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1985-325266?' When recorded please mail to: 85- 325266 ` V Joseph A. Stine C/O 224 Birmingham Drive RECORDEDIN - CardifE -By -The -Sea, California 92007 cF � liAL RECORt) AGO cOUNi7 f,-A.3 Recorded Request of 1985 SEP -5 Ali 10: D5 R M0. Department of Public Wot'k4 AR VERA L. LYLE TLCOUNTY R PRIVATE ROAD MAINTENANCE A�EMENT 9 MG 1 , THIS AGREEMENT for the maintenance and repair of that certain private road easement, the legal description and /or plat of which is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, is entered into between Joseph A. Stine and Margaret one btine (hereinafter referred to as "Developer ") and the County of San Diego (hereinafter referred to as "County ") for the benefit of future subdivision lot owners who will use the private road easement (hereinafter referred to as "lot owners ", which shall include the Developer to the extent the Developer retains any ownership interest in any lot or lots). WHEREAS, this Agreement is required as a condition of approval by the County of a subdivision project as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code and pursuant to San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances Section 81.402(c) (1) and Section 81.703(c)(1); and, WHEREAS, Developer is the owner of certain real property being subdivided and developed as Tentative Parcel Map Number 17996 that will use and enjoy the benefit of said road easement. A complete legal description of said real property is attached, labeled Exhibit B, and incorporated by reference. Said real property is hereinafter referred to as the "property "; and WHEREAS, it is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that said private road easement be maintained in a safe and usable condition by the lot owners; and WHEREAS, it is the mutual desire of the parties hereto 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 WHEREAS, the County shall be deemed a party hereto with the right but not the obligation to enforce full compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and WHEREAS, it is the mutual intention of the parties 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, �i is :, z v' rn 0 0 0 ,C. Z ': Ei 7 .r 1726 -2- IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. The property is benefited 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 or the heirs, assigns and successors in interest of 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 and related drainage facilities tb permit all weather access. THIS SPACE LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY 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 or 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 County. 6. Any extraordinary repair required to- correct damage to said road easement that results from action taken or contracted for by parties hereto or their successors in interest shall be 's rn 0 cv cn Z m. �l rn � � r .iJ,� 1727 -3- 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. 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. The parties further agree that the agent may at any time be replaced at the direction of a majority of the lot owners. 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 cost; 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 per- forming 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 may pay the amounts designated by the agent and shall thereby acquire a lien against the subdivided lot of such delinquent owner for the amount so paid, together with interest at the legal rate and such reasonable attorney's fees as the court may adjudge and actual court costs if action to foreclose is commenced, provided, however, that such lien shall be effective only upon recordation in the Office of the Recorder of San Diego County of notice, or claim thereof, within 60 days after the due date of such payment. Such lien shall be foreclosed in the manner of Mechanics' Liens under the laws of the State of California, except as specifically provided in this Agreement to the contrary. Any action brought to foreclose such lien shall be commenced within ninety (90) days following such recordation. Any plaintiff in such action may accrue to the date of judgment all such delinquent amounts paid by him after default by defendant, plus interest at the legal rate, and have judgment therefore in such action. At any foreclosure sale, such lien claimant may bid in, and. use as cash, the amount of such lien, interest accrued thereon, any attorney's fees and court costs, as the judgment or decree of foreclosure may so state. Any person having the right to redeem !4 ,r a Q O C rn r° r. } ,Vv, 17Z8 -4- from any such foreclosure sale may do so only upon payment of the amounts of such judgment together with legal interest thereon. Such lien shall not be prior and superior to the rights-of the holder of any encumbrance made for value on the property of such owner recorded prior to recordation of said notice or claim of lien. 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 parties do 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 County, County's engineer, and their consultants and each of their 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 County's approval of the plans and specifications or inspection of the work is intended to include a review, inspection, acknowledgment of a responsibility for any such matter, and County, County's engineer, and their consultants, and each of their officials, directors, officers, employees and agents, shall have absolutely no responsibility or liability therefor. 11. If in the County's sole judgment said private road easement is not being maintained to standards set forth in paragraph 4 of this Agreement, the County may thereupon provide written ff O ®J M G 0 .0 Z' v C Er "UL 1729 -5- notice to all lot owners to initiate repairs or construction within ninety (90) days. Upon failure to demonstrate good faith to make repairs or construction within ninety (90) days, the lot owners agree that the County -may make all needed repairs to said road easement and /or construct said road easement to meet the standards set forth in paragraph 4 and to then assess costs to all lot owners proportionately. The agent shall be responsible for collecting the assessments and ensuring payment to the County. 12. If the County elects to make necessary repairs in accordance with paragraph 10 above, said work shall be without warranty. Said repair shall be accepted "as is" by the lot owners without any warranty of workmanship and be guaranteed and indemnified by them in accordance with paragraph 9. 13. 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 all or any portion of the property referred to herein. 14. It is understood and agreed that the covenants herein contained shall be binding on the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of each of the lot owners. 15. It is the purpose of the signators hereto that this instrument be recorded to the end and intent that the obligation hereby created shall be and constitute a lien and shall be secured by the property 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 enforce the lien therein created by foreclosure proceedings against the property or any lot or lots therein in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages, 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. 16. The terms of this Agreement may be amended in writing upon majority approval of the lot owners and consent of the County. 17. 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 ii V; 1 730 'C -6- court of competent jurisdiction, the validity, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. IN wI-TNESs WHEREOF the parties havef{� ecuted this Agreement on day of Were Mfign . , i f''"` . /?—/- t JOSEPH A,-,STINE COUNTY "MARGARET JONE 7 By STINE O DIEGO "OQ00� eo ector (Acting), Deprtment Public Works ;t a M. 0 Q c Z v 0 M 0. 0 0 0 ,c zr . Ib_M i. a (Individual) STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1SS. COUNTY OF SAM On this day of in the year before me, the undersigned, N� %fz( } a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appearedT0SW_ A, ,,,1WE i (personally known to me) (proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence} to be the person W ¢ whose name 5; subscribed to this instrument w = and acknowledged that kN tq executed it. J a WITNESS my hand and official seal. OFFICIAL SEAT. `n 4 `a ` PAUL F. GOZZO NOTARY PUBLIC -CALIFORNIA I' Signature SAN DIEGO COUNTY i o My Comm Expires Aug. 24, 1989 (This area for official notarial seal) i DPW Form 177 (7/92) ;t a M. 0 Q c Z v 0 M 0. 0 0 0 ,c zr . Ib_M i. EXHIBIT A JL 1731 That portion of the land described in deed to Joe Stine and Margaret Stine, as community property, by deed dated July 9, 1970 and recorded as F/P No. 120415 of Official Records of the County of San Diego, State of California, TOGETHER WITH that portion of the land described in deed to Joseph A. Stine and Margaret Jone Stine, husband and wife, as community property, by deed dated October 10, 1983 and recorded as F/P 83- 363784 of Official records of said county of San Diego, described as follows: That portion lying Southeasterly of a line which is 20.00 feet Northwesterly of and parallel with the South line of the hereinbefore described land, TOGETHER WITH the Easterly prolongation thereof to the Easterly line of Lot 15 of Ridgeway Heights, in the County of San Diego; State of California, according to Map thereof No. 2163, filed. in the office of the County Recorder of said County, July 3, 1929, and shown on The Record of Survey of said Ridgeway Heights, filed for the purpose of correcting errors in the original Map, being Record of Survey Map No. 1193, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of said County, September 20,.1945. CA v rn G. 'C C; rn r rn w M11. --vv. 1732- EXHIBIT B All that portion of the land described in deed to Joe Stine and Margaret Stine, as community property, by deed dated July 9, 1970 and recorded as F/P No. 120415 of Official Records of the County of San Diego, State of California, TOGETHER WITH all that portion of the land described in deed to Joseph A. Stine and Margaret Jone Stine, husband and wife, as community property, by deed dated October 10, 1983 and recorded as F/P 83- 363784 of Official Records of said County of San Diego. Fj f 1j