Neighborhood Name: Cypress Reserve, 1983 
Section JK: 128 properties, non-mandatory homeowners association, (BHA), Developer: Old Pulte East

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No lot or parcel shall be used except for residential purposes. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to 
 remain on any lot, other than one detached single family dwelling not to exceed two (2) stories in height with a minimum 
 one-car garage. No utility building, sheds or carports shall be allowed. 
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No structure of a temporary character, trailer, tent, shack, garage, or other outbuilding shall be used on any lot at any time as 
residence, temporarily or permanently. No structure may be erected on any lot for other than residential purposes, except a 
private one-car garage or a builder' temporary structure. 
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The living area of the main structure, exclusive of garages, shall not be less than 1,200 square feet for a one-story dwelling, 
and not less than 1,400 square feet or a two-story welling. 
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No dwelling shall be constructed on a plot having an area of less than 6,000 square feet. Front, rear and side setback 
requirements, as established by County ordinance in effect at the time of construction, shall be complied with, provided, 
however, that in no event shall any building be erected closer than 20 feet to the front lot line, or closer than 15 feet to the 
ear lot line, or closer than 5 feet to any interior side lot line. No building situated on a comer lot shall be erected closer than 
5 feet to any street right-of-way. 
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No garage or structure, other than a builder's temporary structure, shall be erected on any lot prior to the construction of a 
welling. If a garage is built, either simultaneously with or subsequent to the construction of the dwelling, the garage shall be 
f the same kind of material as the construction of the dwelling. The garage shall be substantial and shall conform 
architecturally with the dwelling. 
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No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or 
become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. 
7. 
No structure shall be moved onto any lot or parcel in the area covered by these restrictions, except temporary buildings used 
by a builder in connection with construction work. 
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No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot, except that dogs, cats or other household 
pets may be kept, provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purposes. However, no more than 
four (4) household pets shall be permitted. 
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No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot except for one (1) professionally lettered sign not more 
than two (2) square feet in size advertising the property for sale or rent, and except for signs used by a builder to advertise the 
property during the during the construction and sale period. No pool company signs shall be permitted to be displayed on 
any lot. 
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No lot shall be used as a dumping ground for rubbish. All garbage or trash containers, oil tanks, bottle gas tanks, soft water 
inks and similar structures or installations shall be placed under the surface of the ground or in fenced areas or screened 
with shrubbery so as not to be visible from the street or objectionable to adjacent residence. 
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No chain link fence or part thereof may be placed any closer to the street than a dwelling could be placed on the same lot, 
except as may be required by FHA/VA or other governmental regulation. No fence situated on a comer lot shall be erected 
loser than 15 feet to any street right -of-way. 
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Gravel type roofs may not be used except on flat roof surfaces. 
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Simultaneously with the construction of a dwelling on any Lot, a four foot (4') wide cement sidewalk shall be installed at the 
expense of the lot owner according the specifications of Hillsborough County, Florida, the line and grade of said sidewalk 
to be in accordance with site plan approved by Developer. 
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Each lot, whether occupied or unoccupied, shall be maintained reasonably clean and free from refuse, debris, unsightly 
growth and fire hazard. 

15. 	Easements for drainage and/or for installation and maintenance of utilities are reserved as shown on the recorded plat. 
      within these easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or 
        interfere with 'the installation and maintenance of utilities or which may impede the flow of water through drainage channels 
        in the easements. The easement area of each lot, and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the, owner 
        of the lot, except for those improvements for which public authority or utilities company is responsible. 
16.	In connection with the development of any lot for residential or the construction of improvements thereon, reasonable care 
shall be used to preserve and retain as many trees as is reasonably possible. No excavation or fill or cutting of trees shall be 
performed in violation of law. 
No motor vehicle, boat, boat trailer camper, mobile home, travel trailer, car, or other vehicle, trailer or conveyance shall be 
parked, kept or stored on any lot except in such a location as to not be visible from the street. 
18.    No stripped, unsightly, offensive, wrecked, junked, or dismantled vehicles or portions thereof, no furniture or appliances 

designed for normal use or operation within (as distinguished from outside of) dwellings, shall be parked, permitted, stored or 
located upon any lot in such manner or location as to be visible to any other, lot or from the street. No building or 
improvement which has been partially or totally destroyed by fire or other casualty shall be allowed to remain in such state 
for more than six (6) months from the time of such destruction. If reconstruction or repair of any such building or 
improvement is not so commenced within six (6) months, the owner thereof shall raze or remove the same promptly from 

       such owner's lot. All lots, whether occupied or unoccupied, and any buildings, structures or improvements thereon, shall at 
       all times be maintained in such a manner as to prevent their becoming unsightly by reason of unattractive growth on such lot 
       or the accumulation of rubbish or debris thereon. Every building, structure or other improvement, the construction of which 

is begun on any lot, shall be diligently and continuously prosecuted after the beginning of such construction or placement 
until the same shall be fully completed, except to the extent prevented completed, except to the extent prevented by strikes, 
lockouts, boycotts, the elements, war , inability to obtain materials, acts of God, or similar causes, within twelve (12) months 
from the date of commencement of construction thereof. 
19.    Nothing contained in these Restrictions shall be interpreted or construed to prevent Developer, its successors or assigns or its 
or their contractors, or sub-contractors, from doing or performing on all or any part of the properties owned or controlled by 
developer, or its successors or assigns, whatever they determine to be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with 
the completion of the development, including without limitation: 
a) erecting, constructing, and maintaining thereon, such structures as may be reasonably completing the development and 
establishing the properties as a residential community and disposing of the same in lots by sale, lease, or otherwise; 

b) conducting thereon its or their business of completing the development and establishing the properties as a residential community and disposing of th properties in I ts by sale, lease or otherwise; or 
c) maintaining such sign or signs thereon as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the sale, lease, or other transfer of the properties in lots. 
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Developer, or its successors or assigns, MAY place, build, erect, and/or install wall(s) and/or fence(s) along Nature’s Way Boulevard. No lot owner, or other person, without the express written consent of Developer, or its successors or assigns, 
 shall paint, deface, alter the appearance, change or renovate, such wall(s) or fence(s) in any manner whatsoever, nor shall any 
 attachments be made thereto of any nature. It is intended that once Developer originally constructs said wall(s), and/or 
fence(s) no lot owner, or other person, shall change the architectural or visual appearance, or affect the structural integrity, of 
such Walls) or fence(s), without the express written consent of Developer, or its successors or assigns. 

The Developer, in order to preserve and maintain the aesthetic qualities of its overall development, which includes other 
property in close proximity to the land described in EXHIBITS A-1 & A-2 requires architectural control and written approval 
with respect to an Owner's building program or building modifications. The Owner, therefore, shall provide the Developer, 
in duplicate, with preliminary artist renderings of the elevations of the buildings or additions to be constructed along with the 
site plans showing locations of all buildings prior to any construction. It is understood that site plans shall be consistent with 
the approved zoning then existent for the property. The Developer shall have a period of ten (10) working days from receipt 
of said documents in which to approve the renderings and site plan. Said approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and 
should Developer disapprove, it shall within the time provided, give the owners written notice of its reasons for disapproval. 
such disapproval shall not, at any time, limit the owners' right to resubmit renderings and site plans until same are approved 
by Developer in the reasonable manner required hereunder. Should Developer fail to respond to a submitted of a rendering 
and/or site plan within the time required, then Developer shall be conclusively presumed to have approved same. Upon 
approval of said renderings and/or site plans, the owners may proceed with the construction of improvements as long as the 
final plans for same are in substantial accordance with those which have been previously submitted to the Developer. 

  22.   The area (s) shown as "conservation areas", “retention” or "detention" areas or "ponds", or "drainage easements", (if any) on 
        the recorded plat of the property subject to these Restrictions shall be left to remain and survive intact, in its present, natural 
        condition and state. The disturbance in any manner of the existing, natural condition, character and state of the "conservation 
        areas", "retention" or "detention" areas or "ponds", or "drainage easements", or the vegetation thereon, or the ecology, 
        topography or bionomics thereof, is absolutely prohibited. It is the intention of the undersigned that the "conservation areas", 
        "retention" or "detention" areas or "ponds", or "drainage easements", shall not be changed, disturbed, used, affected or 
        molested in any manner whatsoever, except as permitted or required by law.

 23.    These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them for a period 
        thirty (30) years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically 
        extended for successive periods of ten (10) years unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots has 
        been recorded, agreeing to change s id covenants i whole or in part. 

 24.   If any person shall violate or attempt to violate any of the restrictions herein, it shall be lawful for any other person or persons 
        owning any real property which is subject to this Declaration of Restrictions to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity 
        against the person or persons violating or attempting to violate any such restrictions to prevent him or them from so doing 
        and/or to recover damages for such violations, including all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. 

 25.   A Master Homeowners' Association will be established by Developer encompassing the Bloomingdale Development, either 
       in whole or in part, every owner of lot in Section J and K, Bloomingdale, shall be a member thereof and shall be subject to 
       all assessments and other terms and provisions contained in such Associations' Declarations of Covenants, Articles of 
       Incorporation and By Laws. Association documents shall have the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration 
       and/or Veterans Administration before being effective as to owners. 

 26.   Invalidation of any one of these covenants, or any part thereof, by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any of the 
       other provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect. 	. 

 

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