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21 <br /> Hort's Mill <br /> construction of the Dwelling Unit or as approved by the Land Use and Design Review Committee. If such <br /> improvements are made to the Common Areas, then such improvements must be maintained by the <br /> Owner of the Dwelling Unit benefitted in a manner acceptable to the Community Association. In the <br /> event the Owner shall fail to maintain such improvements in a manner acceptable to the Community <br /> Association,the Community Association shall have the right and duty, after Notice and Hearing, to <br /> remove the improvement and restore the Common Areas to a condition compatible with the remainder <br /> of the Common Areas. <br /> Maintenance of the Yards and Dwelling Units.To provide and maintain exterior harmony for all of the <br /> Dwelling Units located within The Property,the Community Association shall maintain and repair the <br /> exterior of the Dwelling Unit located within The Property to include but not be limited to the painting, <br /> repairing, replacing and maintaining of roofs, gutters, down spouts, exterior building surfaces, patios, <br /> decks and perimeter fence. Such maintenance shall not include the maintenance, repair or replacement <br /> of glass in doors or windows or screened surfaces, entry door or door frames or hardware, all of which <br /> shall be the sole responsibility of the Dwelling Unit's Owner. <br /> The maintenance obligation on the part of the Community Association shall apply to such maintenance <br /> required by ordinary wear and tear and shall not apply to maintenance, repair or restoration resulting <br /> from willful neglect or destruction. <br /> All other Dwelling Unit maintenance and repair shall be the sole responsibility and at the sole expense of <br /> the Owner. Each Owner shall be responsible for maintaining the landscaping upon the Yard surrounding <br /> his or her own Dwelling Unit. All landscaping and maintenance thereof must comply with the Rules, <br /> Regulations and Guidelines established by the Land Use Committee and be in compliance the approved <br /> landscape plan. <br /> An Owner may elect to turn over maintenance of landscaping on the Yard surrounding his or her <br /> Dwelling Unit to the Association. A written agreement and payment of an additional maintenance fee <br /> are required. <br /> Maintenance of Drainage Pattern.There shall be no interference with the established drainage pattern <br /> initially established by the Declarant over any of the Yards and Common Areas within the Property, <br /> except as approved in writing by the Land Use Committee.Approval shall not be granted unless <br /> provision is made for adequate alternate drainage.The established drainage pattern shall mean the <br /> drainage pattern which exists at the time the overall grading of any property is completed by the <br /> Declarant and shall include any established drainage pattern shown on the plans approved by the Land <br /> use Committee.The established drainage pattern may include the drainage pattern from the Common <br /> Areas over any Yards with The Property and from any Yard within The Property over the common Areas, <br /> or from any Yard over another Yard. <br /> Page 14 <br />