Covenants
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2005 RCHCI APPROVALS
SEPTEMBER
2005 RCHCI APPROVALS
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2005 RCHCI APPROVAL
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Covenants Approval
Request to Montgomery County Council
The
Board submitted a letter in November 2005 requesting the
Montgomery County Council to consider changing the rules for
building permits to require that properties with covenants
have the approval of the local citizens association’s
covenants board prior to receiving approval for a building
permit. The Board would also like the council to consider
supporting legislation that would require all titles and deeds
having any restrictive covenants attached have those covenants
presented to buyers at the time of closing. To date, the council
has not responded to the letter.
HOME IMPROVEMENT
CHECKLIST
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and sample "neighbor notification" form
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ROCK CREEK HILLS COVENANTS OVERVIEW
A key factor in the continued maintenance of any residential
area as a desirable neighborhood is use of "Covenants,"
which are merely a system of establishing and maintaining
conditions on the user of property. The sole object
of "covenants" is to maintain the beautiful character
of the development.
When Continental Life Insurance Company started
Rock Creek Hills many years ago, it recorded various sets
of covenants in the land records of the county. This
practice was followed by Continental Life Insurance Company
as it developed new areas, as well as by the more recent developers.
About 1958, Rock Creek Hills Covenants, Inc.
was organized by Rock Creek Hills Citizens Association to
take over the responsibilities and power over covenants in
Rock Creek Hills from Southland Life Insurance Company, the
successor of Continental Life Insurance Company, as Southland
was moving out of the Washington area. Other developers,
as they sold out their developments, also assigned their responsibilities
and powers to Rock Creek Hills Covenants, Inc. The officers
of Rock Creek Hills Covenants, Inc. are elected by the membership
of the Rock Creek Hills Citizens Association.
Although the exact language of the various sets
of covenants differs, they all have principal provisions which
set forth that:
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Each lot shall be limited to a detached,
single family residence with single family dwelling use;
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The property shall not be used for trade
or business use;
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No line fences or walls of any kind shall
be erected except growing hedges or such as may be approved
by Rock Creek Hills Covenants, Inc.;
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No building or structure of any kind shall
be erected, or any alteration to an existing building
or structure shall be made, until it shall have been approved
by Rock Creek Hills Covenants, Inc.;
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There shall be no nuisances or anything
noxious, dangerous or offensive, with specific reference
to keeping cattle, livestock or fowls.
Considerable work has been expended in the identification
of the exact covenants which are applicable to each lot in
Rock Creek Hills.
A copy of the covenants affecting your property
can be obtained by visiting the County's Land Records Office.
The Land Records Office of the Circuit Court is on the second
floor in Room 218 of the Judicial Center, 50 Courthouse Square,
Rockville, MD.
If you have any questions about the nature of
these covenants which are applicable to your property, or
if you contemplate any such construction, alteration or usage,
please contact the any officer of the Citizens Association
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