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ARTICLE 11 CHARACTER & PURPOSE 2.1 Characterand Purpose. This Declaratbn is made to ensure the proper use and devebpment of the Blackthorn Corporate Center. ft is the intent of this Declaration to ensure that the devebpment of Bladcthom will have minimal impact on the natural - landscape, vegetation and wildlife. Blackthorn will be maintained as a premier business environment for office, support office/research and general business uses in a natural setting, with Guidelines to promote only the highest quality devebpment. It is also the intent of this Declaration to protect Owners and Occupants of Blackthorn against improper and undesirable uses and against construction of .Improvements built of sub- standard design or materials. This Article II shall be used by the Authority,. the Commission, the Association and the Committee as a general standard in interpreting the provisions of this Declaration and judging performance hereunder, in the preparation and revisions of the Guidelines, in approving or disapproving the development of Saes, and in carrying out the overall development of Blackthorn. ARTICLE 111 DEVELOPMENT RESTR/CTIONS 3. i Subdivision. No Lot shall be subdivided and no Lot's size, dimensbns or boundaries shall be mod'rfied, changed or altered, whether by conveyance, lease, dedication, forecbsure proceedings, forfeiture or any other means, except as provided in Secton 3.5 bebw. 3.2 Improvements to a Lot. No Improvements shall be made to any Lot without the prior approval of the Committee in accordance with the requirements of Article V below. 3.3 Use of Lots. Each Owner shall use its Lot for only such purpose or purposes which are approved by the Committeeand/or the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Article IV below. All uses of a Lot and all Improvements to a Lot shall be in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances, statutes and other governmental regulations or approvals applicable to the Lot or the Owner. 3.4 Rezoning and Variances. No Owner shall request or seek, in any manner: a rezoning of its Lot or a variance from or special exception to any applicable zoning ordinances, except as provided in Section 3.5 below. 3.5 Exceptions to Section 3.1 or 3.4 Restrictions. An Owner may submit to the Commission, or the Board when the Declarant owns less then five percent (5%) of Bladcthom, a request to subdivide the Owner's Lot or otherwise mod'rfy, change or alter the Owner's Lot size, dimensions or boundaries or to seek the rezoning of the Owner's Lot or a variance from or special exception to any zoning requirements for the Owner's Lot. Any such request shall be in wntrng and delnrered to (a) the Commission, so long as the Declarant owns at least five percent (5%) of the land area in Blackthorn, or (b) 'rf the Declarant no longer owns at least five percent (5%) of the land area in Blackthorn, the Board. a. If the request is made to the Commission, the Commission shall approve or reject such request within sixty (60) days of Commission's receipt of the request. The Commission shall have the nght in its sole and absolute Blackthorn Corporate Center -Covenants & Restrictions 4/t~93