0 (c) Developer, the Association and the individual members thereof shall not

be liable for any act or omission in performing or purporting to perform the functions delegated hereunder. In the event that Developer or the Association fails to indicate its approval or disapproval within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the required documents, approval will not be required and the related covenants set out herein shall be deemed to have been fully satisfied. Approval or disapproval by Developer or

the Association shall not be deemed to constitute any warranty. or representation by it including, without limitation, any warranty or representation as to fitness, design or adequacy of the proposed construction or compliance with applicable statutes, codes and regulations. Anything contained in this Article III, Section 3, or elsewhere in this Declaration to the contrary notwithstanding, Developer and the Association are hereby authorized and empowered, at their sole and absolute discretion, to make and permit reasonable modifications or deviations from any of the requirements of this Declaration relating to the type, kind, quantity or quality of the building materials to be used in the construction of any building or improvement on any Lot and of the size and location of any such building or improvement when, in their sole and final judgment, such modifications and deviations in such improvements will he in harmony with existing structures and will not materially detract from the aesthetic appearance of the Properties and the improvements as a whole; provided, however, such modifications and deviations must remain within all applicable ordinances and regulations established by the City of Millersville, Tennessee.

Developer or the Association, as the case may be, may require the submission to it of such documents and items, including as examples, but without limitation, written requests for and description of the variances requested, plans, specifications, plot plans and samples of material(s), as either of them shall deem appropriate, in connection with its consideration of a request for a variance. If Developer or the Association shall approve such request for a variance, it shall evidence such approval, and grant its permission for such variance, only by written instrument, addressed to the Owner of the Lot(s) relative to which such variance has been requested, describing the applicable' restrictive covenant(s) and the particular variance requested, expressing its decision to permit the variance, describing (when applicable) the conditions on which the variance has been approved (including as examples, but without limitation, the type of alternate materials to be permitted, and alternate fence height approved or specifying the location, plans and specifications applicable to an approved outbuilding), and signed by Developer or the Association, as the case may be. Any request for a variance shall be deemed to have been disapproved for the purposes hereof in the event of either (i) written notice of disapproval from Developer or the Association or (ii) failure by Developer or the Association to respond to the request for variance. In the event Developer or the Association or any successor to the authority thereof shall not then be functioning, no variances from the covenants herein contained shall be permitted, it being the intention of Developer that no variances be available except at its discretion or that of the Association. Neither Developer nor the Association shall have the authority to approve any variance except as expressly provided in this Declaration.

Section 3. Structural Compliance. All structures shall be built in substantial compliance with the plans and specifications therefor, approved by Developer or the Association as provided in Section 3 above.

Section 4. Minimum Square Footage within Improvements. The living area on the ground floor of the main residential structure (exclusive of porches, and garages) shall not be less than eight hundred (800) square feet for one-story dwellings, nor less than six hundred (600) square feet for multi-story dwellings, nor less than six hundred (600) square feet for split foyer type dwellings. The total living area for a multistory and split foyer type dwellings shall not be less than eight hundred (800) square feet. Basements shall not be counted as stories.

Section 5. Improvement and Setback Restrictions.

(a) No building or structure, or any part thereof, shall be located on any Lot nearer to the front line, the rear line, or any side line than the minimum building setback lines required by the City of Millersville, Tennessee and as may be shown on the recorded plans. For purposes of determining compliance with this requirement, porches, wing walls, eaves, and steps extending beyond the outside wall of a structure shall be considered as a part thereof. No encroachment upon any utility easements reserved on the Plat shall be authorized or permitted.

(b) To provide for uniformity and proper utilization of the building area within the Detached Homes Lou, dwellings or appurtenant structures on a Lot shall not be less than ten (10) feet from the Lot line between and contiguous Lot(s).

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(c) The side wall of the dwelling or appurtenant structure built on a zero setback line shall be constructed using permanent low-maintenance material, the appearance and materials of which shall be approved by the Association; and such walls shall satisfy all local building codes and regulations as to fire resistance. The Owner of any adjacent Lot shall not attach anything to a side wall or fence located upon the zero setback line; nor shall the Owner of any adjacent Lot alter in any manner, i.e., structure, color, material or otherwise, a side wall or fence located upon the zero setback line without the prior written approval of both the Owner of such structure and of the Association.

Section 6. Re-subdivision of Lots. No Lot shall be re-subdivided, nor shall any building be erected or placed on any such re-subdivided Lot, unless such re-subdivision is approved by the Association, as well as any governmental authority having jurisdiction. Developer, however, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to re-subdivide into- Lots, by recorded plat or in any other lawful manner, all or any part of The Properties contained within the outer boundaries of the Plat, and such Lots, as replatted, shall he subject to this Declaration as if such Lou were originally included herein. Any such replat must comply with pertinent replatting ordinances, statutes, regulations and requirements.

Section 7. Walls. Fences and Hedges. No wall or fence shall be erected or maintained nearer to the front lot line than the front building line on such Lot, nor on corner lots nearer to the side Lot line than the building setback line parallel to the side street. No side or rear fence, wall or hedge shall be more than six (6) feet in height. Any wall, fence or hedge erected on a Lot shall be maintained by the Owner thereof. All fencing hall he constructed only of such materials and erected only on such Lots and in such a manner as shall he approved by the Association. No fence shall be constructed or maintained between the front building or setback line and the street; provided, however, the planting of hedges, shrubbery or evergreens in lieu of a fence, and extending to the front or sides of any Lot is permitted, provided such planting shall not he maintained at a height in excess of forty-two (42) inches.

Section & Roofing Material. The roof of any building (including any garage) shall be constructed or covered with asphalt or composition type shingles. Any other type of roofing material shall be permitted only in the sole discretion of the Associatien upon written request.

section 9. Swimming Pools. Swimming pools shall be allowed only on Lots approved by the Association and shall be located at the rear of the residence. All swimming pools shall have a perimeter enclosure, the plans for which, including landscaping plans, must be approved by the Association.

Section 10. Storage Tanks and Refuse Disposal. No exposed above-ground tanks or receptacles shall be permitted for the storage of fuel, water, or any other substance, except for refuse produced through normal daily living and of a nature which is satisfactory for pick-up by the Metropolitan Department of Public Works. Incinerators for garbage, trash, or other refuse shall . not be used or permitted to be erected or placed on any Lot. All equipment, coolers, and garbage cans shall be concealed from the view of neighboring lots, roads, streets, and open areas.

Section 11. Clothes Lines. Outside clothes lines shall not be permitted.

Section 12. signs and Advertisements. No sign, advertisement, billboard or advertising structure of any kind shall be erected upon or displayed or otherwise exposed to view on any Lot or any improvement thereon without the prior written consent of . the Association; provided that this requirement shall not preclude the installation by Developer of signs identifying the entire residential development and provided further that this requirement shall not preclude the placement by Owners of For Salem signs in the front of individual residences of such size, character, and

number as shall from time to time be approved by the Association. The Association shall have the right to remove any such unapproved sign, advertisement, billboard or structure that is placed on said Lots, and in doing so shall not be subject to any liability for trespass or other tort in connection therewith or arising from such removal.

Section 13. Use of Temporary Structures. No structure of a temporary character, mobile home, camper, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding shall be erected, moved onto any Lot and/or used at any time as a residence, nor shall any residence of a temporary charter be permitted. No structure of any kind except a dwelling house may be occupied as a residence, and the outside of any building so occupied must be completed before occupancy, including landscaping. No residence shall be built on any Lot unless it conforms to and is in harmony with the existing structures in North Pointe subdivision and not more than one residence may be maintained on any Lot at the same time.' ( . Temporary structures

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Obk 492 may be used as building offices and for related purposes during the construction period. Such structures shall be inconspicuous and sightly and shall be removed immediately after completion of subject to approval of•the Association.

Section 14. Storm of Automobiles. Boats. Trailers and Other Vehicles. No trailers, boat trailers, travel trailers inoperative automobiles or campers shall be semi-permanently or permanently parked or stored in the public street right-of-way or forward of the front building line. Storage of such Items and vehicles must be screened from public view, either within the garage or behind a fence which screens such vehicle from public view unless otherwise approved in writing by the Developer in accordance with Section 2 above. No tractor trailers, buses, or other large commercial vehicles shall be parked on driveways or in streets within the Properties for periods of time exceeding twelve (12) hours or for more than twenty-four (24) hours in any calendar week.

Section 15. Outside Lighting. Outside lights at eaves and door entrances shall be permitted, but no exterior flashing or high-intensity lights, floodlights, or spotlights on the exterior of any building shall be permitted, except with the prior written approval of the Association. •

Section 16. Maximum Height of Antennae. Unless approved by Developer, no electronic antenna or device of any type other than an antenna for receiving normal television signals shall be erected, constructed, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot, house or building. Television antennas must be located to the rear of the roof ridge line, cable or center line of the principal dwelling. Freestanding antennae must be attached to and located behind the rear wall of the main residential structure. No antennae, either freestanding or attached, shall be permitted to extend more than ten (10) feet above the roof of the inain residential structure on the Lot, or shall be erected on a wooden pole.

Section 17. Window Units. All supplements to the central air conditioning system must be used, erected, placed or maintained to the rear of the main residential structure. No window or wall type air conditioning units shall be permitted to be seen from the street view of any Lot.

$010.1.8.. Recreational Eouipment. All playground and recreational equipment niust be used, erected, placed or maintained to the rear of all Lots.

Section 19. Oil and Mining Operations. No oil drilling, oil development operations, oil refining, quarrying or mining operations shall be permitted on 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 upon any Lot.

Section 20. Maintenance. All Lots, together with the exterior of all improvements located thereon, shall be maintained in a neat and attractive condition by their respective Owners or Occupants. Such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, painting, repairing, replacing, and caring for roofs, gutters, downspouts, building surfaces, patios, walkways, driveways, and other exterior improvements. The Owner or Occupant of each Lot shall at all times keep all weeds and grass thereon cut in a sanitary, healthful and attractive manner and all trees and shrubbery pruned and cut. No Lot shall be used for storage of material and equipment, except for normal residential requirements or incident to construction of improvements thereon as herein permitted. The accumulation of garbage, trash or rubbish of any kind and the burning (except as permitted by law) of any such materials is prohibited. In the

• event of default on the part of the Owner or Occupant of any Lot in observing the above requirements or any of them, such default continuing after ten (10) days' written notice thereof, the Association may, subject to approval of its Board of Directors, enter upon said Lot, repair, maintain and restore the same, cut or prune or cause to be cut or pruned, such weeds, grass, trees and shrubbery and remove or cause to be removed, such garbage, trash and rubbish or do any other thing necessary to secure compliance with these restrictions and to place said Lot in a neat, attractive, healthful and sanitary condition. In so doing, the Association shall not be subject to any liability for trespass or otherwise. All costs incurred in any such repair, maintenance, restoration, cutting, pruning or removal shall be charged against the Owner of such Lot as the personal obligation of such Owner and as a lien upon the Lot, enforceable and collectible in the same manner and to the same extent as a maintenance assessment. Any Occupant of such Lot shall be jointly and severally liable with the Owner for the payment of such coats.

The Association shall contract with one (1) or more landscaping services to provide grass cutting, lawn maintenance,• proper care for all trees, shrubbery and other landscaping, and other necessary maintenance services for the Common Areas, provision for which shall be made in the monthly or annual assessments.

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Section 21. Damage. Destruction or Maintenance. In the event of damage or destruction to any structure located on the Properties, the respective Owner thereof agrees as follows:

(i) In the event of total destruction, the Owner shall promptly clear the Lot of. debris and leave the same in a neat and orderly condition. Within 60 days of any insurance settlement, the Owner must commence to rebuild and reconstruct the structure. Any such rebuilding and reconstruction shall be accomplished in conformity with the plans and specifications of the Original structure so destroyed, subject to any changes or modifications as approved by the Developer or the Association, as the case may be, in accordance with Article II hereof..

'(ii) In the case of partial damage or destruction, the Owner shall, as promptly as an insurance adjustment may be made, cause the damage or destruction to be repaired and restored in a first class condition in accordance with the plans and specifications of the original structure and in conformity with its .original exterior painting and decor. Any change or alteration must he approved by the Developer or the Association, as the case may be, in accordance with Article III hereof. In no event shall any damaged structure be left unrepaired and unrestored for in excess of sixty (60) days, from the date of the insurance adjustment.

(iii) If the correction of a maintenance or repair problem incurred on one Lot necessitates construction work or access on another Lot, both Owners shall have an easement on the property of the other for the purpose of this construction. Each party shall contribute to the cost of restoration thereof equally, unless such damage was caused by the fault of an Owner, in which event the Owners shall allocate the cost of restoration in proportion to the relative fault of the parties.

Section 22. Use of Premises. Each Lot shown on the Plat shall he used only for private, i single-family residential purposes and not otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Developer may maintain, as long as it owns property in or upon such portion of the Properties as Developer may determine, such facilities as in its sole discretion may be necessary or convenient, including, but without limitation, offices, storage areas, model units and signs, and Developer may use, and permit builders (who are at the relevant time building and selling houses in the development) to use, residential structures, garages or accessory buildings for sales offices and display purposes, but all rights of Developer and of any builder acting with Developer's permission under this sentence, shall be operative and effective only during the construction and sales period within the area.

Section 23. Animals and Pets. No animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, pastured, or maintained on any Lot, except household pets such as small dogs and cats which may be kept thereon in reasonable numbers as pets for the sole pleasure of the Owner or Occupant, but not for any commercial use or purpose.

Section 24. Nuisances and Unsightly Materialt. No house or other structure on any Lot shall be used for any business or commercial purpose. Each Owner or Occupant shall refrain from any act or use of his Lot which could reasonably cause embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance, or nuisance to others. No noxious, offensive, or illegal activity shall be *carried on upon any Lot. No motorcycle, motorbike, motor scooter, or any other unlicensed motorized vehicle shall be permitted to be operated on or in the Common Areas. No Lot shall be used, in whole or in part, for the storage of rubbish of any character whatsoever; nor shall any substance, thing, or material he kept upon any Lot which will emit foul or noxious odors or which will cause any noise that will or might disturb the peace and quiet of the Owners or Oc-cupants of surrounding Lots or property. The foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit the temporary deposits of trash and other debris for pick-up by garbage and trash removal service units.

Section 25. Hobbies and Activities. The pursuit of any inherently dangerous activity or hobby, including, without limitation, the assembly and disassembly of motor vehicles or other mechanical devices, the shooting of firearms, fireworks, or pyrotechnic devices of any type or size, and other such activities shall not be pursued or undertaken on any part of any Lot or upon the Common Areas without the consent of the Association.

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494 Section 26. Visual Obstruction at the Intersection of Public Streets. No

object or thing which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two (2) feet and six (6) feet above the surface of the streets shall be placed, planted or permitted to remain on any corner Lot within the triangular area formed by the curb lines of the streets involved and a line running from curb, line to curb line at points twenty-five (20) feet from the junction of the street curb lines. The same limitations shall apply on any Lot within ten (10) feet from the intersection of a street property line with the edge of a driveway.

Section _27. Governmental Restrictions. Each Owner shall observe all governmental building codes, health regulations, zoning restrictions, and other regulations applicable to his Lot. In the event of any conflict between any provision of any such governmental code, regulation, or restriction and any provisions of this Declaration, the more restrictive provision shall apply.

Section 28. /toads. It shall be obligatory upon all owners of the Lots in this subdivision to consult with the Chief Engineer of the Highway Department of Sumner County, Tennessee, before any driveways, culverts, other structures or grading are constructed within the limits of any dedicated roadway, and such placement or construction shall be done in accordance with the requirements of the County Highway Commission applying to county roads in order that the roads or streets within the subdivision which would be affected by such placement or construction may not be disqualified for acceptance by the County into the public road system.

Section 29. Easement for Roads. The right is expressly reserved to the Developer and Owners, their representatives, heirs, successors and assigns, to construct all streets, roads, alleys, or other public ways as now, or hereafter may be, shown on the Plat(s), at such grades or elevation as they, in their sole discretion, may deem proper; and, for the purpose of constructing such streets, roads, alleys or public ways, they additionally, shall have an easement, not exceeding (10) feet in width, upon and along each adjoining Lot, for the construction of proper bank slopes in, accordance with the specifications of the government body or agency having jurisdiction over the construction of public roads; and no Owner of any Lot shall have any right of action or claim for damages against anyone on account of the grade of elevation at which such -road, street, alley or public way may hereafter by constructed, or on account of the bank slopes constructed within the limits of the said ten (10) feet easement.

ARTICLE IV

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS

Section 1. Membership. Every person or entity who is the Owner of record of a fee interest in any Lot shall be a Member of the Association, subject to and bound by this Declaration and the Association's Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Association and such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Association. When any Lot is owned of record in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety, or by some other legal entity, the membership as to such Lot shall he joint and the rights of such membership (including the voting power arising therefrom) shall be exercised only as stipulated in Section 2 below.

Section 2. Voting_ and Voting Rights. The voting rights of the membership shall be appurtenant to the ownership of the •Lot. The Owner of each Lot shall be entitled to one (I) vote; provided that Developer shall be entitled, for each Lot that it owns, to three (3) votes until such time as seventy-five percent (75%) of the Lots subjected to this Declaration by this instrument or by any Supplementary Declaration have been sold by it or until five (5) years from the later of the date hereof or the date of the last such Supplementary Declaration, whichever shall first occur, after which time Developer shall have only one (I) vote for each Lot that it owns. When two (2) or more persons hold an interest in any Lot as Owners thereof, all such persons shall be Members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised by one (1) of such persons as proxy or nominee for all persons holding an interest as Owners in the Lot and in no event shall more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any Lot, except as provided above with respect to Developer.

Section 3. Method of 'Voting. Members shall vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Member. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (I 1) months from the date of its execution or upon conveyance by the Member of his Lot. No proxy shall be valid unless promulgated by the Board of Directors as an official proxy.• A corporate Member's vote shall be cast by the President of the Member corporation or by any other officer or proiy appointed by the President or designated by the Board of Directors of such corporation. Voting on all matters except the election of directors shall be by voice vote or by show of hands unless a majority of the

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Members of each Class present at the meeting shall, prior to voting on any matters, demand a ballot vote on that particular matter. Where directors or officers are to be elected by the Members, the official solicitation of proxies for such elections may be conducted by mail.

Section 4. First Meeting of Members. The • rust regular annual meeting of the Members may be held, subject to the terms hereof, on any date, at the option of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the first meeting may (if necessary to comply with Federal Regulations) be held no later than the earlier of the following events: (a) four months after all of the Lots have been sold by the Developer; or (b) three years following conveyance of the first Lot by the Developer.

Section 5. Working Capital Fund. There may (if necessary to comply with Federal Regulations) be established a working capital fund, equal to three months' assessments for each Lot. Each Lot's share of the working capital fund shall be collected 'and transferred to the Association at the time of closing of the sale of each Lot and maintained in an account for the use and benefit of the Association. Amounts paid into the fund shall not be considered as advance payment of regular assessments. (The contribution to the working capital fund for each unsold Lot shall be paid to the Association within sixty (60) days after the date that the Developer shall cease to have four (4) votes for each Lot it owns pursuant to Section I above. The purpose of the fund is to insure that the Association will have cash available to meet unforeseen expenditures, or to acquire additional equipment or services deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Acceptance of Development. By the acceptance of a deed to a Lot, any purchaser of a Lot shall be deemed to have accepted and approved the entire plans for the North Pointe Subdivision development, and all improvements constructed by that date, including, without limitation, the utilities, drains, roads, sewers, landscaping, Common Area amenities, and all other improvements as designated on the Plat, and as may be supplemented by additional plats upon completion of development of any portion of Tract II. Such purchaser agrees that all improvements constructed after the date of purchase consistently with such plans, and of the same quality of then existing improvements, shall be accepted. quality of then existing improvements, shall be, accepted. Security may be provided at the Developer's discretion, and no Owner shall have any cause of action for failure to provide adequate security.

ARTICLE V

COMMON AREA PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

Section I. Common Areas. Each Owner shall have a non-exclusive right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Areas which shall be appurtenant to and shalt pass with the title to each Lot as designated upon the Plats, subject only to the provisions of this Declaration and the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and rules and regulations of the Association, including, but not Limited to, the following;

I. the right of the Association to limit the use of the Common Areas to Owners or Occupants of Lou, their families and their guests;

2. the right of the Association to suspend voting privileges and rights of use of the Common Areas for any Owner whose assessment against his Lot becomes delinquent; and

3. the right of the Association to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Areas to any public agency, authority, or utility for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may he agreed upon by the Members; provided that no such dedication or transfer shall be effective unless the Members entitled to cast at least three-fourths (3/4) of the votes agree to such dedication or transfer and signify their agreement by a signed and recorded written document; and provided further that this paragraph shall not preclude the Board of Directors of the Association from granting easements for the installation and maintenance of electrical, telephone, cablevision, water and sewerage, utilities, and drainage facilities upon, over, under, and across the Common Areas without the assent of the membership when such easements are requisite for the convenient use and enjoyment of the Properties.

Section 2. Assessment for Maintenance of Common Areas. For each Lot owned within the development, every Owner covenants and agrees, and each subsequent Owner of any such Lot, by acceptance of a deed therefor, shall be deemed to covenant and agree, to pay to the Association monthly or annual assessments or charges for the creation and continuation of a maintenance fund in amounts to be established from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Association in order to maintain, landscape, and beautify the Common Areas, to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the community, to pay taxes, if any, assessed against

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L: 496 the Common Areas, to procure and maintain Insurance thereon, to employ attorneys, accountants, and security personnel, and to provide such other services as are not' readily available from governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the same. In addition, the Owner of each Lot and each subsequent Owner thereof, by acceptance of his deed, covenants and agrees to pay special assessments as approved by the membership in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 3. creajjknofLjenaadE=onaL 'Obl i gation Assessments. In order to secure payment of assessments, both monthly or annual and special, as the same become due, there shall arise a continuing lien and charge against each Lot, the amount of which shall include interest at the maximum effective rate allowed by law, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees to the extent permissible by law. Each such assessment, together with such interest, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of the Lot at the time the assessment became due; provided that this personal obligation shall not pass to successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. The lien provided for herein, however, shall be subordinate to the lien of any first deed of trust (sometimes hereinafter called 'mortgage) on any Lot if, but only if, all such assessments made with respect to such Lot having a due date on or prior to the date such, first mortgage is filed for record have been paid. The lien .and permanent charge hereby subordinated is only such lien and charge as relates to assessments authorized hereunder having a due date subsequent to the date such first mortgage is filed of record and prior to the satisfaction, cancellation, or foreclosure of the same, or the transfer of the mortgaged property in lieu of foreclosure. The sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect any assessment lien. The sale or transfer of any Lot that is subject to any first mortgage, pursuant to a foreclosure thereof or under power of sale or any proceeding in lieu of foreclosure thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessment, but not the personal obligation of any former title holder, as to payments that became due prior to such sale or transfer and subsequent to the recordation of the first • mortgage that has been foreclosed, but the Association shall have a lien upon the proceeds from foreclosure or of sale junior , only to the lien of the foreclosed first mortgage. No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessment thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof.

Section 4. Levv of Assessments. The Board of Directors of the Association shall fix th commencement date for monthly or annual assessments on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner and shall provide for a partial assessment between the commencement date and the end of the calendar year next following. Thereafter, monthly or annual assessments shall be levied by the> Board of Directors of the Association, by action taken on or before December 1 of each year for the ensuing year. The Board, in its discretion, may provide for the periodic payment of such assessments at some intervals other than monthly. Special assessments may be levied in any year for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Areas, if any, including fixtures and personal property related thereto; provided that the same are first approved by the Board of Directors of the Association, recommended to the membership, and subsequently approved by affirmative vote of Members entitled to cast at least two-thirds (2/3) of each class of Members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting of the Members duly held for that purpose. Written notice of the monthly, annual or special assessment shall be mailed (by U.S. first class mail) to every Owner subject thereto. The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed' by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid and the amount . of any delinquencies. The Association shall not be required to obtain a request for such certificate signed by the Owner, but may deliver such certificate to any party who in the Association's judgment has a legitimate reason for requesting the same.

Section 5. Maximum Annual Assessment. Until otherwise established by the Board of Directors of the Association as set forth herein, the maximum annual assessment shall be Sixty-two and 75/100 Dollars ($62.75) per year per Lot. From and after one year from the date hereof, the maximum annual assessment may be increased each year by an amount up to, but not in excess of, Eight percent (8%) of the maximum annual assessment for the previous year without a vote of the membership. In the event the Board of Directors determines that an increase in excess of such amount is required, the amount of assessment exceeding such limitation shall take effect only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of Members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly held to consider such excess. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Bylaws of the Association, notice of such meeting shall be made by the Association to all Members not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting.

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Section 6. Assessment Liability. All Lots in the development shall commence to bear their applicable maintenance fund assessment simultaneously.

Section 7. effect of Non-Payment • of Assessments and Remedies of the Association. Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date at the maximum effective rate then allowed by law. The Association, its agent or representative, may bring an action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same or foreclose the lien against the Lot to which the assessment relates, and interest, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees for such action or foreclosure shall be added to the amount of such assessment to the extent allowed by law. No Owner may avoid liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the Common Areas or abandonment of his Lot.

ARTICLE VI

EASEMENTS

Section I. Genera/. The Lots and Common Areas in the Properties subject to this Declaration shall be subject to all easements shown or set forth on the Plat.

Section 2. Development and Construction. Developer hereby reserves an easement upon, over, and across the Common Areas for purposes of access, ingress, and egress to and from the Lots during the development of the Properties and during the period of construction of residences such Lots. Developer shall be responsible for and shall repair all damage to the Common Areas arising out of or resulting from its development of the Properties and construction of residences on the Lots.

Section 3. Emergency. There is hereby reserved, without further assent or permit, a general easement to all policemen and security guards employed by Developer or by the Association, firemen, ambulance personnel, and all similar persons to enter upon the Properties or any portion thereof which is made subject to this Declaration in the performance of their respective duties. Further, employees of the City of Nashville, Tennessee, or of any utility serving the Properties, may enter upon the Properties for the purpose of making repairs.

Secion 4. Utilities. Easements for the installation and maintenance of utilities are reserved as shown and provided for on the Plat or by separate instrument, and no structure of any kind shall he erected upon any of said easements. Neither Developer nor any utility company using the easements shall be liable for any damage done by either of them or their successors or assigns, or by their agents, employees or servants to shrubbery, trees, flowers or improvements of the Owner located on the land within or affected by said easements. A right of pedestrian access by way of a driveway or open lawn area shall also be granted on each Lot, from the front Lot line to the rear Lot line to any utility company having an installation in the easement. The easement area of each Lot and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the Owner of the Lot, except for those improvements for which a public authority or public utility company is responsible. Fences shall not he allowed to be constructed over or along any easement for public utilities.

ARTICLE VII

MORTGAGEE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION REGULATIONS

Section 1. Special Actions Reauirina Mortgaaee Approval. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the first mortgagees (based upon one vote for each first mortgage owned) or owners (other than the Developer) of the individual Lots have given their prior written approval, the Association shall not be entitled to:

1. By act or omission, seek to abandon or terminate the restrictions declared herein;

2. Partition or subdivide any Lot;

3. By act or omission, seek to abandon, partition, subdivide, encumber, sell or transfer the common facilities. The granting of easements for public utilities or for other public purposes consistent with the intended use of the common facilities by North Pointe shall not be deemed to transfer within the meaning of this clause;

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• . 498 4. Use hazard insurance proceeds for losses to any common facilities for

other than the repair, replacement or reconstruction of such Improvements, except as provided by statute.

Section 2. Special Rights of Mortgagees. A first mortgagee, or beneficiary of any deed of trust shall be entitled to the following special rights:

Upon request, such first mortgagee is entitled to written notification from the Association of any default in the performance of any individual Owner of any obligation under these restrictions which is not carried by such Owner within sixty (60) days.

2. Any first mortgagee shall have the right to examine the books and records of the Association during regular business hours, and such books and records shall be made available to such first mortgagees upon their request.

Section 3. Conformity with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these restrictions, all terms, conditions, and regulations now existing, or which may be promulgated from time to time, by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation pertaining to planned unit developments are hereby incorporated as terms and conditions of this Declaration shall be binding upon the Developer, the Association and the Owners, so long as such terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Tennessee and do not infringe on any substantial property rights of individual Owners.

Section 4. Notices of Mortgages. Any Owner who mortgages his ownership interest shall notify the Association in such manner as the Association may direct, of the name and address of his mortgagees and thereafter shall notify the Association of the payment, cancellation or other alteration in the status of such mortgages.' The Association shall maintain such information in a book entitled "Mortgages.°

Section 5. Copies • or Notices to Mortgage Lenders. Upon written request delivered to the Association, the holder of any mortgage of any ownership interest or interest therein shall be given a copy of any and all notices permitted or required by this Declaration to be given to the Owner whose ownership interest or interest therein is subject to such mortgage.

Section 6. Further Right of Mortgagees.

I. No Owner or any other party shall have priority over any rights of the first mortgagees pursuant to their mortgages in the case of a distribution to Owners of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards for losses to or a taking of common facilities.

2. Any agreement for the professional management for the Association, whether it be by the Developer, is successors and assigns, or any other person or entity, may be • terminated on ninety (90) days written notice and the terms of any such contract shall so provide and shall not be of a duration in excess of three (3) years.

3. The Association shall give to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any lending institution servicing such mortgages as are acquired by the Federal Home .Loan Mortgage Corporation, notice in writing of any loss to or the taking of the common facilities if such loss or taking exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars (S10,000.00). The Association may rely on the information contained in the book entitled "Mortgages" as must be established pursuant to this Declaration for a list of mortgages to be notified hereby.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Exercise of Powers. Until such time as the Association is formed and its Board of Directors is elected, Developer shall exercise any of the powers, rights, duties, and functions of the Association and/or its Board of Directors.

Section 2. Duration. The foregoing Restrictions shall be construed as covenants running with the land and shall be binding and effective for fifty (50) years from the date hereof, at which time .they shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years each unless it is agreed by vote of a majority in interest of the then Owners of the Properties to alter, amend, or revoke the

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Restrictions in whole or in part. Every purchaser, or subsequent grantee of any interest in the Properties made subject to this Declaration, by acceptance of a deed or other conveyance therefor, agrees that the restrictions set forth in this Declaration may be extended as provided in this Article IX, Section 2.

Section 3. Amendment. Except as provided below, the provisions of this Declaration may be amended by Developer, without joinder of the Owner of any Lot, for a period of five (5) years from the later of the date hereof or the date of the last Supplementary Declaration adding Additional Phases and .thereafter by an agreement 'signed by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the Owners whose Lots are then subject hereto. No such amendment shall become effective • until the instrument evidencing such change has been filed of record. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owners of Lots then subject hereto shall have no right to amend the provisions of Article V, Section 2, without the prior written consent of Developer.

Developer reserves the right to file any amendments that may be necessary to correct clerical or typographical errors in this Declaration, and to make any amendments that may be necessary to conform the Declaration with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation regulations, Federal Housing Administration or the Veteran's Administration or other applicable regulations, that may be necessary to assure Lender approval of the development.

For so long as the Developer maintains ownership of any Lots, any amendments which would provide for the annexation of additional properties, the merger of the Subdivision with any other similar project or the consolidation of the Subdivision with such similar project, the mortgaging of common areas, the dedication of common areas, or the dissolution or amendment of the provisions of this

'Declaration, shall require the prior, written approval of the Veteran's Administration or the Federal Housing Administration.

Section 4. enforcement. If any person, firm or corporation shall violate or attempt to violate any of these restrictions, it shall be lawful for any other person, firm or corporation owning any property within North Pointe to bring an action against the violating party at law or in equity for any claim which these Restrictions may create in such other Owner or interested party either to prevent said person, firm, or corporation from so doing such acts or to recover damages for such violation. The provisiOns of this Section 4 are in addition to and separate from the rights of the Association to collect Association fees. Any failure by Developer or any property Owner to enforce any of said covenants and restrictions or other provisions shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. Invalidation of any one or more of these restrictions by judgment or court order shall neither affect any of the other provisions not expressly held to be void nor the provisions so voided in circumstances or applications other than those expressly invalidated, and all such remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect together with the provisions ruled upon as they apply to circumstances other than those expressly invalidated. Should any aggrieved Owner employ counsel to enforce any of the foregoing covenants or Restrictions, the prevailing party in any legal action shall be entitled to recover from the losing party the attorneys fees and expenses incurred in such action.

Section 5. Headings and Binding Effect. Headings are inserted only for convenience and are in no way to be construed as defining, limiting, extending or otherwise modifying or adding to the particular paragraphs to which they refer. The covenants, agreements and rights set forth herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors,, successors and assigns of the Developer and all persons claiming by, through or under Developer.

Section 6. Unintentional Violation of Restrictions. In the event of unintentional violation of any of the foregoing Restrictions with respect to any Lot, the Developer or its successors reserves the right (by and with the mutual written consent of the Owner or Owners for the time being of such Lot) to change, amend, or release any of the foregoing restrictions as the same may apply to that particular Lot.

Section '7. rooks and Records. The books and records of the Association shall, during reasonable business hours, be subject to inspection by any Member upon five (5) days prior notice. The Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Association, and this Declaration shall be available for inspection by any Member at the principal office of the Association, where copies may be purchased at a reasonable cost.

Section 8. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Declaration and the By-Laws of the Association, the provisions of this Declaration shall control.

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PHILLIPS BUILDERS, velDper

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Title:

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Section 9. Dindins Effect. The provisions of this Declaration shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the respective legal representatives,successors and assigns of Developer and the Present Owners and all persons claiming by, through, or under Developer or the Present Owners.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Developer and all other record owners of Lots within the Properties have caused this Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to be executed on the day and date first above written.

STATE OF TENNESSEE

COUNTY OF DAVIDSON

efore me, (A4/h/f/c.." . ,..-/(e-o-4 , Notary Public, with whom I am personally acquainted, and

in contained and who further acknowledged that / is ,A.A, . ti, ..... , , •!.121-0who acknowledged tha executed the foregoi7g instrument for , the purposes the

, of Phillips Builders, Inc., a corporation, and is authorized to is instrument on behalf of Phillips Builders, Inc.

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EXHIBIT A

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Tract I North Pointe Phase I

Being a tract of land in the Sixth Civil District of Sumner County, Tennessee, and being the westerly portion of a 40 acre tract conveyed to Phillips Builders, Inc. from North Valley Corp. as of record in Deed Book 36, page 726 at the Register's Office of Sumner County, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the center-line of Manskers Creek, said point being the southwest corner of herein described tract and the northwest corner of Donald W. Carter, property (D.B. 190 - p. 599); said point also being N 81°12'23° W - 66.61' from a concrete monument on the proposed easterly margin of Williamson Road:

Thence, with the center line of Mansker's Creek for the following 5 calls: North 3'19'34" East, 193.10';

Thence, North 6'01'43° West, 191.19';

Thence, North 8°51'31" East, 205.88';

Thence, North 2°16'34' West, 176.31';

Thence, North 17°13'45" West, 68.18' to the intersection of Manskers Creek and Lassiters Branch;

Thence, with centerline of Lassiters Branch, North 53'21'14" East, 178.88' to an iron pin set on the westerly margin of Williamson Road the northwest corner of herein described tract, this also being the southwest corner of Randall B. Vaughn, D.B. 514, Pg. 611.

Thence, with Vaughn's southerly line, S 84'12'40" E - 783.14' to a poiht;

Thence, severing the aforementioned 40 acre tract, and with a line between Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the proposed North Pointe. Subdivision for the next 13 calls:

Thence, S 5'47'20" W 99.89;

Thence, N 58'04'58" W 6.80;

Thence, S 12.27'09" W 50.00';

Thence, S 58'04'58" E 16.99';

Thence, S 10°19'59" E 216.88';

Thence, S 4'13'43' W 65.10';

Thence, S 8°02'46" W 50.11';

Thence, S 4'13'43" W 53.02';

Thence, S 7'56'58" E 310.28';

Thence, N 48°55'34' W 13.49';

Thence, S 15°14'39" W 50.00';

Thence, S 48'09'44" E 9.00;

Thence, S 8'47'37" W 114.79' to a point in the northerly line of Carter, this also being the southeast corner of herein described tract;

Thence; with Carter N 81°12'23" W - 949.18' to the point of beginning and containing 20.58 acres, more or less.

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502 Included in the above description, but specifically excluded from the description of the subject 40 acre tracts deed of record, is that portion of land that was previously dedicated as right-of-way for Williamson Road and Rocky Trail by means of the Subdivision Plat of 'North Valley Estates" recorded in Plat Book 9, page 46, Register's Office of Sumner County. This right-of-way is to be abandoned by the City of Millersville under Ordinance Number 11.i E3 t 3-11144.

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EXHIBIT B

Tract

Being a tract of land • in the Sixth Civil District of Sumner County. Tennessee, and being the Easterly portion of a 40 acre tract conveyed to Phillips Builders, Inc. from North Valley Corp. as of record in Deed Book 36, page 726 at the Register's Office of Sumner County, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the north line of Donald W. Carter, (D.B. 190 - p. 599), said point being S 81°12'23° E - 949.18' from the center-line of Mansker's Creek at the southwest corner of said 40 acre tract; thence severing said 40 acre tract with the line Between 'Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the proposed North Pointe Subdivision for the next 13 calls:

Thence, N 8°47'37° E 114.79';

Thence, N 48'09'44" W 9.00';

Thence, N 15'14'39" E 50.00';

Thence, S 48'55'34" E 13.49';

Thence, N 7'56'58' W 310.28';

Thence, N 4'13'43" E 53.02';

Thence, N 8'02'46" E 50.11';

Thence, N 4'13'43" E 65.10';

Thence, N 10'19'59" W 216.88';

Thence, N 58'04'58" W 16.99';

Thence, N 12'27'09' E 50.00;

Thence, N 58'04'58' E 6.80';

Thence, N 5'47'20" E 99.89' to a point in the south line of Randall B. Vaughn (D.B. 514 - p. 611);

Thence, with Vaughn's line, S 84'12'40° E - 986.09' to an iron pin, this being the northeast corner of said 40. acre tract and the herein described tract;

Thence, N 82'06'01" W - 624.94' . to an iron pin;

Thence, continuing on with Carter, N 81'12'23" W - to the point of beginning and containing 21.08 acres, more or less.

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2165_8 TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED

BY'.' -4 1.:4-, i , OFADDRESS: - e. ' 40x*

CORPORATE BYLAWS 40.41(Ja/44•Ah .3.1"1/ 9 REG.

OF

ORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

KATIARVN BR° vt COLN SUOE

,ORDNG \TEI1*($ G. fEE $

>TAL$ EC. 14°. 504 Page

Number -JAN 24 1989 •-:--;) • AT23IREC. iiord BOOK AGE

KATHRYN. BROWN, REGISTER__ SUMNER COUNTY. TENN.

ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS 1

a..

ARTICLE 2: OFFICES

1

2.01. Registered Office. 1

2.02. Other Offices. 1

ARTICLE 3: MEMBERS 3.01. Membership.

ARTICLE 4: MEETINGS OF MEMBERS 1 4.01. Place of Meetings. 1 4.02. Annual Meeting. 1 4.03. Special Meeting. 1 4.04. Notice. 2 4.05 Quorum. 2 4.06. Majority Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum. 2 4.07. Method of Voting; Proxies. 2 4.08. Cumulative Voting Denied. 2

ARTICLE 5: DIRECTORS 3 5.01. Management. 3 5.02. Number; Qualifications; Election; Term. 3 5.03. Removal; Change in Number; Vacancies. 3 5.04. Place of Meetings. 3 5.05. Annual Meetings. 3 5.06. Regular Meetings. 3 5.07. Special Meetings. 3 5.08. Quorum.. 4 5.09. Committees Having Board Authority. 4 5.10. Other Committees. 4 5.11. Procedure. 4 5.12. Managing Agents. 4

ARTICLE 6: NOTICES 4 6.01. Method. 4 6.02. Waiver. 4

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ARTICLE 7: OFFICERS 5 7.01. Number; Titles. 5 7.02. "Election. 5 7.03. Other Officers. 5 7.04. Salaries. 5 7.05. Term of Office; Removal. 5 7.06. President. 5 7.07. Secretary. 5 7.08. Treasurer. 5

ARTICLE 8: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6 8.01. • Reserves. 6 8.02. Checks. 6 8.03. Fiscal Year. 6 8.04. Seal. 6 8.05. Indemnification. 6 8.06. Inconsistencies. 6 8.07. Amendment of Bylaws. 6 8.08. Table of Contents; Headings. 7

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CORPORATE BYLAWS 506

OF

NORTH POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS

The words defined in the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for North Pointe recorded in Book 6 4/ , Page 4,4 , Registers' Office for Sumner County, Tennessee (hereinafter referred to as the "Declaration"), shall have the same meaning in these Corporate Bylaws.

ARTICLE 2: OFFICES

2.01. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be at Phillips Builders, Inc., 2910 Kraft Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204, and the name of the registered agent of the corporation is H. E. Phillips.

2.02. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Tennessee as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE 3: MEMBERS AND MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES

3.01. Membership. Each Owner shall be a Member of the corporation and no other person or entity shall automatically be entitled to membership. No Member shall be required to pay any consideration whatsoever solely for his membership in the corporation.

ARTICLE 4: MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

4.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Members of the corporation may be held at a place to be determined by the Board of Directors within Davidson or Sumner Counties, Tennessee.

4.02. Annual Meeting. Unless otherwise specified in a written notice from the Board of Directors, an annual meeting of the Members of the corporation shall be held each year on the second Thursday of the third month following the close of the fiscal year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 7:00 p.m. at which time the Members shall elect a Board of Directors, and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Provided, however, the annual meeting must be held no later than forty-five (45) days from the original scheduled date.

4.03. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the Members, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the president, the Board of Directors, or by Members having not less than five (5%) percent of the total percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast at such meeting. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the notice of such meeting.

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4.04. Notice. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or .by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary,

to the officer or person calling the meeting,

to each Member of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting.

4.05 Quorum. The presence in person or by proxy of more than fifty (50%) percent of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the Members shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Members for the transaction of business. If, however, the Members entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted at which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

4.06. Majority Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of more than fifty per cent (50%) of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast of Members qualified to vote and present in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the Declaration, the Charter of the corporation or these Corporate Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. The Members present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a quorum.

4.07. Method of Voting; Proxies. Each Member shall be entitled to a vote for each Lot owned by such Member. No Member, other than the Developer, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of the corporation until such Member has presented evidence of ownership of a Lot in North Pointe to the Board of Directors. The vote of each Member may only be cast by such Member or by a proxy given by such Member to his duly authorized representative bearing a date not more than eleven months prior to such meeting. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting. If title to a Lot shall be in the name of two or more persons as Coowners, all of such persons shall be Members of the corporation and are referred to herein as "Joint Coowners". Any one of such Joint Coowners may vote at any meeting of the Members of the corporation and such vote shall be binding upon such other Joint Coowners who are not present at such meeting until written notice to the contrary has been received by the Board of Directors in which case the unanimous vote of all such Joint Coowners (in person or by proxy) shall be required to cast their vote as Members. If two or more of such Joint Coowners are present at any meeting, their unanimous action shall also be present at any meeting, their unanimous action shall also be required to cast their vote as Members of the corporation.

4.08. Cumulative Voting Denied. Cumulative voting for Directors shall not be permitted.

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ARTICLE 5: DIRECTORS 508

5.01: Management. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors who may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Declaration, the Charter, or these Corporate Bylaws, directed or required to be exercised or done by the Members.

5.02. Number; Qualifications; Election; Term. The Board of Directors shall consist of three (3) Directors, each of whom shall be a Member of the Association or a partner or employee of the Developer, or its subsidiaries or affiliates. The Members of the initial Board of Directors shall serve terms of two (2) years until the annual meeting of Members following such election in the designated term of office of such Directors. Each Director elected to replace an original Director upon the expiration of his term of office shall serve for a term of office ending with the third annual meeting of Members following his election or until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. The. Directors shall be appointed by the Developer until after the first of (a) the conveyance by the Developer by deed to Coowners other than the Developer of Lots to which eighty percent (80%) of the percentage ownership in North Pointe, or (b) three (3) years after the conveyance of the first Lot in North Pointe by the Developer. Directors shall serve without compensation.

5.03. Removal; Change in Number; Vacancies. Any Director may be removed either for or without cause, at any special meeting of the Members of the corporation by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Members present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote, if notice of the intention to act upon such matter shall have been given in the notice calling such meeting. If any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors, caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any Director or otherwise, a successor or successors may be chosen at a special meeting of Members called for that purpose, and each successor Director so chosen shall be elected for the unexpired . term of his predecessor in office. Any Directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting of Members or at a special meeting of Members called for that purpose.

5.04. Place of Meetings. The Directors of the corporation shall hold their meetings, both regular and special within Sumner County, Tennessee.

5.05. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of Members of the corporation, and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent of the Directors then elected and serving such time or place shall be changed.

5.06. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

5.07. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the president on a three (3) days notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two (2) Directors. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by statute, the Charter or these Corporate Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.

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5.08. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of the Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the Directors, when present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

5.09. Committees Having Board Authority. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one (1) or more committees to consist of two (2) or more of the Directors of the corporation. Any such committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, shall and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except where action of the full Board of Directors is required by statute or the Charter.

5.10. Other Committees. Other committees not having and exercising the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the affairs of the corporation may be designated and appointed by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the president thereunto authorized by a like resolution of the Board of DirectorS. Membership on such committees may, but need not be, limited to Directors or Members of the corporation.

5.11. Procedure. All committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and shall report the same to the Board when required.

5.12. Managing Agents. The Board of Directors may employ for the corporation a management agent at a compensation established by the Board of Directors and such management agent shall perform such duties and services with respect to the North Pointe Subdivision as the Board of Directors shall authorize, and the Board of Directors may delegate to such management agent such duties with respect to management, repair and maintenance of the North Pointe Subdivision which are not by statute, the Declaration, the Charter or these Corporate Bylaws, required to be performed by or have the approval of the Board of Directors or the Members of the corporation.

ARTICLE 6: NOTICES

6.01. Method. Whenever notice is required to be given to any Director or Member, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but any such notice may be given in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such Director or Member at such address as appears on the records of the corporation. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus deposited in the United States mails as aforesaid.

6.02. Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any Member or Director of the corporation a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

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ARTICLE 7: OFFICERS 510

7.01. Number; Titles. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Directors from among the members of the Board of Directors and shall be a president, a secretary and a treasurer. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person except the offices of president and secretary shall not be held by the same person.

7.02. Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Members shall choose a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, all of whom shall be members of the Board.

7.03. Other Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

7.04. Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the corporation, if any, shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

7.05. Term of Office; Removal. Each. officer of the corporation shall hold office until the annual meeting of the Board of Directors next following his election and thereafter until his successor is chosen and qualified in his stead or until his death or until his resignation or removal from office. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. If the office of any officer become vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

7.06. President. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the Members and the Board, of Directors, shall have general and active management of the affairs of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

7.07. Secretary. The secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Members and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for any committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Members and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be.

7.08. Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such form, in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the

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duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

ARTICLE 8: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

8.01. Reserves. There may be created by resolution of the Board of Directors such reserve or reserves as the Directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to repair or maintain any portion of North Pointe, or for such other purposes as the Directors shall think beneficial to the corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was create d.

8.02. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

8.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of. Directors.

8.04. Seal. The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

8.05. Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify any Director, officer, or employee, or former Director, officer, or employee of the corporation, against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him, and any amount paid in satisfaction of judgments, in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal in nature, in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been such a Director, officer, or employee (whether or not a Director, officer or employee at the time such costs or expenses are incurred by or imposed upon him) except in relation to matters as to which he shall be adjudged in such action, suit, or proceeding to be liable for gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of duty. The corporation may also reimburse to any Directors, officer or employee the reasonable costs of settlement of any such action, suit or proceedings, if it shall be found by a majority of a committee of the Directors not involved in the matter of controversy, whether or not a quorum, that it was to the interests of the corporation that such settlement be made and that such Director, officer or employee was not guilty of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Such rights of indemnification and reimbursement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such Director, officer, or employee may be entitled by law or under bylaw, agreement, vote of Members or otherwise.

8.06. Inconsistencies. In the event these Corporate Bylaws shall be inconsistent with the Declaration, then the Declaration shall be controlling.

8.07. Amendment of Bylaws. These bylaws may not be altered, amended or repealed except by the affirmative vote of more than fifty (50) per cent of the percentage values of those votes entitled to be cast by Members qualified to vote.

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512 8.08. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings used

in these bylaws have been inserted for administrative convenience only and do not constitute matter to be construed in interpretation.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing Corporate Bylaws were adopted by the Incorporator of North Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc. on the /6-1-k. day of

, 1989. (16444Atuil

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7 ilfe 19t.t.0 President