DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

THIS DECLARATION, made on the date hereinafter set forth by OAKLAWN ASSOCIATES, a North Carolina Joint Venture, (hereinafter “Oaklawn”); THE CHARLOTTE BUILDING GROUP, a North Carolina General Partnership, (hereinafter “Charlotte”); and JOHN CROSLAND COMPANY, a North Carolina Limited partnership (hereinafter “Crosland”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, Oaklawn and Charlotte are the owners of certain property in Huntersville and Long Creek Townships, County of Mecklenburg, State of North Carolina, which is more particularly described as:

BEING all of the Lots shown on map of CEDARFIELD, Phase 1, Map 1, which map is recorded in Map Book 21 at Page 988 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

NOW, THEREFORE, Oaklawn and Charlotte hereby declare that all of the properties described above shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the following easements, restrictions, covenants, and conditions which are for the purpose of protecting the value and desirability of, and which shall run with, the real property, and be binding on all parties having any right, title or interest in the described properties or any part thereof, their heirs, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each owner thereof.

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

Section 1. “Association”

“Association”shall mean and refer to Cedarfield Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., its successors and assigns.

Section 2. “Owner”

“Owner” shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of a fee simple title to any lot which is a part of the properties, including contract sellers, but excluding those having such interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation.

Section 3. “Properties”

“Properties” shall mean and refer to that certain real property hereinbefore described, and such additions thereto as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of the Association.

Section 4. “Common Areas”

“Common Areas” shall mean all real property (including the improvements thereto) owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of the owners and designated as “Common Area” including but not limited to, swimming pool and cabana, walking paths, playground areas, subdivision entrances and landscaped islands on any plot of the property described on Schedule A attached hereto and duly recorded in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry in accordance with the provisions of this Declaration. The Common Area to be owned by the Association at the time of the conveyance of the first lot is described as follows:

Being all of the property designated as Common Area in the map of Cedarfield, Phase 1, Map 1, recorded in Map Book 21 at Page 988 in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry.

Section 5. “Lot”

“Lot” shall mean and refer to any plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties with the exception of the Common Area.

Section 6. “Declarant”

“Declarant” shall mean and refer to Oaklawn Associates, a North Carolina Joint Venture, and John Crosland Company, a North Carolina Limited Partnership, and shall also mean and refer to any person, firm or corporation which shall hereinafter become vested, at any given time, with title to two (2) or more undeveloped lots for the purpose of causing residence buildings to be constructed thereon, and any such successors in title to John Crosland Company or Oaklawn Associates shall be a Declarant during such period of time as said party is vested with title to two (2) or more such lots so long as said lots are undeveloped, developed but unconveyed, or improvements constructed thereon are unoccupied, but only during such period.

Section 7. “Member”

“Member” shall mean and refer to every person or entity who holds membership in the Association.

Section 8. “Special Pool Memberships”

“Special Pool Memberships” shall mean and refer to limited memberships established by the Board of Directors of the Association for persons residing outside of Cedarfield pursuant to Article X hereof.

ARTICLE II - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THIS DECLARATION ADDITIONS THERETO

Section 1. Existing Property

The real property which is and shall be held, transferred, sold, conveyed, and occupied subject to this Declaration, irrespective of whether there may be additions thereto as hereinafter provided, is located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and is shown on map recorded in Map Book 21 at Page 988 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County.

This property shall be herein referred to as “Existing Property”.

Section 2. Additions to Existing Property.

Additional property may be brought within the scheme of this Declaration and the jurisdiction of the Association in the following ways:

(a) Additional land within the area described in the metes and bounds description attached hereto as Schedule A and incorporated herein by reference may be annexed to the Properties by Delcarant and brought within the scheme of this Declaration and within the jurisdiction of the Association, in future stages of development, without the consent of the Association or its members; provided, however, that said annexations, if any, must occur within ten (10) years after the date of this instrument.

(b) Additional residential property (and common area), outside of the area described in the aforementioned Schedule A may be annexed to the Properties and brought within the scheme of this Declaration and the jurisdiction of the Association with the consent of the members entitled to at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes appurtenant to all Class A lots and at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes appurtenant to all Class B lots, if any, as hereinafter defined in Article III, Section 2. The Association may participate in mergers or consolidations with other non-profit corporations organized for the same or similar purposes as the Association, thereby adding to the Association, or to a surviving home association, the properties, rights and obligations of the non-profit corporation with which it merges or consolidates. Any such merger or consolidation shall have the assent of the members as provided above in the subsection (b), and no such merger or consolidation shall revoke, change or add to any of the provisions of this Declaration except as herein provided.

(c) The additions authorized under subsections (a) and (b) shall be made by filing of record Supplementary Declarations of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions with respect to the additional properties which shall extend the scheme of this Declaration and the jurisdiction of the Association to such properties and thereby subject such additions to assessment for their just share of the Associations expenses. Said Supplementary Declarations may contain such complementary additions and modification of the covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in this Declaration as may be necessary to reflect only the different character of the added properties and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration.

ARTICLE III - PROPERTY RIGHTS

Section 1. Owner’s Easements of Enjoyment

Every owner shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and the Common Area which shall be appurtenant to and shall pass with the title to every Lot, subject to the following provisions:

(a) the right of the Association to charge reasonable admission and other fees for the use of any recreational facility situated upon the Common Area;

(b) the right of the Association to suspend the voting rights and right to use of the recreational facilities by an owner for any period during which any assessment against his Lot remains unpaid; and for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days for any infraction of its published rules and regulations;

(c) the right of the Association to dedicate or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority, or utility for such purposes, and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective unless an instrument agreeing to such dedication or transfer signed by two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members has been recorded.

(d) The right of the Association to provide, by cross-easements, for owners within the property described on Schedule B hereto to use Stratton Farm Road and certain pathways leading to greenway areas within Cedarfield Subdivision.

Section 2. Delegation of Use

Any owner may delegate, in accordance with the By-Laws, his right of enjoyment to the Common Area and facilities to the members of his family, his tenants, or contract purchasers who reside on the property.

ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS

Section 1.

Every owner of a lot which is subject to assessment shall be a member of the Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment.

Section 2.

The Association shall have two (2) classes of voting membership:

Class A. Class A members shall be all Owners, with the exception of the Declarants, and shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised as they determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be cast with respect to any Lot.

Class B. The Class B member(s) shall be the Declarants and shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot owned. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of either of the following events, whichever occurs earlier:

(a) When the total number of votes appurtenant to the Class A lots equals the total number of votes appurtenant to the Class B lots; provided, that the Class B Lots shall be reinstated with all rights, privileges and responsibilities, if after conversion of the Class B Lots to Class A Lots hereunder, additional land containing lots is annexed to the existing property pursuant to Article II, Section 2 hereof; or

(b) On December 1, 1994.

ARTICLE V - COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS

Section 1. Creation of the lien and Personal Obligations of Assessments

The Declarants, for each Lot owned within the Properties, hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges; and (2) special assessments for capital improvements, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual and special assessments, together with interest, costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which each assessment is made. Each such assessment, together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the Owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due. The personal obligation for delinquent assessment shall not pass to his successors in title unless expressly assumed by them.

Section 2. Purpose of Assessments

The assessments levied by the Association shall be used exclusively to promote the recreation, health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Properties and in particular for the acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of properties, services and facilities devoted to this purpose and related to the use and enjoyment of the Common Area, including but not limited to, the cost of repair, replacement and additions thereto, the cost of labor, equipment, materials, management and supervision thereof, the payment of taxes assessed against the Common Area, the procurement and maintenance of insurance in accordance with the By-laws, the employment of attorneys to represent the Association when necessary, payment of principal and interest on funds borrowed for Association purposes, and such other needs as may arise.

Without limiting the generality of the above-described purposes, the assessments levied by the Association may be used for the acquisition, construction, improvement (including landscaping and planting) and maintenance of the following common recreational facilities located or to be located in the Common Area swimming pool, together with a cabana having dressing and shower facilities, walking paths, playground areas, entrance-ways and road medians. Additionally, the assessments may be used to landscape, plant and maintain any planting sign or entranceway easements reserved by Declarant on any Lots.

Section 3. Maximum Annual Assessment

Until January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be Two Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($250.00) per Class A Lot ($20.83 per month) and Sixty-Two and 50/100 Dollars ($62.50) per Class B Lot ($5.21 per month).

(a) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased each year not more than Ten Percent (10%) above the maximum assessment for the previous year without a vote of the membership.

(b) From and after January 1 of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased above Ten Percent (10%) by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members who are voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting duly called for this purpose.

Section 4. Special Assessments for Capital Improvements

In addition to the annual assessments authorized above, the Association may levy, in any assessment year, a special assessment applicable to that year only for the purpose of defraying, in whole or in part, the cost of any construction, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a capital improvement upon the Common Area, including fixtures and personal property related thereto, provided that any such assessment shall have the members as provided in Section 3(b) of this Article and shall be in the ratio of 3 to 1 for Class A and Class B Lots as provided in Section 3(c) of this Article.

Section 5. Notice and Quorum for Any Action Authorized Under Section 3 and 4

Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking any action authorized under Section 3 or 4 shall be sent to all members not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of members or of proxies entitled to cast sixty percent (60%) of all the votes of each class of membership shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present, another meeting may be called subject to the same notice requirement, and the required quorum at the subsequent meeting shall be one-half (1/2) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No such subsequent meeting shall be held more than sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting.

Section 6. Uniform Rate of Assessment

Both annual and special assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all Lots, except for the provisions set out in Article V, Section 3 above, and may be collected on a monthly basis.

Section 7. Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments: Due Dates

The annual assessments provided for herein shall commence as to all Lots on the first day of the month following the conveyance of the Common Area. The first annual assessment shall be adjusted according to the number of months remaining in the calendar year. The Board of Directors shall fix the amount of the annual assessment against each Lot at least thirty (30) days in advance of each annual assessment period. Written notice of the annual assessments shall be sent to every Owner subject thereto. The due dates shall be established by the Board of Directors. The Association shall, upon demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. A properly executed certificate of the Association as to the status of assessments on a lot is binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance.

Section 8. Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association

Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of Eight Percent (8%) per annum. The Association may bring an action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien against the property. No owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by non-use of the Common Area or abandonment of his Lot.

Section 9. Subordination of the Lien to Mortgages

The lien of the assessments provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage. Sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect the assessment lien. However, the sale or transfer of any Lot pursuant to mortgage foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof, shall extinguish the lien of such assessments as to payments which become due prior to such sale or transfer. No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof.

Section 10. Exempt Property

All property dedicated to, and accepted by, a local public authority and all properties owned by a charitable or non-profit organization exempt from taxation by the laws of the State of North Carolina shall be exempt from the assessments created herein. However, no land or improvements devoted to dwelling use shall be exempt from said assessments.

ARTICLE VI - EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE

The Owner shall maintain the grounds and the improvements situated on each Lot, including but not limited to, plantings, landscaping and lawns, at all times, in a neat and attractive manner satisfactory to the Board of Directors of the Association. Upon the owner’s failure to do so, the Association may, at its option, after approval by a majority vote of the Board of Directors and after giving the Owner ten (10) days written notice sent to his last known address, or to the address of the subject premises, have the grass, weeds, shrubs and vegetation cut when and as often as the same is necessary in its judgment, and have dead trees, shrubs and plants removed from such lot, and replaced, and may have any portion of the lot resodded or landscaped, and all expenses of the Association under this sentence shall be a lien and charge against the Lot on which the work was done and the personal obligation of the then Owner of such Lot. Upon the Owner’s failure to maintain the exterior of any structure, including the roof, in good repair and appearance, the Association may, at its option, after approval by a majority vote of the Board of Directors and after giving the Owner thirty (30) days written notice sent to his last known address, make repairs and improve the appearance in a reasonable and workman-like manner. The cost of any of the work performed by the Association upon the Owner’s failure to do so shall be immediately due and owing from the Owner of the Lot and shall constitute an assessment against the Lot on which the work was performed, collectible in a lump sum and secured by the lien against the Lot as herein provided.

ARTICLE VII - USE RESTRICTIONS

Section 1. Land Use

All lots shall be used for residential purposes only, except that Declarants may maintain sales offices, models and const