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ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
WILDWOOD
ESTATES
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE
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Name
Section
1.01. Name and Type. The name
of this Corporation shall be WILDWOOD ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
INC. This Corporation is a mutual benefit corporation.
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II
Purposes
and Powers
Section
2.01. Primary Purposes. The
purposes for which this Corporation is formed are to exercise
all of the powers and privileges and to perform all of the duties
and obligations of the Corporation as set forth in the Declaration
and all Supplemental Declarations.
Section
2.02. Additional Purposes. In
addition, the Corporation is formed for the promotion of the
health, safety and welfare of the residents of Wildwood Estates
and other non-profitable purposes that are authorized by the
Act and permitted to be carried on by an organization exempt
from Federal income taxation under the provisions of Section
528 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (hereinafter referred
to as the "Code") and the Regulations issues pursuant
thereto, as amended.
Section
2.03. Specific Powers. Subject
to any specific written limitations or restrictions imposed
by the Act, by the Code, by other law, or by the Declaration
or the Articles, and solely in furtherance of but not in addition
to the purposes set forth in Section 2.01 and 2.02 of these
Articles, the Corporation shall have the following specific
powers:
(a) To
Manage, etc. To manage, maintain, repair and
replace the Common Area, and appurtenant easements, improvements
and other property of every kind and nature whatsoever, real,
personal or mixed, located upon the Common Area or used or
held for use in connection with the business or operation
of the Corporation for the benefit and use of the members
of the Corporation subject to such restraints or suspensions
of use and voting rights of members as are provided herein,
in the By-laws and in the Declaration.
(b) To
Make Assessments. To fix, levy and collect
Assessments and to enforce payment thereof by all lawful means.
(c) To
Promulgate Rules. To promulgate such rules
and regulations and perform such deeds as are deemed necessary
to achieve the aforesaid purposes.
(d) To
Insure. To secure from insurers licensed and
approved in the State of Indiana, appropriate fire/property
damage coverage, comprehensive general liability coverage
and such other forms of insurance as may be deemed necessary
or appropriate.
(e) To
Secure Services. To secure professional managerial
services by employing a professional manager, contracting
with a professional management service or entity, or otherwise,
which services may include administrative, managerial, bookkeeping,
legal, architectural, engineering, maintenance, repair, construction
and other services.
(f) To
Acquire and Dispose of Property. To acquire
by give, purchase or other means, to own, hold, enjoy, lease,
operate, maintain, convey, sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise
encumber or dedicate for public use, real or personal property
in connection with the business of the Corporation subject
to the provisions of the Declaration.
(g) To
Borrow. To borrow money and, subject to the
provisions of the Declaration, to give, as security therefor,
a mortgage or other security interest in any or all real or
personal property owned by the Corporation, or a pledge of
monies to be received pursuant to the provisions of the Declaration
or any Supplemental Declaration, and to assign and pledge
its right to make Assessments and its rights to claim a lien
therefor.
(h) To
Appoint a Fiscal Agent. To appoint any Person
as its fiscal agent to collect all Assessments and charges
levied by the Corporation and to enforce the Corporation's
liens for unpaid Assessments and charges or any other lien
held by the Corporation.
(i) To
Make Contracts. To enter into, perform, cancel
and rescind all kinds of contractual obligations, including
the guarantee of the obligations and performance of others.
(j) To
Act With Others. To perform any act which the
Corporation acting alone has the power and capacity to perform
by acting as a partner or otherwise in association with any
Person or Persons, whether legally constituted or informally
organized.
(k) To
Pay. To pay all Operating Expenses, including
all licenses, taxes or governmental charges levied or imposed
against the property.
(l) To
Merge. To participate in mergers and consolidations
with other nonprofit corporations organized for the same purpose
or annex additional real estate as provided in the Declaration.
(m) To
Otherwise Act. To have and to exercise any
and all powers, rights and privileges which a corporation
organized under the Act may now or hereafter have or exercise.
Section
2.04. Limitations Upon Powers.
(a) Earnings. No
member of the Corporation shall have or receive any earnings
from the Corporation, except a member who is an employee of
the Corporation, in which event he may receive fair and reasonable
compensation for his services as an employee; and a member
may also receive payments of principal and interest at a rate
not exceeding that from time to time permitted by the Act
on funds loaned or advanced by him to the Corporation.
(b) Loans
to Directors. The Corporation shall make no
advancements for services to be performed in the future, nor
any loan of money or property to any director or officer of
the Corporation.
(c) Dissolution. In
the event of dissolution of the Corporation, all assets remaining
after payment of all debts of the Corporation, including advances
and loans of members of the Corporation, and, if so authorized
by the Board of Directors, distribution to members of the
Corporation of such amounts as may be authorized by the Act,
shall be dedicated by the Board of Directors to an appropriate
public agency to be used for purposes similar to those for
which this corporation was organized. In the event such dedication
is refused acceptance, such assets shall be transferred by
the Board of Directors to the State of Indiana or any instrumentality
or subdivision thereof exclusively for public purposes, or
to any nonprofit corporation whose purposes are substantially
the same as those of the Corporation and which, at the time
of transfer, is exempt from Federal taxation under Sections
501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) or 528 of the Code of the corresponding
provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.
Any such assets not so dedicated or transferred by the Board
of Directors shall be disposed of in accordance with the Act.
No member, director or officer of the Corporation, or any
private individual, shall be entitled to share in the distribution
of any of the assets of the Corporation on dissolution of
the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Articles
or in the Act.
(d) Prohibited
Activities.
(i) No
part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure
to the benefit of any member, director or officer of the
Corporation, or to any private individual;
(ii) No
substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall
be devoted to attempting to influence legislation by propaganda
or otherwise within the meaning of the prospective provisions
of the Code;
(iii) The
Corporation shall not directly or indirectly participate
in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing
of statements) any political campaign on behalf of, or in
opposition to, any candidate for public office;
(iv) Notwithstanding
any other provision of these Articles, the Corporation shall
not conduct or carry on any activities not permitted to
be conducted or carried on by any organization exempt from
Federal taxation under Section 528 of the Code and Regulations
issued pursuant thereto, as amended, or the corresponding
provisions of any future United States internal revenue
law, if the effect thereof is to subject the gross income
of the Corporation to federal income taxation at rates established
for corporations engaged in business for profit unless the
purposes of the Corporation set forth in Section 2.01 of
these Articles cannot otherwise be achieved.
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III
Period
of Existence
Section
3.01. Period of Existence. The
period during which the corporation shall continue is perpetual.
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IV
Registered
Agent and Registered Office
Section
4.01. Registered Agent. The
name and address of the Registered Agent in charge of the Corporation's
principal office is Trimark Development, Inc., 9202 North Meridian
Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260.
Section
4.02. Registered Office. The
post office address of the registered office of the Corporation
is 9202 North Meridian Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana
46260.
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V
Membership
Section
5.01. Classes of Membership. The
Corporation shall have two (2) classes of members of follows:
(a) Class
A. Every Person who is an Owner shall be a
Class A member of the Corporation. Class A membership shall
be appurtenant to and may not be separated from the ownership
of a Lot.
(b) Class
B. The Declarant shall be a Class B member.
No other Person, except a successor to substantially all of
the interest of the Declarant in the Development Area, shall
hold a Class B membership in the Corporation.
Section
5.02. Voting Rights.
(a) Class
A Members. Each Lot shall have appurtenant
thereto one (1) vote which may be cast by the Owners thereof
who are present in Person or proxy pursuant to the voting
procedures established in the By-Laws.
(b) Class
B Members. The Class B member, if present,
in Person or by proxy, shall be entitled to three (3) votes
for each Lot owned by the Class B member.
(c) Casting
of Votes. Members who are not natural persons
shall designate by written notice to the Secretary of the
Corporation the name of an individual who is authorized to
exercise the right of such Member to vote. The name of such
individual shall be kept on the records of the Corporation
and may be changed only by written notice to the Secretary.
(d) Tabulation
of Votes. In any matter upon which a vote of
the Members is required or allowed, the votes of Class A members
and the Class B member shall be totaled and considered as
though there were a single class of membership.
Section
5.03. Termination of Membership.
(a) Class
A Members. Membership in the Corporation shall
lapse and terminate when a Class A member ceases to be an
Owner.
(b) Class
B Member. The Class B membership shall cease
and be converted to Class A membership on the happening of
either of the following events, whichever occurs earlier:
(i) when the total number of votes outstanding in the Class
A membership is equal to the total number of votes outstanding
in the Class B membership; or, (ii) December 31, 1998.
Section
5.04. Suspension of Membership Rights. No
Class A or Class B member may be expelled from membership in
the Corporation for any reason. The Board of Directors shall
have the right to suspend the voting rights of a Class A member
for a period during which any Assessment or charge owed by the
Member remains unpaid in excess of thirty (30) days.
Section
5.05. Meetings of Members. All
meetings of the Members shall be held at such place within the
State of Indiana as may be designated by the Board of Directors
pursuant to the provisions of the By-Laws. Notice of meetings
need not be given to Associate Members if notice thereof is
given to the Members appointing such Associate Members.
Section
5.06. No Preferences, etc. There
shall be no other preferences, limitations, or restrictions
with respect to the relative rights of the Members.
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VI
Directors
Section
6.01. Number of Directors. The
initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist
of three (3) members. The number of Directors of the Corporation
shall be specified from time to time in the By-Laws, but the
minimum number shall be three (3) and the maximum number shall
be five (5) and, if the By-Laws fail to specify the number,
then the number shall be three (3).
Section
6.02. Names and Post Office Addresses. The
names and post office addresses of the initial members of the
Board of Directors are as follows:
Richard
H. Crosser
9202 N. Meridian St., Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46260
John
B. Scheumann
9202 N. Meridian St., Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Charles
Scheumann
9202 N. Meridian St., Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46260
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VII
Incorporator
Section
7.01. Name and Address of Incorporator. The
name and post office address of the incorporator is Crossman
Communities Partnership, 9202 N. Meridian St., Suite 300, Indianapolis,
IN 46260.
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Statement
with Respect to Property
Section
8.01. Property of Corporation. The
Corporation, upon its incorporation, has no property of value.
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IX
Provision
for Regulation and Conduct of the Affairs of the Corporation
Section
9.01. Management of Corporation. The
affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of
Directors.
Section
9.02. Code of By-Laws. The
Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power,
without the assent of the Members, to make, alter, amend, or
repeal the By-Laws.
Section
9.03. Officers. The officers
of the Corporation shall consist of a President, one or more
Vide Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers
as may be prescribed by the By-Laws or prescribed by resolution
of the Board of Directors in the manner specified in the By-Laws.
The offices of President and Secretary shall not be occupied
by the same Person.
Section
9.04. Initial Board. The initial
Board of Directors, named in Section 6.02 hereof, shall serve
as the Board of Directors of the Corporation until the Applicable
Date and, in the event of any vacancy or vacancies occurring
in the Initial Board for any reason or cause whatsoever prior
to the Applicable Date, every such vacancy shall be filled by
an individual appointed by Declarant. Any such individual appointed
by Declarant shall thereafter be deemed a member of the Initial
Board.
Section
9.05. Term of Office of Directors and Officers. Each
officer and director shall hold his office for the term specified
in the By-Laws, but no term shall end until a successor is elected
and qualified for the office to be vacated.
Section
9.06. Removal of Member of the Board of Directors. After
the Applicable Date, any member of the Board of Directors may
be removed or replaced, with or without cause, at a meeting
of the Members called for such purpose by the affirmative vote
of two-thirds (2/3) of all the votes allocated to Members. Prior
to the Applicable Date, any Director may be removed by Declarant.
Section
9.07. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation. The
Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal
any provisions contained in the Articles or any amendment hereto,
in any manner now or hereafter prescribed or permitted by the
Act or any amendment thereto; but such power of amendment does
not authorize any amendment that would permit any part of the
net earnings of the Corporation to inure to the benefit of any
private individual, that would modify the provisions of Section
2.04 if such modification would have the effect of disqualifying
this Corporation as an organization exempt from Federal income
taxation under the provisions of Section 528 of the Code, as
amended, or such equivalent provision as may hereafter exist
from time to time, or that would be in conflict with the provisions
of the Declaration or any Supplemental Declaration.
Section
9.08. Non-Liability. No member
or Director of the Corporation shall be liable for any of its
obligations.
Section
9.09. Consent Resolutions. Any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
members or of the Board of Directors may be taken without a
meeting if, prior to such action a written consent to such action
is signed by all members or all Directors, as the case may be,
and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings
of the members or of the Board.
Section
9.10. Indemnifications. The
Corporation shall, and hereby does, indemnify each Director,
officer, former Director, and former officer of the Corporation,
and each person who may serve or may have served at its request
as a director or officer of any other corporation, against expenses
actually and reasonable incurred by him in connection with the
defense of any civil action, suit or proceeding to be liable
for negligence or misconduct in the performance or duty to the
Corporation.
Section
9.11. Conflicting Provisions. Any
further provisions consistent with the Articles of Incorporation
and the laws of this state, for the regulation and conduct of
the affairs of the Corporation, and creating, defining, limiting
or regulating the powers of this Corporation, of the Directors
or of the members, may from time to time prescribed by the By-Laws
of the Corporation. If there is any conflict between these Articles
and the Declaration, the Declaration shall control. If there
is any conflict between these Articles and the By-Laws, these
Articles shall control.
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X
Distribution
of Assets on Dissolution or Final Liquidation
The
Corporation may be dissolved with the assent given in writing
and signed by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of each class of
members. Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation,
other than incident to a merger or consolidation, the assets
of the Corporation shall be dedicated to an appropriate public
agency to be used for purposes similar to those for which this
Corporation was created. In the event that such dedication is
refused acceptance, such assets shall be granted, conveyed and
assigned to any non-profit corporation, Corporation, trust or
other organization to be devoted to such similar purposes.
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Definitions
Section
11.01. Terms. The following
terms, as used in these Articles, and in the By-Laws, unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, shall mean the following:
(a) "Act"
means The Indiana General Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1991,
as amended from time to time.
(b) "Applicable
Date" means the date the Class B membership terminates
as specified in Section 5.03(b) of these Articles.
(c) "Articles"
means the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
amended from time to time.
(d) "Assessment"
means all sums lawfully assessed against the Members by the
Corporation or as declared by the Declaration, any Supplementary
Declaration, the Articles or the By-Laws.
(e) "Board
of Directors" means the governing body of the Corporation.
(f) "By-Laws"
means the Code of By-Laws of the Corporation, as amended from
time to time.
(g) "Corporation"
means Wildwood Estates Homeowners Corporation, Inc., an Indiana
nonprofit corporation.
(h) "Declaration"
means the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions
of Wildwood Estates, which was recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana, on November 22, 1993,
as Instrument Number 9357814.
(i) "Development
Area" means the real estate described in Exhibit A to
the Declaration.
(j) "Declarant"
means Crossman Communities Partnership, an Indiana general
partnership, its successors and assigns to its interest in
the Development Area other than Owners purchasing Lots or
Residences by deed from Declarant (unless the conveyance indicates
an intent that the grantee assume the rights and obligations
of Declarant).
(k) "Initial
Board" means those individuals appointed by Declarant
as Directors pursuant to the power granted to Declarant in
Section 9.04 of these Articles.
(l) "Lot"
means a platted lot as shown on a Plat.
(m) "Member"
means a Class A or Class B member of the Corporation and "Members"
means Class A and Class B members of the Corporation.
(n) "Operating
Expenses" means expenses of administration of the Corporation
and expenses for the upkeep, maintenance, repair and replacement
of the Community Area and other Property.
(o) "Owner"
means a Person, including Declarant, who at the time has or
is acquiring any interest in a Lot except a Person who has
or is acquiring such an interest merely as security for the
performance of an obligation.
(p) "Person"
means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
joint venture, trust or other legal entity, or any combination
thereof.
(q) "Plat"
means a final secondary plat of a Part of the Development
Area recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County,
Indiana.
(r) "Residence"
means any structure intended exclusively for occupancy by
a single family together with all appurtenances thereto, including
private garage and outbuildings and recreational facilities
usual and incidental to the use of a single family residential
lot.
(s) "Supplemental
Declaration" means any supplemental declaration of covenants,
conditions or restrictions that may be recorded after the
Declaration.
Section
11.02. Other Terms. Any undefined
term used herein or in the By-Laws shall, unless the context
required otherwise, have the meaning set forth in Article II
of the Declaration.
The
undersigned, being the sole Incorporator designated in Article
7, does hereby adopt these Articles of Incorporation, representing
by his execution hereof to the Secretary of State of the State
of Indiana and all persons whom it may concern that a membership
list of the Corporation for which a Certificate of Incorporation
is hereby applied for has heretofore been opened in accordance
with the Act and that at least one (1) person has signed such
membership list.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executes these Articles of
Incorporation and verifies, subject to penalties of perjury,
that the facts contained herein are true this 13th day of July,
1994.
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CROSSMANN
COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP |
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an
Indiana general partnership |
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BY:
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TRIMARK
DEVELOPMENT, INC. |
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General
Partner |
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By:
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Richard
H. Crosser |
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Trimark Development, Inc. |
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(SIGNATURE
ON FILE) |
Prepared by:
James J. Nelson
NELSON & FRANKENBERGER
3021 East 98th Street
Suite 220
Indianapolis, Indiana 46280
(317) 844-0106
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