HOA Covenants
Steeplechase Subdivision Protective Covenants & Restrictions
These covenants run with the land and are binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them for a period of 26 years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time they shall be extended for successive periods of 10 years, unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots has been recorded agreeing to change them in whole or in part.
Enforcements shall be by proceedings at law, or in equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to violate any covenants either to restrain violations or to recover damages.
Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
1. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
2. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or other outbuildings shall be used on a lot at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently.
3. No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish except during the period of construction of a house on the particular lot or house in the vicinity. Trash, garbage or other waste shall not be kept except in sanitary containers. All incinerators or other equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
4. All dwellings shall be constructed in such a manner as to conform with the zoning laws of Hamilton County and Symmes Township and the Plumbing Code of Hamilton County, Ohio, and any state health regulations which might apply to this development.
5. Only one single family residence with necessary garage for not more than three automobiles may be built on any of said lots, said residence shall not exceed two stories in height, and shall be used for residence purposes only. Garages shall be built-in or attached to the residence. A private swimming pool shall be permissible. No house trailer shall be parked on any of said lots at any time. Campers or boats may not be stored in any portion of the front or side yards.
6. If a one story dwelling is erected thereon, same shall have not less than 1,500 square feet of living space and if a two story building is erected on any of said lots, same shall have not less than 2,000 square feet of floor space living area.
7. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot or the dwelling or garage erected thereon, except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept, provided they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose, nor in such numbers as to become a nuisance or offensive to other homeowners.
8. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lots or building except one professional sign of not more than one square foot in area. Signs of not more than five square feet in area advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a building to advertise the property during the construction and sales period are permitted.
9. The grades of all lots shall not be materially altered or changed so as to adversely affect or interfere with any other homeowner.
10. No fences, walls or hedges shall be erected or placed on any lot nearer to any street than the minimum building setback line.
11. Plans for all residences shall be approved in writing by Mr. Henry Gallenstein, Jr., his successors or assigns, before construction on said residence begins.
12. Each purchaser, their heirs, successors or assigns, of every lot in this subdivision, hereby covenants and agrees to participate in the Homeowners Association to be established for the care, gardening and maintenance of the entrance garden, stone walls and screen mound east of and parallel to Humphrey Road.
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