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less deductions allowable under section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code. "Adjusted Gross Income" is calculated on <br />an annual basis. <br />2.5. "Affordable" is defined to mean that monthly Rent payments do not exceed 30 percent of the annual <br />Adjusted Gross Income for a household that is Very -Low -Income or Low -Income (as such terms are defined in <br />Florida Statutes section 420.0004). <br />2.6. "Rent" means the periodic payments due to the Grantee as landlord from the Tenant for occupancy under <br />a Rental Agreement and any other payments due to the Grantee as landlord from the Tenant that are designated as <br />rent in the Rental Agreement. <br />2.7. "Rental Agreement" means any legally binding written residential lease agreement, including <br />amendments or addenda, between the Grantee as landlord and a Tenant, providing for use and occupancy of a Rental <br />Property Unit. <br />3.Rental of Property. The Rental Property Unit shall be Rented only to Tenants who meet the criteria set forth <br />hereinbelow. <br />3.1. The Rent for the Rental Property Unit must be Affordable (as defined herein) to the Tenant. The Tenant <br />shall have monthly Rent payments that are Affordable (as defined herein). <br />3.2. The Property may not be Rented by a Tenant whose household Adjusted Gross Income exceeds the <br />thresholds set forth in Florida Statutes section 420.004 for Extremely -Low -Income, Very -Low -Income, or Low - <br />Income households. <br />3.3. The security deposit, if any, for any Rental Property Unit shall not exceed one month's Rent. <br />4.Maintenance of Property. Grantee shall maintain the exterior of the Rental Property Units in good repair, including, <br />but not limited to, painting, landscaping and lawn maintenance, as necessary. Grantee shall maintain the Rental <br />Property Units in accordance with the applicable laws, regulations and ordinances of Indian River County, and if <br />applicable, the governing municipality. For so long as the original Grantee is the owner of the Lot, the Property, or <br />the Rental Property Units, the maintenance obligations set forth herein are binding on Grantee. <br />5. Covenants Run with the Land. All covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in this Declaration shall be <br />covenants running with the land, and to the fullest extent permitted by law and equity, be binding upon the Property for <br />the benefit of and in favor of, and be enforceable by, the Declarant against the Grantee and any party in possession or <br />occupancy of the Property or any portion thereof. These covenants, conditions and restrictions are intended to be <br />perpetual, but may be modified in a document in recordable form executed by the Declarant and the Grantee, or the <br />Grantee's successors in interest in the event that the character of the neighborhood within which the Property is located <br />changes substantially through the passage of time. <br />6. Property as Servient Estate. For the purposes of this instrument, the Property and all portions thereof shall be the <br />servient tenement and the Declarant shall be the dominant tenement. The Restrictions shall run with the Property and <br />be binding on all persons acquiring title to the Property, or any portion thereof, and all persons claiming under them. <br />7. Enforcement by Declarant. The Declarant is the beneficiary of these Restrictions, and as such, the Declarant may <br />enforce these Restrictions by action at law or in equity, including without limitation, a decree of specific performance <br />or mandatory or prohibitory injunction, against any person or persons, entity or entities, violating or attempting to <br />violate the terms of these Restrictions. <br />8. Waiver, Invalidity; Construction; Venue. Any failure of the Declarant to enforce these Restrictions shall not be <br />deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. No waiver of these Restrictions shall be effective unless contained in <br />a written document executed by Declarant. Any waiver shall only be applicable to the specific instance to which it <br />relates and shall not be deemed to be a continuing or future waiver. If any covenant, restriction, condition or provision <br />contained in this document is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect <br />the validity of any of the other Restrictive Covenants herein contained, all of which shall remain in full force and effect. <br />This document shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Florida and venue shall be in Indian River County, <br />Florida. <br />