Deed Restrictions

DEED RESTRICTIONS​

"LENAPE HILLS"​

Chestnut Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania​

UNDER AND SUBJECT. nevertheless, that the hereby granted lot or piece of ground and the building now or to be erected thereon shall be and remain subject to the following covenants, conditions and restrictions which shall run with the land. ​

1. The premises hereby conveyed shall be used for residential purposes only. No building shall be erected. altered. placed or permitted to remain on the premises hereby conveyed other than detached single family dwelling, not to exceed two and one-half stories in height, and a private garage for not more than two cars. ​

2. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack. garage. barn or other out-building shall be used on any lot at any time as residence, either temporarily or permanently. ​

3. No animals, livestock. or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot. except dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for nay commercial purpose. ​

4. No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash, garage or other waste shall be kept in sanitary containers. ​

5. No individual sewage disposal system shall be permitted on any lot or building site unless such system is designed, designated, located and constructed in accordance with the requirements, standards and recommendations of Pennsylvania or local public health authorities and in accordance with the subdivision maps of LENAPE HILLS, as filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of Monroe County. ​

6. No building or structure shall be erected upon the premises herby conveyed without first obtaining the approval, in writing, of the Grantor, as to location, elevation, plan and design. The Grantor shall approve or disapprove the said location, elevation, plan and design within 15 days after the same has been submitted and said location shall conform to the subdivision maps of LENAPE HILLS, as filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Monroe County. ​

7. All conveyances shall be subject to the covenants and restrictions as contained in the approved subdivision maps known as LENAPE HILLS as recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Monroe County. ​

8. The Grantees at no time will convey any lot or piece of ground less than the size specified in the deed of conveyance from the within Grantor to the within grantees. ​

9. No excavation shall be made on the premises except for the purpose of building thereon and only at the time when building operations are to commence. No earth or sand shall be removed from the premises except as part of such excavation without the written consent of the Grantor. ​

10. No Grantee shall clear his lot of brush, trees or anything else of an inflammable nature except after having first obtained the approval of the Grantor in writing, such approval to specify the time and manner in which such clearing shall be made. ​

11. An Association of property owners is to be formed and designated by such name as may be deemed appropriate, and when formed, the Grantee covenants and agrees that he, his executors or assigns, shall be subject to the payment of annual dues and assessments in compliance with by-laws, rules and regulations to be promulgated. ​

12. The Grantee agrees not to sell, rent, lese or permit the premises herby conveyed, excepting to persons first approved for membership in the aforementioned association, or approved by the Grantor, its successors or assigns if said association has not been formed, nor shall signs for advertising purposed be erected or maintained on the premises. ​

13. No inoperable motor vehicles or motor vehicles without current registration plates shall be kept on the premises whether garaged or not. ​

14. The portion of the lands of the grantor laid down on the map as streets are not dedicated to public use and title thereto shall remain in the Grantor subject to the right to convey to the association afore-mentioned with reservations, subject to the right of the Grantee and those claiming under them to use the same for ingress and egress to and from the public roads by the most direct course over the streets shown on said map, and if and when dedicated for public use shall be made subject to the right of the Grantee to maintain or grant the right to maintain water mains, sewer pipes, street drains, gas mains, fixtures for street lighting, telephones and electric poles, within the lines of such roadways. ​

15. The restrictions as her in provided shall apply only to the above premises and may be changed by the Grantor when desired by it or its successors, said restrictions being imposed for the benefit of the remaining lands of the Grantor and lands, which may be hereafter acquired. ​