Consent Agreement
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HOMEOWNER CONSENT AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This HOMEOWNER CONSENT AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (“Consent
Agreement”) is made this ________________day of ________________, 2008, between
the Wiltshire at Oxford Homeowners Association (“Association”) and
_________________________________________, of _________________________
________________________________, Oxford, PA, 19363 (“Owner”), being a
member(s) of the Association, and who hereby covenant(s), consent(s) to, and agree(s)
as follows:
BACKGROUND
1. The Association was created to serve as an association of homeowners for
the Wiltshire at Oxford planned residential community (“Wiltshire Community”) and is the
entity charged with, among other things, the care, maintenance, and control of the Wiltshire
Community pursuant to a written and recorded Amended and Restated Declaration of
Covenants, Restrictions and Easements for Wiltshire at Oxford, dated October 30, 1998,
and recorded with the Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office on November 2, 1998,
in Record Book 4446, Page 1819 (“Declaration”), and as amended, and the Pennsylvania
Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 5101, et seq.
2. A second amendment to the Declaration, dated July 23, 2002, was recorded
with the Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office on July 26, 2002, at Record Book 5340,
Page 535 (“Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment deleted the existing Section
9.01 of the Declaration and replaced Section 9.01 in its entirety. The new and amended
Section 9.01
, Sidewalks, re-stated and/or changed, among other things, theresponsibility(ies) for the maintenance and repairs of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire
Community and placed on each lot owner the primary responsibility to maintain and repair
the sidewalk area in front of and for the full width of such lot owner’s lot.
3. Throughout the Wiltshire Community (and specifically in the development
phases known as Phases I and II), portions, areas, and/or sections of the sidewalks in the
Wiltshire Community are deteriorating and/or failing (the “Claim”). The Association
contends that the Claim is the result of deficiencies, defects, and/or flaws in either the
material(s) used and/or the finishing techniques employed in the construction, during,
finishing, repair, and/or maintenance of the Sidewalks. The Declarant(s), Oxford Land,
L.P., and/or JMCW, Inc., and/or the sidewalk contractor, Petro’s Custom Concrete, Inc.,
contend that the deteriorating and/or failing of the sidewalks is (are) the result of the use
of de-icing chemicals. [Hereinafter, Oxford Land, L.P., JMCW, Inc., and Petro’s Custom
Concrete, Inc., shall sometimes be referred to, collectively, as “Contractors.”]
4. The Association has reached a tentative (not yet final and which may be
subject to change and unsigned) agreement with the Contractors for replacement and/or
repair of certain agreed upon [between the Association and the Contractors] portions,
areas, and/or sections of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community (“Sidewalk
Agreement”). A copy of the current proposed Sidewalk Agreement is attached hereto as
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Exhibit “A.” The Contractors have expressed their position that they may withdraw from
and/or not consent or agree to the Sidewalk Agreement (and therefore, will not replace
and/or repair any of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community, including, but not limited to
those certain agreed upon portions, areas, and/or sections of the sidewalks as outlined in
the Sidewalk Agreement), unless sufficient homeowner involvement and/or consent to
and/or joinder in the Sidewalk Agreement is achieved.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the
sufficiency of said consideration being hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally
bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
1. The introductory “BACKGROUND” paragraphs, above, are hereby reaffirmed
and made a part of this Consent Agreement.
2. Owner hereby agrees, permits, authorizes, consents to, assigns to, and
submits Owner’s interest(s) and/or right(s) in and/or with respect to the Claim to the
Association, the Association’s power, authority, right, and/or duty, and the Association’s
ability to pursue, initiate, negotiate, settle, defend, litigate, resolve, compromise and/or
otherwise act on behalf of the Owner, in all forms, manners, and respects, in connection
with the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or any matter(s) regarding, concerning,
arising from, and/or relating to the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or the repair and/or
replacement of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community.
3. By entering into this Consent Agreement, Owner acknowledges, consents to,
and agrees to waive, discharge, release, give up, and assigns to the Association any and
all rights and/or remedies Owner has or may have to personally and/or individually pursue,
initiate, institute, negotiate, settle, defend, litigate, resolve, compromise and/or otherwise
act, including the filing of any lawsuit(s), in connection with the Claim, the Sidewalk
Agreement, and/or any matter(s) regarding, concerning, arising from, and/or relating to the
Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or the repair and/or replacement of the sidewalks in
the Wiltshire Community and consents to, agrees, authorizes, and assigns to the
Association the right(s) to solely and exclusively represent Owner and/or act for and/or on
behalf of Owner regarding the same.
4. By entering into this Consent Agreement, Owner acknowledges, covenants,
and agrees to consent to, abide by, join in, and agrees to the Sidewalk Agreement as
finally executed by the parties thereto and all of its terms and conditions and further agrees
to not interfere, directly or indirectly, with the efforts of JMCW, Inc., Wilkinson Residential
Construction, Inc., or their respective affiliates to dedicate and convey the common
elements in the Wiltshire Community to the Association, the public improvements in the
Wiltshire Community to East Nottingham Township, and to be released from its/their
financial security obligations to East Nottingham Township with respect to and concerning
the existing sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community and/or those portions, areas, and/or
sections thereof to be replaced and/or repaired.
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5. In exchange for Owner’s agreement, consent, authorization, joinder, and
assignment, as set forth in this Consent Agreement (and subject to the limitation and
contingency set forth in paragraph 7, below), the Association agrees to pursue, initiate,
negotiate, settle, defend, litigate, resolve, compromise and/or otherwise reasonably act
and/or as may be required and/or necessary, in its own name on behalf of the Association
and the Owner and any other lot owner(s) entering into a Homeowner Consent and
Assignment Agreement, in connection with the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or any
matter(s) regarding, concerning, arising from, and/or relating to the Claim, the Sidewalk
Agreement, and/or the repair and/or replacement of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire
Community.
6. By entering into this Consent Agreement, and assigning to the Association
the right(s) to, and authorizing the Association to, pursue, initiate, negotiate, settle, defend,
litigate, resolve, compromise, and/or otherwise reasonably act and/or as may be necessary
and/or required, in its own name on behalf of the Association and the Owner in connection
with the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or any matter(s) regarding, concerning,
arising from, and/or relating to the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, and/or the repair and/or
replacement of the sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community, the Owner agrees to hold the
Association harmless from any and all demands, settlements, claims, causes of action,
suits, orders, decrees, administrative orders and notices, costs, fines, liabilities, penalties,
judgments, losses, damages (direct or indirect), expenses, fees (including any attorneys’
fees and/or attorneys’ fees incurred by an attorney(s) of the Association’s choice)
(collectively, "Losses") resulting from, in connection with, and/or arising out of this Consent
Agreement, the Claim, the Sidewalk Agreement, the repair and/or replacement of the
sidewalks in the Wiltshire Community, and/or the Association’s assignment of, pursuit,
initiation, institution, negotiation, settlement, defense, litigation, resolving, compromise,
actions, inaction, and/or conduct regarding, relating to, and/or concerning the Claim, the
Sidewalk Agreement, and/or the maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of the sidewalks
in the Wiltshire Community, including but not limited to any Losses relating thereto, and
whether in tort, contract, or equity.
7. The Association’s obligations to Owner under this Consent Agreement are
expressly contingent and conditioned upon the Association receiving identical Consent
Agreements, signed by a sufficient number of other owners and/or members of the
Association (the sufficiency and/or adequacy of which consent and/or numbers is to be
determined in the Association’s sole and exclusive discretion and determination). In the
event that the Association determines, in its sole and exclusive discretion, that it did not
receive or has not received a sufficient or adequate number of such returned and signed
Consent Agreements from owners and/or members of the Association, the Association will
notify Owner (and the other members of the Association) in writing and this Consent
Agreement shall thereupon be terminated, void, and of no further force or effect.
8. This Consent Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, administrators, successors, agents, representatives, shareholders,
subrogees, and/or assigns of the Owner and the parties hereto.
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9. This Consent Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The validity, interpretation,
construction, performance, and enforcement of this agreement further shall be governed
and controlled by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The parties agree that
venue and jurisdiction for all actions to enforce and/or arising out of this Consent
Agreement shall be exclusively in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
10. This Consent Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties
hereto with respect to the matters addressed herein, and the terms are contractual and not
a mere recital. This Consent Agreement may not be amended, modified, and/or rescinded
except by a written document signed by all parties hereto.
I (We), the undersigned, have read the foregoing Homeowner Consent and
Assignment Agreement, and knowingly and voluntarily join in and agree to the foregoing
Homeowner Consent and Assignment Agreement.
*** All owners, whether legal or equitable, for the property listed and identified below, must
sign this Consent Agreement for it to be effective.
Owner: ___________________________________________________________
(Sign and Print Name) (Date)
Owner: ___________________________________________________________
(Sign and Print Name) (Date)
Property Address: ______________________________________________________
ACCEPTED this ______________ day of _____________________, 2008:
WILTSHIRE AT OXFORD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
BY: ________________________________________
(Title)