ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following
words when used in this Declaration shall have the following meanings:
1.01 ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
"Additional Property" means the additional property, which may be added to the
Property and made subject to this Declaration pursuant to Article X hereof.
1.02 ASSOCIATION.
"Association" means the PENNINGTON HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. (a
non-profit corporation organized under the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code), its
successors and assigns.
1.03
BOARD. Board means the Board of Directors of the Association.
1.04 BUILDER. "Builder" means any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or other entity, which has purchased any part or parcel of the
Property from Declarant for the purpose of erecting a structure thereon.
1.05 BY-LAWS.
"By-Laws" means the By-Laws of the Association.
1.06 COMMON PROPERTY. "Common Property" means all
real property (together with any and all improvements now or hereafter located thereon)
including the littoral rights to any lake owned by the Association or in certain instances
over which the Association has been granted permanent easements, for the common use and
enjoyment of the Owners.
1.07 DECLARANT. "Declarant" means P.W.S., Inc., a
Georgia Corporation, its successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, any
person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other legal entity, or any
combination thereof, which acquires all or substantially all of the Development then owned
by Declarant (or subsequent successors in interest), together with its rights hereunder,
by conveyance or assignment from Declarant, or judicial or non-judicial foreclosure, for
the purpose of development and/or construction on the Property.
1.08 LOT. "Lot" means any numbered parcel of land
shown upon that certain final subdivision plat prepared by Mark G. Lee, and recorded in
Plat Book 156, page 59, Cobb County, Georgia records, or as similarly shown on
supplemental surveys of such tract or such additional tracts as may be added to the
Property from time to time as provided herein; provided, however, that no portion of the
Common Property shall ever be a Lot except as provided for in Section 2.04.
1.09 MEMBER. "Member" means any member of the
Association.
1.10 OWNER. "Owner" means the record owner
(including Declarant), whether one or more persons or entities, of a fee simple title to
any Lot; provided, however, that where fee simple title has been transferred and is being
held merely as security for repayment of a loan, the person or entity who would own the
Lot in fee simple if such loan were paid in full shall be the Owner.
1.11
PROPERTY. "Property" means that certain real property (other than common
Property) hereinabove described together with such additional real property as the
Declarant may acquire and subject to the provisions of this Declaration in accordance with
the provisions of Article X hereof.
1.12 RESTRICTIONS. "Restrictions" means all
covenants, restrictions, easements, charges, liens and other obligations created or
imposed by this Declaration.
1.13 STRUCTURE. "Structure" means:
(a)
any thing or object, the placement of which upon any Lot may affect the appearance of such
Lot, including by way of illustration and not limitation, any building or part thereof,
garage, porch, shed, greenhouse or bathhouse, coop or cage, covered or uncovered patio,
swimming pool, fence, curbing, paving, wall, tree, shrub, sign, signboard, temporary or
permanent living quarters (including any house trailer) or any other temporary or
permanent improvement to such Lot;
(b)
any excavation, grading, fill, ditch, diversion dam or other thing or device which affects
or alters the natural flow of surface waters from, upon or across any Lot, or which
affects or alters the flow of any waters in any natural or artificial creek, stream, wash
or drainage channel from, upon or across any Lot; and
(c)
any change in the grade at any point on a Lot of more than six (6) inches, whether or not subsection (b) of this Section 1.13 applies to such
change.