Section 1. All lots shall be used solely and exclusively for private one-family residences with appurtenant garages; provided, however, that during the initial sales and construction period, use for builders’ temporary sales offices and model home sites will be allowed.
Section 2. Where architecturally possible, all garages shall be incorporated in or made a part of the residence. On-site parking for no less than two (2) automobiles shall be provided in addition to garage automobile storage.
Section 3. No animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind other than house pets shall be kept or maintained on any part of the property. Dogs, cats, and other house pets may be kept on the property, provided that they are not kept, bred, or maintained for any commercial use or purpose, and provided that they do not cause or create a nuisance or unreasonable noise or disturbance.
Section 4. No building or structure shall be moved onto any portion of the property from outside of the property except for temporary or portable shade used by builders for tool houses or for other uses common to residential construction. If such sheds are used, they shall be removed after the related construction is completed. No trailer shall be maintained on any lot as a residence.
Section 5. Unless otherwise approved by the ACC, no fence, wall or hedge shall be erected or placed on any lot nearer to any street than the minimum building setback lines set forth in the City of Tacoma zoning Code, except that nothing shall prevent the erection of a necessary retaining wall, the top of which does not extend more than two (2) feet above the finished grade at the back of said wall.
Section 6. The work of construction of all buildings and structures shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously from commencement of construction until the structures are fully completed and painted. All structures shall be completed as to external appearance, including finish painting, within ten (10) months from date of commencement of the construction, unless prevented by cause beyond the owner's control. All landscaping work shall be completed within ninety (90) days after the date the structure is or should be completed.
Section 7. All lots, whether improved or not, shall be fully maintained, including the control of any vegetation.
Section 8. No garbage, refuse, rubbish or cuttings shall be deposited on or left on a lot unless placed in an attractive, clean, and sanitary container suitably located and screened from public view. No building material of any kind shall be placed or stored upon any portion of the property until the owner is ready to commence construction, and then such material shall be placed within the property line of the lot upon which structures are to be erected, and shall not be placed in any street.
Section 9. Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage are hereby reserved as shown on the final plat of Harbor Ridge or on other instruments of record. Within all of these easements, no structure, planting or fill material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may, in the opinion of the ACC, damage or interface with installation or maintenance of utilities or drainage.
Section 10. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any portion of the property, nor shall anything be done or maintained thereon which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood or detract from its value. If the ACC shall determine what trade, business activity or use is undesirable or noxious, such determination shall be conclusive.
Section 11. No signs of any kind, except public notice by a political division of the State, or except as required by law, shall be erected, posted, painted or displayed on any portion of the property whatsoever; provided, however, that a builder may erect and display signs during the period such builder is building and selling property in the subdivision, and provided, further, that any owner wishing to sell or rent a home or lot within the property may place one (1) sign on the lot, not larger than 400 square inches, advertising the home or lot for rent or sale.
Section 12. Oil drilling or oil development operations, refining, mining operations of any kind or the operation of quarries, gravel and sand pits, soil removing or top soil stripping shall not be permitted on the property.
Section 13. No individual water supply system or sewage disposal system shall be permitted on any lot unless such system is located, constructed and equipped in accordance with the requirements, standards and recommendations of the pierce County Health Department. Approval of such systems shall be obtained from said department.
Section 14. No clothes line or television antenna shall be located on any lot.
Section 15. No fuel tank shall be maintained above ground on any lot.
Section 16. Except with the permission of the ACC or except as may be necessary in connection with the construction of an approved improvement, no excavation shall be made nor shall any dirt be removed from any lot.
Section 17. Except with the approval of the ACC, no person shall reside upon any lot until such time as the principal improvement to be erected thereon in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the ACC has been completed.
Section 18. Except with the approval of the ACC, no owner shall at any time keep or allow to be kept on their premises any commercial vehicle, house trailer, truck, camper, mobile home or boat trailer unless housed within a garage or suitably screen from view from any street or lot. For purposes of this provision, a vehicle will be deemed to be stored or kept if parked in driveways or streets for a period of longer than twenty-four (24) hours in any seventy-two (72) hour period.
Section 19. Exterior yard lighting of any sort which is visible from any street or from any other residence in this subdivision shall not be installed without first obtaining the permission of the ACC.
Section 20. Owners of lots shall install, at their cost, cement concrete driveways from the edge of the finished road surface to the paved surface of the garage floor. Owners shall also construct sidewalks in accordance with City of Tacoma requirements and appropriately landscape or plant the area between the lot line and the curb line.
Section 21. Houses of the types described below shall not be constructed on any lot unless the floor area of the main floor meets or exceeds the following minimum standards:
Ranch style house with no basement | 1,300 sq. ft. |
House having daylight basement | 1,200 sq. ft. |
Two-story house | 1,000 sq. ft. |
Split-level house | 1,200 sq. ft. |
In special cases, the ACC may approve plans for houses below these minimum floor area standards, if it is satisfied that the proposed house will not adversely affect the character or quality of surrounding properties; provided, however, that in no event shall, houses to be approved with less than the following minimum total floor areas:
House having daylight basement | 1,850 sq. ft. |
Two-story house | 1,850 sq. ft. |
Split-level house | 1,600 sq. ft. |
For purposes of this section, the floor area shall not include garages, garden houses, porches, or other areas outside the main living areas of the house.
Section 22. Mailboxes shall be consistent with the design of nearby residences. The location of mailboxes shall be coordinated to minimize aesthetic impacts and to ensure convenient delivery. Newspaper boxes shall not be allowed.