A. Decorative ground cover consisting of bark dust/mulch or rock in the front and side yard may not exceed ten (10) percent of the total area of the front and side yard unless otherwise approved by the ACC. Decorative ground cover consisting of bark dust/mulch or rock in the back yard may not exceed forty (40) percent of the total area of the back yard excluding side yards, decks, patios, or sidewalks, unless otherwise approved by the ACC. Growth of grasses in lawns must be properly maintained not to exceed six (6) inches in height. Landscaping of front yards shall contain at least five hundred (500) square feet of Jawn or sod unless otherwise approved by the ACC.
B, Each Lot Owner shall keep all shrubs, trees, grass, and plantings of every kind on his or her Lot cultivated, pruned, free of trash, and other unsightly material. Each Lot Owner shall keep all Improvements upon his or her Lot in good condition and repair and adequately painted or otherwise maintained. Declarant, the Association, and the ACC shall have the right at any reasonable time to enter upon any Lot to replace, maintain, and cultivate shrubs, trees, grass, or other plantings as deemed necessary; and to paint, repair, or otherwise maintain any improvements in need thereof, and to charge the cost thereof to the Lot Owner; provided, however, except in the case of emergency, the Association shall first provide the Owner with at least 24 hours’ prior written notice, which notice may be given by a posting on the front door of the Unit located on such Lot.
C. The initial landscaping, as well as all subsequent material changes to such landscaping, shall be subject to final approval by the ACC; provided, however, the planting of annual flowers or plants shall not require ACC approval. In the event that an Owner complains to the ACC that the annual flowers or plants planted by another Owner are not in keeping with the general character and appearance of Ridgewater, the ACC shall review the same and its determination shall be conclusive. The front yard of each Lot shall be fully landscaped and irrigated no later than twelve (12) months after commencement of construction on the initial Unit on such Lot. Front yard landscaping shall remain fully irrigated unless otherwise approved by the ACC. The rear yard of Lots 18-35 shall be landscaped no later than twelve (12) months after commencement of construction on the initial Unit on such Lot. There are yard of all other Lots shall be landscaped no later than eighteen (18) months after commencement of construction on the initial Unit on such Lot. All Owners shall keep their Lots, including all Improvements
thereon, well-maintained and in an attractive condition, consistent with the overall development approved within Ridgewater by the ACC.
D. Each Lot Owner shall assure that his Lot includes at least one (1) evergreen tree of a minimum of eight(8) feet in height in the front yard. Except in the case of imminent threat of harm to persons or Improvements, the removal of trees greater than four inches D.B.H. (diameter at breast height, measured 4.5 feet above ground) shall require the prior written approval of the ACC,
E, The Owners of Lots 18-35 shall assure that their Lots are maintained in a clean and attractive manner so as not to create a nuisance to or otherwise materially negatively impact the value of the adjacent property to the south, owned as of the date hereof by Jan Ward, Such lots shall be landscaped and irrigated in the front and back yards, commencing twelve (12) months after commencement of construction of the initial Unit on the Lot. This subsection 9.12. shall not be amended without the written consent of Jan Ward or his successors or
assigns.
Article IX, Section 9.12