Declaration No. 101
Local Protective Restrictions

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[Recording stamp — partially legible]

Local Protective Restrictions, Conditions, Covenants, Reservations, Liens and Charges Affecting Real Property Known as PALOS VERDES RANCHO — PORTUGUESE BEND DISTRICT as hereinafter described, which is situated in County of Los Angeles, the State of California, made and dated this 15th day of October, 1929 by PALOS VERDES Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware.

That said Palos Verdes Corporation did on the 10th day of October, 1929, file in the office of the County Recorder of said Los Angeles County, California, in Book 9436, Page 155, of Official Records of said County, a certain Declaration No. 100 of Establishment of Basic Protective Restrictions, et cetera, which said Declaration No. 100 covering and applicable to certain portions of said property therein described…

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WHEREAS, the power to enforce certain of the conditions, restrictions and charges set forth in this Declaration is to reside in Community Association of Palos Verdes, a non-profit co-operative association, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”), and an Community Art Jury of Palos Verdes (hereinafter referred to as the “Art Jury”), established as provided in said Declaration No. 100; and

WHEREAS, for purposes of identification, certain portions of said property have been more particularly defined and described as follows:

Those certain portions of Lot H of the Rancho Los Palos Verdes, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, allotted to Jotham Bixby by Decree of Partition in the action “Bixby et al vs. Bent et al”, Case No. 2373, in the District Court of the 17th Judicial District of said State of California, in and for said County of Los Angeles, and entered in Book 4, Page 57 of Judgments, in the Superior Court of said County, described as follows:

“PARCEL 1”

Commencing at the Easterly extremity of a certain curve in the center line of the 50.00 foot right of way for Palos Verdes Coast Road, deeded to the County of Los Angeles, by Palos Verdes Corporation as per deed recorded in Book 6059, Page 178 of Official Records of said County, said curve being concave to the South, having a radius of 738.36 feet [verified: 758.56] and a length of 862.60 feet; thence South 24° 06′ 30″ [verified: 24°08′30″] West, along the radial line to said curve at said Easterly extremity, 758.36 [verified: 758.56] feet to the center thereof; thence North 18° 11′ 06″ [verified: N 15°11′06″ W] East, 725.06 feet; thence South 4° 49′ 30″ East, 465.02 [verified: 468.02] feet to the true point of beginning…

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…thence North 4° 49′ 30″ West, 462.02 [verified: 468.02] feet; thence Easterly along a curve concentric with said above mentioned curve and having a radius of 735.06 [verified: 725.06] feet, 491.67 [verified: 497.67] feet to the end thereof; thence South 65° 51′ 30″ East, 547.27 [verified: 947.27 — leading digit error] feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the Northeast and having a radius of 795.00 feet; thence Southeasterly along said last mentioned curve, 374.77 feet to the end thereof…

…thence South 46° 37′ 00″ West, 274.38 feet, more or less, to a point in the Mean High Tide Line of the Pacific Ocean; thence Northwesterly along said Mean High Tide Line… enclosing an area of 36.50 acres, more or less.

“PARCEL 2”

Commencing at the Westerly extremity of a curve in the center line of the 50.00 foot right of way… thence North 72° 59′ 50″ West, along said center line, 281.56 feet; thence North 17° 00′ 10″ East, 140.00 feet to the true point of beginning… enclosing an area of 160.24 acres, more or less.

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“PARCEL 3”

Beginning at a point which bears North 13° 20′ 06″ East, a distance of 2060.00 feet from the center of “Curve A”… enclosing an area of 16.25 acres, more or less.

“PARCEL 4”

Beginning at the Southwesterly corner of “Parcel 2” hereinabove described… [Dense bearing/distance calls referencing Triangulation Station “Delaware” as shown on County Surveyor’s Map Number 5060]… enclosing an area of 335.50 acres, more or less.

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“PARCEL 5”

Beginning at the Southerly corner of “Parcel 1”, hereinabove described, said corner being a point in the Mean High Tide Line of the Pacific Ocean… enclosing an area of 43.10 acres, more or less.

“PARCEL 6”

Commencing at the Southeasterly extremity of that certain curve in the Southwesterly boundary of “Parcel 4”… enclosing an area of 9.32 acres, more or less.

“PARCEL 7”

Beginning at the Southeasterly extremity of that certain line in the Easterly boundary of “Parcel 2”… enclosing an area of 33.05 acres, more or less.

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All curves hereinabove described are tangent to the adjoining straight lines or curves except at those points where radial line bearings are given.

NOW THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Palos Verdes Corporation hereby certifies and declares that in addition and supplemental to the basic plan set forth in said Declaration No. 100, it has established and does hereby establish the local plan for the protection, maintenance, improvement and development of said above described parcels numbered 1 to 7, inclusive, and has fixed and does hereby fix the local protective restrictions, conditions, covenants, reservations, liens and charges upon and subject to which all of said parcels numbers 1 to 7, inclusive, shall be held, improved, used, sold and/or conveyed by it as such owner, each and all of which is and shall inure to the benefit of all of said property and of each owner of land therein and shall pass with said property and each and every parcel of land therein and shall constitute and bind and thus the respective successors in interest of the present owner thereof, and are and each thereof is imposed upon said realty as a servitude in favor of said property and each and every parcel of land therein as the dominant tenement or tenements, as follows, to-wit:

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PART I
Local Protective Restrictions

Section 1. Uses of Property.

(a) Class & Districts — The following portions of said property are hereby established as Residence Districts of Class A, as defined and limited in said Declaration No. 100.

All of said parcels 1 to 7 inclusive provided that each of said parcels may be subdivided into not to exceed the number of building sites set above it on the following list:

[Building sites table present in original but numbers illegible from microfilm. This table sets the maximum subdivision density for each parcel — the single most important unresolved data point.]

Section 2. Building Height Limits.

(a) All of said Parcels 1 to 7 inclusive, of said property are hereby established as Two and One-Half Story Height Districts, as defined and limited in said Declaration No. 100.

Section 3. Type of Architecture.

(a) Type I Architecture Districts — All of said Parcels 1 to 7, inclusive, are hereby established as Type I Architecture Districts, as defined and limited in said Declaration No. 100; only provided that the main roofs of all structures erected, constructed, altered or maintained in said Type I Architecture Districts shall be of burned clay tile, sample of which shall first be approved by the Art Jury.

Section 4. Minimum Cost of Building.

(a) No building or structure, exclusive of necessary outbuildings, shall be erected, placed or maintained upon any building site… which, including a reasonable fee of architect, and a reasonable profit of builder, shall cost or be of the value of less than the sum set opposite said parcel in the following list, to-wit:

Parcels 1 to 7 inclusive — not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00)

Section 5. Building Set-Back Lines.

(a) No building or part thereof, including porches, except steps, ledges and except steps, balconies or other architectural features approved by the Art Jury, shall be erected, placed, permitted or maintained nearer the street or lot line than the distance specified below:

Parcels 1 to 7, inclusive, not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any exterior road, walk or property line of any building site, provided this setback shall not apply to outer ledges.

Section 6. Set-Back Lines (Modification).

(a) Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the right and power is expressly reserved to Palos Verdes Corporation and its successors in interest, on account of the irregular topography… to alter or modify the setback and building lines… to make by written agreement with the owner or owners of any lot or such other reasonable conditions… [remainder cut off at bottom of frame]