Amended and Restated on 23 July 2013 and 09 September 2024
WHEREAS, the Association of Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium a Montana Nonprofit Corporation, of Belgrade, Montana, hereinafter referred to as the “Association", whereby lands and property hereinafter described are submitted to the provisions of Title 70, Chapter 23, M.C.A., also know as the "Montana Unit Ownership Act".
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD that this Declaration will replace the existing Declaration and existing Amendment filings with the Clerk and Recorder of Gallatin County of State of Montana, document 2080429, pages I through 25, and document 2237290, pages 1 through 6, except the following:
WHEREAS, on 23rd day of July 2013, the undersigned with the full authority and power to modify and amend the Declaration and Amendment, conditions and restrictions, with approval of seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting interest of the Association, located at 856 Glider Lane, Lot 3, Belgrade North Business Park Subdivision Phase II, situated in theNE¼ of Section 35, Township I North, Range 4 East, PMM in the County of Gallatin, State of Montana, declare the original Declaration and Amendment are hereby revised, amended and restated, and replaced with the recording of this document.
Unless the context expressly provides otherwise, the following definitions shall pertain, throughout this Amended and Restated Declaration and in this interpretation of this Amended and Restated Declaration:
Description
The property which is by this Amended and Restated Declaration submitted and subject to the Montana Unit Ownership Act is described as follows:
Lot 3 of Belgrade North Business Park Subdivision Phase II, situated in the NE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 North, Range 4 East, P.M.M., Gallatin County Montana, according to the official plat thereof on file and of records in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Gallatin County, Montana.
Plans and Exhibits
The condominium Units consists of six buildings subject to the expansion provision of this Amended and Restated Declaration. Building A consists of six (6) units. Building B consists of nine (9) units, Building C consists of five (5) units, Building D consists of eight (8) units, Building E consists of eight (8) units, and Building F consists of four (4) units. For identification and descriptive purposes, the following listed Exhibits referenced hereto into this
Declaration:
Condominium Units
Each Unit, together with appurtenant undivided interest in the Common Elements of the Association shall together comprise one condominium unit, shall be inseparable, and may be conveyed, leased, rented, devised or encumbered as a condominium Unit. The Units comprising the Association is contained in six (6) buildings, subject to the expansion provisions of this Amended and Restated Declaration.
Encroachments
If any portion of the General Common Elements or Limited Common Elements encroaches upon a Unit or Units, a valid easement for the encroachment and for the maintenance of the same, so long as it stands, shall and does exist. If any portion of a unit encroaches upon the General Common Elements, or Limited Common Elements, or upon an adjoining Unit or Units, a valid easement for the encroachment and for the maintenance of the same, so long as it stands, shall and does exist. Such encroachments and easements shall not be considered or determined to be encumbrances either on the General Common Elements, the Limited Common Elements, or on the Units for the purpose of marketability of title.
Parking Areas [Amended in Document 2834395 Amendment #1]
The Common Elements include parking area, for automobiles of Unit Owner and their designees. These areas may be assigned to each Unit or Limited Common Elements for certain Units and may be changed from time to time by the Association. Those spaces not designated as Limited Common Elements will be Common Elements for the use and benefit of all Units. Thereafter, subsequent use and assignment of parking space shall be pursuant to regulation of the Association; provided that no change in designation of parking space shall be made for the benefit of a Unit Owner which discriminates against another Unit Owner without the latter's consent.
Unit Boundaries
Each Unit shall include the part of the building containing the Unit that lies within the boundaries of the Unit, which boundaries are as follows:
Common Element Easements
A non-exclusive tight of ingress, egress and support through the Limited Common Elements within the buildings is appurtenant to each Unit, and all of the General Common Elements are subject to such rights.
Easement for Utilities
Each Unit may have its air space penetrated by electrical wires and Jines, gas lines, or DLS equivalent lines, mechanical equipment including air handling ducts, hot and cold water lines, wastewater lines and vents and other utility and mechanical lines, pipes or equipment A non-exclusive easement shall exist through, over and across each Unit for inspection. installation, maintenance, replacement and repair of such utility lines and mechanical equipment for the use of all of the Unit Owners or the Unit Owners being services by the air space being penetrated by such lines and/or equipment. Such inspection, installation, maintenance, replacement or repair of such easement rights shall only be done under the direction and approval and with the authority of the Association and/or the Manager unless an emergency exists. If an emergency exists any action may reasonably be taken which is justified under the circumstances to minimize damage which would otherwise occur as a consequence of such an emergency.
Interior Remodeling
Each Unit Owner shall have the exclusive right to paint, repaint, tile, wax, paper, panel, carpet, brick or otherwise maintain, refinish and decorate the inner surface of the walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors bounding his on Unit, and its interior, so long as such owner does not affect the structural integrity of the building in which his/her Unit is located.
Percentage of Interest
Each Unit Owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership, use and possession of his/her or its Unit. Additionally, each Unit Owner shall have a percentage of undivided interest in the General Common Elements of the Association. Such percentage represents his/her or its ownership interest in the General Common Elements, his/her or its liability for Common Expenses in all matters concerning the Association and this Amended and Restated Declaration. The percentage of interest in the General Common Elements for the respective owners shall be computed by taking the square footage of each Unit and dividing it by the total square footage of all Units having an interest in the General common elements of the Association. Such percentage if interest shall then be rounded off. The percentage of interest owned by each of the Units in the Association shall be according to the percentage set forth below:
Unit Designation | Approx. Sq. Footage* | % of Interest* |
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Building A | ||
A-1 | 1,625 | 3.99 |
A-2 | 1,625 | 3.98 |
A-3 | 1,220 | 2.99 |
A-4 | 1,220 | 2.99 |
A-5 | 1,870 | 4.58 |
A-6 | 1,870 | 4.58 |
Building B | ||
B-1 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
B-2 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-3 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-4 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-5 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-6 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-7 | 560 | 1.37 |
B-8 | 560 | 1.37 |
Building C | ||
C-1 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
C-2 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
C-3 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
C-4 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
C-5 | 1,120 | 2.74 |
Unit Designation | Approx. Sq. Footage* | % of Interest* |
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Building D | ||
D-1 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
D-2 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
D-3 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
D-4 | 800 | 1.96 |
D-5 | 800 | 1.96 |
D-6 | 800 | 1.96 |
D-7 | 800 | 1.96 |
D-8 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
Building E | ||
E-1 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
E-2 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-3 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-4 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-5 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-6 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-7 | 800 | 1.96 |
E-8 | 1,200 | 2.93 |
Building F | ||
F-1 | 1,500 | 3.67 |
F-2 | 1,000 | 2.44 |
F-3 | 1,000 | 2.44 |
F-4 | 1,500 | 3.67 |
Total | 40,830 | 100.00% |
Construction Materials
The principal materials of construction of the Units are concrete for the slab and steel for the structure.
Use [G. Deleted; H. Added; Document 2834395 Amendments 2 & 3]
Nothing shall prohibit a Unit Owner from leasing or renting his Unit to third persons or holding it out for lease or rental, or entering into an agreement or contract with others for the lease or rental of his/her or its Unit fur permitted uses. The use of the General Common areas shall be for the enjoyment of the Unit Owners, their guests, tenants, lessees, employees and business invitees. The Units and Common Elements shall be as follows:
Exclusive Ownership
Each Owner shall be entitled to exclusive ownership and possession of his/her or its Unit. Owners may use the
General and Limited Common Elements in accordance with the purposes for which they are intended and as they may otherwise agree between themselves, so long as they do not hinder or encroach upon the lawful rights of other Unit Owners.
Membership
Any Owner of a Unit in the Association shall automatically, upon becoming the Owner of said Unit. be a member of the Association of Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium, hereinafter referred to as Association and shall remain a member of the Association until such time as his/her or its ownership in the Association ceases. The membership shall be limited to Unit Owners as defined in this Amended and Restated Declaration.
Each Unit Owner shall comply with the Bylaws and with the administrative rules adopted pursuant thereto and with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions in this Amended and Restated Declaration or in the deed to his/her or its Unit. Failure to comply therewith shall be grounds for an action maintainable by the Association or be an aggrieved Unit Owner, Montana Unit Ownership Act §70-23-506.
Function
It shall be the function of the Association to:
Voting [Deleted and Replaced Document 2834395 Amendment #4]
On all matters before the Association, unless excluded by this Amended and Restated Declaration, to be decided by the Association. Each Unit Owner shall have equal voting interest in the General Common Elements. If more than one (1) person owns a Unit, then such Unit owners shall designate one (1) of the group to vote the Unit's interest. Except as otherwise provided in the Montana Unit Ownership Act, this Amended and Restated Declaration or the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a majority of the aggregate interest present at any meeting or by proxy shall be sufficient to act on matters brought before the Association. Meetings of the Association shall only be conducted when a quorum is present as defined in the Association Amended and Restated Bylaws.
Failure to Comply
Each Owner shall comply with the provisions of this Amended and Restated Declaration. the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Association, and the rules, regulations, decisions and resolutions of the Association. Failure to comply shalt be grounds for an action to recover the sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both, and for reimbursement of all costs, including attorney's fees, which action shall be maintainable by the Manager, or the Board of Directors in the name of the Association, on behalf of the Owners, or in the proper case, by an aggrieved Owner.
Payment of Assessments
All assessments shall be due thirty (30) days from the date of mailing such assessment following the meeting at which time assessments are levied by the Association, and may be payable in quarterly, annual payments or in monthly installments, at the option of the Association. The amount of the Common Expenses assessed against each Unit, and the amount of Limited Common Expenses assessed against each Unit. shall be the personal and individual debt of the Owner thereof. No Owner may exempt himself, herself or itself from liability for this contribution toward the Common Expenses and the Limited Expenses by waiver of the use of enjoyment of any of the General Common Elements or Limited Common Elements or by abandonment of his/her or its Unit.
Levying Assessment - When Made - Purposes
The Association of Unit Owners shall levy assessment upon the Unit Owners in the following manner and for the following reasons:
Alteration by Unit Owners Association
The interior plan of a Unit may be changed by the Owner. Boundary walls must be equal in quality of design and construction to the existing boundary walls. No change in the boundaries between Units will be permitted set forth by an amendment to this Amended and Restated Declaration. In addition to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs following, such amendment must further set forth and contain plans for the Units concerned showing the Units after the change in boundaries, which plans shall be drawn by an architect licensed to practice in Montana, and attached to the amendment as exhibits, together with the certificate of architect or engineer required by the Montana Unit Ownership Act. Such an amendment shall be signed and acknowledged by the Owners of the Units concerned, as well as those Owners with an interest in any Common Element affected. The amendment shall also be approved by the Board of Directors of the Association and signed and acknowledged by all lienors and mortgagees of the Units concerned.
Maintenance by Unit Owners
Each Owner shall maintain and keep in good repair the interior of his/her or its own Unit, including the fixtures. All fixtures and equipment installed in the Unit, commencing at a point where the utilities enter the Unit, shall be maintained and kept in repair by the Owner. An Owner shall do no act or any work that will impair the structural soundness or integrity of the building or impair any easement.
Each Owner shall keep any entrance appurtenant to bis Unit in a clean and sanitary condition. The right of each Owner to repair, alter, and remodel is coupled with the obligation to replace any finishing or other materials removed with similar type or kinds of materials. No act or alteration, repair or remodel by any Unit Owner shall impair in any way the integrity of the adjoining units or the integrity or Limited Common Elements or General Common Elements.
Exterior Alterations
No Owner may change, alter or remodel the exterior of his/her or its unit without the prior written approval of
the Board of Directors of the Association.
Liens for Alterations
Labor performed and materials furnished and incorporated into a Unit with the consent of or at the request of the Unit Owner, his/her or its agent, his/her or its contractor or subcontractor shall be the basis for the filing of a lien against the Unit of the Unit Owner consenting to or requesting the same. Each Unit Owner shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the other Owners from and against all liability arising from the claim of any lien against the unit or any other Owner or against the General or Limited Common Elements for construction performed or for labor, materials, services or other products incorporated in the Owner's Unit at such Owner's request.
Liens and Foreclosure
All sums assessed but unpaid for the share of General Common Elements and Limited Common Expenses chargeable to any Unit shall constitute a lien on the Unit superior to all other liens and encumbrances, except only for tax and special assessment liens on the Unit in favor of any assessing authority, and all sums unpaid on the first mortgage, a first trust indenture, or contract for deed, of record. To evidence the lien, the Association shall prepare a written notice of lien assessment setting forth the amount of unpaid indebtedness, the amount of accrued interest and late charges, the name of the Unit Owner, and a description of the Unit The notice shall be signed and verified by one (1) of the officers of the Association or by the Manager, or his/her authorized agent, and shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder's office of Gallatin County in the State of Montana. The lien shall attach from the date of recording the notice. The lien may be enforced by the foreclosure of the defaulting Owner's Unit by the Association as provided in the Montana Unit Ownership Act in like manner as foreclosure of a mortgage on real property. In any foreclosure, the Unit Owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the unit, if so provided in the Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the plaintiff in the foreclosure action shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect the rent. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid Common Expenses shall be maintainable without foreclosure or waiving the lien securing the same. In any such proceeding, the Owner may be required to pay the cost, expenses and attorney's fees incurred in filing a lien, and in the event of foreclosure proceedings, additional costs, expenses and attorney's fees incurred.
Bidding at Foreclosure
The Association shall have the power to bid on the Unit at a foreclosure or other legal sale, and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and vote the votes appurtenant to, convey or otherwise deal with the same. Any lien bolder holding a lien on a Unit may pay, but shall not be required to pay, any unpaid General Common Expenses, or Limited Common Expenses payable with respect to any such Unit. Upon payment, such lien holder shall have a lien on said Unit for the amounts paid or the same priority as the lien of his/her or its encumbrance without the necessity of having to file a notice or claim of such lien.
Purchase
All insurance policies upon the Association shall be purchased by the Association and shall be issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in Montana.
The named insured shall be the Association of Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium individually and as agent for the Unit Owners without naming them. Such policies shall provide that payments for losses thereunder by the insurer shall be paid to the insurance trustee hereinafter designated. All policies and endorsements shall be deposited with the insurance trustee. Unit Owners may obtain insurance coverage, at their own expense, upon their own personal property and for the personal liability and living expense.
One (1) copy of each insurance policy and of all endorsements shall be furnished by the Association to each mortgagee of a Unit Owner on request.
Coverage
The policies shall state whether air handling or service equipment, interior fixtures and carpets are included within the coverage in order that Unit Owners may insure themselves if the items are not insured by the Association.
Premiums
Premiums for insurance policies purchased by the Association shall be paid by the Association as a Common Expense, except that the amount of increase in the premium occasioned by use, misuse, occupancy or abandonment of a Unit or its appurtenances or of the Common Elements by a Unit Owner shall be assessed against the Owner.
The Association may only be removed from Association ownership, and may only be partitioned or sold, upon compliance with each of the conditions hereof:
The purpose or purposes for which Association or Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium is organized are as follows: The Association is organized exclusively by condominium Unit Owners, including, for such purposes necessary to maintain general common elements of the Association, per Montana Unit Ownership Act §70-23-101.
Upon the dissolution of the Association, assets shall be distributed to the Unit Owners at the time of dissolution, based on a percentage of undivided interest in the general common elements of the Association. Such percentage of interest owned by each of the Units in the Association shall be distributed according to the percentages as listed in this Amended and Restated Declaration Article IV.
All remedies provided in the Amended and Restated Declaration and the Amended and Restated Bylaws shall not be exclusive of any other remedy which may now be, or are hereafter, available to the parties as provided for by law.
The provisions of this Amended and Restated Declaration shall be deemed independent and severable. The invalidity, partial invalidity or unenforceability of any one provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. ln the event any provision of this Amended and Restated Declaration or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Association is inconsistent with any law, ordinance, rule, or covenant of the City of Belgrade, County of Gallatin, or State of Montana, then the law, ordinance, rule or covenant shall apply.
The provisions of this Amended and Restated Declaration and of the Amended and Restated Bylaws to be promulgated and recorded shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose of the Amended and Restated Declaration and the Amended and Restated Bylaws and to create a building or buildings subject to and under the provisions of the Montana Unit Ownership Act.
Right of Access
The Association shall have the irrevocable right to have access to each Unit from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of General Common Element or Limited Common Elements or for making emergency repair necessary to prevent damage to the General or Limited Common Elements of any other Unit.
Damage to the interior or any part of the Unit resulting from maintenance. repair. emergency repair or replacement or any of the General or Limited Common Elements, or as a result of an emergency repair within another Unit at the instance of the Association, shall be designated either Limited or General Common Expenses by the Association and assessed in accordance with such designation.
Expenditures
No single expenditure or debt in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) may be made or incurred by the
Association without the prior approval of a majority of the Unit Owners at a special meeting. according to their percentile interest, unless having been approved prior as a budget item.
Benefit
Except as otherwise provided herein, this Amended and Restated Declaration shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Association and each Unit Owners, and the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of each.
Service of Process
The name and address of the person to receive service of process for the Association until another designation
is filed of record shall be:
Wayne Jennings, Attorney
1704 West Babcock Street-Suite A
Bozeman MT 59715
At any annual, regular or special meeting of the Association of Unit Owners, an amendment may be proposed
as a resolution by any Unit Owner, the Board of Directors, or the Manager. Upon adoption of the resolution by a
majority vote of those present, the amendment shall be made a subject for consideration in the following manners:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amended and Restated Declaration for Association of Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium to be made and executed according to and under the provisions of the Montana Unit Ownership Act. Title 70, Section 23, M.C.A., and the Amended and Restated Declaration for the Association of Unit Owners of Greenhead Commercial Condominium.
The undersigned president and secretary of the Association of Unit Owners for Greenhead Commercial Condominium ("Association") do hereby certify that the Amended and Restated Declaration for Association of Unit owners for Greenhead Commercial Condominium recorded on July 23,2013, as document number 2456543, records of Gallatin County, Montana ('"Declaration"), has been amended by a vote of more than 75% of the voting interests in the Association, upon the terms set forth below. This Amendment does not create or remove any Units or change the boundaries or percentages of interest of any Units and is not subject to review.
The general purpose of this Amendment is to modify the permitted uses of units and common elements within the condominium. This Amendment shall be effective immediately upon recording, binding the owners of all of the Units within the condominium.
NOWTHEREFORE, the Declaration described above is amended as follows: