River Hills Reserve Existing Covenants Click Here PROPOSED COVENANTS DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR RIVER HILLS RESERVE (A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY)  ARTICLE I GENERAL USE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS  Section 1. By the Owners.  It shall be the duty, responsibility and obligation of each Owner at his own cost and expense to care for, maintain and repair the exterior and interior of his residence house and improvements on his Lot and the fixtures, appliances, equipment and other appurtenances thereto and also including the private driveway appurtenant to his residence house, sidewalks and fences which are appurtenant to his residence house and situated on his Lot as well as fences which are appurtenant to his/her residence house and situated on his/her Lot.  The Association shall have no duty or obligation to any Owner in this regard.  Section 2. By the Association. A) The Association, as a common expense of all Owners, shall perpetually care for, maintain and keep in good repair the Common Property and all parts thereof, including but not limited to, landscaped lawns, esplanades, parking areas and improvements and facilities owned by the Association, except that it shall be the obligation of each Owner, and not the obligation of the Association, to pay for the cost of repair and maintenance of any private driveway, sidewalk, and fence or fences which are appurtenant to his/her residence house. B) A committee of five resident owners appointed from volunteers by the Board of Directors shall oversee these covenants and enforce any violations brought to their attention.  This committee shall be known as the RHR Association Covenants Committee. The members of this committee shall be selected by the BOD from volunteers and serve fro a period of one year.  Three of five members must be replaced at the end of the first year served.  Two members may repeat for one more term.  It will be the committee's mission to investigate and resolve all issues brought to their attention.  The committee member's names and phone numbers shall be made available to all residents.    ARTICLE II RESTRICTIONS OF USE  Section 1.  All buildings, structures, and other improvements erected, altered, or placed in the Property, shall be of new construction, and no structure of a temporary character, trailer, mobile home, tent, shack, garage, barn, or outbuilding shall be used in the Property at any time as a residence, either temporarily or permanently.  Section 2.  No nuisance shall ever be erected, placed or suffered to remain upon any Lot or common area in the property and no owner of or resident on any Lot in the property shall use the same so as to endanger the health or disturb the reasonable enjoyment of any other owner or resident.  As noted in Section 1, the RHR Association Covenants Committee shall determine what constitutes a violation of this restriction.  However, should sufficient complaints exist from the Members, the Board is bound to specifically address the issue by way of special meeting of the Members to review and remedy such nuisance.    Upon proper notice to owner informing them of violation, the nuisance shall be corrected immediately.  If the violation is not corrected, the Association may take the action necessary and bill the owner.  If a fine is the appropriate measure, then the owners may be assessed $100 a day until resolved. Section 3.  No sheep, goats, horses, cattle, swine, poultry, dangerous animals (the determination as to what is a dangerous animal shall be in the sole discretion of the Association), snakes or livestock of any kind shall ever be kept in the Property except that dogs, cats or other common household pets (not to exceed a total of four (4) animals) may be kept by the Owner or tenant of any Living Unit, provided they are not kept for any commercial purpose.  Section 4.  No trash, rubbish, garbage, manure, or debris of any kind shall be kept or allowed to remain on any Lot.  The owner of each Lot, improved or unimproved, shall remove such prohibited matter from his/her Lot at regular intervals (not to exceed 10 (ten) days).  Prior to removal, all such prohibited matter shall be placed in sanitary refuse containers with tight fitting lids in an area adequately screened by planting or fencing so as not to be seen from neighboring lots.  Reasonable amounts of construction materials and equipment may be stored upon a lot for a reasonable period of time during construction or improvements thereon.  Debris shall be promptly removed.  Any fencing shall be in proper repair and painted.  Lawns shall be installed or re-installed in a timely fashion.  The RHR Association Covenants Committee shall hear and investigate any reports of property or objects thereon which are not in proper condition.  The Committee will notify the owner of any violation or disrepair.  Within 10 days of such written notice, the owner must resolve the condition to the satisfaction of the Covenants Committee.  If not resolved by the owner, the Association may invoke any and all sanctions detailed in these covenants.  This includes the association contracting the work to be performed and billing the owner who is obligated to pay all costs sanctioned by Florida law and these covenants.   Section 5.   The operation of golf carts and other unlicensed motorized vehicles is authorized on the streets within the Property as long as the operation is done responsibly and in accordance with safety and speed requirements and with the supervision and regard for other residents.  Should such operation become a documented nuisance, then the remedies of Section 7. may be imposed on a by-event basis.   Section 6.  No privy, cesspool or septic tank shall be placed or maintained on the Property. Section 7.  No boat, trailer, recreational vehicle, camping unit, bus, work truck and/or trailer, or self-propelled or towable recreation equipment, equipment, or machinery of any sort shall be permitted to park on any lot, improved or unimproved, in plain view for more than twelve (12) hours.  After notification of violation has been given to the owner, a $100.00/day will be assessed and paid for by the owner until the violation has been resolved.  Section 8.  While parking on the streets within the Property is not wholly prohibited, it should be avoided whenever possible especially on streets supporting bi-directional traffic (specifically River Hills Drive and Hickory Trace Drive).  Further, routine overnight parking should be avoided on all streets and is prohibited on nights prior to scheduled trash and refuse pick-up.  Should routine parking adjacent to any Lot be documented a nuisance by the Covenants Committee, remedies similar to those in Section 7 may be imposed.  Section 9.  No clothing or other materials shall be aired or dried in the Property except in an enclosed structure, or in an area adequately screened by planting or fencing so as not to be seen from other Lots.  Section 10.  Except in an emergency, essential repair to support normal quality of life or other unusual circumstance, as determined by the Association Board of Directors, outside construction work or noisy inside construction work shall be permitted only between the hours of 7:00 am and 8:00 pm Monday through Friday; 8:00 am and 6:00 pm Saturday.  No outside or noisy inside construction is permitted on Sunday.  Furthermore, these quiet hours apply to excessively loud lawn maintenance equipment or any other noise generating device or equipment that may disturb other residents.  Section 11.  Without a prior written approval of the Board of Architectural Review, no television or radio antenna nor any sort of satellite dish shall be placed, allowed, or maintained outside a Living Unit or on the exterior of any building or other improvement located on a lot.  Section 12.  Mailboxes, house numbers and similar matter used in the Property must be harmonious with the overall character and aesthetics of the community and the decision of the Board of Architectural Review that any such matter is not harmonious shall be final.  Section 13.  The owner of a lot may erect a black aluminum fence should he/she desire, upon the approval of the Board of Architectural Review.  Wood and chain link fences are expressly prohibited.  No fence, wall, tree, hedge, or other planting shall be maintained in the Property in such a manner as to obstruct sight lines for vehicular traffic, from a standpoint of safety.  Section 14.  As discussed within Article IV, Section 4(i) of the basic Covenants for Fleming Island Plantation, basketball backboards/goals are allowed within the Property.  However, RHR further restricts these assemblies to be portable and in no way affixed to a structure or permanently installed in the ground.  Further, the use of such recreational equipment is allowed to the extent that no documented nuisance results.  Should this occur, upon notification to the owner, this nuisance shall be terminated.  Section 15.  No billboards or other sign may be erected on the Property without the prior written consent of the Board of Architectural Review.  Such Committee shall furnish, upon request, a signage manual setting forth the limitations and guidelines for signs, which shall be reasonable in scope and restriction, and shall grant its written approval of sign which satisfy the requirements of such manual   Section 16.  The owner of each property or lot both improved and unimproved shall maintain them and any improvements in a neat and attractive condition.  All grass, hedges, trees and plantings shall be maintained in proper condition.  Debris shall be promptly removed.  Any fencing shall be in proper repair and painted. Lawns shall be installed or re-installed in a timely fashion.   The RHR Association Covenants Committee shall hear and investigate any reports of property or objects thereon which are not in proper condition.    The committee will notify the owner of any violation or disrepair.  Within 10 days of such written notice, the owner must resolve the condition to the satisfaction of the Covenants Committee.  If not resolved by the owner, the Association may invoke any and all sanctions detailed in these covenants.  This includes the association contracting the work to be performed and billing the owner who is obligated to pay all costs sanctioned by Florida law and these covenants.  Section 17.  Except for the Easement Rights and Home Office restrictions recognized elsewhere in this declaration, each Lot shall be used for business, commercial, or professional purposes of any kind.  With each Living Unit, there shall be an attached or detached enclosed garage.  Carports of any kind are expressly prohibited.  Section 18. No reflective window coverings or treatments shall be permitted in any improvement within the Property.  All window coverings shall have linings or other treatment so that the exterior appearance of the window appears to be neutral.  No unsightly objects shall be placed in windows visible for the adjoining portions of the Property.  Coordinated interior shutters (such as wood or wood tone) are acceptable.  Section 19.  Except when in operation, all garage doors should remain closed so that the interior of the garage is not visible from any adjoining portion of the Property.  Section 20.  The burning of trash, rubbish, leaves, trees, or other materials in the open is prohibited.  ARTICLE III REMEDIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY  Section 1.  Enforcement. If any owner fails to comply with the requirements of these Documents and Declarations of Covenents and Restrictions for River Hills Reserve, then upon demand of the RHR Association's Covenants Committee or the Board of Directors, such owner shall take actions required to remedy the identified non-compliance.  If an outside source or agent is required to be contracted to meet such remedy, the owner shall bear all costs of such remedial actions and all costs and expenses, including without limitation, attorney's fees incurred by the Association while enforcing the obligations of such owner.