3.1 Site Preparation. Clearing and grading, including but not limited to the cutting or transplanting of natural vegetation from any Lot, shall not be undertaken until plans for the single family dwelling to be constructed thereon are approved by the ACC as provided for herein.
3.2 Construction Approval. No building or other structure shall be commenced, erected or altered upon any Lot, nor shall any exterior addition be made until the construction plans and specifications and a plot plan showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, color, and location of the same shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the ACC as to harmony of exterior design and location in relation to and its effect upon, surrounding structures and topography. If the ACC fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within thirty (30) days after such plans and specification have been received by it, approval will not be required, and this Article will be deemed to have been fully complied with. All plans, specifications and plot plans are to be submitted to the Committee at the following address: Crofton Heights Architectural Control Committee, c/o BenjFran Development, Inc., P.O. Box 1847, Bellevue, Washington 98009, or at such other address as may hereafter be given in writing to the Lot owners by the Declarant or the ACC.
3.3 Construction Time. Any dwelling or structure erected or placed on any Lot shall be completed as to external appearance, including finish painting and landscaping, within 9 months from date of start of construction except for reasons beyond control of the Lot owner, in which case a longer period may be permitted if approved by the ACC.
3.4 Size of Improvement. Single family dwelling residences, not including covered parking, shall occupy not less than 1,000 square feet of Lot coverage, and have a total living area of not less than 1,500 square feet.
3.5 Roofs.
Original Copy
Roofs on all buildings must be finished with cedar shakes or shingles unless approval for use of other material is granted by the ACC.
Amendment 199207291388 Changed To:
Roofs on all buildings must be finished with cedar shakes only. No other design or material will be allowed without written authority from the Board of Directors and the ACC well in advance of any replacement of existing roofs.
3.6 Driveways. All driveways shall be concrete unless approval for use of other material is granted by the ACC.
3.7 Fences.
No fence, wall or hedge shall be erected or placed on any Lot nearer to any street than the minimum building setback line, except that nothing shall prevent the erection of a necessary retaining wall, the top of which does not extend more than two feet above the finished grade at the back of said. wall. Fences bordering green belt areas shall be of stained cedar or redwood, not to exceed six feet in height, with finished side facing green belt areas. No chain link fencing shall be visible from any street or green belt area. All fences shall be per the ACC approved standard fence design.
Amendment 199110160705 adds:
Exception for chain link fence may be made for the park area bordered by 256th street providing that the Board of Directors furnish an estimate of cost of erecting said fence and receive appropriate approval from a majority of homeowner's.