2000-411678 " DOg 2000 0411678
Record~g Requested By: ) AUG O~. 2000 1: ~8 F'~
) OFFICIAL RECORDS
City of Encinitas ) SAN DIEGO O~NTY RE~RDER'S OFFICE
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505 Sou~ Vulc~ Avenue ) 200o-041167e
Encinitas, CA' 92024 ) SPACE ABOVE FOR ~CO~ER'S USE O~Y
PmVATE ROAD
MAINTENANCE AG~EMENT
FOR
Assessor's P~cel No.255-221-32 Pro~ectNo.: 5768 PM
W.O. No.: TPM 97-281
THIS AG~EMENT for thC mainten~ce ~d repair of that ce~in private road easement,
· e legal description ~gor plat of which is set fo~h in Exhibits attached hereto ~d made a p~
hereoL is entered into by Pirouz Etemad ~d Azita B. Etemad husb~d ~d wife as ioint tenants,
(hereina~er refe~ed to as "Developer") for ~e benefit of ~t~e subdivision lot o~ers who will
use ~e private road easement (hereinafter refe~ed to ~ "lot o~ers", which shall include ~e
Developer to ~e extent the Developer retains ~y o~ership interest in ~y lot or lots)·
WHEREAS, this Agreement is required as a condition of approval by the City of Encinitas
of a subdivision project as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources code and pursuant
to City of Encinitas Municipal Code Section 24.16.060 and Section 24.29.040; and
WHEREAS, Developer is the owner of certain real property being subdivided and
developed as TPM 97-281 that will use and enjoy the benefit of said road easement. A complete
legal description of said real property is attached, labelled Exhibit"A'l, and incorporated by
reference. Said real property is hereinafter referred to as the "property"; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Developer that said private road be maintained in a safe
and usable condition by the lot owners; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Developer to establish a method for the maintenance and
repair of said private road easement and for the apportionment of the expense of Such
maintenance and repair among existing and future lot owners; and
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WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Developer that this Agreement constitute a covenant
running with the land, binding upon each successive lot owner of all or any portion of the
property. NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
.1. The property is benefitted by this Agreement, and present and successive lot
owners of all or any portion of the property are expressly bound hereby for the benefit of the
land.
2. The cost and expense of maintaining the private road easement shall be divided
equally among the subdivided parcels created in the subdivision and paid by the lot owner of the
heirs, assigns and successors in interest or each such owner.
3. In the event any of the herein described parcels of land are subdivided further, the
lot owners, heirs, assigns and successors in interest of each such newly created parcel shall be
liable under this Agreement for their then pro rata share of expenses and such pro rata shares of
expenses shall be computed to reflect such newly created parcels.
4. The repairs and maintenance to be performed under this Agreement shall be
limited to the following unless the consent for additional work is agreed to by a majority vote of
the lot owners owning 100% of the number of parcels, including subdivisions thereof as
described in Paragraph 3 above: reasonable and normal road improvement and maintenance
work to adequately maintain said private road easement to permit all-weather access and
conveyance of storm flows. Repairs and maintenance under this Agreement shall include, but is
not limited to, filling of chuckholes, repairing cracks, repairing and resurfacing of roadbeds,
repairing and maintaining drainage structures, removing debris, maintaining signs, markers,
striping and lighting, if any, and other work reasonably necessary and proper to repair and
preserve the easement for all-weather road purposes.
5. If there is a covenant, agreement, or other obligation imposed as a condition of
subdivision approval to make private road improvements to the private road easement, the
obligation to repair and maintain the private road easement as herein set forth shall commence
when the private road improvements have been completed and approved by the City.
6. Any extraord, inary repair required to correct damage to said road easement that
results from action taken or contracted for by lot owners or their successors in interest shall be
paid for by the party taking action or party contracting for work which caused the necessity for
the extraordinary repair. The repair shall be such as to restore the road easement to the condition
existing prior to said damage.
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7. It is agreed that Developer is initially the agent to contract and oversee and do all
acts necessary to accomplish the repairs and maintenance required and/or authorized under this
Agreement. Developer further agrees that the agent may at any time be replaced at the direction
of a majority of the lot owners. Repair and maintenance work on the private road easement shall
be commenced when a majority of the lot owners agree in writing that such work is needed. The
agent shall obtain three bids from licensed contractors and shall accept the lowest of said three
bids and shall then initiate the work. The agent shall be paid for all costs incurred including a
reasonable compensation for the agent's services, and such costs shall be added to and paid as a
part of the repair and maintenance costs; provided, however, that compensation for the agent's
services shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to 10% of the actual cost of repairs and
maintenance performed. In performing his duties, the agent, as he anticipates the need for funds,
shall notify the parties and each party shall within forty-five (45) days pay the agent, who shall
maintain a trustee account and also maintain accurate accounting records which are to be
available for inspection by any party or authorized agent upon reasonable request. All such
records shall be retained by the agent for a period of five years.
8. Should any lot owner fail to pay the pro rata share of costs and expenses as
provided in this Agreement, then the agent or any lot owner or owners shall be entitled without
further notice to institute legal action for the collection of funds advanced on behalf of such lot
owner in accordance with the provisions of California Civil Code Section 845, and shall be
entitled to recover in such action in addition to the funds advanced, interest thereon at the current
prime rate of interest, until paid, all costs and disbursements of such action, including such sum
or sums as the Court may fix as and for a reasonable attorneys fees.
9. Any liability of the lot owners for personal injury to the agent hereunder, or to any
worker employed to make repairs or provide maintenance under this Agreement, or to third
persons, as well as any liability of the lot owners for damage to the property of agent, or any such
worker, or of any third persons, as a result of or arising out of repairs and maintenance under this
Agreement, shall be borne, as between the lot owners in the same percentages as they bear the
costs and expenses of such repairs and maintenance. Each lot owner shall be responsible for and
maintain his own insurance, if any. By this Agreement, the Developer does not intend to provide
for the sharing of liability with respect to personal injury or property damage other than that
attributable to the repairs and maintenance undertaken under this Agreement. Each of the lot
owners agrees to indemnify the others from any and all liability for injury to himself or damage
to his property when such injury or damage results from, arises out of, or is attributable to any
maintenance or repairs undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
10. Lot owners shall jointly and severally defend and indemnify and hold harmless
City, City's engineer and its consultants and each of its officials, directors, officers, agents and
employees from and against all liability, claims, damages, losses, expenses, personal injury and
other costs, including costs of defense and attorney's fees, to the agent hereunder or to any lot
owner, any contractor, any subcontractor, any user of the road easement, or to any other third
persons arising out of or in any way related to the use of, repair or maintenance of, or the failure
to repair or maintain the private road easement.
Nothing in the Agreement, the specifications or other contract documents or City's
approval of the plans and specifications or inspection of the work is intended to include a review,
inspection acknowledgement of a responsibility for any such matter, and City, City's engineer
and its consultants, and each of its officials, directors, officers, employees and agents, shall have
no responsibility or liability therefore.
11. The foregoing covenants shall run with the land and shall be deemed to be for the
benefit of the land of each of the lot owners and each and every person who shall at anytime own
ail or any portion of the property referred to herein.
12. It is understood and agreed that the covenants herein contained shall be binding
on the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assignees of each of the lot owners.
13. It is the purpose of the signatories hereto that this instrument be recorded to the
end and intent that the obligation hereby created shall be and constitute a covenant running with
the land and any subsequent purchaser of all or any portion thereof, by acceptance of delivery of
a deed and/or conveyance regardless of form, shall be deemed to have consented to and become
bound by these presents, including without limitation, the right of any person entitled to enforce
the terms of this Agreement to institute legal action as provided in Paragraph 8 hereof, such
remedy to be cumulative and in addition to other remedies provided in this Agreement and to all
other remedies at law or in equity.
14. The terms of this Agreement may be amended in writing upon majority approval
of the lot owners and consent of the City.
15. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. In the
event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable or invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, the validity, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not be affected thereby.
16. If the Property constitutes a "Common Interest Development" as defined in
California Civil Code Section 1351(c) which will include membership in or ownership of an
"Association" as defined in California Civil Code Section 1351(a), anything in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, the following provisions shall apply at and during such time as (i)
the Property is encumbered by a "Declaration" (as defined in California Civil Code Section
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1351(h), and (ii) the Common Area of the property (including the private road easement) is
managed and controlled by an Association:
(a) The Association, through its Board of Directors, shall repair and maintain the
private road easement and shall be deemed the "agent" as referred to in Paragraph 7 above. The
Association, which shall not be replaced except by amendment to the Declaration, shall receive
no compensation for performing such duties. The costs of such maintenance and repair shall be
assessed against each owner and his subdivision interest in the Property pursuant to the
Declaration. The assessments shall be deposited in the Association's corporate account.
(b) The provisions in the Declaration which provide for assessment liens in favor of
the Association and enfomement thereof shall supersede Paragraph 8 of the Agreement in its
entirety. No individual owners shall have the right to alter, maintain or repair any of the
Common Area (as defined in California Civil Code Section 1351(b) in the Property except as
may be allowed by the Declaration.
(c) This Agreement shall not be interpreted in any manner which reduces or limits the
Association's rights and duties pursuant to its Bylaws and Declaration.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
on the C~-D~ day of_ ~ c i.~ Crux-
Developer:
Signature of DEVELOPER must be notarized. Attach the appropriate acknowledgement.
CALIFORNIA ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
County of ,~/,~, ~/~
~ before me, .
~ ,- - OR -~mved to me on the bas~s of satmfa~o~ evidence to ~ the pe~on(s)
~e name(s) i~are sub~dbed to the within inst~ment
............... a~ acknowledg~ to me ~at h~sh~ey executed the
~ ~ TONI L, MINERMAN ~ same in hi~er~eir authorized capaci~(ies), and that by
0~ ~MM. ~ 119~ ~ hi~er/theJr signature(s) on the instrument the ~on(s),
~ ~ ~o cou~ 0 or the enti~ upon behalf of which the person(s) acted,
............. ex~uted the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official ~al.
OPTIONAL
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Description of Affached Document
~tle or Type of D~ument:
Document Date:
Number of Pages:
Signer(s) ~her ~an Named Above:
Capaci~(ies) Claim~ by Signer(s)
Signer's Name: Signer's Name:
~ Individual ~ Individual
~ ~mte Officer ~ Co.orate Officer
Ti~e(s): ~fle(s): _
~ Pa~ner ~ ~ Lim~ed ~ General ~ Pa~ner ~ ~ Limited ~ General
~ A~omey-in-Fact ~ A~omey-in-Fa~
~ Trustee ~ Trustee
~ Gua~ian or Conse~ator ~ ~ Gua~ian or Conse~ator ~
~ ~e~ op ~ thumb h~e ~ ~her: ~ o thumb here
Signer is Representing: Signer Is Representing:
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ORDER NO.: SD2030942
EXHIBIT "A"
THE WESTERLY '111.00 FEET OF THE EASTERLY 333.00 FEET (MEASURED ALONG THE NORTH
LINE) OF THAT PORTION OF lOT 12 OF RANCHO LAS ENCINITA$, IN THE CITY OF ENCINITAS,
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF NO. 848, FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY JUNE 2?, 1898, DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 12; THENCE SOUTH 8? DEGREES 03
MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, '1213.$2 FEET ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE SOUTH 87
DEGREES 03 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, 446.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 56 MINUTES
30 SECONDS EAST, 300.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST,
446.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES $6 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, 300.00 FEET TO THE
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.