This section is from the book "Real Estate Principles And Practices", by Philip A. Benson, Nelson L. North. Also available from Amazon: Real Estate Principles and Practices.
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That neither the said party of the second part nor the heirs, successors or assigns of the party of the second part shall or will erect, suffer or permit, maintain or carry on upon said premises or any part thereof any slaughter house, blacksmith shop, forge, foundry or furnace, or any manufactory or factory of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any tannery or other factory for the manufacture, preparation or treatment of skins, hides or leather, or any brewery, malt house or distillery, or any building or other structure for the manufacture of any malt or spirituous or distilled liquors, or to be used for the carrying on of any noxious, dangerous or offensive trade or business, or any hotel or boarding or community house, or any building to be used as a hospital for the care or treatment of any disease either of persons or animals, or any asylum for the care or treatment of the insane, nor shall said premises be used for a cemetery.
That neither the said party of the second part nor the heirs, successors or assigns of the party of the second part shall or will erect, or cause or suffer to be erected, or use or cause or suffer to be used on any portion of said premises any building except a dwelling house for one family only, which building shall cost to erect, at least Three thousand ($3,000) Dollars, and which building shall not have a roof of the character or description commonly known as a flat roof.
That neither the said party of the second part, nor the heirs, successors or assigns of the party of the second part shall or will erect or cause or suffer to be erected, or use or cause or suffer to be used on any portion of said premises more than one building on each plot of land, at least......feet front and rear by 100 feet in depth on each side; and no building or structure of any kind or nature shall be erected, suffered or permitted to be erected or used within 15 feet of the building line of any Street, Avenue or Parkway, nor within 15 feet of the rear line of any of said plots, nor within...... feet of the side lines of said plot. This covenant as to a set back shall not apply to front or side or rear steps, side porches or piazzas, cornices, bay or oriel windows, upon houses erected in accordance with the above restrictions.
That neither the said party of the second part nor the heirs, successors or assigns of the party of the second part shall or will manufacture or sell or cause or permit to be manufactured or sold or kept for sale on any portion of the premises hereby conveyed any goods or merchandise of any kind and will not carry on or cause or permit to be carried on, any trade or business whatsoever upon any part of said premises.
That neither the said party of the second part nor the heirs, successors or assigns of the party of the second part shall or will construct or permit upon any portion of said premises any tight board or close built fence whatsoever, nor any fence nearer the street line on which said house fronts than the front wall of the house, excepting that a hedge may be placed in front on the building line, provided, however, that no fence or hedge whatsoever shall be permitted of a greater height than four feet.
And the party of the second part for the party of the second part and the heirs, successors and assigns of the party of the second part further covenants that the property conveyed by this deed shall be subject to an annual charge in such an amount as will be fixed by the party of the first part, its successors and assigns not, however, exceeding in any year the sum of Four ($4.00) Dollars per lot 20 x 100 feet. The assigns of the party of the first part may include a Property Owners' Association which may hereafter be organized for the purposes referred to in this paragraph, and in case such association is organized, the sums in this paragraph provided for shall be payable to such association. The party of the second part for the party of the second part and the heirs, successors and assigns of the party of the second part covenants that they will pay this charge to the party of the first part, its successors and assigns on the first day of May in each and every year, and further covenants that said charge shall on said date in each year become a lien on the land and shall continue to be such lien until fully paid. Such charge shall be payable to the party of the first part or its successors or assigns, and shall be devoted to the maintenance of the roads, paths, parks, beach, sewers, and such other public purposes as shall from time to time be determined by the party of the first part, its successors or assigns. And the party of the second part by the acceptance of this deed hereby expressly vests in the party of the first part, its successors and assigns, the right and power to bring all actions against the owner of the premises hereby conveyed or any part thereof for the collection of such charge and to enforce the aforesaid lien therefor.
These covenants shall run with the land and shall be construed as real covenants running with the land until January 31st, 1940, when they shall cease and determine. Except, however, it is mutually understood and agreed that the above covenants and restrictions or any of them may be altered, modified or annulled at any time prior to said January 31st, 1940, by written agreement by and between the Neponsit Realty Company, its successors or assigns, and the owner for the time being of the premises upon which it is agreed to alter, modify or annul said covenants and restrictions and such agreement shall be effectual to alter, modify or annul such covenants and restrictions as to such premises without the consent of the owner or owners of any adjacent premises. Nothing herein contained shall be construed, nor shall there be any obligation upon the party of the first part, its successors or assigns, to restrict in any manner any other property shown upon said map now or hereafter owned by the party of the first part, its successors or assigns.
 
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