ARTICLE V- THE ASSOCIATION
Section 1. Purposes and Powers. The Developer
has incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida, as a not for
profit corporation, The Hammock Beach Estates Home Owner's Association,
Inc., true and complete copies of the Article of Incorporation and the
By-Laws of which are annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibits A
and B, respectively. The purposes of the Association are to promote the
health, safety and welfare of the members and to implement, administer,
enforce and interpret the provisions of the Declaration. In furtherance
thereof, the Association has the following powers:
A. To acquire the fee simple record title to (i) the
"Recreation Facility" and all improvements thereon, which will
be conveyed to it by the Developer, as hereinafter provided and (ii) any
lots used exclusively for the installation of "Developer
Improvements".
B. To hold, operate, manage, improve, replace, maintain
and beautify the "Recreation Facility" and "Developer
Improvements" without profit to itself, for the use, benefit and
enjoyment of the Members of the Association.
C. To implement, administer, enforce and interpret the
provision of this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation and the
By-Laws.
D. To establish, make, levy and collect annual
operating and special assessments against each Member and against each
Member's lot.
E. To make, establish and enforce reasonable rules and
regulations governing the use and enjoyment of the "Recreation
Facility"
F. To operate, manage and maintain "Developer Improvements" as provided by the Developer.
G. Except as may otherwise be provided in
this Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation or the
By-laws, the corporation shall have all of the powers and privileges
granted to corporations not for profit under the laws of the State of Florida.
Section 2. Membership. The following
shall be
Members of the Association and no other person or entity shall be Member
of the Association:
Every person or entity (including the Developer so
long as it is the record owner of a fee or undivided fee simple interest
in any Lot) who is the record owner of a fee or undivided fee simple
interest in any Lot (as this term is defined in the Declaration) which
is subject by covenants of record to assessment by the Association shall
automatically be a Member of the Association, provided that any such
person or entity who holds such interest as a security for the
performance of an obligation shall not be a Member, except if such
person or entity acquires such interest pursuant to foreclosure or any
proceeding in lieu of foreclosure. At such time as a person or entity is
no longer the record owner of such interest, the membership in the
Association of such person or entity shall automatically terminate. The
interest of a Member in the funds, assets or real property of the
Association cannot be conveyed, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise
transferred except as an appurtenance to such Member's lot. No Member
shall bring or have the right to bring any action for partition or
division.
3. Association Control During Development.
Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwithstanding, until the
completion of the Development Period, as defined below, no action of the
membership shall be effective or binding without the consent of the
Board of Directors of the Association. The Developer shall have the
right to appoint all directors of the Association until record title to
the 25th lot in The Hammock Beach Estates Neighborhood District shall
have been transferred to an individual purchaser. After such transfer
and until the expiration of the Development Period, the Association
membership shall have the right to elect one of three directors of the
Association, and the Developer sha1l have the right
to appoint two of the directors of the Association. the
Developer shall have the right to appoint the majority of the board
members and the Association shall have the right to elect the remaining
board members. "The Development
Period" shall be that period of time commencing with the record pi
this Declaration in the Public Records of Flagler County, Florida, and
ending with a date forty-five (45) days after the transfer of the fee
simple title to the last lot one
hundred thirty third (133rd) lot. At the end of the Development
Period, the Association membership shall have the right to elect all board
members, subject to the right of the Developer to appoint one member to
the board so long as the Developer holds for sale in the ordinary course
of business at least one lot. Notwithstanding the above, the
Developer retains the right to maintain a Model Home, Signage and Sales
Office until such time as the last lot is sold, so long as the Signage and
Sales Office are used exclusively for the marketing and sale of Lots in
Hammock Beach Estates.