ARTICLE
I IDENTITY
The
following By-Laws shall govern the operation of the
C.C.W.R.M.A., a Pennsylvania corporation not for profit,
organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and created under and subject to the
restrictive covenants set forth in the deeds of divers lot
purchasers and under and subject to the Declaration of
restrictive Covenants in and for Pike County,
Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 1040, page 288&c,
hereinafter collectively referred to as “DECLARATION.”
Section 1. Name. The
name of this Association shall be Country Club Woods Road
Maintenance Association.
Section 2. Address.
The mailing
address of the Association shall be 207 High Court,
Milford, PA 18337,
or at such other place as may be subsequently designated
by the Board of Directors of the Association.
Section 3. Seal. The
Seal of the Corporation shall bear the name of the
Corporation, the word, “Pennsylvania”, and the year of
incorporation.
Section 4. Definitions.
a.
As used herein the Word Corporation shall be
equivalent to Association and shall mean C.C.W.R.M.A.
b.
The word “Development” shall mean the lands
comprising the subdivision known as Country Club Woods as
more particularly described in the Plat Maps of Record in
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Pike
County, Pennsylvania.
c.
All other words as used herein shall have the same
definitions as attributed to them in the aforementioned
Declaration.
Section
5. Conflict or Contradiction with the Charter of the
Association.
If
there shall be any conflict, contradiction or ambiguity
between the terms and provisions of these By-Laws and the
terms and provisions of the charter of the Association,
then the terms and provisions of these By-Laws shall be
deemed to control and govern the terms and provision of
the said charter.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
AND RESPONSIBILITY
Section 1. Purpose.
The purpose or purposes of the Association
a.
to insure the present and future residential living
conditions relating to health, safety, public morals,
convenience, comfort and beauty of lots in the
development.
b.
to regulate, inspect, administer, approve
structures and plans for the structures to be constructed
in the development and obtain compliance generally with
the Declaration as to the use of said lots and of related
facilities, including, but not by way of limitation,
roads, rights of way and parking areas.
c.
to promote the welfare and social interest of the
members by the ownership, maintenance and control of the
facilities and roads, and by providing for the
administration and management of same.
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2. Responsibility.
The Association shall be responsible for providing
and performing any all acts and services of any type
whatsoever, and for enforcing the provisions of he
Declaration and these By-Laws as they may amended from
time to time.
ARTICLE
III. MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING
Section
1. Membership.
a.
Membership in the Association shall be limited to
owners of lots in the development. Transfer of ownership
of a lot either voluntarily or be operated of law shall
terminate membership in the Association. The transferee
will then acquire all of the rights and duties of his
predecessor. all owners of lots or their transferees must
be members of the Association.
b.
If ownership of a lot is vested in more than one
person, then all of the persons so owning the said lot
shall be members of the Association eligible to hold
office, attend meetings, etc,. but as hereinafter set
forth, the vote of a lot shall be cast by the voting
member. If lot ownership is vested in a corporation, said
corporation may designate an individual or employee of the
corporation as its voting member.
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2. Voting.
a.
The owner (s) of each lot in the development shall
be entitled to one vote in the affairs of the Association.
An individual (s) owning
more than one (1) lot shall only be entitled to cast one
vote.
b.
The vote of a lot shall not be divided.
c.
A majority of the voting members at any annual or
special meeting shall decide any question unless the
declaration or By-Laws provide otherwise, in which event
the percentage of votes required thereby shall control.
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3. Designation of Voting Members.
a.
If a lot owned by one person, his right to vote
shall be established by the recorded title to
the lot.
b.
If a lot is owned by more than one person, the
person entitled to vote for the lot shall be designated in
a Certificate signed by all of the owners of record of the
lot and filed with the Secretary of the Association. The person designated in such a Certificate who is entitled
to cast the vote for such
lot shall be known as the voting member.
Such a Certificate shall be valid until revoked or
until superseded by a subsequent Certificate or until a
transfer of ownership of the lot concerned.
If such a Certificate is not on file with the
Secretary of the Association for such lot, then the vote
of the said lot shall not be considered in determining a
quorum or for any purpose requiring the vote of the
membership of the Association.
Provided, however, that if a lot is owned jointly
by a husband and wife, the following three (3) provisions
shall be applicable thereto:
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(i)
They may, but they shall not be required to,
designate a voting member.
(ii)
If they do not designate a voting member and if
both are present at a meeting and are unable to concur in
their decision upon any subject requiring a vote, they
shall lose their right to vote on that subject at that
meeting. (As
previously provided, the vote of a lot is not devisable.)
(iii)
Where they do not designate a voting member, and
only one is present a meeting, the person present may cast
the vote for the lots as though he or she owned the lot
individually and without establishing the concurrence of
the absent person.
c.
If a lot is owned by a corporation, the officer or
employee thereof entitled to cast the vote of the lot for
the corporation shall be designated in a Certificate for
this purpose, such a Certificate shall be signed by the
President or Vice-President of the Corporation, attested
to by the Secretary and filed with the Secretary of the
Association. The
provisions of Subsection (b) of this Section shall govern
the revocation and failure to file such a Certificate.
Section 4. Method of Voting.
Votes shall be cast in person by the designated
voting member for each lot at the meeting at which the
subject is being voted upon.
Voting by proxy shall not be permitted.
ARTICLE
IV. MEETINGS
OF THE MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Place.
all meetings of the Association membership shall be
held at the designation determined by the Board of
Directors of the Association.
Section 2. Notices.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Association to mail or deliver a Notice of each annual or
special meeting, stating the time and place thereof, to
each lot owner or record at least thirty (30) days but not
more than forty (40) days prior to such meeting.
all notices shall be mailed to the address of the
owner as it appears on the books of the Association or
delivered to him personally.
Section 3. Annual Meeting.
a.
The annual meeting of the membership of the
Association shall be held on the Second Saturday of
September.
b.
At the annual meeting the following business shall
be brought before the membership.
(i)
the election of Directors to fill the vacancies
existing of the board of
Directors for the ensuing year by reason of the
termination of a director’s term of office as provided
by these By-Laws.
(ii)
adopt an annual budget for the Association and
adopt and levy annual dues and/or assessments necessary to
meet the anticipated expenditures for the fiscal year.
(iii)
the transaction of such other business as may be
brought before the meeting.
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Section 4. Special Meeting.
Special meetings of the members for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by stature, may be
called by the President, and shall be called by the
President or Secretary at the request, in writing, of a
majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request, in
writing, of ten (10) members, which request shall state
the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
Business transacted at all special meetings of the
members shall be called within sixty (60) days of the date
the Association shall receive the request as set forth in
the paragraph.
Section 5. Quorum.
At any meeting of the Association, the presence in
person of ten (10) voting members shall constitute a
quorum and the concurring vote of a majority of the voting
members present shall be valid and binding upon the
Association except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws
or the Declaration.
Section 6. Waiver and Consent.
Whenever the vote of members at a meeting is
required for permitted by any provision of these By-Laws
to be taken in connection with any action of the
Association, the meeting and vote of members may be
dispensed with if not less than
majority of the members who would have been
entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were
held, shall consent in writing to such action being taken;
however, Notice of such action shall be given to all
members.
Section 7. Adjourned Meetings.
If any meeting of members cannot be organized
because of quorum of voting members is not present, the
meeting may be adjourned from time to time until a quorum
is present.