Deed Covenants

  1. The property hereby conveyed shall not be used except for residential purposes and no building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on the property hereby conveyed other than one detached single family dwelling, not to exceed two and one half stories in height, and a private garage for not more than two cars.
  2. No building shall be erected, placed or altered on the property hereby conveyed until the construction plans and specifications and a plan showing the location of the structure have been approved by the public authority charged with the responsibility in the particular jurisdiction with permits for construction.
  3. That no dwelling with a floor area of less than one thousand square feet shall be erected upon the property hereby conveyed.
  4. No building shall be located on the property hereby conveyed nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side street line than the minimum building setback lines shown on the recorded plat, and all such buildings shall comply with the regulations of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
  5. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon the property hereby conveyed, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
  6. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, or other outbuilding shall be used on the property hereby conveyed at any time as a residence either temporarily or permanently.
  7. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on the property hereby conveyed except one professional sign of not more than one square foot, one sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a builder to advertise the property during the construction and sales period.
  8. No animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on the property hereby conveyed, except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept provided that they are not kept, bred, or maintained for any commercial purpose.
  9. No property hereby conveyed shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. 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.
  10. No wall except such retaining walls as are necessary to take care of the ground elevation, no fence, hedge or shrub planting in excess of twenty four inches in height shall be installed on the property hereby conveyed except that nothing herein contained shall prohibit installation of such fence or planting around the back yard of said property, in which event said fence or planting shall not exceed six feet in height and as a further limitation shall not under any circumstances be located nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side street line than the minimum building setback lines shown on the recorded plat. Any retaining wall permitted as herein provided shall be constructed of brick or stone.
  11. These covenants above set forth are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them until the 1st day of July 1994 after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten years unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots in the subdivision known as "Olney Mill" Montgomery County, Maryland, subject to covenants the same as, or similar to, those herein set forth, has been recorded, agreeing to change said covenants in whole or in part.
  12. In addition to the foregoing covenants and restrictions, the property conveyed is and shall be subject to a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions adopted by grantor herein, dated June 19, 1969, and recorded among the Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland in Liber 3874 at folio 153 and any amendments or supplements thereto permitted by said Declaration.
  13. Enforcement shall be by proceedings at law or in equity against any persons violating or attempting to violate any covenant either to restrain violation or to recover damages.
  14. Invalidation of any 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.