BML Covenants

 

14. LAND USE

14	.	1	Single Family Dwellings
14	.	2	Lakes and Lots Contiguous Thereto
14	.	2	.	1	Ownership of Lakefront Lots
14	.	2	.	2	Limitations of Water Rights
14	.	2	.	3	Right to Remove Accretions
14	.	2	.	4	Non-Responsibility for Damages
14	.	2	.	5	Right to Change Level of Lake
14	.	2	.	6	Elevation
14	.	3	Elevation

 

14.1 Single Family Dwellings. No improvement except a single family dwelling and such outbuildings as are usually accessory thereto shall be constructed, placed or permitted to remain on any Lot in the Development, except those improvements on those Lots and tracts that may be designated Lots and tracts for construction of multi-family dwellings, village town houses, cluster village units, timeshare units, and areas reserved for community purposes such as firehouses, post office, etc., and commercial, religious and educational areas on recorded Plats. The term "single family dwelling" shall not be deemed to preclude timesharing. Restrictions which apply specifically to each type of construction shall be set forth in the Community Declaration for each Community.                                                                     å

 

14.2    Lakes and Lots Contiguous Thereto.

        14.2.1 Ownership of Lakefront Lots. The boundary of any Lot which is shown on the Plat as contiguous to a lake shall be the shoreline of said lake as said shoreline would be if the water level in said lake was at its normal maximum water level of said lake.                                                                         å

 

         14.2.2 Limitations on Water Rights. No Owner of a Lot which is shown on the Plat as contiguous to a lake shall have any right with respect to any stream that is a tributary of any such lake or with respect to such lake, the land thereunder, the water therein, or its or their elevation, use or condition, nor shall such Owner have any riparian rights or incidents appur­tenant. No person shall acquire title to any land in the Development by accretion, reliction, submergence or changing water levels.                                                                         å

 

           14.2.3  Right to Remove Accretions. The Association shall have the right at any time to dredge or otherwise remove any accretion or deposit from any lake front Lot in order that the shoreline of the lake to which such Lot is contiguous may be moved inland toward or to the boundary of said Lot.           å

 

         14.2.4  Non-responsibility for Damages. Neither Declarant nor the Association shall be liable for damages caused by erosion, washing or other action of the water of any lake.                                                                   å

 

          14.2.5  Right to Change Level of Lake. The Association shall have the right to temporarily raise and lower the water level of any lake in the Development in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.                                                                              å

 

      14.2.6 Elevation. Each dwelling on a waterfront Lot must have its first floor elevation at least at elevation one thousand sixty-six (1,066) feet.                å

 

14.3   Elevation. No substantial changes in the elevation of the land shall be made on any Lot without the approval of the ACC.                                           å