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23 <br /> ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL <br /> The Architectural Review Board ("ARB")wiIl consist of three members. Declarant will <br /> appoint the initial members to staggered terms of one, two and three years and will continue to <br /> have the power to appoint the ARB until when the authority to appoint <br /> the ARB will be transferred to the Association. <br /> No site preparation (including, but not limited to, grading, elevation work, landscaping, <br /> sloping, or tree work.) or initial construction, erection, or installation of any improvements, <br /> including, but not limited to, buildings, driveways, fences, signs, walls, retaining walls, screens, <br /> landscaping, plantings, play areas, and play equipment or other equipment, furniture, or <br /> structures will be commenced, erected, placed, altered, removed, repaired, or maintained upon <br /> the Property or any Lot, nor will any addition to, change, or alteration therein be made by any <br /> Owner, other than Declarant, until the plans and specifications showing the nature, Lind, shape, <br /> height, materials, exterior colors, siding, location, and elevations of the proposed improvements <br /> or landscaping have been approved in writing by the ARB. A submission will be deemed to have <br /> been approved if the ARB fails to act on the submission within thirty (30) days after receipt of a <br /> complete set of plans and specifications. <br /> Upon request, the ARB will provide any Owner with a letter stating that any such work <br /> plans and specifications have been approved and the same may be relied upon by third parties. <br /> Refusal of approval of such plans, location, or specifications may be based upon any <br /> grounds, including purely aesthetic and environmental, that the ARB, in its sole discretion, <br /> deems sufficient. The ARB will not be responsible for any defects in the plans and specifications <br /> submitted to it or in any structure erected according to such plans and specifications. <br /> Page 13 of 50 <br />