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~ `~~ -~ ~ STATE OF TEXAS i~~ ~ \,=i -~ F, ~ ~~~ ~ =~ .; ~ COUNTY OF HARRIS i A7,• SPENWICK PLACE • General Warranty Deed } KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS • "~:~t ~ _~ t THAT YOCUM REALTY CO•~a private corporation, of Houston, Harris County, Texas, hereinafter styled Grantor, for ~~ W and in considerafion of LI a sum of Ten and No/100 (10.00) Dollars cash and other good and valuable considerations to it in hand paid by __ M D Q .T 1;:T'1T~' ~ ,~ of Harris County, Texas, hereinafter stylecR;rantee,ZwTether one or more) has granted, bargained, sold and conveyed and by these presents does hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey, unto the said Grantee, his heirs, and assigns, the following ~ described property in Harris County, Texas, to-wit: Lot or Tract N^..T ~ ~~~., Block No. 7 of SPENWICK PLACE, Section 1 1 a subdivision in the William M. Jones Survey, Harris County, Texas, according to the map or plat • thereof recorded in the Records of Harris County, Texas. ~ This conveyance is made and accepted subject to the following conditions, covenants, restrictions, and reservations which ?- shall be in effect until January 1, 1980 and shall be deemed and held to be covenants running with the land and binding upon the Grantee, his heirs and assigns, to-wit: B 1. All sites... except those fronting on Spencer Highway shall be used for residence purposes only. Said tracts facing. on _. _ Spencer Highway may be used for business sites. However, Seller reserves the right to approve type of building and type of ~D business, and all front elevations on business property shall be made of either brick, tile, stone, plaster or concrete blocks. ~ Side of building if metal or wood must be painted immediately upon completion, the purpose being to maintain a high stand- azd and to eliminate the type of business that may be objectionable to a desirable residential section. t.,. 2. No building shall be located nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side street line than the building set back ~ lines shown on the recorded plat. No building, including detached garage or other outbuilding, shall be located nearer than 5 feet to any side lot line. No permanent residence or attached appurtenances shall be erected on any lot further than 50 ~ feet from the front lot line. Each corner shall be deemed to front on the street on which it has the smallest frontage. O 3. There shall not be built in said subdivision any residence with less than 700 square feet of floor space. Buildings .p may be incomplete in the interior. No metal or tin building shall be used for residence purposes. All buildings used for ~p residence purposes shall have either gable or hip roof of shingles, either wood or composition. No ordinary box type house N may be used for residental purposes. All buildings, except brick or plaster over hollow tile, shall be painted before occupancy with two coats of good paint. Garages may be built of metal, but not of shed roof type. Garage may be attached to residence. -s Only a single family dwelling or duplex may be constructed on any residential site. Temporary dwellings are not permissible. 4. No bill boards shall be erected or maintained on any residential tract. No church may be constructed or maintained on any residential tract. No junk yazds, no tourist camps, no dance halls, no used-car lots, and no beer gardens shall be main- tained on said property. 5. No site shall be used for the purpose of raising hogs, goats, sheep, rabbits or other animals, or as a place for keeping horses, mules, cattle or animals of any kind; providing that the occupant of each residence may keep domestic animals for his own use and pleasure not exceeding one milk cow and one horse, or one cow and/or mule. No commercial dog kennel shall be maintained in the subdivision. 6. No cess pool sh2i71 ever be dug, used or maintained on any tract. Each and every occupant of a residence shall install a septic tank for sewage disposal prior to occupancy, but lateral lines shall not be run into road ditches and drainage must be disposed of on the property. Outside toilets are strictly prohibited. 7. Easements aze reserved for utility installation and maintenance as shown on the recorded plat. There is also dedi- cated for utilities an unobstructed aerial easement five (5) feet wide from plane twenty (20) feet above the ground upward located adjacent to all easements shown thereon. 8. Bridges constructed over property line ditches shall be of concrete pipe and o1 a size not less than 18 inches, or o! a greater size should ditches be of a depth to require same, in order that drainage will not be retarded. 9. Should the parties hereto, or any of them, their heirs or assigns, violate or attempt to violate any of the covenants or restrictions Herein, it shall be lawful for any other person or persons owning property in the aforementioned subdivision to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against the person or persons violating or attempting to violate any such covenant or restriction, and either to prevent him or them from so doing, or to recover damages or other dues for such violation. ~ 10. Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no wise affect any of t provisions which shall remain in full force and effect. ~~ ~,~ 11. The purpose of the foregoing restrictions is to maintain a high standard of living conditions and thereby make it a desirable residential section. It is understood and agreed that, should there be a violation, or attempted violation, of any o! '• ~ the foregoing covenants and restrictions by any purchaser in said subdivision, the Grantor is in nowise responsible, either financially or otherwise. This deed is executed and accepted expressly subject to the oil, gas, and mineral royalty amounting to one-halt of one- eighth of all oil, gas, and other minerals produced and saved from the land reserved by Ethel B. Pierstorif, et al, in deed dated July 24, 1952, recorded in Volume 2482, Page 585, Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and expressly subject to oil, gas, and mineral lease to Emory T. Carl, covering the above described property, recorded in Volume 737, Page 139, Contract Records of Harris County, Texas. . TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said Grantee, his heirs and assigns, forever. And Grantor does hereby bind itself, its successors-and assigns to want and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said Grantee, his heirs and assigns,; against every person whomsoever claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof. . Grantor'makes1no vtrarranty as to taxes accruing against the herein conveyed property subsequent to the taxes for the year• 19.~rL. •'when the Grantee `Herein ~is more than one person, this instrument shall read as though pertinent verbs and pronouns were changed to correspond, and when the Grantee herein is a corporation, the words, "heirs and assigns", shall be con- atrued tnmean "successors, assigns, and legal representatives". ;,'executed, this.~''~'l~he day of ' ~ A. D. is 59 __ _ -- AT2~E5~;" : ' YOCUM~ F{~ 1 r ~BY Se etary .~ President STATE OF TEXAS , ., COUNTY' OF' HARIii9 ., •BEFOR~ ~ ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared I• S. Deut99>r known to nie to be ' ~ President of YOCUM REALTY CO., known to me to be the person whose name is aub- ibed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration .-~cui expressed, and .in the capacity therein stated as the act and deed of said corporation. '•. GIVEN under my.3tand and seal of office, this the 17tt1. day of J A. D. 1~9 ' / _ ., : • ' ~ lEfot y Public Xn and for Harris County, Texas. .