Section 1. The Committee. The directors of the Community Organization shall comprise the Committee herein referred to. The address of the Committee shall be the registered office of the Community organization.

 

Section 2. Submission of Plans. All plans and specifications or information required to be submitted to the Committee for approvals shall be submitted in duplicate to a Board member, 30 days before work is to begin, shall be in writing, shall contain a written request for approval and the name and address of the person submitting the same and the Lot involved, and shall set forth the following with respect to a proposed structure: the location of the structure upon the Lot, the elevation of the structure with reference to the existing and finished lot grade, the general design, the interior layout, the exterior finish materials and color including roof materials, the landscape plan, proposed location and design of the exterior detached light required under Section 3 of Article F, and such other information as may be required to determine whether such structure conforms with these restrictions.

 

Section 3. Standards. The Committee shall have the authority to determine and establish standards involving aesthetic considerations of harmony of construction and color which it determines to be in the best interest of providing for attractive development of the Subdivision, which authority shall include but not be limited to the height, configuration, design and appearance of the dwelling, roofs, and fences, walls, outbuildings, pools, and other structures and improvements appurtenant to the use of a dwelling. Such determinations may be amended and shall be binding on all persons.

 

Section 4. Approval or Disapproval. Within thirty days after the receipt of plans and specifications or information with a request for approval, the Committee shall by majority vote approve or disapprove the request and may disapprove the request which in its opinion does not conform to these restrictions or its aesthetic or other standards. Approval or disapproval of a request shall be made upon one of the copies thereof and returned to the address shown on the request. In the event that no disapproval of a request is given within thirty days of submission in compliance herewith, the request shall be deemed approved.

 

Section 5. Advisors. The Committee may appoint advisors or advisory committees from time to time to advise on matters pertaining to the Subdivision. No person on the Committee or acting for it shall be responsible for any defect in any plan or specification submitted or approved nor for any defect in any work done according to such plans and specifications.

 

Section 6. Variations. The Committee shall have the authority to approve plans and specifications which do not conform to these restrictions in order to overcome practical difficulties or prevent hardships in the application of these restrictions; provided that such variations so approved shall not be materially injurious to the improvements of other Lots and shall not constitute a waiver of the restrictions herein contained but shall be in furtherance of the purposes and intent of these restrictions.