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98 <br /> be removed and replaced at any time,with or without cause, and without prior notice,by the party <br /> or body then having the authority to appoint such members. Notwithstanding anything contained <br /> herein to the contrary,the Architectural Review Board shall have the right,power and authority to <br /> employ and/or use the services of any architects, engineers, attorneys or other professionals as it <br /> deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion, to carry out the duties and obligations of the <br /> Architectural Review Board as described in this Article VIII. <br /> Section 2. Architectural and Design and Landscape Guidelines <br /> (a) The Architectural Review Board shall, from time to time, publish and promulgate the <br /> Architectural, Design and Landscape Guidelines. The Guidelines shall be explanatory and <br /> illustrative of the general intent of the development of the Property and are intended as a guide to <br /> assist the Architectural Review Board in reviewing plans and specifications for Improvements <br /> (including landscaping). The Guidelines shall also set out, among other things,the procedures for <br /> submission, review and approval of plans and specifications to the Architectural Review Board <br /> and the fees to be imposed by the Architectural Review Board, as more specifically described in <br /> Article VIII, Section 7 hereof. In any event, the Guidelines may be revised and amended at any <br /> time by the Architectural Review Board, in its sole discretion (provided, however, after the <br /> Turnover Date, the Guidelines shall not be revised or amended to allow less restrictive standards <br /> than those in effect on the Turnover Date), and shall not constitute, in every event, the sole basis <br /> for approval or disapproval of plans, specifications and other materials (for the construction of <br /> non-landscape Improvements) submitted to the Architectural Review Board for approval. <br /> (b) The portions of the Guidelines addressing landscaping Improvements may establish <br /> approved standards, methods and procedures for landscaping, landscape management and <br /> landscape maintenance in the Property, including the removal of trees. Such authorized standards, <br /> methods and procedures shall be utilized by Owners and their contractors and subcontractors, and <br /> the approval by the Architectural Review Board of any landscaping plan or other landscaping <br /> improvement in connection with landscaping on a Lot or other portion of the Property shall be <br /> based upon the conformity of such plan or improvement with the Guidelines. <br /> (c) The Architectural Review Board is also hereby authorized to publish and promulgate from <br /> time to time, and revise and amend at any time in its sole discretion, construction rules to be <br /> followed by all Owners and builders performing work or constructing or installing Improvements <br /> (including landscape Improvements) on the Property. <br /> (d) The Architectural Review Board may issue and amend the Guidelines from time to time <br /> and may publish and promulgate different Guidelines for different Phases, sections or portions of <br /> the Property. <br /> Section 3. Definition of"Improvements" <br /> . The term "Improvement" or "Improvements" shall mean and include any and all man-made <br /> changes or additions to a Lot, including,but not limited to,the location,materials, size and design <br /> of all buildings (including any exterior devices attached to or separate from buildings, such as <br /> heating and air conditioning equipment, solar heating devices, antennae, satellite dishes, etc.); <br /> 27 <br />