MEMBERS ONLY
Secretary of State
Corporations Division
Suite 315, West Tower
2 Martin Luther King Jr., Dr.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1530
CONTROL NUMBER: 9323550
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/15/1998
COUNTY: COBB
REFERENCE: 0047
PRINT DATE: 06/22/1998
FORM NUMBER: 311
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
I, Lewis A. Massey, the Secretary of State and the Corporation Commissioner of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify under the seal of my office that
FOX CHAPEL HOA, INC.
A DOMESTIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION
has been duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia on the effective date stated above by the filing of articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State and by the paying of fees as provided by Title 14 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia on the date set forth above.
LEWIS A. MASSEY
SECRETARY OF STATE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
FOX CHAPEL HOA, INC.
In compliance with the requirements of Georgia Law, the undersigned, has this day voluntarily associated a corporation not for profit, which is hereby organized pursuant to the Georgia Non-Profit Corporation Code, and do hereby certify:
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is FOX CHAPEL HOA, INC., (hereinafter called the “Association”).
ARTICLE II
The initial principal office and mailing address of the Association is located at 5784 Lake Forrest Drive, Suite 260, Atlanta, Georgia 30328.
ARTICLE III
Susan S. Stuart, whose address is 192 Anderson Street, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia 30060, is hereby appointed the initial registered agent of this Association. The initial registered office of the Association is also 192 Anderson Street, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia 30060.
ARTICLE IV
PURPOSE AND POWERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
This Association does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to the members thereof, and the specific purposes for which it is formed are to provide for maintenance, preservation and architectural control of the residence Lots and Common Area within that certain tract of property described as Fox Chapel Subdivision, located in Cobb County, Georgia, and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents within the above described property and any additions thereto as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of this Association for this purpose to:
(a) exercise all of the powers and privileges and to perform all of the duties and obligations of the Association as set forth in that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, hereinafter called the “Declaration”, applicable to the property and recorded or to be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, and as the same may be amended from time to time as therein provided, said Declaration being incorporated herein as if set forth at length;
(b) fix, levy, collect and enforce payment by any lawful means, all charges or assessments pursuant to the terms of the Declaration; to pay all expenses in connection therewith and all office and other expenses incident to the conduct of the business of the Association, including all licenses, taxes or governmental charges levied or imposed against the property of the Association;
(c) acquire (by gift, purchase or otherwise), own, hold, improve, build upon, operate, maintain, convey, sell, lease, transfer, dedicate for public use or otherwise dispose of real or personal property in connection with the affairs of the Association;
(d) borrow money, and with the assent of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members, mortgage, pledge, deed in trust, or hypothecate any or all of its real or personal property as security for money borrowed or debts incurred;
(e) dedicate, sell or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority, or utility for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the members. No such dedication or transfer shall be effective unless an instrument has been signed by two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members, agreeing to such dedication, sale or transfer;
(f) participate in mergers and consolidations with other nonprofit corporations organized for the same purposes or annex additional residential property and Common Area, provided that any such merger, consolidation or annexation shall have the assent of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of members;
(g) have and to exercise any and all powers, rights and privileges which a corporation organized under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of the State of Georgia by law may now or hereafter have or exercise.
ARTICLE V
MEMBERSHIP
Every person or entity who is a record owner of a fee or undivided fee interest in any Lot which is subject by covenants of record to assessment by the Association shall be a member of the Association, as well as the Declarant (as defined in the Declaration) for so long as Declarant owns a lot. The foregoing is not intended to include persons or entities who hold an interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment by the Association.
ARTICLE VI
VOTING RIGHTS
The Association shall have two classes of voting member- ship:
Class A. Class A members shall be all Owners, with the exception of the Declarant, and shall be entitled to one vote for each Lot owned. When more than one person holds an interest in any Lot, all such persons shall be members. The vote for such Lot shall be exercised as they determine, but in no event shall more than one vote be cast with respect to any Lot.
Class B. The Class B member(s) shall be the Declarant (as defined in the Declaration), and shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each Lot owned. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership as set forth in the Declaration.
ARTICLE VII
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The affairs of this Association. shall initially be managed by a Board of two (2) Directors, who need not be members of the Association. The number of directors may be changed by amendment of the By-Laws of the Association. The names and addresses of the persons who are to act in the capacity of directors until the selection of their successors are:
NAME & ADDRESS
Dallis Champion
5894 Lake Forest Dr.
Suite 260
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Gregory J. Dickerson
5894 Lake Forest Dr.
Suite 260
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
At the first annual meeting called by the initial directors, the members shall elect one director for a term of one year and one director for a term of two years, and at each annual meeting thereafter the members shall elect directors to fill the vacated positions for a term of three years.
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION
The Association 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 of the Association, other than incident to a merger or consolidation, the assets of the Association shall be dedicated to an appropriate public agency to be used for purposes similar to those for which this Association was created. In the event that such dedication is refused acceptance, such assets shall be granted, conveyed and assigned to any nonprofit corporation, association, trust or other organization to be devoted to such similar purposes.
ARTICLE IX
DURATION
The corporation shall exist perpetually.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
Amendment of these Articles shall require the assent of seventy-five percent (75%) of the entire membership.
ARTICLE XI
FHA/VA APPROVAL
As long as there is a Class B membership, the following actions will require the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration: annexation of additional properties, mergers and consolidations, mortgaging of Common Area, dedication of Common Area, dissolution and amendment of these Articles.
ARTICLE XII
INCORPORATOR
The name and address of the incorporator is:
Susan S. Stuart
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP
192 Anderson Street
Marietta, Georgia 30060
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed these Articles of Incorporation this 12th day of June , 1998.
SUSAN S. STUART