ELDRIDGE PARK
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS & RESTRICTIONS 

            THIS DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS is made this 19th day of April, 1993, by Crescent Yorkridge Associates, L.P., a limited partnership formed pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “Declarant”). 

WITNESSETH: 

            WHEREAS, the Declarant is the owner of the land within Eldridge Park, Section One and Eldridge Park, Section Two, two subdivisions of land in Harris County, Texas according to the plats thereof recorded under Film Code Numbers 355117 and 356032, respectively, in the Map Records of Harris County, Texas (all of such land so owned and the improvements now or hereafter situated thereon being hereinafter referred to as the “Property”); and 

            WHEREAS, it is the desire and intention of Declarant to restrict said Property according to a common plan as to use, permissible construction, and common amenities so that all land within the Property shall be benefited and each successive owner of all or a part of said land shall be benefited and each successive owner of all or a part of said land shall be benefited by preserving the values and the character of said land; and 

            WHEREAS, Declarant desires to take advantage of the unique geographical features of the Property and proposes to establish a preeminent residential living environment which is dependent upon and in furtherance of aesthetic considerations in order to create a prestigious residential community having common areas, facilities and landscaping, and to provide for the maintenance, repair, operation and improvement of same; and, to this end, desires to subject the Property to the covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth, to be binding upon each owner of a lot or lots within the Property, and which restrictions, covenants and conditions will also comply with the requirements of local governmental authorities and the zoning and subdivision ordinances and regulations of Harris County, Texas; and 

            WHEREAS, Declarant has deemed it desirable, and in the best interests of the residents and future of the Property, for the efficient preservation of the values and amenities in the Property and the maintenance, repair, operation and improvement of the common areas, facilities and landscaping, to create an entity to which would be delegated and assigned the powers of maintaining and administering same and enforcing these restrictions, covenants, easements, charges and liens, and collecting and disbursing the assessments and charges hereinafter created; and 

WHEREAS, Declarant has caused to be incorporated the Eldridge Park Homeowners Association, a Texas non-profit corporation, and has designated it as such entity; and 

            NOW, THEREFORE, Declarant, for and in consideration of, and expressly for the benefit of, and to bind, its successors in interest, does hereby agree and declare That the Property, including such additions thereto as may hereafter be made pursuant to Article I, Section 3 hereof, shall be held, transferred, sold, conveyed and occupied subject to  the covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, charges and liens, hereinafter set forth, which shall run with the land and shall be binding upon all parties having any right, title, or interest in or to the Property, or any part thereof, and their heirs, successors, representatives and assigns.  The covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth are covenants running with the land at law as well as in equity.