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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSW8010706_HISTORICAL FILE_20210223STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET POST -CONSTRUCTION PERMITS PERMIT NO. SW8 010"lOb DOC TYPE ❑ CURRENT PERMIT ❑ APPROVED PLANS ® HISTORICAL FILE ❑ COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION DOC DATE 2OZx 0223 YYYYMMDD ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary BRIAN WRENN NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmenmi Quality February 23, 2021 Waterford Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. Attn: Robert C.G. Exum, President and Registered Agent 1430 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 Subject: Permit Transfer and Notice of Inspection State Stormwater Management Permit No. SW8 010706 Waterford Commercial Phases H & III Brunswick County Dear Mr.Exum: On August 24, 2020, the Wilmington Regional Office received a complete request to transfer the ownership of the subject state stormwater management permit under the provisions of 15A NCAC 02H.I045(1)(a). A file review and site inspection was performed on October 29, 2020 by DEMLR staff and as noted in the enclosed inspection report, the site is currently NOT in compliance with the terms and conditions of the current state Stormwater permit. On February 4, 2021, the proposed perm ittee submitted a revised page 6 of the application form where they selected the option in Section F indicating that they agree to be the entity responsible for addressing any compliance issues. To bring this project into compliance with the Stormwater Regulations and MDC, these deviations will be corrected within the proposed schedule of compliance as documented in Attachment D. By signing the Name/Ownership Transfer form, agreeing to the Schedule of Compliance, and agreeing to the Operation and Maintenance Agreement, you have accepted the responsibility for complying with the terms and conditions outlined in this permit, including the correction of the deficiencies outlined in the inspection report. The Division is hereby notifying you that the subject permit has been transferred on February 23, 2021. A copy of the transferred and updated permit and associated documents are enclosed. Please note that this transferred, updated, and re -issued permit does not impose new or different terms; it merely restates and clarifies some of the previous terms to provide you with a better understanding of your obligations under the permit and includes a condition to bring this project into compliance. This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until December 14, 2021, which includes all available extensions. Note that you will need to apply to renew your permit by June 14, 2021 because, as stated in the permit text, a permit renewal request must be submitted at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of this permit. The project shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein and does not supersede any other agency permit that may be required. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in future compliance problems. Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to and approval by the Division. Tbis cover letter, attachments, and all documents on file with DEWR shall be considered part of this permit and is herein incorporated by reference. If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing by filing a written petition with the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). The written petition must conform to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes and must be filed with the OAH within thirty (30) days of receipt of this permit. You should contact the OAH with all questions regarding the filing fee (if a filing fee is required) and/or the details of the filing process at 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6714, or via telephone at 919-431-3000, or visit their website at www.NCOAH.com. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and land Resources Wilmington Regional Office 1 127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington. North Carolina 28405 omwcmw �w�eaunmm^rm 910.7967215 State Stormwater Permit No. SW8 010706 Page 2 of 2 If you have any questions or need additional copies of documents, please contact Steve Pusey in the Wilmington Regional Office, at (910) 796-7215 or steven.pusey@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Ask Brian Wrenn, Director Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Enclosures: Attachment A — blank Engineer Certification form Attachment B — Built -upon Area Allocation form Attachment C — Permitting History Attachment D — Schedule of Compliance copy of the Permit Transfer Application Form copy of the approved Operation & Maintenance Agreement copy of the latest inspection report DES/sgp: \\\Stormwater\Permits & Projects\2001\010706 HD\2021 02 permit 010706 cc: Michael House, PE — Cape Fear Engineering Wilmington Regional Office Stormwater File State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF ENERGY, MINERAL AND LAND RESOURCES STATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO Waterford Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. Waterford Commercial Phase H & 111 NC Hwy 17, Belville, Brunswick County FOR THE construction, operation, and maintenance of a wet detention pond in compliance with the provisions of 15A NCAC 2H .1000 (hereafter referred to as the "stormwater rules') and the approved stormwater management plans and specifications and other supporting data as attached and on file with and approved by the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (the "Division" or "DEMLR") and considered an enforceable part of this permit. This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until December 14, 2021 and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations: I. DESIGN STANDARDS 1. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of stormwater described in the application and other supporting data 2. This stormwater system has been approved for the management of stormwater runoff as described in Section 1.7 of this permit The subdivision is permitted for eighteen (18) lots with a built -upon area of 817,186 ft2 total. Overall impervious area for the project is 865,570 ft2 on a project of 23.3 acres. Each lot is allowed a maximum amount of built -upon area, in square feet, as listed by Attachment B to this permit. 3. Approved plans and specifications for this project are incorporated by reference and are enforceable parts of the permit. 4. All stormwater collection and treatment systems must be located in either dedicated common areas or recorded easements. The final plats for the project will be recorded showing all such required easements, in accordance with the approved plans. 5 An off -site permit shall be required for any outparcel lot sold to a different owner Page 3 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 6. SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE. To bring this project into compliance with the Stormwater Regulations and design criteria, these deviations will be corrected within the proposed schedule of compliance as documented in Attachment D. The schedule must be adhered to unless an extension or revised plan of action is submitted and approved by the Division. The following design criteria have been permitted for the wet detention pond and must be maintained in the system at all times: a. Drainage Area, acres: 23.3 Onsite, ft2: 1,014,948 Offsite, ft2: Rerouted, per Engineer b. Total Impervious Surfaces, ft2. 865,570 Lots, ft2: 817,186 Onsite streets, ft2: 47,946 Other onsite, ft2: 438 (pump station) c Design Storm, inches: 1.0 d. Pond Depth, feet: 70 e. TSS Removal Efficiency, %: 90 f. Permanent Pool Elevation, FMSL: 23.0 g. Permanent Pool Surface Area, ft2: 40,336 h. Temporary Storage Elevation, FMSL: 25.4 i. Permitted Storage Volume, ft3' 103,931 j. Controlling Orifice: 3.0" cp pipe k. Permitted Forebay Volume, ft3: 49,611 I. Receiving Stream / River Basin: Jackeys Creek / Cape Fear M. Stream Index Number: 18-77-3 n Classification of Water Body. "C Sw" II. SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE No homeowner/lot owner/developer shall fill in, alter, or pipe any drainage feature (such as swales) shown on the approved plans as part of the stormwater management system without submitting a revision to the permit and receiving approval from the Division 2. The permittee is responsible for verifying that the proposed built -upon area for the entire lot, including driveways and sidewalks, does not exceed the allowable built -upon area. Once the lot transfer is complete, the built -upon area may not be revised without approval from the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources, and responsibility for meeting the built -upon area limit is transferred to the individual property owner. 3. If an Architectural Review Committee (ARC) is required to review plans for compliance with the BUA limit, the plans reviewed must include sidewalks and driveways. Any approvals given by the ARC do not relieve the lot owner of the responsibility to maintain compliance with the permitted BUA limit. 4. The Director may notify the permittee when the permitted site does not meet one or more of the minimum requirements of the permit or the stormwater rules. Within the time frame specified in the notice, the permittee shall submit a written time schedule to the Director for modifying the site to meet minimum requirements. The permittee shall provide copies of revised plans and certification in writing to the Director that the changes have been made Page 4 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 5. No person or entity, including the permittee, shall alter any component shown in the approved plans and specifications. Prior to the construction of any modification to the approved plans, the permittee shall submit to the Director, and shall have received approval for modified plans, specifications, and calculations including, but not limited to, those listed below. For changes to the project or SCM that impact the certifications, a new or updated certification(s), as applicable, will be required and a copy must be submitted to the appropriate DEQ regional office upon completion of the modification. a. Any modification to the approved plans and specifications, regardless of size including the SCM(s), BUA, details, etc. b. Redesign or addition to the approved amount of BUA or to the drainage area. c Further development, subdivision, acquisition, lease, or sale of any, all or part of the project and/or property area as reported in the approved plans and specifications. d. Altering, modifying, removing, relocating, redirecting, regrading, or resizing of any component of the approved SCM(s), the stormwater collection system and/or vegetative conveyance shown on the approved plan. e. The construction of any allocated future BUA. f. The construction of any permeable pavement, #57 stone area, public trails, or landscaping material to be considered a permeable surface that were not included in the approved plans and specifications. g. Other modifications as determined by the Director. 6. The stormwater management system shall be constructed in its entirety, vegetated and operational for its intended use prior to the construction of any built -upon surface. 7 During construction, erosion shall be kept to a minimum and any eroded areas of the system will be repaired immediately. 8. Upon completion of construction, prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, and prior to operation of this permitted facility, a certification must be received from an appropriate designer for the system installed certifying that the permitted facility has been installed in accordance with this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting documentation. Any deviations from the approved plans and specifications must be noted on the Certification. A modification may be required for those deviations. 9. Decorative spray fountains are allowed in the pond, subject to the following criteria: a. The minimum permanent pool volume is 30,000 cubic feet. b. The fountain must draw its water from less than 2' below the permanent pool surface. c. Separated units, where the nozzle, pump and intake are connected by tubing, may be used only if they draw water from the surface in the deepest part of the pond d. The fountain may not be placed into the forebay. e The falling water from the fountain must be centered in the main pond, away from the shoreline f. The maximum horsepower for a fountain in this pond is 3/4 horsepower. 10. If the stormwater system was used as an Erosion Control device, it must be restored to design condition prior to operation as a stormwater treatment device, and prior to occupancy of the facility. 11. Unless specified elsewhere, permanent seeding requirements for the stormwater control must follow the guidelines established in the North Carolina Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual. 12. Prior to transfer of the permit, the stormwater facilities must be inspected by DEMLR personnel, and determined to be in compliance with all permit conditions. Any items not in compliance must be repaired or replaced to design condition prior to the transfer Records of maintenance activities performed to date will be required. Page 5 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 13. The permittee shall at all time provide the operation and maintenance necessary to assure the permitted stormwater system functions at the design condition. The approved Operation and Maintenance Plan must be followed in its entirety and maintenance must occur at the scheduled intervals including, but not limited to: a. Semiannual scheduled inspections (every 6 months). b. Sediment removal. C. Mowing and re -vegetation of side slopes. d. Immediate repair of eroded areas. e. Maintenance of side slopes in accordance with approved plans and specifications. f. Debris removal and unclogging of outlet structure, orifice device, catch basins and piping. g. Access to the outlet structure must be available at all times. 14. Records of maintenance activities must be kept and made available upon request to authorized personnel of the Division. The records will indicate the date, activity, name of person performing the work, and what actions were taken. 15 The following deed restrictions and protective covenants related to stormwater management have been recorded in Deed Book 2735 on Pages 36-52 with the Brunswick County Register of Deeds, are incorporated by reference, and must be maintained in perpetuity: a. The maximum built -upon area per lot, in square feet, is limited to the amount listed in Attachment B to Stormwater Management Permit No. SW8 010706. This allotted amount includes any built -upon area constructed within the lot property boundaries, and that portion of the right-of-way between the front lot line and the edge of the pavement. Built upon area includes, but is not limited to, structures, asphalt, concrete, gravel, brick, stone, slate, coquina, and parking areas, but does not include raised, open wood decking, or the water surface of swimming pools. b. The covenants pertaining to stormwater regulations may not be changed or deleted without concurrence of the State. C. Alteration of the drainage as shown on the approved plan may not take place without the concurrence of the State. d. All runoff on the lot must drain into the permitted system. This may be accomplished through a variety of means including: a piped collection system which ultimately discharges into the stormwater facility; appropriate grading of the lot such that the built - upon surfaces drain into the facility, or graded swales which collect runoff and direct into the stormwater facility. e. Each lot within the subdivision, whose ownership is not retained by the permittee, must submit a separate Offsite Stormwater Management Permit application package to the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources and receive a permit prior to any construction on the lot. 17 A copy of the recorded deed restrictions must be submitted to the Division within 30 days of the date of recording the plat, and prior to selling lots. The recorded copy must bear the signature of the Permittee, the deed book number and page, and stamp/signature of the Register of Deeds. 18. The facilities shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and the supporting documents attached to this permit and on file with the Division. Page 6 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 III. GENERAL CONDITIONS Current Permittee Name or Address Changes: The permittee shall submit a completed "Permit Information Update Application Form" (available on the Division website) to the Division within 30 days to making any one or more of the following changes: a. A name change of the current permittee; b. A name change of the project; c. A mailing address change of the permittee; 2. Permit Transfer: This permit is not transferable to any person or entity except after notice to and approval by the Director. The permittee shall submit a completed and signed "Permit Transfer Application Form" (available on the Division website) accompanied by the required fee and supporting documentation as listed on the form, to the Division at least 60 days prior to any one or more of the following events a. The sale or conveyance of the project area in whole or in part, except in the case of an individual lot sale that is made subject to the recorded deed restrictions and protective covenants, b. The assignment or conveyance of declarant rights to another individual or entity; c. The sale or conveyance of the common areas to a Homeowner's or Property Owner's Association, subject to the requirements of NCGS 143-214.7(c2); d. Dissolution of the partnership, corporate, or LLC entity, subject to NCGS 55-14-05 or NCGS 57D-6-07 and 08, e. Bankruptcy; f. Foreclosure, subject to the requirements of Session Law 2013-121, 2. The permittee is responsible for compliance with all permit conditions until such time as the Division approves the transfer request. Neither the sale of the project, in whole or in part, nor the conveyance of common area to a third party constitutes an approved transfer of the stormwater permit 3. Any individual or entity found to be in noncompliance with the provisions of this stormwater management permit or the requirements of the Stormwater rules is subject to enforcement procedures as set forth in NCGS 143 Article 21. 4. The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances, which may be imposed by other government agencies (local, state, and federal), which have jurisdiction. 5. In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall take immediate corrective action, including those as may be required by this Division, such as the construction of additional or replacement stormwater management systems. 6. The permit issued shall continue in force and effect until the permittee files a request with the Division for a permit modification, transfer, renewal, or rescission; however, these actions do not stay any permit conditions. 7. The issuance of this permit does not prohibit the Director from reopening and modifying the permit, revoking, and reissuing the permit, or terminating the permit as allowed by the laws, rules and regulations contained in Session Law 2006-246, Title 15A NCAC 2H.1000, and NCGS 143-215.1 et.al. 8 Permittee grants permission to staff of the DEMLR to access the property for the purposes of inspecting the stormwater facilities during normal business hours. 9. A copy of the approved plans and specifications shall be maintained on file by the Permittee for a minimum of ten years from the date of the completion of construction. Page 7 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 10. A permit renewal request must be submitted at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of this permit. The renewal request must include the appropriate application, documentation and the processing fee as outlined in Title 15A NCAC 02H 1045(3). Permit updated, transferred, and reissued this the 231 day of February 2021. NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION Ct-..4 94J-� Brian Wrenn, Director Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 8 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 Attachment A Waterford Commercial Phase II & III Stormwater Permit No. SW8 010706 Modification Brunswick County Designer's Certification Page 1 of 2 I, , as a duly registered in the State of North Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically/weekly/full time) the construction of the project, (Project) for (Project Owner) hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation of the protect construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of the approved plans and specifications. The checklist of items on page 2 of this form are a part of this Certification. Noted deviations from approved plans and specifications: Signature Registration Number Date SEAL Page 9 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 Certification Requirements: Page 2 of 2 1. The drainage area to the system contains approximately the permitted acreage. 2. The drainage area to the system contains no more than the permitted amount of built - upon area. 3. All the built -upon area associated with the project is graded such that the runoff drains to the system. 4 The outlet/bypass structure elevations are per the approved plan. 5 The outlet structure is located per the approved plans. 6. Trash rack is provided on the outlet/bypass structure. 7. All slopes are grassed with permanent vegetation. 8. Vegetated slopes are no steeper than 3 1 9. The inlets are located per the approved plans and do not cause short-circuiting of the system. 10 The permitted amounts of surface area and/or volume have been provided 11. Required drawdown devices are correctly sized per the approved plans. 12. All required design depths are provided. 13. All required parts of the system are provided, such as a vegetated shelf, a forebay, and the vegetated filter. 14. The overall dimensions of the system, as shown on the approved plans, are provided. cc: NCDEQ-DEMLR Wilmington Regional Office Brunswick County Engineering Department Page 10 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 Attachment B IMPERVIOUS AREA PER LOT WATERFORD COMMERCIAL PHASE II & III Lot Total Area, sq.ft. Total Area, ac. Impervious Area, sq.ft. Impervious Area, ac. % Impervious 1 93,323 215 73,050 1.68 78.3 2 79,594 1.83 62,000 1.42 77.9 3 48,117 1.06 43,305 .95 90 4 30,664 0.70 26,984 060 88 5 30,092 .69 27,083 .62 90 6 62,866 1.44 58,780 1.35 93.5 7 54,998 1.26 42,814 .98 779 8 47,049 1.08 31,382 .72 667 9 116,421 2.67 104,779 2.41 90 10 60,174 1.38 55,962 1.28 93 11 73,616 1.69 62,888 1.44 85.4 12 25,039 .57 23,787 55 95 13 24,191 .55 221981 .53 95 14 44,562 1.02 40,106 .92 90 15 60,457 139 54,412 1.25 90 16 44,378 1.02 39,941 .92 90 17 23,840 .55 22,648 .52 95 18 25,562 .59 24,284 .56 95 Totals 944,943 21.64 817,186 18.70 87.8 Page 11 of 12 State Stormwater Management Systems Permit No. SW8 010706 Attachment D Schedule of Compliance Waterford Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. has applied for a State Stormwater Permit Transfer for SW8 010706 for Waterford Commercial Phase 2 & 3. The compliance inspection by the Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR) on October 29, 2020 identified the following non -compliant items. As the incoming permittee, I understand that I will be transferred a non -compliant permit, and I agree to resolve these items to bring the project into compliance by latest May 23, 2021 To bring this project into compliance, the following actions should be taken: 1. Bare areas along top of slopes of pond will need over -seeding or sod. 2. Outfall to Hwy 17 appears to be eroding and will be repaired / planted with grass. 3. Vegetation will be maintained around the pond, especially at outfall pipes and outlet structure. Page 12 of 12 Compliance Inspection Report Permit: SW8010706 Effective:08/30/19 Project: Waterford Commerical Phase II & III Owner: Dlbe Commerical Investments LLC County: Brunswick Region: Wilmington Contact Person: Robert Exum Expiration: 12/14/21 Adress: NC Hwy 17 City/State/Zip: Belville NC 28451 Title: Member Manager Phone: 910-392-9325 Directions to Project: Located along the north right-of-way on Hwy 17 at the Poole Road intersection Type of Project: State Stormwater - HD - Detention Pond Drain Areas: 1-(Jackeys Creek) (03-06-17 )( C,Sw) On -Site Representative(s): Related Permits: SW8140705 Ss Belville LLC - Belville Shoppes SW8090206 First Bank - First Bank SW8071208 Success Properties LLC - Holiday Inn Express Belville SW8050909 L-W Investments Group LLC - Waterford Commerical Lot 8 SW8040907 Ferguson Enterprises, Inc - Ferguson Enterprises SW8111106 Hanby Properties LLC - Capeside Animal Hospital at Waterford Business SW8140103 Taco Properties -Advance Auto Parts Belville SW8190119 Rfte Enterprises LLC - Bloomm' Crazy Nursery SW8190108 R L Blanton & Cc Inc - Lot 5 Waterford Business Center Inspection Date: 10/29/2020 Entry Time 02 15PM Exit Time: 02:40PM Primary Inspector: Creighton A Brown Secondary Inspector(s): Steven G Pusey Reason for Inspection: Other Permit Inspection Type: State Stormwater Facility Status: ❑ Compliant 0 Not Compliant Question Areas: ■ State Stormwater (See attachment summary) Phone: 910-796-7215 Inspection Type: Transfer Renewal page 1 Permit: SW8010706 Owner - Project: Dlbe Commerical Investments LLC Inspection Date: 10/29/2020 Inspection Type Transfer Renewal Reason for Visit: Other Inspection Summary: To bring this project Into compliance, the following actions should be taken 1. Bare areas along top of slopes of pond will need over -seeding or sod 2. Outfall to Hwy 17 appears to be eroding and will be repaired / planted with grass. 3. Vegetation will be maintained around the pond, especially at outfall pipes and outlet structure File Review Yes No NA NE Is the permit active? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Signed copy of the Engineer's certification is in the file? N ❑ ❑ ❑ Signed copy of the Operation & Maintenance Agreement is in the file? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Copy of the recorded deed restrictions is in the file? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment Built Upon Area Yes No NA NE Is the site BUA constructed as per the permit and approval plans? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the drainage area as per the permit and approved plans? ❑ ❑ ❑ Is the BUA (as permitted) graded such that the runoff drains to the system? ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment SW Measures Yes No NA NE Are the SW measures constructed as per the approved plans? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the inlets located per the approved plans? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Are the outlet structures located per the approved plans? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Comment: Operation and Maintenance Yes No NA NE Are the SW measures being maintained and operated as per the permit requirements'? ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ Are the SW BMP inspection and maintenance records complete and available for review or provided to ❑ ❑ ❑ E DWQ upon request? Comment: Bare areas along top of slopes of pond need over -seeding or sod. Outfall to Hwy 17 appears to be eroding and should be repaired / planted with grass Vegetation should be maintained around pond, especially at outfall pipes in pond and at outlet structure page 2 DEMLR USE ONLY Date? Rec wed Fee Paid Permit Number aoao 563 56 - I 19LOKNOW& NC DEQ Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources STATE STORMWATER: PERMIT TRANSFER APPLICATION FORM Pursuant to 15A NCAC 02H.1045 and other applicable statues as reference within Only complete applications packages will be accepted and reviewed. This form and the required items (with original signatures) must be sent to the appropriate DEMLR Regional Office, which can be determined by locating the project on the interactive online map at. http //deg nc.gov/contact/regional-offices. After this application is accepted. DEMLR will conduct a compliance inspection and report any deficiencies to the current permittee and/or the proposed permittee. Per the state stormwater rules and the state stormwater permit conditions, the permit shall not be transferred until: 1. the current permittee resolves all non-compliance issues identified in the inspection report, 2 the current permittee negotiates a resolution with the proposed permittee (in writing and signed by both entities. The negotiated resolution must identify the necessary actions, the responsible party(tes), and the timelines to correct the deficiencies. The site must either be found in compliance or a copy of the negotiated resolution must be submitted prior to the transfer of the permit.), or 3. in the case where a transfer falls under G. S. 143-214.7(c2) (see also SL 2011-256), the proposed permittee resolves all non-compliance issues upon acquiring the permit. Signature requirements for the named signing official (for current and proposed permittee) must meet the following: • Corporation - a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president, • Limited Liability Company (LLC) - the designated manager, (Documentation from the NC Secretary of State or other official documentation must be provided that states the titles and positions held by the person who signed the application (pursuant to 02H.1040) that shows they have legal authority to sign for the LLC) • Municipality - a ranking official or duly authorized employee; • Partnership or limited partnership - the general partner, • Sole proprietor, The signature of the consultant or other agent shall be accepted on this permit transfer application only if accompanied by a letter of authorization signed by one of the signatories noted in a-e above, as applicable. A. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. State Stormwater Permit Number 2. Project name: Waterford Commercial Phase II & III Is this an updated project name from the current permit? ❑ Yes ® No 3. Reason for the permit transfer request: This request is being made in order to transfer the state stormwater permit to the Waterford Business Center Owners' Association Inc Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 1 of 7 .April 27, 2013 B. PERSON(S) WHO HAVE SIGNED THIS FORM (select only one response below) ® 1. Both the current and proposed permittees ❑ 2. Only the current permittee of a condominium or planned community (skip Part F & G). In accordance with G. S 143-214.7(c2) (see also SL 2011-256), this type of transfer is allowed only when all of the following items can be truthfully checked: ❑ Any common areas related to the operation and maintenance of the stormwater management system have been conveyed to the unit owners' association or owners' association in accordance with the declaration, ❑ The declarant has conveyed at least fifty percent (50%) of the units or lots to owners other than a declarant (provide documentation per submittal requirements below); ❑ The stormwater management system is in compliance with the stormwater permit NOTE: If subdivision was built prior to 1999, the Declarant's Attorney can make a determination that the elements of the Planned Community Act (see §47F) have been met by the Declarant for the subdivision If the Declarant chooses to use this type of transfer, the determination must be in writing, signed by the attorney, and submitted to DEMLR with this form. ❑ 3. Only the proposed permittee (skip Part D below). In accordance with G. S. 143-214.7(c5) (see also SL 2013-121), this type of transfer is allowed only when all of the following items can be truthfully checked. ❑ a. The proposed permittee is either (select one of the following). ❑ The successor -owner who holds title to the property on which the permitted activity is occurring or will occur, ❑ The successor -owner who is the sole claimant of the right to engage in the permitted activity. ❑ b. The current permittee is (select at least one of the following, but all that apply): ❑ A natural person who is deceased. ❑ A partnership, Limited Liability Corporation, corporation, or any other business association that has been dissolved ❑ A person who has been lawfully and finally divested of title to the property on which the permitted activity is occurring or will occur ❑ A person who has sold the property on which the permitted activity is occurring or will occur ❑ Other (please explain): ❑ c. The proposed permittee agrees to the following requirements (all must be selected). ❑ There will be no substantial change in the permitted activity. ❑ The permit holder shall comply with all terms and conditions of the permit until such time as the permit is transferred. ❑ The successor -owner shall comply with all terms and conditions of the permit once the permit has been transferred. AUG 2 4 ?OZO Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 2 of 7 \ Apnl 27, 2013 C. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS Please mark "Y" to confirm the items are included with this form Please mark 'Y' if previously provided. If not applicable or not available, please mark N/A.: Y 1. A processing fee of five hundred and five dollars ($505 00) per G S 143-215 3D(e)(2). Y 2. Two hard copies (with original signatures) and one electronic copy of this completed form and the required items. Y 3. For proposed permittees that are corporations or LLC's, documentation from the NC Secretary of State demonstrating that the proposed permittee is a legal and viable entity able to conduct business in North Carolina Y 4. If Part B, Items 1 or 3 of this form is selected, the signed and notarized applicable O&M agreement(s) from the proposed permittee, as required by the permit. Y 5 Legal documentation that the property has transferred to the proposed permittee (such as a recorded deed for the property, uncompleted development and/or common areas) or legal documentation demonstrating that the proposed permittee is the sole claimant of the right to engage in the permitted activity. Y 6. If required by the permit and if the project has been built, a signed, sealed and dated certification document from a licensed professional stating that the stormwater management system has been inspected and that it has been built and maintained in accordance with the approved plans. Y 7. A copy of the recorded covenants and deed restrictions, if required by the permit. If the project has been built, documentation that the maximum allowed per lot built -upon area or the maximum allowed total built -upon area has not been exceeded If the project has not been built, the new owner shall provide a signed agreement to submit final recorded deed restrictions and protective covenants. N/A8.If transferring under G.S. 143-214.7(c2) (i.e, Part B, Item 2 of this form is selected), documentation verifying that 50% or more of the lots have been conveyed to individuals (not builders). Copies of the deeds of conveyance or a chart listing the lot number, lot address, owner's name, conveyance date and deed book and page number are acceptable. N/A 9 If transferring under G.S. 143-214 7(c5) (i e., Part B, Item 3 of this form is selected), provide legal documentation supporting the dissolution of the corporation or documentation supporting the current permittee was lawfully and finally divested of title of the property. N/A 10. A copy of the lease agreement if the proposed permittee is the lessee N/A 11. A copy of the pending sales agreement if the proposed permittee is the purchaser. N/A 12 A copy of the development agreement if the proposed permittee is the developer :UiE AUG 14 2020 Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 3 of 7 April 27, 2018 D. CURRENT PERMITTEE INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATION Please be sure to provide Email. 1 Current Permit Holder's Company Name/Organization DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC 2. Signing Official's Name: Robert C.G Exum 3. Signing Official's Title. Managing Member 4. Mailing Address P.O. Box 1967 City Wilmington State NC ZIP* 28402 5. Street Address: 2024 Lynnwood Drive City Wilmington State. NC ZIP : 28403 6. Phone(910) 392-9325 Email bertexum(a)aol com I, Robert C. G. Exum , the current permittee, am submitting this application for a transfer of ownership for the above listed stormwater permit under the General Statute and Session Law identified on Page 1 of this application. I hereby notify DEMLR of the sale or other legal transfer of the property/project and/or the stormwater system associated with this permit I have provided a copy of the following documents to the proposed permittee named in this application form: (select all that apply) ❑ the most recent permit; ❑ the designer's certification for each SCM; ❑ any recorded deed restrictions, covenants, common areas, drainage easements or plats, ❑ the approved plans and/or approved as -built plans; ❑ the approved operation and maintenance agreement, ❑ past maintenance records from the previous permittee (where required), ❑ a copy of the most recent inspection report, I further attest that this application and request for a permit transfer is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I attest that I have provided all of the required items per the law to transfer this permit I understand that if all required parts of this request are not completed or if all required supporting information and attachments listed above are not included, this request package will be returned as incomplete I assign all rights and obligations as permittee to the proposed permittee named below. I understand that this request to transfer the permit may not be approved by the DEMLR unless and until the facility is in compliance with the permit. that this the day of a Notary Public for the State of County of 'F_Unwi z , do hereby certify execution of the forgoing instrument. Witness my hand and official seal, personally appeared before me 20ZQ, and acknowledge the due (Notary Seal) \\\I'< KEN „Z S./ �'Vja1`�� rj a,raoTARy+"� B Notary Signature Y P � Z1 ZZ 2 •' pUe1.�6:'2� M commission expires ��?z'•. Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 4 of 7 April 27, 2018 E. PROPOSED PERMITTEE INFORMATION The proposed permittee is the: ❑ Property owner (Also complete Part F.) ® Home Owners Association (HOA), Property Owners Association (POA), or Unit Owner Association (UOA) (Also complete Part F.) ❑ Lessee - Attach a copy of the lease agreement. Both the lessee and the property owner will appear on the permit as co-permittees. If the lease is terminated, responsibility for the permit reverts to the property owner. (Also complete Parts F & G.) ❑ Purchaser -Attach a copy of the pending sales agreement. The permit will require submission of a copy of the recorded deed after the purchase has taken place /f the purchase agreement is cancelled the permit reverts to the property owner (Also complete Parts F & G.) ❑ Developer - Attach a copy of the development agreement. Both the developer and the property owner will appear on the permit as co-permittees. If the development agreement is terminated, responsibility for the permit reverts to the property owner. (Also complete Parts F & G ) 2. Proposed permittee name (check one of the following and provide the name): ❑ Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Municipality name ® HOA / POA / UOA name: Waterford Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. ❑ Sole Proprietor 3. Proposed permittee contact information: Please be sure to provide Email. a. Signing Official's Name: Robert C G Exum b. Signing Official's Title Registered Agent c Mailing Address1430 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 102 City Wilmington State' NC ZIP 28403 d. Street Address: 1430 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 102 City: Wilmington State: INC ZIP : 29403 e. Phone: (910) 392-9325 Email: bertexum(a)aol.com 4. If there is a Management Entity that manages the property for an HOA, POA or UOA, please provide: Please be sure to provide Email. a. Management Company or Business name b. Contact Name. c. Mailing Address d. City. e. Phone. (_) Email. Title: ZIP AUG 111121 BY: Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 5 of 7 April 27, 2018 F. PROPOSED PERMITTEE CERTIFICATION I, Robert C. G Exum , hereby notify the DEMLR that I have acquired through sale, lease, development agreement, or other legal transfer, the project/property covered by the stormwater management permit and/or the responsibility for constructing and/or operating and maintaining the permitted stormwater management system. I acknowledge and attest that I have received a copy of (select all that apply): ❑ the most recent permit, ❑ the designer's certification for each SCM, ❑ any recorded deed restrictions, covenants, common areas, drainage easements or plats, ❑ the approved plans and/or approved as -built plans; ❑ the approved operation and maintenance agreement, ECE OVE ❑ past maintenance records from the previous permittee (where required), _ ❑ a copy of the most recent inspection report; Ftu ® Check here if the proposed permittee agrees to be the entity responsible for addressing an issues outlined in the Compliance Inspection Report. If checked, the proposed permittee must provide a written document statement, with a "plan of action and schedule" addressed to this office stating that they will bring the project into compliance upon receipt of the transferred permit. This written "plan of action and schedule" must be received by the Division before the Division will transfer the permit. I have reviewed the permit, approved plans and other documents listed above, and I acknowledge that I will comply with the terms and conditions of the permit. I will construct the project's built -upon area as shown on the approved plans; and I will {construct), operate and maintain the approved stormwater management system pursuant to the requirements listed in the permit and in the operation and maintenance agreement. Signature tg I�Date: 2/4I ZoZI I, a Notary Public for the State of kli:)A`k, Oar,)`t✓IGi. County of ?KAr7 U)1 do hereby certify that PiObEA _ 04 C-uutn personally appeared before me this the day of Ft , 20ZL, and acknowledge the due execution of the forgoing instrument. Witness my hand d official seal, (Notary Seal) \`\\\\\Itlilllll////:ii 0�� \<ENNEOr��ii�� NotarySignatur� % Cd O1ARy 'v� c My commission expires 2 ZO Z r O 2mm' pui30 r �' yAINOtVBP Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 6 of 7 April 27, 2018 �+ _�^�._'�u ..•� .:�1': �' ��:i.�'��.'i -. G. PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATION Fill out this section only if the property owner is different from the proposed permittee The permit will revert to the property owner if the purchase agreement, development agreement or lease expires or is terminated. Company Name/Organization . Signing Official's Printed Name: Signing Official's Title: Mailing Address: City: State: ZIP Phone: (_) I, , hereby certify that I currently own the property identified in this permit transfer document and acknowledge that the Proposed Permittee listed in Part F will be purchasing the property, developing the property on my behalf, and/or leasing the property from me. A copy of the purchase agreement, development agreement or the lease agreement, which names the party responsible for the construction and/or operation and maintenance of the stormwater system, has been provided with the permit transfer request. I agree to notify DEMLR within 30 days if there are any changes to the purchase, developer or lease agreements and will submit the applicable completed and signed Permit Information Update Form, or Permit Transfer Application Form to address these changes. As the legal property owner, I acknowledge, understand, and agree by my signature below, that the permit will revert to me and I will be responsible for complying with the DEMLR Stormwater permit if the property purchase, lease or developer agreement/contract is cancelled or defaults I understand that any individual or entity found to be in noncompliance with the provisions of the stormwater management permit or the stormwater rules, is subject to enforcement action as set forth in NC General Statute (NCGS) 143, Article 21. Signature of the property owner Date: a Notary Public for the State of County of , do hereby certify that personally appeared before me this the day of , 20 , and acknowledge the due execution of the forgoing instrument. Witness my hand and official seal, (Notary Seal) Notary My commission AUU y y 1J�J BY_ Stormwater Permit Transfer Application Form Page 7 or 7 A.onl 27 2018 Pusey, Steven From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 10:46 AM To: bertexum@aol.com; Michael House Subject: Follow up inspection at Waterford Commercial Phase 2 and 3 - SW8 010706 Attachments: 2021 07 CEI_deficient 010706.pdf; 2021 07 CEI_BIMS 010706.pdf Please reference the attached inspection letter and report. Regards, 5 u-e., C. &,)�7 Steven G. Pusey Environmental Engineer II Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources State Stormwater Program North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 Office: (910) 796-7215 Direct: (910) 796-7331 Email: steven.ousev(oncdenr.aov DEQ Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties State Stormwater Inspection Request -9&'(0=/0 -2 General Please Return to Project Name: �f%a� C'o�t...!/c� z 3 Permit No: SW8 O/6%06 Expiration Date: Contact Person: w - Gre Phone Number: Inspection Type: Inspection Date: /?��' Time In: ,i:py 4-, Time Out: J� Current Weather: S �x Recent Rain (Date)? Rain - in Facility Address / Location: 4�,y (% I City: ����r//r I County: 3/N.,.f c Permit Information Density (circle one): High (HD Low (LD) Storm ater Best Management Practices (BMPs) (insert number of each): et Ponds Infiltration Basins Infiltration Trenches Dry Ponds Bioretention _Permeable Pavement Cistern Level Spreader/Filter Strip Other (spec): LD Swales Stormwater Wetlands Sand filters (circle one) Open Closed Notes or anv areas to focus on: G✓6P% SGwv(oP Co, ,� /efe /—,­ e-wtajl fro.�j Coldae// /34� Cond�c 74y, File RPVIPw Yes No NIA N/E 1. is the permit active? 2. Signed Engineer's Certification on file? 3. Signed Operation and Maintenance agreement on file? 4. Recorded Deed Restrictions on file? Cif. \/i.if• R.dB 1lnnn Ar.. /RI IAt �r rt 5. BUA is constructed and consistent with the permit requirements? 6. BUA aspermitted) is graded such that the runoff drains to the system? high density only)_ 7. Drainage area is consistent withpermit? i.e. no un ermitted drainage to the SW BMPs 8. Drainage area is stabilized? to reduce risk of sedimentation to the SW BMPs cif. Vi.if. cfnrrr.wnfar RMDc Yeuz Nn 9. Stormwater BMPs are located per the approvedplans? 10. Stormwater BMPs have dimensions a g. length, width, area matching the approvedplans? 11. Stormwater BMPs are constructed per the ap2roved fans? cif- Ili -if- rin. rofinn and MaiM.n anr. Yes, No N/A N/E qq 12. Access oints to the site are clear and well maintained? 13. Trash has been removed as needed? 14. Excessive landscape debris grass clippings, leaves etc is controlled? 15. Stormwater BMPs being operated and maintained as per the permit requirements? 16. Inspection and Maintenance records are available for inspection? hi h density only,1995 -present only) Site Visit: Other Water Quality Issues Yes No N/A N/E 18. Is the site compliant with other water quality issues as noted during the inspection? State Stormwater Inspection Report, Version 3.1_2021 02 Page 1 o1`2 a State Stormwater Inspection Request 01,�A61 laab bets rn)pakul, vet-trc�,% �JlmPes oi' �vt�t bu�c C2 �cwall arm lw.w bc�h rH2>�aa�Y�'afzip.�' of the pictures taken during the site Compliance Status ❑ Compliant Non -Compliant Letter Sent (circle one): Yes • No Letter type' .CEI NOV NOVRE Other Date Sent: Refeerrence Number: Inspector Name and -Signature: ���J—�� Date. e State Stormwater Inspection Report, Version 3 12021 02 Page 2 of 2 CAPE FEAR ENGINEERING 151 Poole Road, Suite 100 Belville, NC 28451 TEL (910) 383-1044 FAX (910) 383-1045 w .capefearengineering.com To: NCDEQ 127 Cardinal Drive Ext Wilmington, NC 28405 Attn: Steve Pusey ❑ As Requested ❑ For Your Files ❑ Sent via Mail ❑ Sent via Courier Transmittal Z ccEjVE FEB 0 4 2021 A� 2021 File: 660-01 "36" Subject: NCDEQ Stormwater Permit Transfer Response to Comments Waterford Commercial Phase II & III SW8 010706 ❑ For Distribution ® For your Review / Action / Approval Quantity Drawing No. Description 1 Copy Response Letter 1 Copy Deed BK 3122 PG 172 1 Copy Plat Map BK 56 PG 82 1 Original State Stormwater Permit Transfer Application (PG 6) REMARKS Please let us know if any other documents or information is needed. Thank you. CC Cape Fear Engineering, Inc File 660-01 "36" 1I . r Signed: U�� U! � Gavin Milli an Received By: Date CAPE FEAR ENGINEERING February 4, 2020 Steven Pusey NCDEQ 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Wilmington- NC 28405 Subject: Additional Information SW8 010706: Waterford Commercial Phase 11 & III Brunswick County Dear Steven: Please find below our responses to your comments for the above referenced permit submittal. 1. Please provide a copy of the deed showing that the HOA owns all common areas. Response: The deed showing that the HOA owns all common areas has been included with this additional information submittal. Z. Please provide the map booh1page referenced in the deed so we can easily see what land the deed covers. Response: The map book/page referenced in the deed has been included with this additional information submittal. 3. Do you know of any offsite lots that have bee built without a permit? Response: No. to our knowledge all constructed lots have received separate offsite Penn its. 4. Please check- the box on the proposed permittee certification if the HOA is willing to be responsible for maintenance issues regarding the stormwater system. There are some minor maintenance items such as bare areas that need to be seeded, and some erosion that needs repair /seeding. Response: The box on page 6 under the proposed permittee certification section has been checked. This page has been re -executed and included with this additional information request. All revised permit documents have been provided with this response letter. I trust the information provided is sufficient for your approval of this modification request and execution of the permit application. Ifyou have any questions, concerns. or need any additional information, please let us know. E V E IV L Sincerel>, FEB 0 4 2021 Gavin Milligan 151 Poole Road, Suite 100 • Belville, NC 28451 • TEL- (910)383-1044 • FAX (910)383-1045 www.copefearengineeting.com 1111 Iffill 11111 Jill 1111111111111111 V122 P OV6'4612 11,.a .k C..ty, IX aaglnter of Oaeas page I of 2 Prepared by and Returned to: Jeffrey P. Keetef Mick. Crouch, Keeler, Belun & Sayed. LLP P.O. Box 4, Wilmington, NC 28402 \N'1"1'IIOUT"1'1'1'LE EXAMINATION S"FATE 01: NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNS W ICK Present6(-jCC d Rer. -\7�>c `E 0? Total a Rev Int�.l�_ Ck: Cs '711L Int. Refund _ _ _ _ Finance of . •, net NON WARRANTY DEED 11-IISDEED,matdeft _dayof'12ef j 2010,byandbenveen,DLBE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS, I.LC. a North Carolina Limited Liability Company, whose address is tiO Gregory Road NE, Suite I, Belville, NC 2R45 L GRANl'OR, and WATERFORD BUSINESS PARK OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC, it North Carolina coipomtion, whose address is Cd) Gregory Road NE. Suite I. Belville, NC 23451, GRANTEE. WI'I NESSEPI I: THAT the said GRAN"FOR, l6r axd in wnsadeation of Ilse stun oft EN DOLLARS (SI000) axd other valuable cousideafioas to it in haixd paid by 6RAIYFEE, the receipt of which is Ixrehy. acknowitxdgtxd. Itac pointed, bayanml, sold, and conveyed, mid by tin t-pesenLs does herby grant, baigain, sell, and coney unto the said GRANTEE, its successorsand assigns, the following desernlvd property lying and being in ale County of Brunswick, and State of North Caalma. and more particularly desuibed as lollows: Being all of Lot 7, Revised, as sho,•re an that nap entitled "Map for Record, Waterford Businesv Center, Revision to Lots 3, 4, 5. 6 of MC 47 PG 73 & 6. 7, 8, 10. 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 MC 46 PG 15" ,-Inch map is recorded in Map Cabinet 56 at Page 82 of the Brunswick County Registry, reference to which nap is hereht• nrade far a more particular description. TO HAVE AND'I O HOLD Ux: alxn.e gsaatel axl tkv.»bed pranises togelxx with alland singular the rights, pfivlegm easements and appurtenances and herecdivaments belonging or in anyway appettaming unto the said GRANTEE, its successors and assigns. in fee simple ECEIVE FEB 0 k 20221 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII'II III �� P0113 nmuns <6a002 Brunswick County, NC Register of Deeds' Rage 2 of 2 IN"IESTIMONYWIIEREOP,theslid GRANTORIvesunu lthisnimuimit to besiptctlm its name by its Manager and its seal affixed, all on the day and year first ahove wrillen ULBE INVESTMENTS. LLC LOGAN NIANAGEMENTC'OMPANY, INC, Manager BY.�— . SEAL) D 1. 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NC 28402 (910)392-9325 OWNERS INVESTMENTS DUEE COMMERCIAL IVESTMENTG LLC. WINVESTRD COMMERCIAL OM ERCIAL UP LLC WATE INVESTMENTS COMM ERCIAL INVESTMENTS LLC 60 GREGORY ROAD BELVILLE. NC 28451 (910)452-7175 ,ii � CAPE FEAR NV Engineering, Inc. WAATTERFFO LLD BUSINESS•CENTER m REVISION TO LOTS 3.4. 5. 6 OF MC 47 PG 73 & 6,7, 8. 10. 11. 12, 13, 14 Pusey, Steven From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 10:50 AM To: bertexum@aol com; Michael House; Matt Haley (matt.haIey@capefearengineering.com) Subject: Permit SW8 010706 Waterford Commercial Ph 2 & 3 / Request for Additional Information #2 Attachments: 2020 12 CEI_BIMS 010706.pdf, 2020 12 sched_comp 010706.docx Dear Mr. Exum: Concerning the previous request for additional information on subject project, I am confirming the following: 1. Confirmed that the HOA owns common area with pond per online GIS and copy of deed. 2. Don't need deed book / page. 3. All offsite lots are referenced under this master permit. Individual offsite lots are responsible to get a permit before constructing impervious area. 4. On application page 6, we are checking the box for "yes' that the HOA is willing to be responsible for any and all maintenance issues regarding the stormwater system. We will continue with processing of the permit transfer based upon receiving a "plan of action" to address the maintenance issues listed on the attached "Compliance Inspection Report." Please note that the plan of action should include the attached document "Attachment D: Schedule of Compliance." The requestor needs to insert a date for compliance and sign in the appropriate space on the form. Regards, 'P«o.� Steven G. Pusey Environmental Engineer II Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources State Stormwater Program North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 Office: (910) 796-7215 Direct: (910) 796-7331 Email:, steven.pusey@ncdenr.gov QM Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Pusey, Steven From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 1:43 PM To: Michael House Subject: FW: Permit SW8 010706 / Waterford Commercial Phase 2 & 3 / Additional Information Requested FYI, Steve From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 1:23 PM To: Matt Haley (matt.haley@capefearengineering.com) <matt.haley@capefearengineering.com> Subject: FW: Permit SW8 010706 / Waterford Commercial Phase 2 & 3 / Additional Information Requested Matt, FYI. Here is my response to the Waterford project. I think all they wanted to do is transfer the permit, right?' No modification? Thanks, Steve �. P-4-4 7 Steven G.Pusey Environmental Engineer II Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources State Stormwater Program North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 Office: (910) 796-721 S Direct: (910) 796-7331 Email: steven.pusey@ncdenr.gov Q> Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Low and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 5:34 PM To: bertexum@aol.com Subject: Permit SW8 010706 / Waterford Commercial Phase 2 & 3 / Additional Information Requested Dear Mr. Exum: I have the following questions regarding your request to transfer the permit. Please reference the list below: 1. Please provide a copy of the deed showing that the HOA owns all common areas. 2. Please provide the map book/page referenced in the deed so we can easily see what land the deed covers. 3. Do you know of any offsite lots that have been built without a permit? 4. Please check the box on the proposed permittee certification if the HOA is willing to be responsible for maintenance issues regarding the stormwater system. There are some minor maintenance items such as bare areas that need to be seeded, and some erosion that needs repair / seeding. Thanks for your attention to this matter. With all information received, we expect to be able to issue a transfer of the permit. Regards, Steven G.Pusey Environmental Engineer II Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources State Stormwater Program North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 Office: (910) 796-7215 Direct: (910) 796-7331 Email: steven.pusey@ncclenr.gov -Q5 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Cow and may be disclosed to third parties. Pusey, Steven From: Pusey, Steven Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 5:34 PM To: bertexum@aol.com Subject: Permit SW8 010706 / Waterford Commercial Phase 2 & 3 / Additional Information Requested Dear Mr. Exum: I have the following questions regarding your request to transfer the permit. Please reference the list below: Please provide a copy of the deed showing that the HOA owns all common areas. Please provide the map book/page referenced in the deed so we can easily see what land the deed covers. Do you know of any offsite lots that have been built without a permit? Please check the box on the proposed permittee certification if the HOA is willing to be responsible for maintenance issues regarding the stormwater system. There are some minor maintenance items such as bare areas that need to be seeded, and some erosion that needs repair / seeding. Thanks for your attention to this matter. With all information received, we expect to be able to issue a transfer of the permit. Regards, C- P-J-7 Steven G.Pusey Environmental Engineer II Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources State Stormwater Program North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 127 Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 Office: (910) 796-7215 Direct: (910) 796-7331 Email: steven.puseyC@ncdenr.gov G'D E Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Caw and may be disclosed to third parties. Burd, Tina J From: Burd, Tina J Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 9:19 AM To: bertexum@aol.com Subject: SW8 010706 - Waterford Commercial Phase II & III The Wilmington Regional Office of the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (Stormwater Section) accepted the Stormwater Permit Transfer Application and $505.00 fee for the subject project on August 24, 2020. The project has been assigned to Steven Pusey and you will be notified if additional information is needed. Best Regards, Tina Burd Administrative Associate II Wilmington Regional Office Division of Environmental Assistance & Customer Service Phone 910-796-7215 NCDEQ Wilmington Regional Office 127 Cardinal Drive Ext. Wilmington, NC 28405 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Transfer Application Completeness Review Checklist - Short Version Project Name: OIZEfoLt) Co tekPz 2GAL. �rtA 561L�- ram. Date Delivered to Wl RO: f3/Z4 /Zo20 Permit#: �S yJq of p7010 RIMS Received/Accepted Date ZcZA Project County/Location: BCaJAS.Jr ctL/LEr_a YZ� BI MS Acknowledged Date': Permit Expriation Date: (Z120 2 ( If w/in 6 mo, stop - needs renewal UNLESS only Proposed Permittee Type & Documents Needed: new permittee is submitting Property Owner(s) Purchaser Lessee El HOA Developer Viable? Viable? ❑Viable? Viable? Viable? Deed El Purchase Agmt OLease Election Minutes Not Subdivided: Deed �50%Sold List (only if HOA doesn't sign) Subdivision: Common Area Deed Common Area Deed in HOA's Name Deed Restrictions Recorded Current Permittee Signed Application? (�Y ? N �PE Certification If not, Dissolved/No Longer Owns y / N �BUA/Lot Summary Property/ Not Living 0&M (If HOA Signed Application) Proposed Permittee Signed Application? 19N Paperwork � Application Fee' �S505 (within Scrip) Check#(s): 5 0 3S EDDeed Restrictions, if subdivided: F-1PE Certification Project Narrative Easements, Recorded (2017 Rules) FT&M on File (unless new one from HOA) Electronic Copies NOTES: 'Enter BIMS Acknowledged Date on this Sheet EMAILED ENGINEER DATE: REVIEWER NAME: c5 TE O—� kaL X Q T` , S- 3/3 D/ GWQ\\\Reference Library\Procedures\Checklists\Completeness Review Checklist_20200131 �EhSt �e-'^'t` y�.`` �- �ri �f^k QXPIre—s k2l,q (zov . Drawn By JdTrey P. Keder Blrwk Cmuch, Kai r, Beh. & Sa}nl. 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THIRD AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDIDITONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR WATERFORD BUSINESS CENTER FORMALLY KNOWN AS MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK "PHIS AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK (this "Amendment to Declaration") is made this ,19/h day of January 2008 by DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, (the -Declarant"): L-W Investment Group, LI.C, a North Carolina limited liability company: and Exam Family, LLC, a North Carolina Itrmted Inability company, all of whom have a mailing address of 60 Gregory Road, Belvdle. NC 28451. RECITALS WHEREAS, maps of subdivision of certain land located in Brunswick County, North Carolina were recorded on October 22, 2002 in Map Book 27 at Page 220 (Section I), and March 10. 2004 in Map Book 29 at Page 468 (Section 2) in the office of the Register of Deeds for Brunswick County, creating "btagnolna Business Park" (the "Business Park") and a certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park was recorded on October 4, 2001 in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick County Registry which place certain restrictions, created certain rights and imposed certain obligations on the Lots in the Business Park: and, WHEREAS, said Declaration allows for amendments under Article IX of said Declaration provided that the amendment is signed by owners holding at least sixty-seven (67%) percent of the then outstanding votes in the Magnolia Business Park Owners Association: and, AUG 2 4 2023 ' BY: P0031ir..� �°omm SrunsWck County, W Register of Deeds page 2 of 17 WHEREAS, the Declarant amended the Declaration with the First Amendment which was recorded on May 19, 2004 in Book 1946 at Page 1133 of the Brunswick County Registry: and. WHEREAS, Stability, LLC, the original Declarant, transferred all of its rights and obligations as Declarant to Waterford Commercial Investments, LLC under that certain General Assignment of Permits. Development Rights and other documents dated and recorded May 27, 2004 in Book 1951 at Page 554 of the Brunswick County Registry, and, WHEREAS, Waterford Commercial Investments, LLC thereafter changed its name to DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC upon filing Articles of Amendment for Name Change with the North Carolina Secretary of State on July 2, 2004, and, WHEREAS, the Declarant, which at the time held not less than sixty-seven percent (67%) of the outstanding votes in the Magnolia Business Park Owners Association, amended the Declaration with the Second Amendment which was recorded on April 21. 2006 in Book 2375 Page 1412 of the Brunswick County Registry, and, WHEREAS, the Second Amendment under Article VIL, Section 2 allows for the Declarant to add additional land to the Business Park so long m the land is contiguous to the Business Park and occurs within three (3) years of the Second Amendment. and further to recombine or subdivide the existing Lots in said Business Park, and, WIIEREAS, thereafter. the Declarant, which at that time held not less than sixty-seven percent (67%) of the votes in the Magnolia Business Park Owners Association. caused to be recorded a subdivision plat in Map Book 36 Page 189 of the Brunswick County Registry, which further subdivided certain Lots in the Business Park: and WHEREAS, the Declarant conveyed two certain tracts described by metes and bounds but comprising all of Lots 7 and 10 shown on the map recorded in Map Book 36 Page 189 to Exum Family, LLC by deed recorded in Book 2484 Page 297 of the Brunswick County Registry, and, WHEREAS, said Exum Family, LLC also is also the owner of two tracts of land that are contiguous to the Business Park as described in the deed to Exum Family. LLC recorded in Book 2526 Page 1299 of the Brunswick County Registry, and as further identified as Lots I I and 12 in that map recorded in Map Book 35 Page 226 of the Brunswick County Registry: WHEREAS, the Declarant conveyed Lot 8 of the Business Park as shown upon the map recorded in Map Book 36 Page 189 to L-W Investment Group. LLC by deed recorded in Book 2350 Page 1387 of the Brunswick County Registry, and, WHEREAS, the Declarant, desires to further amend the Declaration, to add additional contiguous land to the Business Park, to further subdivide existing Lots in the Business Park, to define the specific rights and responsibilities appurtenant to and binding upon such subdivided lots. to create easements for access and enjoyment for owners of all Lots in the Business Park, and to change the name of the Business Park to "WATERFORD BUSINESS CENI ER'-: and. WHEREAS. Exum Family. LLC concurs with the terms of the Declaration and this Amendment, and agrees to be bound thereby, and further desires to subject that property described in III I IIIIII I IIII II IIII III III III I III RRobert J. Robinson aageoo Brunsgaok County, NC Register of Deeds page 3 of 17 the deed recorded in Book 2526 Page 1299 and in Book 2484 Page 297 of the Brunswick County Registry, referenced above to the terms hereof, and for that purpose, for itself and its successors and assigns, join in this Amendment to subject all of its Lots identified herein above to the Declaration as Amended and to this Amendment; and WHEREAS, the L-W Investment Group, LLC concurs with the terns of this amendment and agrees to be bound thereby, and for that purpose, for itself and its successors and assigns, join in this Amendment to subject its Lot to the terms of this Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Declarant, Exam Family, LLC and L-W Investment Group, LLC which together currently hold not less than sixty-seven percent (67"/6) of the outstanding votes in the Association desire to Amend the Declaration as set forth herein as evidenced by their execution of this document below. NOW, RIEREFORE, the Declarant pursuant to the authority and powers granted under Article IX of the Declaration and under Article VII, Section 2 of the Second Amendment does hereby further amend the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park as set forth herein, and Exam Famdv, LLC and L-W Investment Group, LLC. for themselves and their successors and assigns, do subject their respective properties identified herein above, to the Declaration. as Amended heretofore and as further Amended hereby, with the intent that their properties shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the easements, restrictions, covenants, rights, responsibilities and obligations applicable to all Lots in the Business Park, and thereunto to bind any parties having any right, title or interest in the said properties, and their hens, successors and assigns, all of which shall inn with the properties of the said real property and shall inure to the benefit of any and all owners of Lots in the Business Park A. The name of the Business Park, Including references to all previously recorded plats for Magnolia Business Park, and all subsequently recorded plats of the properties, shall be and Is hereby changed to WATERFORD BUSINESS CENTER. References herein to "Business Park" shall mean Magnolia Business Park which shall hereafter be known as WATERFORD BUSINESS CENTER. B. The applicable Sections of Article I of the Declaration. as amended, shall be further amended, modified and supplemented as follows. ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS Section 1. "Association" shall mean and refer to WATERFORD 1USINESS CENTER OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. INC.. a North Carolina non-profit corporation, which is the successor by name change to Magnolia Business Park Owners' Association. Inc Section 3. "Cornmon Area" shall mean all real and personal property, and interests therein. now or hereafter owned or leased by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of Owners, as provided under the Declaration, as amended, including but not limited to those private streets, roads or alleys, easement areas upon lots which are for the common use and enjoyment of the Owners, the retention/detention pond referred to in the Declaration, and shown on the plats of subdivision recorded in Map Book 46 Page 15 and Map Book 47 Page 73 IIIIIIInllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III B b1errtt J Rob raum aaaeoo Brursilck County, NC Register of Oeeds page 4 of 17 of the Brunswick County Registry, and any other areas now or subsequently identified as "Common Areas", "Common Elements' or similar designation on any recorded map or plat of subdivision for Magnolia Business Park, or Waterford Business Center. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing. "Common Area" shall specifically include all roads, drives and driveways, access easements, medians and landscaped areas, curbs and gutters, utility casements, sanitary sewer and stormwater easements or systems which are shown upon the maps entitled "Waterford Business Center, Lots 7, 9-18", recorded on December 4, 2007 in Map Book 46 Page 15 of the Brunswick County Registry and "Waterford Business Center, (formerly Magnolia Business Center), Lots 3. 4, 5, 6, Revision to Plat Recorded in M.0 47. Pg 12". recorded on January 24, 2008 in Map Book 47 Page 73 of the Brunswick County Registry . Section 6. "Lot" shall mean or refer to anv numbered or lettered plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision trap of properties including any further subdivision of those lots and anv additional lots added to the subdivision as permitted herein with the exception of common areas, streets and roads. At the time of this Amendment to the Declaration the lots shall consist of Lots 1,23 and 4 as said Lot 1 is shown on map of Section I of Magnolia Business Park, which is recorded in Map Cabinet 27 at Page 220 of the Brunswick County Registry and as Lot 2 as shown on map of Section 2 of Magnolia Business Park, which is recorded in Map Cabinet 29 at Page 468 of the Brunswick County Registry, and further shall consist of Lots 4 and 5 Wolflrap Subdivision as shown upon the map recorded in Map Cabinet 19 at Pave 481 of the Brunswick County Registry, and further shall consist of Lot 8, as shown on the map recorded in Map Book 33 Page 325 of the Brunswick County Registry, and further shall consist of Lots 7, 9-18 as shown on the subdivision map for Waterford Business Center recorded in Map Book 46 at Page 15 of the Brunswick County Registry, and Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 as shown on the map of subdivision of lots in Waterford Business Center recorded in Map Book 47 Page 73 of the Brunswick County Registry. Lot 7, is designated on the Maps recorded in Map Book 46 Page 15 and in Map Book 47 Page 73 of the Brunswick County Registry is designated for use as a retention pond for stormwater runoff shall be part of the Common Area as defined in these Covenants Section It. "Architectural Committee" means the standing committee of the Association as specified in Article VI of the Declaration, to approve the design, construction, operation, use, appearance and such other requirements as set forth herein, of all Buildings, Strictures, landscaping and other improvements erected or to be erected, from time to time, on any portion of Property (together with all alterations, modifications, additions, deletions thereto). Section 12. "Assessments" shall mean and refer collectively to all assessments of any kind or nature provided for in this Declaration (including, without limitation, General. Annual, Special and Specific Assessments). Section 13. 'Board" shall mean the duly elected and constituted Executive Board of the Association. Section 14. 'Bylaws" shall mean the Bylaws of the Association, as amended from nine to time. Section 15. Special Assessment shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Article V (Il) Section 3 of this Declaration, as amended IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIoil IIIII 62735 P0049 °=o:3: arwisusck County, NC Replater of Deeds papa 5 of 17 Section 16. "Specific Assessment" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Amcle V (B) Section J o f this Declaration, as Amended. Section 17. "Registry" shall mean the Office of the Register of Deeds of Brunswick County. North Carolina. C. All of Article 11 of the Declaration, as amended, is hereby deleted and the following Article 11 shall be inserted in place thereof ARTICLE 11 PROPERTY RIGHT'S Section I. OWNER'S EASEMENT'S OF ENJOYMENT. livery Owner shall have a nght and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Area and easements shown upon any plat of the Business Park, whether now or hereafter recorded, which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions: (a) the right of the Association to permit the use of and to charge reasonable fees for the use of the Common Area: (b) the right of the Association to suspend the voting rights of an Owner or Occupant for any period during which any assessment against his Lot remains unpaid or for any infraction of its published rules and regulations: (c) the right of the Association to grant easements and rights of way to others, and to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority or utility for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the Association consistent with the terms of this Declaration and the Articles and Bylaws of the Association Provided, however, that no dedication or transfer of any Common Area by the Association shall be effective unless an instrument signed by (p two-thirds (2/3) of the Members and (u) Declamnt, so long as Declarant owns any Lot in the Business Park, agreeing to such dedication or transfer, has been recorded, (d) the right of the Association to impose regulations for the use and enjoyment of the Common Area and any improvements thereon, which regulations may further restrict the use of the Common Area: and (e) the right of the Association in accordance with its Articles and Bylaws, to borrow money for the purpose of maintenance and/or improving the Common Area and Facilities thereon. Section 2. Private Roads. In the development of the Property, the Declarant may construct certain private streets, roads and accessways within the Business Park connecting Lots to public rights -of - way The Owners shall have no more than a non-exclusive easement Ibr ingress and egress over and across such private streets for themselves, their tenants. clients, customers, agents, employees. representatives, invitees and assigns, and there shall be no public rights of any kind therein except as may be dedicated by the Declarant Declarant reserves unto itself its successors and assigns, all easements and nglns of way over the private streets, roads and accessways and Common Areas for ingress, egress. utilities for access to and development of Lots, or any other property, whether located within the Business Park or outside of the Business Park. III Jill III B2735 P00410,_3�aaa9 0 19 36 000 Robert i. Robinson arunswck County, NC R.Rlster of D.eds Oepe a of 17 Section 3. Reserved Rights. Declarant reserves unto itself, its successor and assigns the following rights: (a) the right to complete improvements indicated on its plats and plans: (b) the right to exercise any development rights: (c) the right to use easements through the common elements liir the purpose of making improvements within the Properties or within real estate which maybe added to the Property; (d) the right, during the period of development, to abandon easements, realign or relocate easements, and create easements. over and across any Lot in the Business Park, provided however, the right reserved hereby shall not be used or applied in such a way to materially impair any Owner's reasonable rights of use and enjoyment of that Owner's Lm and, (e) the right to convey one or more perpetual, non-exclusive easements over, upon. above or below the private streets, roads, accessways, utility easements, drainage easements, and all other casements or Common Areas for the Business Park. to one or more persons, Associations or entities, but only for such purpose as is specifically designated on any and all maps for the Business Park recorded in the Register of Deeds Ibr Brunswick County, Section 4. Changes Declarant hereby reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to change, alter, designate or redesignate streets, roads, accessways, medians, drainage facilities and casements, and to change, alter, designate and/or re -designate such other present and proposed Common Areas as may, in the solejudgment of Declarant, be necessary or desirable within the Business Park and/or any other adjoining tracts of land, except that Developer shall have no right to change, alter or redesignate the character of the use of the Lots in the Property. Section 5. Services. An easement is hereby granted m all police, fire protection, ambulance and all similar persons. companies or agencies performing emergency services to enter upon the Lots, easements and Common Areas in the performance of their duties. Also, an easement is hereby established over all Lots, easements and Common Areas Cor the benefit of applicable governmental agencies for the setting, removing, and reading of water meters, maintaining and replacing water, drainage and drainage facilities, garbage collection and delivery of mail. D. The applicable Sections of Article IV of the Declaration, as amended, shall be further amended. modified and supplemented as follows. ARTICLE 1N' MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS Section 1. Members. Every fee simple Owner of a Lot shall be a Member of the Association during the period such Owner holds its fee simple interest. If fee simple title to a Lot is held by more than one person, each such person shall be a Meniher but the voting rights with respect to such Lot shall be exercised jointly in the manner hereinafter provided An Owner of more than one Lot is entitled to one membership for each Lot owned Each membership is appurtenant to and may not be separated from IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III 8Y735 J. Ro r0 340000 Bru.lok Cmnty, NC Regrster of Be". page 7 of 17 the Lot upon which it is based and such membership shall be transferred automatically by conveyance of fee simple title to that Lot No person other than a fee simple Owner of a Lot may be a Member of the Association, and a memberstp in the Association may not be transferred except by the transfer of title to a Lot. Until annexation of additional properties by Declarant, further recombination or subdivision Lots as allowed in Article V IL Section 2, the vote allocations for each Lot shall be as follows: LOT_ VO 1'I7S 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 5 1 6 3 7 COMMON AREA 8 2 g 3 10 2 11 3 12 1 13 1 IJ 2 15 3 16 2 17 1 18 1 'Total Votes 34 In the event Declarant exercises its rights to annex additional properties into the Business Park, or existing Lots are recombined or further subdivided pursuant to Article VII Section 2, the tollowing formula shall dictate the reallocation of votes and assessment liabilities: the smallest lot (measured by square footage) within the Association shall be assigned one vote. All other lots shall be assigned a vote as follows, any lot whose square footage is less than 150%of the smallest lot shall be assigned I vote, any lot whose square footage is more than 150% of the smallest lot and less than 250% of said lot shall be assigned 2 votes and all other lots whose square footage is note than 250% of the smallest Iol shall have 3 votes. When more than one person holds an interest in any lot, all such persons shall be Members The vote or votes for such lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, but in no event shall multiple Owners of a lot be entitled to cast more than the vote to such lot E. All of Article V of the Declaration. as amended. is hereby deleted and the following Article shall be inserted in place thereof. IIIIIII IIIIIII IIII II IIII III I I III II III B??35 PJ. 0043 Robinson .34000 Brunwlck County, NC Register of U.tis page a of 19 ARTICLE. V COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE AND ASSESSMENTS A. Common Areas. Section 1. The Common Areas Subject to the rights of Owners and Declarant as set forth in this Declaration, the Association has exclusive management and control of the Common Areas and all irrpmvenenis thenem and all personal property relating thereto (a) The Associations duns with respect to such Common Ares include, but are not limited to, the following(a) the msnlemence of the Common Areas: (b) the management operation. maintenance repair, servicing. replacement and renewal of all landscaping, improvements, equipment and personal property constituting part of the Common Areas or located upon the Comnnn Ards so as to keep all of the foregoing in good. cleai, attractive. sanitary, safe and serviceable candihon, order and repair; (c) all landscaping of the Common Arras: (d) the maintenance of adequate public liability. properly casualty and harard insurance for the benefit ol'the Association with respect to the Common Areas: (e) the payment of all taxes and assessments validly levied, assessed or imposed with respect to Common Areas: and. (p the management, operation. a>amtettau( e, repair. Servicing, replacing and renewal of all Roads and all improvements thereon: provided however, that following the mr nocable acceptance of the Roads for maintenance as public rights of way by the applicable governmental entities. the maintenance obligations of the Association for the Roads shall only be the extent such activities are not peribrined by the applicable governmental entities. The Association may also provide other services, such as, but not limited to. security services as the Association deems appropriate. (b) In the event that the need for maintenance upon or replacement of the Common Areas is caused (i) by construction activities on a Lot by an Owner or its agents or contractors, or (it) by the willful or negligent acts of any Owner or its agents or contractors, then the cost of such maintenance, replacement or repairs shall he home exclusively by such Owner, shall be added to and become a part of the assessments to the Lot or Lots of such Owner. and shall constitute a Specific Assessment. (c) To stare continuity and to protect property values. Declarant may in the exercise of its discretion require that all landscaping be done and performed by the saute entity on all Common Areas ad all Lots within the property. In the even the landscaping is to bo performed by one entity, the charges therefore shall be reasonably allocated to the Lots by the Association and collected by the Association. Section 2. $emcees. 'Dire Association may obtain and pay for the services of any person to manage its a(lairs to the extent the Board dams advisable, as well as such other personnel as are fimushed or employed directly by the Association or by any person with whom it contracts. Without limitation die Board may obtain and pay for legal and accounting services necessary or desirable in connection with the Common n Areas or its duties ad rights under this Declamtton the Articles, the Bylaws aid/or the Rules and Regulations (as defused In Section 5 04 herem ); provided, howevr. the Declarant shall bear all costs to establish this Declaration and related documents required to establish the Association. Section 3. Properly Owned by Association. the Association may acquire. hold. and dispose of real property and tangible and intangible personal properly, subject to such restrictions as from time to time nay be contained in the Articles and Bylaws. The Declarant agrees to convey to the Association (by easement or in fee simple) the then -established Common Areas within three (3) months IIII I I IIIIIIIIIII II IIII IIIII IIII III B2b135 PUUR1pinitnsoo as oa arunsaack Ce ty, NC Register of bands pays 9 of 17 following the conveyance by Declarant of all Lots in the subdivision, provided, however, the Declarant shall be entitled, in the Declarant's sole discretion, to convey all or any portion of the Common Areas to the Association prior to the deadline provided above. The Association shall accept title to such Common Areas subject to all easements, encumbrances and restrictions of record All costs, if any, associated with such transfer or assignment shall be home by the Declarant Section 4. Rules and Regulations. The Association, tivough its Board, from time to nine, may adopt, alter, amend, rescind, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing building and maintenance standards for and the use, enjoyment and operation of the Property (including, without limitation, all Lots, the Common Areas, Parking Areas, and any combination thereof) (the 'Rules and Regulations"). The Rules and Regulations shall be consistent with the rights and duties established by this Declaration (although same may further restrict the use of the Common Areas). The Rules and Regulations shall be binding upon the Owners, and the Association shall have the right to establish penalties and fines for any infractions of this Declaration, the Articles, the Bylaws and the Rules and Regulations (including, without limitation. monetary fines and other sanctions for violation of the rules which may be collected by a hen and foreclosure as a Specific Assessment). the validity of the Association's Rules and Regulations, and then enforcement, shall be detemmrieel by a standard of reasonableness for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of the Property as a first class project. Section 5. Implied Rights The A s s o c i a t i o n may exercise any other right, power or privilege given to it expressly by this Declaration or Bylaws, and every other right, power, or privilege reasonably to be implied from the existence of any right, power, or privilege so granted or reasonably to effectuate the exercise of any right, power, or privilege so granted. The Association shall have the power to do any and all lawful things which racy be authorized. required, or permitted to be done by the Association on under and by virtue of this Declaration and to do and perform any and all acts which may be necessary or proper for or incidental to the exercise of any of the express powers of the Association for the safety and/or general welfare of the Owners Without in any way lunitmg the generality of the foregoing, after five (5) days' written notice with a specified time stated to adhere to the provisions set forth herein, the Association shall have the power and authority at any time and from time to time, without lability to any Owner, to enter onto any Lot for the purpose of enforcing any and all of the provisions called for herein, or for the purpose of maintaining and repairing any such Lot if. for any reason whatsoever, the Owner thereof fails to maintain or repair such Lot as regmred. The Association shall also have the power and authority from time to time, in its own name, on its own behalf or on behalf of any Owner or Owners who consent thereto, to commence and maintain actions and suits to restrain or enjoin a breach or threatened breach of this Declaration. the Articles and Bylaws of the Association and to enforce, by mandatory injunction or otherwise, the provisions of (lie Declaration, the Articles and Bylaws of the Association. Section 6. Conveyance and Acceptance of Permits. The Declarant shall assign and transfer to the Association all applicable regulatory permits including stormwater retention and all modifications thereto, including all duties and responsibilities thereunder. IItie Association by and through the Members shall be obligated to accept transfer of the permit and such rights, duties and obligations B. Assessments. Section 1. Assessments Established. (a) General Annual Assessments as provided in Section 3 of this Article. (b) Special Assessments provided in Section 3 of this Article IIIIIIIilllll�lllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III Robar! SWR bi sen pmam arwts�ack CounlY, NC Ro91sler of O.atls pa9� . of I'! (c) Specific Assessments as provided in Section 4 of this Article. All of the foregoing (together with interest at the maximum rate allowed by law, court costs, late charges, charges for reasonable attomeys' fees and all costs and expenses of collection) are continuing charge on the land and are secured by a continuing hen against which such assessments are made, as provided in Section 7 below. Each assessment (together with interest at the maximum rate allowed by law, court costs, late charges, charges for reasonable attorneys' fees and all costs and expenses of collection) is also the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such Lot when such assessment became due and is a lien on the Lot, which lien will remain on the Lot even if title to the Lot is transferred to any other person or entity whether or not related to the Owner, provided, however, the personal obligation for delinquent assessments shall not pass to the Owner's successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. Coowners of a Lot shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire amount of the assessment. Section 2. General Annual Assessment. The General Annual Assessment shall be used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety and welfare of the Owners of Lots within the Business Park, (i) the operation, management, maintenance, repair, servicing, security, renewals, replacement and impmvcment of the Common Arms and other responsibilities of the Association set forth in this Declaration. (it) taxes assessed on the Common Areas; (in) insurance on and with respect to the Common Areas (including but not necessarily limited to liability, hazard, wind, and hail insurances in such amounts as deemed appropriate by the Board): and (iv) all other general activities and expenses of the Association. including the enforcement of this Declaration, including but not necessarily limited to the payment of costs and expenses relating to: (a) The Stormwaier Pond and associated retention facilities maintenance and repair and compliance with all terms and conditions of stormwater retention Permits (b) Maintenance and repair of drainage and utility easements: (c) Maintenance, cleaning, repair and replacement of any private access roads, except that private drive easement which runs from Waterford Business Center Way to Waterford Commercial Property and shown as "Existing 24' Central Access and Ulihty Easement' on the map recorded in Map Book 36 Page 189 of the Brunswick County Registry; (d) Stuart repair replacement and cleanup: (e) Street lights and all other utilities: (f) Street light maintenance: (g) Common Areas general maintenance and reserve; (h) Street and sidewalk snow removal; (t) Liability, hazard, wind and had insurance: 0) Officers' and directors' insurance, (k) Tax preparation. (I) Bookkeeping and Management Agent fees; (m) Office supplies/check printing: (n) Property taxes on Common Areas, and, (o) Common signs and sign easements; The General Annual Assessment provided for herein shall commence on the date of conveyance of each Lot to an Owner other than Declarant and shall be prorated based upon the number of calendar months, or portion thereof; retraining in the fiscal year in which the conveyance of each I of occurs Section 3. Special Assessments. In addition to the General Annual Assessment. the II I II I I IIIIIII II II II III I I I I I II I I �II RY U ort 1flRRan ,son aa0000 Bf VrlaYtek County, W Register of Deeds peg. 1t of 17 Association may levy a Special Assessment for the purpose of defraying, in whole or of part. the cost of any acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renewal, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Areas and for such other purposes as may be determined from tune to time by the Board, provided such assessment first is approved by a vole of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at a duly called meeting of the Association, subject to the quorum requirements established by the Declaration and Bylaws, and subject to the requirement that written notice of the meeting and of the proposed action is sent to Members of the Association at least ten (10) days prior to such meeting but not more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting. Any such Special Assessment may be payable in one or more installments with or without interest as the Board determines. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration, the Board may, at any time rn and from time to time, levy a Special Assessment should the Board dereine that there shall be a deficit in its receipts versus its operating expenditures for any fiscal year of the Association. T he purpose of such Special Assessment shall be to defray any such deficit Ratification of the levy ofthis Special Assessment shall be required by a simple majority vote of the votes cast al a duly called meeting of the Association for the purpose of acting on such Special Assessment subject to the requirement that written notice of the meeting and of the proposed action is sent to the Menibers of the Association at least ten 00) days prior to such meeting, but not more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting Section 4. Specific Assessments. The costs and expenses associated with the operation. management, maintenance, repair, servicing, security, renewals, replacement. landscaping, landscape maintenance and improvements to that private drive casement which runs from Waterford Business Center Way to Waterford Commercial Property and shown as "Existing 24' Central Access and Utility Easement' on the map recorded in Map Book 36 Page 189 of the Brunswick County Registry shall be assessed to, paid by, and shall be a lien upon all Lots in the Business Park except Lots I and 2 (who shall have no responsibilities to share in those costs) (the "Specific Assessment Lots") The allocation of such assessment responsibility shall be home equally by the Specific Assessment Lots. Such Specific Assessment may be levied together with, or separate from, the General Assessment, as determined by the Board. Additionally, a Specific Assessment my be levied against any specific Lot or Lots in the event the Owner (or Owners) of such Lot (or Lots) fails to pay such indebtedness due to the Association within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor: (I) any and all accrued indebtedness of any Owner to the Association arising under any provision of this Declaration, ansing by contract (express or implied), or arising because of any act or omission of any Owner or person for whose conduct such Owner is legally responsible or to cover the costs incurred in bnnging a Lot into compliance with this Declamtion, the Articles, the Bylaws or the Rules and Regulations of the Association; (2) any common expense or portion thereof benefiting fewer than all of the Lots: and/or (3) any costs incurred by the Association to bring the relevant Lot(s) or Coniriwn Areas into compliance with the terms of these Restrictions, the Articles, Bylaws or Rules and Regulations caused by the failure of Owner, or the Owners agents, lessecs, guests, or invitees, to comply with such provisions (including, without limitation. any acts of negligence or misconduct). In the event any Owner fads to perform any obligation required herein, the Association may perform such obligation on the Owner's behalf, assess a fine for such failure to comply, and levy the cost of such perfamiance or remedy against the Owner and the Owner's Lot(s) as a Specific Assessment hereunder. Section 5. Amount Due Dates. The assessment period shall be the fiscal year I he amount of the General Annual Assessment, as deternined in accordance with a budget prepared according to the criteria contained in Section 2, shall be fixed by the Board on or before January I of each calendar year. Further, the Board shall likewise prepare a budget for the Specific Assessments as contained in Section 4, and fix such assessment on or before January I of each calendar year Written notice of the assessments shall be given each Owner The Board shall establish the due dates in its discretion. 'fhe General Annual Assessments and the budgeted Specific Assessments shall be paid at least annually, 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 B? P0041:�� a�amm Bruisuuk Cmoty, MC R.9ister er Oseds page 12 c, t7 although the Board may require them to he paid more often. As to each Lot (but subject to Section A above), the amount of each assessment shall be the sum obtained by multiplying the total General Annual Assessment amount as described above by a fraction having as its numerator a number equal to the gross square feet of Owner's Lot and as its denominator a number equal to the total square footage of all Lots in the subdivision. Section 6. Commencement. The assessments provided by this Article will commence as to each Lot on the date of the conveyance of the Lot to an Owner other than Declarant. Section 7. Assessment Lien All sutras assessed to :my Lot (together with interest at the maximum rate allowed by law, court costs, late charges, charges for reasonable attorneys' fees and all costs and expenses of collection) are secured by a continuing lien on such Lot in favor of the Association. Such lien is subject and interior to the hen of any Mortgage encumbenng such Lot: but all other lienors acquiring liens on any Lot after the Declaration is recorded are deemed to consent that such hens are inferior to the lien established by this Declaration whether or not such consent is set forth in the instrument creating such hen. The recording of this Declaration constitutes constructive notice to all subsequent purchasers and creditors, or either, of the existence of the Associations lien and its pnonty.'Ihe Association from time to time may, but is not required to do so, record a notice of lien against any Lot to further evidence the lien established by this Declaration Section 8. Association Remedies. Any assessment or portion thereof not paid within ten (10) days after its due date is deemed to be delinquent and shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) the rate of eighteen percent (I8%) per annum or (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable law from the date of such default. Further, and without limiting or restricting any other remedies available, any Owner who fads to pay any assessment after ten (10) days shall be assessed a late charge in an amount of five percent (5%) of the assessment which is delinquent, and such amount shall be added to the assessment owed and shall become a lien pursuant in Section 7 above. Further, the Association shall be entitled to enforce all remedies of the Association provided herein for delinquent assessments if such delinquency continues for thirty (30) days following written demand by the Association to cure such delinquency. Upon an Owner's failure to pay an'v installment which installment payments are permitted, the Association may declare the whole assessment, including late charges and interest, immediately due and payable The Association may sue the Owner personally obligated to pay such assessment for a money judgment and/or may foreclose its lien against the Lot. A suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid assessments may be maintained without foreclosing. waiving. or otherwise impairing the security of the Association's lien or its priority No Owner may waive or escape lability for the Association's assessment by nonuse of the Common Areas or by abandonment of such Owner's Lot Section 9. Foreclosure. The lien for sums assessed pursuant to this Article shall be deemed a mortgage for the purposes of, and may be foreclosed by appropriate action in accordance with .Article 29A of Chapter I of the North Carolina General Statutes, or may be foreclosed in any other manner permitted by law In any such foreclosure, the Owner is required to pay all costs and expenses of foreclosure, including reasonable attorneys' fees All such costs and expenses are secured by the lien foreclosed. Such Owner also is required to pay the Association all assessments against the Lot that become due during the penod of foreclosure, which also are secured by the Len foreclosed and will be accounted and paid as of the date the Owner's title is divested by foreclosure. The Association has the right and power to bid at the foreclosure or other legal sale to acquire the Lot foreclosed, or to acquire such Lot by deed or other proceeding in lieu of foreclosure, and thereafter to hold, convey, lease, rent, use and otherwise deal with such Lot as its owner. If any foreclosure sale results in a deficiency, the Illllllllllnlllll11Jill 1111111111111 jj1AP0048.° Brvssurck t ty. NC Register of Deeds page 13 of 17 Owner shall remain liable therefor. The Association may not own or otherwise acquire Lots except pursuant to foreclosure of the Association's hen or pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Association's lien. Section 10. Subordination of Liens. The hen provided for herein in connection with a given Lot or Lots shall be subordinate to the lien or any Mortgage that is of record as an encumbrance against such Lot or Lots The sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to a judicial foreclosure or foreclosure by power of sale of a Mortgage encumbering any Lot shall extinguish any subsequent assessment lien which has attached and become effective with regard to the Lot being so transferred, and shall prohibit the creation of any [ten against such Lot on account of expenditures which became due prior to the date of such sale or transfer: provided, however, that there shall bell lien on the interests of the purchaser at such sale which shall attach, be created and become effective, and be foreclosed in accordance with this Declaration and which shall secure all assessments becoming due after the date of any such sale or transfer. For the purposes of this section, a sale or transfer of a Lot shall be deemed to occur on the date of recordation of a deed or other instrument of title evidencing the conveyance of record title to the Lot. Section 11. Working Capital. At the time title to a Lot is conveyed to an Owner by Declarant and in every transaction thereafter involving the sale of the ].of, each new Owner shall contribute to the Association as working capital an amount to be designated by the Declarant (such amount not to exceed the amount of the total General Annual Assessment due relative to such Lot during the calendar year of such conveyance), Such funds shall be used for operating and capital expenses of the Association such as prepaid insurance, supplies and the expenses of maintaining the Cormnon Areas as provided herein. Amounts paid into the working capital fund are not to be considered as an advance payment of the General Annual Assessment. All working capital funds shall become a part of the general operating and revenue funds of the Association Section 12. Exemption of Declarant Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration, Declarant shall be exempt from the payment of Assessments for any (i) unsold Lot(s) owned by Declarant which are unplatted or platted of record in the Registry and (ii) any other portions of the Property owned by Declarant. F. Article VIL Section 2, of the Declaration, as amended, is hereby deleted and shall be replaced with the applicable Section set forth below, and further Article VII is modified and supplemented hereby as set forth below: ARTICLE VD LAND USE, ADDITIONS RECOMBINATIONS, IMPROVENIENTS AND RESTRICTIONS Section 2. Additions, Recombination and Subdivision of Lots. "1'he Declarant reserves the right to recombine and subdivide any Lots which are owned by Declarant at the time of such recombination or subdivision, and to add additional land to the Business Park so long as the land is contiguous to the Business Park and occurs within twenty (20) years of this Amendment. No Lot(s) shall be combined nor shall any lots be further subdivided by an Owner unless the prior written consent of the Declarant shall be obtained. Any permuted recombination or subdivision shall meet all applicable requirements of the 'rown of Belville and Brunswick County. In Lite event of any other permitted recombination or subdivision, the Board of Directors of the Association, in its sole discretion and without consent of any Members, shall reallocate the votes set out in SECTION 1, ARTICLE IV of IIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII �13? !k.�so. 3 °aaa aruisulcN Covity, NC Relater of Dead. Page 11 of 17 the Declaration, as amended. Such reallocations shall be effective from the date of recording an amendment to the Declaration setting out such reallocations. Section 4. General Restrictions. The Lots shall be used only for those purposes as permitted in this Declaration and in the writing ordinances of the Town of Belville and/or County of Brunswick in Come and effect on the date of this Declaration (as the same may hereafter from time to time be amended). The Declarant reserves the right, however, further to limit or restrict the use of a particular Lot or Lots under the provisions noted throughout these Restrictions prior to the time such Lot or Lots are conveyed. No use will be made of any [.of or any portion thereof or any Building or Structure thereon at any time, nor shall any materials or products be manufactured, processed or stored thereon or therein. which shall in the opinion of the Declarant and/or the Architectural Review Committee cause an undue fire or health hazard to adjoining properties, detract or unreasonably hinder the visibility of adjoining properties, or constitute a nuisance, or cause the emission of noxious odors or gases or smoke, or cause noises or other conditions which might violate the purpose and intent of these Restrictions and development criteria. No antenna or tower shall be erected on the Property for any purpose without prior written approval from the Declarant. Satellite dishes will be allowed as approved by the Architectural Review Committee in its sole discretion G. All of Article VIII, Section 2. Stonnwater Regulations, of the Declaration, as amended, is hereby deleted and the following Section shall be inserted in place thereof. ARTICLE Vlll UTILITY, DRAINAGE NN'U ACCESS EASEMENTS; EMERGENCY EASEMENT Section 2. Stormwater Runoff Regulations. Covenants perlaming to stormwater are to ensure compliance with North Carolina State Management Permit Number SW8010706 as issued by the Division of Water quality under NCAC 2H 1000 All drainage swales or drainage patients used to treat stormwater runoff as required by the State of North Carolina may not be filled in, piped or changed without the consent of the Successor Declarant or its designee, the Association and the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality The State of North Carolina is hereby made a beneficiary of these Protective Covenants to lire extent necessary to enforce compliance with its stonnwater management permit This section containing the stonmwater runoff regulations cannot be changed or deleted without the written consent of the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality The maintenance of the stonnwater runoff system shall be a common expense and an obligation of the Association l he maximum allowable built -upon area per lot is as follows. LO 1' S_QUAREFEE"I' 1 73,050 2 62.000 3 43.305 4 26,984 5 27,083 6 58,780 11 Jill III 1111111111 82135 P0950 n. , a4 ace o Bruns ick County, NC Register of Deeds page IB of 17 7 42,814 8 31,382 9 104,779 10 55,962 11 62,888 12 23,787 13 22,981 14 40,106 15 54.412 16 39,941 17 22,648 18 24,284 Successor Declarant may further amend this section, at any time and in its sole discretion, to re- allocate a portion of the maximum allowable built -upon area assigned to any Lots owned by the Declarant. Declarant's right to re -allocate such built -upon area assignments shall terminate and expire as to each Lot when such I.e( is conveyed by Declarant. 'Phis allotted amount includes any built -upon area constructed within the boundaries of each such Lot, and that portion of the right-of-way. between the front lot line and the edge of the pavement Built upon area includes, but is not limited to, structures, asphalt, concrete, gravel, brick, stone, slate, cogmna, and parking areas, but does not include raised, open wood decking, or the water surface of swimming pools. All runoff from built -upon areas on the lot must drain into the permuted system. This may be accomplished through providing roof dram gutters which drain into the street, grading the lot to dram toward the street, or grading perimeter swales and directing them into the pond or street. Lots that will naturally drain into the system are not required to provide these measures. H. Except as amended by this Third Amendment, and except as may be inconsistent with the terns or spirit of this Amendment, Declarant ratifies, reaffirms and republishes the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park previously recorded in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick County Registry, and the First Amendment to Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park recorded in Book 1946 at Page 1133 of the Brunswick County Registry and the Second Amendment to Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park recorded in Book 2375 at Page 1412 of the Brunswick County Registry. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Declarant, and L-W Investment Group, LLC and Exum Family. LLC have caused this Declaration to by duly executed as of the date first above written. DLBE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS. LLC By- LOGAN MANAGEMEN'1'COMPANY, INC. Manager By. D 1 Logan. Presid t By Ro en C. G. Ex . Manager B279 PEE °�aea firuns..ick a ty, RC Register of Dseds Rage 16 of 17 1. W INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC By- LOGAN MANAGEMENT COMPANY. INC, Manager By: D L Logan, Prek4,enjl EXUiNI FAMILY, LLC fsy. VatI G /) �;/=— Robert C. G E m, Manager State of North Carolina County of 6&Vlck i Z �LUQ y �a Notary Public of / County. Carolina do certify that on th . ay of uo . , 200., before me personally appeared Rr Sdnn+J CATI/V o ) . a A/C, Oi 94`t 0OVAE6eCW 1104-31M&VA- Limited Liability Company ✓ personally known to me, proved to me by satisfactory evidence: proved to me on the oath or affirmation of who is personally known to me, to be the person(s) whose name(s) islare signed on the preceding or attached record, and acknowledged [o in, that h,),heithev si2nedntardv for its state urpose. g�FiANE 8 OTTAWAY �� PIS ota Public ( C=dy, 11 CaCardha My Commission expires: / —1��J6ZO BM PE2 °s19.34000 State of North Carolina Brun ick Canty, RC Register or Deed: page n of n County of /)amLCS(o f(f iC a NotaryPublic of Z�A/C' (L(r County, do certify that on [hisrML bay of 200,? , before me personally appeared '�S/ lc"i� .ft/.4G1iUfUPkA/y /,t/!' ,r.Gi.URSEI of L=kJ lr cS ivi0 �i! ,a .11G�^� personally (mown to me; proved to me by satisfactory evidence; proved to me on the oath or affirmation of who is personally (mown to me, to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/we signed on the pr eding or attached record, and acknowledged to me that he/she/they signed it voluntarily for its state ose. ST—MM IE B. OTfAWAY r Nptgry public Notary Public dsvnck County. North C' T, l My Commission expires: State of North Carolina Countyof RR// /A)tCK it ­ a NotaryPublic of ALmis� i k//.c Comity, do certify that on this,ff day o 2002_, before me personally appeared T✓/.rA A.FA 1,4,<F P of Limited Liability Company �G personally known to me; proved to me by satisfactory evidence; proved to me on the oath or affirmation of who is personally known to me, to be the person(s) whose mme(s) is/are signed on the pre ding or attached record, and acknowledged to me that he/she/they si ed it voluntarily for its state ose. 8fE4L4m B. cP my NDLry Pdit Notary public htaMdt C !4, No lh Carolina My Commission expires: Bnmsurick County --Register of Deeds Robert J. Robinson Inst #326780 Book 2375PPage 14412 04/21/2006 05:38:O0P1n RecllmJ04 Prepared by: meek, Crouch, Keeler, Behm & Sayed, LLP 310 North Front Street, Suite 200 Wilmington, North Carolina 2g401 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SECOND AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: This Second Amendment to Declaration of Covenants and Restriction for Magnolia Business Park (The Second Amendment) is made the -- — day of April 2006, by DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC (hereinafter "Successor Declarant'), for the purpose of further amending the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park (The "Declaration") as amended by the First Amendment to Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Magnolia Business Park (hereinafter "First Amendment") as hereinafter set forth: WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park was recorded on October 4, 2001 in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick County Registry; and, WHEREAS, said Declaration allows for amendments under Article IX of said Declaration provided that the amendment is signed by owners holding at least sixty-seven (67) percent of the then outstanding votes in the Association; and, $CnGr r CReueN.:. /�TFR-_ . s�-- 3�t- AUG 2 4 2023 '1 BY: Inst 1 326780 Book 2375Page: 1413 WHEREAS, the Declarant amended the Declaration with the First Amendment which was recorded on May 19, 2004 in Book 1946 at Page 1133 of the Brunswick County Registry; and, WHEREAS, the First Amendment under Article VII, Section 2 allows for the Declarant to add additional land to the subdivision so long as the land is continuous to the subdivision and occurs within three (3) years of the First Amendment; and, WHEREAS, Stability, LLC the original Declarant has transferred all of its rights and obligations as Declarant to Waterford Commercial Investments, LLC under that certain General Assignment of Permits, Development Rights and other documents dated and recorded May 27, 2004 in Book 1951 at Page 554 of the Brunswick County Registry; and, WHEREAS, Waterford Commercial Investments, LLC thereafter changed its name to DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC upon filing Articles of Amendment for Name Change with the North Carolina Secretary of State on July 2, 2004; and, WHEREAS, the Successor Declarant desires to amend the Declaration as amended by the First Amendment, to add additional contiguous land to the subdivision; and, WHEREAS, the Successor Declarant desires to re -allocate votes to such additional properties pursuant to the Declaration and the First Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, the Successor Declarant pursuant to the authority and powers granted under Article IX of the Declaration and under Article VII, Section 2 of the First Amendment does hereby further amend the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park as follows: 1. Article 1, Section 6, of the Declaration, as amended by the First Amendment, shall be deleted in its entirety and in its place the following shall be inserted: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 6. Lot shall mean or refer to any numbered or lettered plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of properties including any additional lots added to the subdivision as permitted herein with the exception of common areas, streets and roads. At the time of this Amendment to the Declaration the lots shall consist of Lots 1,2,3 and 4 as said Lot I is shown on map of Section I of Magnolia Business Park, which is recorded in Map Cabinet 19 3 Irst If 326780 Book 2375Page: 1414 at Page 481 of the Brunswick County Registry and as Lots 2, 3 and 4 are shown on map of Section 2 of Magnolia Business Park, which is recorded in Map Cabinet 29 at Page 468 of the Brunswick Comfy Registry, and further shall consist of Lots 4 and 5 Wolfirap Subdivision as shown upon the map recorded in Map Cabinet 19 at Page 481 of the Brunswick County Registry. On the map for Section 2 Magnolia Business Park, referred to herein, there is also an unnumbered lot designated as "Pond Area' for use as a retention pond for stonnwater runoff which will be part of the common area as defined in these Covenants. 2. Article IV, Section 1, shall be deleted in its entirety and in its place the following will be inserted: ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS Section 1. Members. Every Owner of a lot, which is subject to a lien for assessments, shall be a Voting Member of the Association. The smallest lot within the Association shall be assigned one vote. All other lots shall be assigned a vole as follows: any lot whose square footage is less than 150% of the smallest lot shall be assigned 1 vote, any lot whose square footage is more than 150% of the smallest lot and less than 250% of said lot shall be assigned 2 votes and all other lots whose square footage is more than 250% of the smallest lot shall have 3 votes. An Owner may assign in writing his membership voting rights to an Occupant upon such terms as the Association may prescribe. Otherwise, membership and voting rights shall be appurtenant to, and may not be separated from, ownership of any lot which is subject to assessment; provided, however, that no such assignment shall affect the obligation of the owner to pay the assessments described in ARTICLE V hereof. LOT VOTES l I 2 I 3 3 4 3 Wolftrap 4 1 Wolftrap 5 1 Total Votes 10 3 Inst ! 326780 Book 2375Page: 1415 In the event a lot recombination or resubdivision is approved as set out in SECTION 2 of ARTICLE VII of the Declaration, votes among or between the recombined or resubdivided lot shall be reallocated by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, however, that any such vote reallocation shall not decrease the proportionate voting share of any lots not then being resubdivided or recombined. When more than one person holds an interest in any lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote or votes for such lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, but in no event shall multiple Owners of a lot be entitled to case more than the vote to such lot. added: 3. ARTICLE VII shall be re -titled as follows: ARTICLE VII LAND USE, ADDITIONS RECOMBINATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS Section 2, Article VII, shall be deleted and in its place the following shall be Section 2. Additions, Recombination and Subdivision of Lots. The Declarant reserves the right to add additional land to the subdivision so long as the land is contiguous to the subdivision and occurs within three (3) years of this Amendment. No lots shall be combined nor shall any lots be further subdivided from that shown on the Site Plan of the Properties unless the prior written consent of the Declarant shall be obtained. Any permitted recombination or subdivision shall meet all applicable requirements of Brunswick County. In the event of any other permitted recombination or resubdivision, the Board of Directors of the Association, in its sole discretion and without consent of any Members, shall reallocate the votes set out in SECTION 1, ARTICLE IV of the Declaration. Such reallocations shall be effective from the date of recording an amendment to the Declaration setting out such reallocations. 4. Article VII, Section 2, Stormwater Regulations, is deleted in its entirety and in its place the following is inserted: ARTICLE VII UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND ACCESS EASEMENTS; EMERGENCY EASEMENT Section 2. Stormwater Runoff Regulations. Covenants pertaining to stormwater are to ensure compliance with North Carolina State Management Permit Number SW8010706 as 4 Inat 1 326780 Book 2375Page: 1416 issued by the Division of Water quality under NCAC 2H.1000. All drainage swales or drainage patterns used to treat stormwater runoff as required by the State of North Carolina may not be filled in, piped or changed without the consent of the Successor Declarant or its designee, the Association and the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality. The State of North Carolina is hereby made a beneficiary of these Protective Covenants to the extent necessary to enforce compliance with its storinwater management permit. This section containing the storinwater runoff regulations cannot be changed or deleted without the written consent of the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality. The maintenance of the stormwater runoff system shall be a common expense and an obligation of the Association. The maximum allowable built -upon area per lot is as follows - LOT SQUARE FEET 73,050 2 62,000 3 196,368 4 169,270 Successor Declarant may further amend this section, at any time and in its sole discretion, to allocate a portion of the maximum allowable built -upon area assigned to Lots 3 and 4 above to Wolftrap Lots 4 and 5. This allotted amount includes any built -upon area constructed within the lot property boundaries, and that portion of the right-of-way, between the front lot line and the edge of the pavement. Built upon area includes, but is not limited to, structures, asphalt, concrete, gravel, brick, stone, slate, coquina, and parking areas, but does not include raised, open wood decking, or the water surface of swimming pools. All runoff from built -upon areas on the lot must drain into the permitted system. This may be accomplished through providing roof drain gutters which drain into the street. grading the lot to drain toward the street, or grading perimeter swales and directing them into the pond or street. Lots that will naturally drain into the system are not required to provide these measures. 5. Except as amended by this Second Amendment, Successor Declarant ratifies, reaffirms and republishes the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park previously recorded in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick County Registry, Imt / 326780 Book 2375Page: 1417 and the First Amendment to Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park recorded in Book 1946 at Page 1133 of the Brunswick County Registry. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Successor Declarant has caused this instrument to he executed by its duly authorized Managers, the day and year first above written. DLBE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS, LLC A North Carolina Limited Liability Company By: D 1. Logan, Ma?ra—gfi By: Robert C. G. EAm, Manager STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF /y[l I,' / , a Notary P blic of � County. North Carolina do certify that on this f'f day of 4Z 2006, before me personally appeared D 1. LOGAN, Manager of DLBE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS, LLC, a North Carolina Limited Liability Company 1Z personally known to me, proved to me by satisfactory evidence; proved to me on the oath or affirmation of personally known to me, who to be the persons) whose name(s) is/are signed on the preceding or attached record, and acknowledged to me that he/she/they signed it volut ly for its stated purpose. `, r�gr�OTTqlist . 4.4 " .Z:(W G_ Not Public a : c> m : ri ��.� a z: Inst f 326780 Book 2375Page: 1418 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ErJ ✓ a Notary Public ofAL ytrCounty, North Carolina do certify that on this I) day of Apa 2006, betore me personally appeared ROBERT C. G. EXUM, Manager of DLBE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS, LLC, a North Carolina Limited Liability Company personally known to me; proved to me by satisfactory evidence; proved to me on the oath or affirmation of personally known to me, who is to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are signed on the preceding or attached record, and acknowledged to me that he/she/they signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose. Nota P 1 c (Seal) I PERRY�f, My Commission expires:. i 5f �,pUHL1Gf U' �9ypPFR C00N�'�,, w Rrunsvick County --Register of Deed, Robert 3. Robinson �Y--w Inst #210727 Book 1946Pa,9e 1133 ia- 05/19/2004 03_ L.'52pn Recil IVe AUG 2 4 2023 4EI BY: TOTAL -$- OECe CK AMT_Lj;1SD STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARR KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: THIS FIRST AMENDMENT is made the _[I, Day of May, 2004, by STABILITY, LLC, (hereinafter "Declarant"), for the purpose of amending the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park (hereinafter "Subdivision") as hereinafter set forth. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions ofMagnolia Business Park were recorded on October 4, 2001, in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick County, Registry; and WHEREAS, said Declaration allows for amendments under Article IX of said Declaration provided that the amendment is signed by owners holding at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the then outstanding votes in the Association; and WHEREAS, the Declarant still owns in excess of 67% of the voting interest in the Association; and WHEREAS, the Declarant is desirous of amending the Declaration to reconfigure certain lots within the Subdivision; and WHEREAS, the Declarant is desirous of renumbering the reconfigured lots designated within the Subdivision. NOW, THEREFORE, the Declarant pursuant to the authority and powers granted under Article IX of the Declaration does hereby amend the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park as follows: 1. Article 1, Section 6, of the Declaration shall be deleted in its entirety and in its place the following shall be inserted: Inst 6 210727 hook 1946Page: 1134 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS SECTION 6. "Lot shall mean and refer to any numbered or lettered plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties, including any additional lots added to the subdivision as permitted herein with the exception of Common Area, streets and roads. At the time of this Amendment to the Declaration the Lots shall consist of Lots I, 2, 3, and 4 as said Lot I is shown on a map of Section l of Magnolia Business Park, which is recorded in Map Cabinet l9 at Page 481 of the Brunswick County Registry and as Lots 2, 3, and 4 are shown on a map of Section 2 of Magnolia Business Park recorded in Map Cabinet 29 at Page 468 of the Brunswick County Registry. On the map for Section 2 Magnolia Business Park there is also an unnumbered lot designated as "Pond Area" for use as a retention pond for stormwater runoff which will be part of the Common area as defined in these covenants. 2. Article IV, Section 1, shall be deleted in its entirety and in its place the following will be inserted: ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS SECTION I. MEMBERS. Every Owner of a Lot which is subject to alien for assessments shall be a Voting Member of the Association. The smallest lot within the Association shall be assigned one vote. All other lots shall be assigned a vote as follows: any lot whose square footage is less than 150% of the smallest lot shall be assigned I vote, any lot whose square footage is more than 150% of the smallest lot and less than 250% of said lot shall be assigned 2 votes and all other lots whose square footage is more than 250% of the smallest lot shall have 3 votes. An Owner may assign in writing his membership voting rights to an Occupant upon such terms as the Association may prescribe. Otherwise, membership and voting rights shall be appurtenant to, and may not be separated from, ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment; provided, however, that no such assignment shall affect the obligation of the owner to pay the assessments described in ARTICLE V hereof. LOT VOTES 3 3 4 3 Total Votes: 8 In the event a Lot recombination or resubdivision is approved as set out in SECTION 2 of ARTICLE Vll of this Declaration, votes among or between the recombined or resubdivided Lot shall be reallotted by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, however, that any such vote reallocation shall not decrease the proportionate voting share of any lots not then being resubdivided or recombined. When more than one person holds an interest many Lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote or votes for such Lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, but in no event shall multiple Owners of a Lot be entitled to cast more than the vote to such Lot. 3. Article VII shall be re -titled as follows ARTICLE VH LAND USE, ADDITIONS, RECOMBINATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS Inst 4 2.10727 Book 1946Page: 1135 a.) Section 2. Article Vll, shall be deleted and in its place the following shall be added: SECTION2. ADDITIONS RECOMBINATIONANDSUBDIVISIONOFLOTS. The Declarant reserves the tight to add additional land to the subdivision so long as the land is contiguous to the subdivision and occurs within three (3) years of this Amendment. No Lots shall be combined nor shall any Lots be further subdivided from that shown on the Site Plan of the Properties unless the prior written consent of Declarant shall be obtained. Any permitted recombination or subdivision shall meet all applicable requirements of Brunswick County. In the event of any other permitted recombination or resubdivision, the Board of Directors of the Association, in its sole discretion and without consent of any Members, shall reallocate the votes set out in SECTION 1, ARTICLE IV of this Declaration. Such reallocations shall be effective from the date of recording an amendment to this Declaration setting out such reallocations. 4. Article VIII, Section 2, Stormwater Regulations, is deleted in its entirety and in its place the following is inserted: ARTICLE VIII UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND ACCESS EASEMENTS; EMERGENCY EASEMENT SECTION 2. STORiMWATER RUNOFF REGULATIONS. Covenants pertaining to stormwater are to ensure compliance with North Carolina State Management Permit Number SW8010706 as issued by the Division of Water quality under NCAC 2H.1000. All drainage swales or drainage patterns used to treat stormwater runoff as required by the State of North Carolina may not be filled in, piped or changed without the consent of the DEVELOPER, its designee, the Association and the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality The State of North Carolina is hereby made a beneficiary of these Protective Covenants to the extent necessary to enforce compliance with its stormwater managementpermit. This section containing the stormwater runoff regulations cannot be changed or deleted without the written consent of the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality. The maintenance of the stormwater runoff system shall be a common expense and an obligation of the Association. The maximum allowable built -upon area per lot is as follows Lot Square Feet 73,050 62,000 196,368 169,270 This allotted amount includes any built -upon area constructed within the lot property boundaries, and that portion of the right-of-way between the front lot line and the edge of the pavement. Built upon area includes, but is not limited to, structures, asphalt, concrete, gravel, brick, stone, slate, coquina, and parking areas, but does not include raised, open wood decking, or the water surface of swimming pools. All runoff from built -upon areas on the lot must drain into the permitted system. This may be accomplished through providing roof drain gutters which drain into the street, grading the lot to drain toward the street, or grading perimeter swales and directing them into the pond or street. Lots that will naturally drain into the system are not required to provide these measures. 5. Except as amended the Declarant ratifies, reaffirms and republishes the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions of Magnolia Business Park Declaration previously recorded in Book 1507 at Page 22 of the Brunswick Cowity Registry. Inst A 210727 Rook 1946Page: JIM IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being the Declarant herein has caused this instrument to be executed this the day and year first above written. STABILITY LL By. Lk JOHN F INRICHS, Manager STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER I, Rkt4 F • � eff , a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, do hereby certify that JOHN F. HINRICHS, Manager, of STABILITY, LLC, personally appeared before me this date, and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument. WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal, this the //"I day of May, 2004. Notary blic My Commission Expires: /o-.to{08 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK RUTH E. NEFF The Foregoing (or annexed) Certificate(s) of Notary(ies) Public is (are) Certified to be Correct 19ch May 2004 Tha Instrument was filed for Registration on this Day of in the Book and page shown on the First Page hereof BEkT J. RO INSBONN7.�RRegister of Deeds h*r 4 NORTH CAROLINA Br�i k Count'- i"istel of Deeds nnun Insbert J. t #89987�r Book 1507Page 2r2'.�y y� _ NEW HANOVER COUNTY 10/04/2001-02:50:49Em Recl�t.�'L - -- AUG ? 4 ?Ogp DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS & RESTRICTIONS �Y.` FOR MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK THIS DECLARATION, made on the date hereinafter set forth by STABILITY, LLC, hereinafter referred to as 'Declarant". WITNFSSETH: WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of certain property in Brunswick County, North Carolina, which is more particularly described on Schedule "A", hereto attached and incorporated herein by reference. WHEREAS, Declarant is developing the Property for business use, to be known as MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK and in connection there with wishes to insure the proper use, development and improvement of the Properties so as to protect the Owners and Occupants of the Lots therein by restricting the use of all Lots for purposes consistent with the overall development of the Properties and by encouraging the erection of attractive, harmonious, permanent improvements appropriately located on the Properties. NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant hereby declares that all of the Properties described above shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the following easements, restrictions, etc., which are for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of, and which shall run with the real property and be binding on all parties having any right, title or interest in the described Properties or any part thereof, their heirs, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each owner thereof. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1. 'Association' shall mean and refer to MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC., its successors and assigns. SECTION 2. "Building" shall mean and include, but shall not be limited to, both the main portion of a structure built for permanent use and all projections or extensions thereof, including, but not limited to, garages, outside platforms and decks, canopies, porches and outbuildings. SECTION 3. "Common Area" shall mean all real and personal property, and interests therein, now or hereafter owned or leased by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of Owners as provided under this Declaration, and their Occupants, lessees and employees, including and not limited to private streets and roads, fences, any directory signage, gravity sewer lines not maintained by a public agency, detention ponds as herein defined. SECTION 4. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to STABILITY, LLC, and its successors and assigns to whom STABILITY, LLC, assigns in writing its rights hereunder as Declarant. SECTION 5. 'Improvements" shall mean and include, but shall not be limited to, buildings, outbuildings, roads and driveways (other than those dedicated to public use), parking areas, fences, screened walls, retaining walls, loading areas, signs, utilities, lawns, landscaping, irrigation and walkways located on Lots, together with any construction work or treatment done or applied to a Lot in connection therewith. TOTAL - REV_ TC 56 RECp —CK AMT C1 CASH REF—aV Inst 1 89987 Book 1507Page: 23 SECTION 6. "Lot shall mean and refer to any numbered or lettered plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties with the exception of Common Area, streets and roads. At the time this Declaration is recorded, the Lots shall consist of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 as shown on the attached Exhibit "B" which is a preliminary plan of the subdivision. SECTION 7. "Members' shall mean and refer collectively to the Members of the Association. SECTION 8. "Occupant" shall mean any person or entity who occupies, or who has the right to occupy, all or part of any Lot which is a part of the Properties, whether such occupancy or right of occupancy is based on ownership, tease, license or easement. SECTION 9. "Owner" shall mean and refer to the record Owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of a fee simple title to any Lot, or any portion thereof, which is a part of the Properties, including contract sellers, but excluding those having such interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation. SECTION 10. 'Properties" shall mean and refer to that certain real property herein above described, and such additions thereto a may hereafter be bought within the jurisdiction of the Association and this Declaration. ARTICLE H PROPERTY RIGHTS SECTION 1. OWNER'S EASEMENTS OF ENJOYMENT. Every Owner shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions: (a) the right of the Association to permit the use of and to charge reasonable fees for the use of the Common Area; (b) the right of the Association to suspend the voting rights of an Owner or Occupant for any period during which any assessment against his Lot remains unpaid or for any infraction of its published roles and regulations; (c) the right of the Association to grant easements and rights of way, to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority or utility for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the Association consistent with the terms of this Declaration and the Articles and bylaws of the Association. Provided, however, that no dedication or transfer of any Common Area shall be effective unless an instrument signed by (i) two-thirds (2/3) of the Members and (ii) Declarant, so long as Declarant has the right to select a majority of the members of the Association's Board of directors, agreeing to such dedication or transfer, has been recorded; (d) the right of the Association to impose regulations for the use and enjoyment of the Common Area and any improvements thereon, which regulations may further restrict the use of the Common Area; and (e) the right of the Association, in accordance with its Articles and Bylaws, to borrow money for the purpose of maintaining and /or improving the Common Area and facilities thereon. SECTION 2. EASEMENTS OVER MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK. Declarant is presently the owner of private roads, rights of way and easements, including a Detention Pond Easement as shown on a map of the Magnolia Business Park, which will be recorded in the Brunswick County Registry, designated as such on the map of MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK. Declarant hereby grants a perpetual, non-exclusive right-of-way of ingress, egress and regress over and across said Easements to the Association, its members, occupants, successors and assigns as shown on the map of MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK. Declarant reserves the right to create Imt t 89987 Book 1507Page: 24 rights of way or convey portions of the underlying fee for said Easements to lot owners subject to the perpetual easement granted to the Association over said easements. In consideration for the perpetual easement, over and across said Easements, all shall be responsible for maintenance costs (including the cost of any capital improvements and ad valorem taxes) of said easements. Such expense shall be part of the common expenses of the Association, payable by the lot owners as part of the Annual Assessments and/or Capital Improvement Special Assessment prorated among and levied against the Lots in accordance with the formula established in SECTION 5 of ARTICLE V of this Declaration. Provided however, that in the event said easements are accepted for maintenance by the North Carolina Department of Transportation or any other public agency or entity, the obligation of Lot owners to share in the maintenance costs of said Drive through the Association common expenses shall terminate immediately upon such acceptance. SECTION 3. DELEGATION OF USE. Any Owner may delegate, in accordance with this Declaration, his rights of use and enjoyment of the Common Area and its facilities to an occupant. SECTION 4. LEASES OF LOTS. Any lease agreement between an Owner and a lessee for the lease of such Owner's lot or any part thereof (including a lease of all or a portion of a Building constructed on a Lot) shall provide that the terms of the lease shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of this Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Association and that any failure by the lessee to comply with the terms of the Declaration, Articles, Bylaws shall be a default under the terms of the lease. All leases of Lots, Buildings or any portions thereof shall be in writing. provided, however, that as between the Association and a lot Owner, no lease agreement shall release the Lot Owner from ultimate responsibility for payment of all assessments due against that Owner's Lot. Other than the foregoing, there are no restrictions on the right of any Owner to lease his lot. ARTICLE III COMMON AREA CONVEYANCE The Declarant covenants for itself, its successors and assigns, that it shall convey to the Association, in fee simple, except where otherwise provided, and at no cost to the Association, those parcels of land and facilities described below after the Declarant has completed improvements thereon, if such be required, such that the facility is functionally complete. The Association shall accept the conveyance and immediately become responsible for all maintenance and operation of such properties. All said parcels of land may be conveyed to the Association subject to this Declaration and all easements, encumbrances, rights -of -way and restrictive covenants of record at the time of conveyance. Properties to be conveyed by Declarant shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1) a perpetual easement over the private roads, if any, and right-of-way and easements within the property described in Article 11, Section 2. (2) any stormwater transmission and retention facilities, including any detention ponds located within the properties. (3) Common Areas designated as such on any subdivision plats recorded as to the Properties. (4) Any easements as shown on the Properties. Such transfers shall be subject to the provisions of this Declaration and to all easements and encumbrances, rights -of -way and restrictive covenants of record at the time of the conveyance. The date(s) of said conveyance by the Declarant shall be at the DecLvant's sole option. Inst 1 89987 Book 1507Page: 25 ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS SECTION 1. MEMBERS. Every Owner of a Lot which is subject to alien for assessments shall be a Voting Member of the Association. An Owner may assign in writing his membership voting rights to an Occupant upon such terms as the Association may prescribe. Otherwise, membership and voting rights shall be appurtenant to, and may not be separated from, ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment provided, however, that no such assignment shall affect the obligation of the owner to pay the assessments described in ARTICLE V hereof. Total Votes: In the event a Lot recombination or resubdivision is approved as set out in SECTION 2 of ARTICLE VD of this Declaration, votes among or between the recombined or resubdivided Lot shall be reallotted by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, however, that any such vote reallocation shall not decrease the proportionate voting share of any lots not then being resubdivided or recombined. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be Members. The vote or votes for such Lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, but in no event shall multiple Owners of a Lot be entitled to cast more than the vote to such Lot. SECTION 2. DEC ARANT'SRIGHTTOSELECTDMEC1'ORS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, until all lots of MAGNOLIA BUSINESS PARK, as per the Site Plan shown as Exhibit 'B', have been sold to Owners, Declarant shall have the right to designate and select a majority of the Board of Directors of the Association. Whenever Declarant shall be entitled to designate and select any person to serve on any Board of Directors of the Association, the manner in which such person shall be designated shall be provided in the Articles of Incorporation and/ or Bylaws of the Association. Declarant shall have the right to remove any person selected by it to act and serve on said Board of Directors and to replace such person with another person to act and serve in the place of any Director so removed. Any Director designated and selected by Declarant need not be the Owner or Occupant of a Lot in the Properties. Any representative of the Declarant serving on the Board of Directors of the Association shall not be required to disqualify himself from any vote upon any contract or matter between Declarant and the Association where Declarant may have a pecuniary or other interest. Similarly, Declarant, as a Member of the Association, shall not be required to disqualify itself upon any contract or matter between the Declarant and the Association where Declarant may have a pecuniary or other interest. ARTICLE V COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE AND ASSESSMENTS SECITONI. CREATION OF THE LIEN AND PERSONALOBLIGATIONOF LOT OWNERS FOR ASSESSMENTS. The Declarant for each Lot owned within the Properties, and each Owner of any Lot or portion thereof, by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) Annual Assessments or charges; (2) Special Assessments for capital improvements and/ or for such assessments to be establishes and collected as hereinafter provided; (3) any fine, charge or late fee which may be levied by the Association against an owner pursuant to the provisions of this Declaration; and (4) to the appropriate governmental taxing authority: (a) a pro rata share of ad valorem taxes levied against the Common Area; and (b) a pro rata share of assessments for public Inist 1 89987 Book 1507Page: 26 improvements to or for the benefit of the Common Area if the Association shall default on the payment of either or both for a period of (6) months, all as hereinafter provided. Such annual and special assessments, and any fine, late fee or other charge, together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which each such assessment, fine, late fee or charge is made. Each such assessment, fine or late fee and charge together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the entity which was the Owner of the Lot at the time when the assessment, fine, late fee or charge fell due. The personal obligation of a Lot Owner for delinquent assessments shall not pass to its successors in title unless expressly assumed by them. (a) The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the health, safety and welfare of the Members of the Association, their Occupants, lessees and employees and in particular for the improvements and maintenance of properties, services and facilities devotes to this purpose or for the use and enjoyment of the Common Area, including but not limited to, the cost of repairs, replacements and additions, the cost of labor, equipment, materials, management and supervision, the payment of taxes assessed against the Common Area, the maintenance of private streets, if any, (as required in SECTION 2 of ARTICLE II of this Declaration), stormwater runoff facilities, detention ponds, directory signage, fences, walls and other elements of the Common Area, the procurement and maintenance of insurance in accordance with the Bylaw, the payment of charges for street lights located in the Common Areas, the payment of charges for water and sewer services furnished to the Common Area, the employment of attorneys and other professionals to represent the Association when necessary, and such other needs as may arise. (b) All monies collected by the Association shall be treated as the separate property of the Association, and such monies may be applied by the Association to the payment of any expense of operating and managing the Properties, or to the proper undertaking of all acts and duties imposed upon it by virtue of this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Association. As monies for any assessment are paid unto the Association by any Member, the same may be commingled with monies paid to the Association by the other Members. Although all funds and common surplus, including other assets of the Association, and any increments thereto profits derived therefrom shall be held for the benefit of the Members of the Association, no Member of the Association shall have the right to assign, hypothecate, pledge or in any manner transfer his membership interest therein, except as an appurtenance to his Lot. When an Owner shall cease to be a Member of the Association by reason of his divestment of ownership of his Lot, by whatever means, the Association shall not be required to account to such Member for any share of the fund or assets of the Association, or which may have been paid to the Association by such Member, as all monies which any Member has paid to the Association which may be used in the operation and management of the Properties and/ or the Common Areas. SECTION 3. ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOT OWNERS. The Association shall levy, in each calendar year, Annual Assessments for the purpose of maintaining and operating all portions of the Common Area including utility cost, fixtures and personal property related thereto. Such Annual Assessments shall be levied only against the Lots and Lot Owners thereof. Until December 31 of the year of the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the Annual Assessment shall be $500.00 per vote (as assigned in SECTION 1 of ARTICLE V above) per Lot. In subsequent years, the amount of the Annual Assessment shall be as established by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, and may be increased or decreased from year to year by the Board, without consent of Lot Owners, so long as any increase does not exceed 20% from the prior year. Provided if the increase does exceed 20% from the prior year said increase shall be approved by 2/3 of the lot owners. SECTION4. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. Inaddition to the annual assessments authorized above, the Association may levy, in any calendar year, a special assessment for the purpose of defraying in whole or in part the costs of any construction, Inst { 89987 Book 1507Page: 27 reconstruction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Area including fixtures and personal property related thereto, provided that any such assessment shall be approved by majority vote of the Members who are voting in person or by proxy at a meeting duly called for this purpose. The Capital Improvement Special Assessments shall be levied against each Lot in the same manner as Annual Assessments, as set forth in SECTION 5 below. Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking any action authorized under this SECTION 4 shall be sent at least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of Voting Members or the proxies entitled to cast twenty percent (20%) of the votes of the membership shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present, another meeting may be called subject to the same notice requirement, and the required quorum at the subsequent meeting shall be one-half ('/r) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent meeting shall be held more that sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting. SECTIONS, RATE OF ASSESSMENTS. The Annual Assessments and Capital Improvement Special Assessments shall be levied against the Lots so that each Lot's portion of the assessment bears the same relationship to the total assessment as such Lot's appurtenant vote in the Association bears to the total number of votes then outstanding in the Association. (For example, if a Lot has one (1) vote in the Association out of a total of four (4) possible votes, such Lot and its Owner would be liable for one-fourth (1/4) of any assessment. SECTION6. DATE AND C MMENCEMENTOFANNUALASSE-CSMENTS: DUE DATES. The Annual Assessments provided for herein shall be collected on an annual basis, or other periodic basis established by the Board, and shall commence: (i) as to each Lot, on the date the Declarant conveys the Common Area to the Association. The first annual assessments shall be adjusted accordingly to the number of months remaining in the calendar year. At least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period, the Board of Directors shall fix the amount of the Annual Assessment applicable to every Owner subject thereto. The due dates for all such annual assessments shall be December 1 of each year, or such other date as established by the Board of Directors. The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot has been paid. SECTION 7. EFFECT OF NONPAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS: LATE FEES: RFMFDIES OF THE ASSOCIATION. Any assessment, including late fees, if not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of eighteen percent (18'%) per annum. In addition, the Association may impose a late fee of $100.00 per month for each month any assessment remains unpaid for 30 days after its due date, up to a maximum late fee of $1000.00. per delinquent assessment per Lot. The Association may bring an action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same or foreclose the lien created herein against the property in the same manner as created herein against the property in the same manner as prescribed by the laws of the State of North Carolina for the foreclosures of deeds of trust, and late fees, interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees for representation of the Association in such action of foreclosures shall be added to the amount of such assessment. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for any assessment provided for herein by non-use of the Common Area or abandonment of his Lot, nor shall damage to or destruction to any improvements on the Common Area, or any Lot by fire or other casualty result in any abatement of diminution of the assessments provided herein. SECTION 8. EFFECT OF DEFAULT IN PAYMENT OF AD VALOREM TARES OR ASSESSMENTS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSOCIATION Upon default by the Association in the payment to the governmental authority entitled thereto of any ad valorem taxes levied against the Common Area or assessments for public improvements, which default shall continue for a period of six (6) months, each Owner of a Lot shall become personally obligated to pay to the taxing or assessing governmental authority a portion of such unpaid taxes or assessments in an amount determined by dividing the total taxes and/or assessments due the governmental authority among the Owners in accordance with the formula established in Innt 6 89967 Book 1507Page: 28 SECTION 5 of this ARTICLE. If such sum is not paid by the Owner within thirty (30) days following receipt of notice of the amount due, then such sum shall become a continuing lien on such Lot and the taxing or assessing governmental authority may either bring an action at law or may elect to foreclose the lien against such Lot. SECTION 9. SUBORDINATION OF THE LIEN TO MORTGAGES. The liens provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage or deed of trust. Sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect the assessment lien or liens provided for in the preceding section. However, the sale or transfer of any Lot which is subject to any such first mortgage or deed of trust, pursuant in lieu of foreclosure thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to the payment thereof which become due prior to such sale or transfer shall relieve such sale or transfer. No such sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof, but the liens provided for herein shall continue to be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage or deed of trust. ARTICLE VI ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL SECTION 1. ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL. Pursuant to this Declaration, the Declarant now exercises all rights of architectural control on this property for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the Restrictions. During that period of time, the Declarant for so long as Declarant shall have the right to appoint a majority of the Board of Directors of the Association, shall exercise such additional rights of architectural control as set out in this Declaration. Thereafter, such architectural control rights provided for in this Declaration shall be exercised by an Architectural Control Committee (the 'ACC') consisting of three (3) or more persons appointed by the Board of Directors of the Association. SECTION 2. PURPOSE. Declarant, or the ACC, as the ease may be, shall regulate the external design, appearance, use, location such a manner so as to preserve and enhance values and to maintain a harmonious relationship among structures and the natural vegetation and topography. SECTION 3. CONDITIONS. No improvements, landscaping, grading alterations, repairs, change of paint colors, excavations, changes in grade or other work which in any way alters any Lot or the exterior of the Improvements located thereon from its natural or improved state existing on the date such Lot was first conveyed in fee by the Declarant to an Owner shall be made or done without the prior written approval of Declarant, or the ACC, as the case my be. No improvement or other structure shall be commenced, erected, maintained, altered or removed without the prior written approval of Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be. SECTION 4. PROCEDURES. During the period of time in which Declarant or ACC is entitled to review and approve any proposed improvements or plans, all such plans and specifications for any improvements shall be submitted to the Declarant or ACC in writing, in accordance with the procedures recorded in the Restrictions. In the event the Declarant or the ACC fails to approve, modify or disapprove in writing an application within thirty (30) days after the plans and specifications have been submitted to it, approval will not be required and this article will be deemed to have been fully complied with. Following appointment of the ACC, an applicant may appeal an adverse ACC decision to the Board of Directors of the Association which may reverse or modify such decision by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Directors. SECTION 5. DESIGN GUIDELINES. Declarant, or the ACC, as the case may be, may adopt and impose, from time to time, design guidelines or more specifically define and describe design standards and allowable uses within the properties. Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, may approve variances on a case by case basis from the Design Guidelines contained in this Declaration, the restrictions set out in ARTICLE VII of this Declaration, or the additional design guidelines established by Declarant or by the ACC, as the case may be. Imt # 89987 book 1507Page: 29 ARTICLE VII USE AND IMPROVEMENTS; RESTRICTIONS SECTION 1. LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE. All lots shall be used for business or commercial purposes. The ACC, as the case may be, shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether or not any present or intended use of a Lot by an Owner of Occupant is within the meaning and intent of this stated use and whether such use is in keeping with the purposes referred to in ARTICLE VI, SECTION 2 above. SECTION 2. RECOMBINATION AND SUBDIVISION OF LOTS. No Lots shall be combined nor shall any Lots be further subdivided from that shown on the Site Plan of the Properties unless the prior written consent of Declarant shall be obtained. Any permitted recombination or subdivision shall meet all applicable requirements of Brunswick County. In the event of any other permitted recombination or resubdivision, the Board of Directors of the Association, in its sole discretion and without consent of any Members, shall reallocate the votes set out in SECTION 1, ARTICLE IV of this Declaration. Such reallocations shall be effective from the date of recording an amendment to this Declaration setting out such reallocations. (a) Maintenance. Each Owner and Occupant shall be responsible for keeping its Lot (whether or not improved), Buildings and other Improvements in a safe, clean, neat and orderly condition and shall prevent rubbish from accumulating on its Lot. (b) Commencement and Completion. A building permit must be obtained and construction commenced as to a Building within twelve (12) months from the date Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, approves the plans for such Building, or approval of such plans will be deemed to have expired and the Owner will be required to resubmit all plans and specifications for approval. A Building shall be completed in accordance with approved plans and specifications and a certificate of occupancy issued thereof within fifteen (15) months from the date a building permit is issued for such Building. In the event any Building is not so completed within the requisite time period, the Owner of the Lot on which said Building is located shall be assessed a fine of $50. per day for each day the Building is incomplete following the date required for completion; provided, however, that Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, may extend the required completion date for any Building by a written extension agreement executed by Declarant or by a majority of the members of the ACC, as the case may be. Any fine assessed pursuant to this subparagraph shall be deemed an assessment, collectible pursuant to ARTICLE V of this Declaration. (c) Rmair or Removal of Improvements. Any Improvement damaged in whole or in part by casualty, fire, windstorm or from any other cause, must be promptly restored or all debris removed and the Lot restored to a sightly condition. Removal of debris shall be completed within twelve (12) months from the date of the casualty unless a written extension is granted by Declarant or by ACC, as the case may be. (d) Violation. Each Owner and Occupant shall be entitled to file complaints with Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, alleging a violation of this SECTION 3. Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, shall designate an agent (who may be a member of the ACC) who shall be readily available to investigate any complaints filed. If such agent shall conclude that any complaint files has merit, the alleged violator shall be promptly notified in writing and, upon receipt of the written notice of the complaint, the alleged violator shall have five (5) business days within which to begin in good faith to cure the violation or within which to file an appeal to Declarant or the ACC, as the cue may be. If the alleged violator does not begin in good faith to cure the violation or file an appeal within the five (5) days provided, the agent may cause the violation to be cured at the expense of the Owner or Occupant deemed to be in violation. Irtst i 89987 Book 1507Page: 30 If the alleged violator appeals to Declarant or to the ACC, the appeal shall be heard within seven (7) days. If Declarant or at least two (2) members of the ACC, as the case may be, upholds the findings of the agent, Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be, may cause the violation to be cured at the expanse of the Owner or Occupant in violation, if the violator has not cured such violation within a reasonable time as determined by Declarant or the ACC, as the case may be. By purchasing or leasing property subject to this Declaration, each Owner and Occupant binds itself, its successors and assigns, to pay to the Association the actual cost to cure any violation hereunder, together with liquidated damages of ten percent (10%) of such cost. Such cost shall be the personal obligation of such Owner and Occupant, and shall become a part of the Annual Assessment or charge set forth in ARTICLE V, SECTION I, subject to the lien rights set forth in ARTICLE V, SECTION 8. ARTICLE VIII UTILITY, DRAINAGE AND ACCESS EASEMENTS; EMERGENCY EASEMENT SECTION 1. UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EA NTS Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities, drainage facilities and buffers are reserved as indicated on recorded plats of the Properties. Within all such drainage and utility easements no structures, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of flow of drainage channels in the drainage easements, or which may obstruct or retard the flow of water through drainage channels in the easements. Provided, however, that Lot Owners may subject to all approvals required under ARTICLE VI and VII of this Declaration, install landscape planting, parking areas and driveways within easement areas, if such planting, parking areas and driveways within easement areas, do not interfere with the installation or maintenance of the utilities, or interfere with or change the direction of flow of water in drainage channels, and provided that it shall be the responsibility of the Lot Owner to remove and to repair or replace such plantings or paved areas if necessary to allow access to the easement area for maintenance and repairs. An easement is hereby established for the benefit of the Town of Belville, North Brunswick Sanitary District, and/or Brunswick County (and any other person or firm providing services to the Properties under agreement with or at the direction of the Association) over all Common Areas as may be reasonably necessary for the setting, removal and reading of electric and water meters, and the maintenance and replacement of electric, water, sewer and drainage facilities and for the electric, water, sewer and drainage facilities and for the fighting of fires and collection of trash. The Association shall have the power and authority to grant and establish upon, over and across the Common Areas such additional easements as are necessary or desirable for the providing of service or utilities to the Common Areas, Lots or Affiliate Lots. Furthermore, in addition to the foregoing reserved specific easements, the Declarant, so long as it appoints a majority of the Board of Directors of the Association, and thereafter the Association, may cut and create drains and drainways along, over or across any Lot, both above ground and underground, for the purpose of facilitating the removal of surface water whenever such action may appear to be necessary in order to maintain reasonable standards of health, safety and appearance in the Properties. These reservations of easements expressly include the right to cut any trees, bushes, shrubs or growth, to grade, cut or ditch the soil and to take any other action necessary to complete installation, and/or to repair and maintain the utilities and facilities located therein. SECTION 2. STORMWATER RUNOFF REGULATIONS. Covenants pertaining to smrmwater are to ensure compliance with North Carolina State Management Permit Number SW8010706 as issued by the Division of Water quality under NCAC 2H.1000. All drainage swales or drainage patterns used to treat stormwater runoff as required by the State of North Carolina may not be filled in, piped or changed without the consent of the DEVELOPER, its designee, the Association and the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality. The State of North Carolina is hereby made a beneficiary of these Protective Covenants to the extent Inst i 89987 Book 1507Page: 31 necessary to enforce compliance with its stormwater management permit. This section containing the stormwater runoff regulations cannot be changed or deleted without the written consent of the State of North Carolina Division of Water Quality. The maintenance of the stormwater runoff system shall be a common expense and an obligation of the Association. The maximum allowable built -upon area per lot is as follows: Lot Scuare Fee[ 202, 855 107,927 110,431 79,475 This allotted amount includes any built -upon area constructed within the lot property boundaries, and that portion of the right-of-way between the front lot line and the edge of the pavement. Built upon area includes, but is not limited to, structures, asphalt, concrete, gravel, brick, stone, slate, coquina, and parking areas, but does not include raised, open wood decking, or the water surface of swimming pools. All runoff from built -upon areas on the lot must drain into the permitted system. This may be accomplished through providing roof drain gutters which drain into the street, grading the lot to drain toward the street, or grading perimeter swales and directing them into the pond or street. Lots that will naturally drain into the system are not required to provide these measures. SECTION 3. EMERGENCY EASEMENT. In the event of any emergency originating within a Lot, which emergency threatens other Lots, the owners or occupants thereof and/or the Common Area, the Association is hereby granted an easement on and over all Lots for the purpose of remedying or abating the cause of such emergency. All costs incurred by the Association is remedying or abating the cause of such emergency shall be reimbursed by the owner of the Lot upon which the emergency originated, and such costs shall be a charge on the land and the personal obligation of the owner of the Lot enforceable as an assessment pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE V of the Declaration. ARTICLE IX SECTION 1. ENFORCEMENT. The Association, and any Owner or Occupant, shall have the right to enforce, by any proceeding at law or equity, all restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens and charges now or hereafter imposed by the provisions of the Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Association. Failure by the Association or by any Owner to enforce any covenant or restriction herein contained shall in no event be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. The Association shall have the right to request that law enforcement, public safety and animal control officers come on the Properties to facilitate the enforcement of the laws, codes and ordinances of any governmental authority. SECTION 2. SEVERABILTTY. Invalidation of any one of the covenants or restrictions by judgment or court order shall not affect any other provision which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. The covenants and restrictions of this Declaration shall run with and bind the land for a term of twenty (20) years from the date this declaration is recorded, after which time they shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years. This Declaration may be amended by an instrument signed by (a) owners holding at least sixty-seven percent (67'%) of the then outstanding votes in the Association, and (b) Declarant, for so long as Declarant has the right to select a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Association, provided that no amendment shall alter any obligation to pay ad valorem taxes or assessments for public improvements, as herein provided, or affect any lien for the payment thereof established herein. Any amendment must be properly recorded in the Brunswick County public records, and must refer to the recording data for this Declaration. 10 Inst i 89987 Book 1507Page: 32 Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 3 to the contrary, no consent by Members shall be required to amend this Declaration in connection with any of the following matters: a) the reallocation of votes among Lots occasioned by Lot recombinations and/or resubdivisions, as set out in SECTION 1 of ARTICLE IV of this Declaration. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Declarant herein, has caused this instrument to be executed, the _ day of October, 2001. STABILITY, L1,C/J By: John F 'nrichs, Manager STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER I, ( , a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, do hereby certify that iMri c manager of STABHITY, LLC, personally appeared before me this date, and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument for and on behalf of the limited liability company. WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal, thp the th day of October, 2001. Y Notary Public My Commission Expires:y-18-a(, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK The Foregoing (or annexed) Certificate(s) of SHARON L WADDELL Notary(ies) Public is (are) Certified to be Correct. This Instrument was filed for Registration on this A th Day of October 2001 in the Book and Page shown on the First Page hereof. SRO EFT J. RO INSON, Re&ftr1of Deeds 11 Inst i 89987 Book 1507Page: 33 SCHEDULE "A" BEING ALL of Lot 1, WOLF TRAP, as the same is shown on map recorded in Map Cabinet 19, at Page 481 of the Brunswick County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. 12 d Tnst i 89987 Book 1507page: 34 Q7 1-100 5� 5� THIS MAP IS NOT A CERTIFIED SUR VEY AND HAS NOT BEEN W REVJEED BY A LOCAL GOVERNAffNTAGFNCYFOR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. —_ sl 1 • File an Annual Report/Amend an Annual Report • Upload a PDF Filing • Order a Document Online Add Entity to My Email Notification List • View Filings • Print a Pre -Populated Annual Report form • Print an Amended a Annual Report form Limited Liability Company Legal Name DLBE Commercial Investments, LLC Prev Legal Name Waterford Commercial Investments, LLC Information Sosld: 0724917 Status: Current -Active Annual. Report Status: Current Citizenship: Domestic Date Formed: 5/7/2004 Registered Agent: Exum, Robert C G Addresses Principal Office Reg Office Mailing 2024 Lynnwood Drive 2024 Lynnwood Drive P. O. Box 1967 Wilmington, NC 28403 Wilmington, NC 28403 Wilmington, NC 28402-1967 Reg Mailing PO Box 1967 Wilmington, NC 28402 Company Officials All LLCs are managed by their managers pursuant to N.C.G.S. 57D-3-20. Managing Member Robert C.G. Exum P.O. Box 1967 Wilmington NC 28402 AUG 14 2020 BY------- • Upload a PDF Filing • Order a Document Online • Add Entity to My Email Notification List • View Filings Non -Profit Corporation Legal Name Waterford Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. Prev Legal Name Magnolia Business Park Owners' Association, Inc. Information Sosld: 0840725 Status: Current -Active Annual Report Status: Not Applicable Citizenship: Domestic Date Formed: 4/17/2006 Registered Agent: Exum, Robert C.G. Addresses Reg Office Reg Mailing 1430 Commonwealth Dr Suite 102 1430 Commonwealth Dr Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 Wilmington, NC 28403 Mailing Principal Office 6740 Netherlands Drive, Suite F 6740 Netherlands Drive, Suite F Wilmington, NC 28405 Wilmington, NC 28405 _tV�d i ;, ; AUG 2 4 2o2J �'J CAPE FEAR ENGINEERING 151 Poole Road, Suite 100 Belville, NC 28451 TEL (910) 383-1044 FAX (910) 383-1045 w .capefearengineering com To: NCDEQ 127 Cardinal Drive Ext Wilmington, NC 28405 Attn Steve Pusey RECEIVED AUG 2 4 2020 NCDEQ Transmittal WILMINGTON RO Date: August 20, 2020 File: 660-01 "36" Subject: NCDEQ Stormwater Minor Modification Submittal Waterford Commercial Phase II & III SW8 010706 ❑ As Requested ❑ For Your Files ❑ For Distribution ® For your Review / Action / Approval ❑ Sent via Mall ❑ Sent via Courier Quantity Drawing No Description 1 Original $505 Check for Review Fee 1 Original State Stormwater Permit Transfer Application 1 Copy NCSCS Corporation Information 1 Copy Operation & Maintenance agreements 1 Set Deeds & Covenants 1 Copy Table of Existing Lot Impervious Built Upon Areas 1 Copy Engineer's Certification Document REMARKS Please let us know if any other documents or information is needed. Thank you. CC: File 660-01 "36" Cape ear Epgi Bering, Inc. Signed: -I Matthew Haley, P Received By' Date.