This Supplement to the Deed
of Restrictions of Westminster Place is made and entered into as of the
10th day of December, 1984, by and between those owners of real estate
fronting on Westminster Place in City Block 4907B and 5051B of the City
of St. Louis, Missouri, from the west line of Kingshighway Boulevard to
the east line of Lake Avenue, who subscribed hereto, hereinafter called
the "Owners," and Pamela Boggeman, the Rev. William D. Chapman,
Patricia Gabriel, Dr. Mary Johnson, Daniel Landiss, Arthur Littlefield,
and William Merriman, hereinafter called the "Trustees;"
WITNESSETH, that:
WHEREAS, the "Owners" are
the holders and owners of legal title to various, but not necessarily
all of the parcels of real estate situated within the hereinafter
described City Blocks in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, the
description of their respective parcels appearing hereinafter opposite
their names, which City Blocks are as follows:
| That part of Block 4907B and 5051B of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, bounded east by the west line of Kingshighway Boulevard, south by the north line of a 15 foot public alley in said block 4907B, bounded west by the east line of Lake Avenue, and bounded north by the south line of a 15 foot public alley in Block 5151B; and |
WHEREAS, it is the desire
and intention of the parties hereto, for their mutual benefit and
advantage, by the execution of this supplement to the Deed of
Restrictions and observance thereof, to further the purpose and intent
of the original Deed of Restrictions of Westminster Place which is to
resist and prevent the encroachment and incidence of blight and decay;
to preserve the exclusive residential character of the area in general,
and particularly of their respective parcels of ground; to maintain
said neighborhood and the respective parcels as a desirable place of
residence; to provide for the health, welfare, and safety of the
residents in said area; and to maintain the value of their property by
prohibiting undesirable, objectionable, dangerous, deleterious uses;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire
and intention of the subscribers hereto to extend the period for which
the original Deed of Restrictions shall remain in effect and to provide
for an additional assessment over and above the $100.00 assessment
currently being levied upon each parcel to provide the Trustees with
sufficient funds to pay the costs and expenses incurred and to be
incurred in connection with the performance of their duties; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have
been nominated, appointed and elected as Trustees for the purposes of
these presents; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire
and intention of the subscribers hereto firmly to bind themselves,
their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns and
their respective parcels of land and improvements pursuant to the
terms, covenants, restrictions and conditions hereof and to provide
effectually for the enforcement of the terms, provisions, restrictions
and conditions hereinafter set out.
NOW, THEREFORE in
consideration of the premises and the respective and mutual agreements
to burden and restrict the particular parcels of ground hereinafter
described, the parties agree among themselves to the following
supplements to the original Deed of Restrictions of Westminster Place
as recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, City of St. Louis
in Book 7785, page 115ff by adding the following subsections:
1. There shall be a new
paragraph added to section 6, B, subsection 3, which paragraph shall be
the fourth paragraph and shall read as follows:
| In addition to the assessments of the second paragraph herein, upon recommendation of a majority of the Trustees and with approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the owners, an additional amount may be levied against each parcel, subject to the same terms and conditions as the initial assessment. |
2. Subsection 7, shall be
supplemented to contain the following:
| These restrictions shall remain in full force and effect for an additional twenty (20) years from June 1, 1997 and shall automatically be extended for an additional twenty (20) year period thereafter, unless the persons owning the majority of the parcels of ground effected hereby or by any supplement hereto shall execute and acknowledge and cause to be recorded an instrument to evidence their election that said restriction shall be terminated, which election shall be made and said document recorded at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of the then current term thereof. |
This supplement to the Deed
of Restrictions shall become effective only when executed by the owners
of 49 parcels of ground included in the Blocks hereby effected, nor
shall this supplement be placed of record until a sufficient number of
signatures has been affixed hereto in accordance with the aforesaid
requirement.
