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79 <br /> Deeds of Orange County, North Carolina for the purpose of terminating any all rights reserved by <br /> Declarant herein(exclusive of any rights that Declarant may have solely in its capacity as an Owner). <br /> (aa) "Person"or"person"shall mean any natural person,corporation,business or other <br /> trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, government, governmental <br /> subdivisio subdivision,or agency,or other legal or commercial entity. <br /> (bb) "Property" shall mean all of the Initial Property and such Additional Property, if <br /> any, as shall be made subject to the provisions of this Declaration from time to time as provided in Section <br /> 2.02. <br /> (cc) "Rules and Regulations" shall mean such rules and/or regulations governing <br /> access to and/or the use of any Lot, Common Elements and/or Street as may be adopted from time to time by <br /> Declarant during the Period of Declarant Control or, thereafter, by the Board of Directors, to the extent not <br /> inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration. <br /> (dd) "Special Assessment" shall mean an assessment levied by the Board of Directors <br /> against any Lot or Lots as provided in Section 8.04 to fund, or to reimburse the Association for, without <br /> limitation, (i) the costs of any capital improvement to any Common Elements, and/or (ii) any extraordinary <br /> cost or expense incurred by the Association. <br /> (ee) "Street" shall mean any part of the Property identified and described as a street, <br /> road or cul-de-sac on the Subdivision Plat. <br /> (ff) "Subdivision Plat" shall mean that certain plat of survey recorded by Declarant in <br /> the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County,North Carolina in Plat Book , Pages , as <br /> amended,modified and/or supplemented by any Supplemental Plat(as hereinafter defined). <br /> (gg) "Supplemental Declaration" shall mean any document executed by Declarant <br /> during the Period of Declarant Control or, thereafter, by the Association and recorded in the office of the <br /> Register of Deeds of Orange County,North Carolina for the purpose(s) of,without limitation, (i) amending, <br /> modifying and/or supplementing any provision contained in this Declaration,and/or(ii)subjecting Additional <br /> Property,including any Lot(s), Common Elements and/or Street(s) subdivided therefrom,to the provisions of <br /> this Declaration as provided in Section 2.02. <br /> (hh) "Supplemental Plat" shall mean any plat of survey prepared by Declarant during <br /> the Period of Declarant Control or,thereafter,by the Association and each affected Owner,if any,in the office <br /> of the Register of Deeds of Orange County, North Carolina for the purpose(s) of, without limitation, (i) <br /> subdividing, re-configuring, combining, re-combining, consolidating, removing and/or renumbering any <br /> Lot(s), Common Elements and/or Street(s), or any combination thereof, and/or (ii) adding Additional <br /> Property, including any Lot(s), Common Elements and/or Street(s) subdivided therefrom, to the Community <br /> as provided in Section 2.02. <br /> Section 1.02 Rules of Construction. <br /> (a) Gender. When and as used in this Declaration,words of the masculine gender shall <br /> be deemed and construed to include co-relative words of the feminine and neuter genders and words of the <br /> neuter gender shall be construed to include co-relative words of masculine and feminine genders. <br /> (b) Captions. The captions or headings in this Declaration are for convenience only <br /> and in no way define,limit or describe the scope or intent of any provision of this Declaration. <br /> (c) Reference. All references in this Declaration to particular Articles, Sections or <br /> paragraphs are references to Articles, Sections or paragraphs of this Declaration unless some other reference is <br /> established. <br /> 4 <br />