ARTICLE I & II: NAME AND LOCATION & DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE I
NAME AND LOCATION. The name and location of the corporation is Belmont Woods Homeowners Association, hereinafter referred to as the "Association." The principal office of the corporation shall be located at 4040 Lake Washington Blvd., Suite 201, Kirkland, WA 98033, but meeting of members and directors may be held such places within the stale of Washington, county of King, as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Association shall be a non-profit corporation formed under the provisions of RCW 24.03.
 
ARTICLE II 
DEFINITIONS
Section 1. "Association" shall mean and refer to Belmont Woods Homeowners Association. It successors and assigns.
 
Section 2. "Properties" shall man and refer to that certain real property described in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, and such additions thereto as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of the Association.
 
Section 3. "Common Areas" shall mean and refer to all of the real property (including the improvements thereto) owned by the Association for the common use and enjoyment of the members of the Associations. The Common Areas to be owned by the Association at the time of conveyance of the first lot are described as follows:
  1. All "open space" tracts of land to be dedicated to the Belmont Woods Homeowners Association on the face of each plat map to be recorded within Belmont Woods.
  2. All other "non-buildable" lots or tracts of land specifically to be dedicated to the Belmont Woods Homeowners Association on the face of each plat map to be recorded within Belmont Woods, or to be deeded to the Association by separate legal instrument. 
Section 4. "Common Maintenance Areas" shall mean those portions of all real property (including the improvements thereto) maintained by the Association from the time of the recording of the Declaration are described as follows:
  1. All Common Areas as set forth in Section 3 above.
  2. The landscaping and plat identification monuments located at the intersection of SR 169 and S.E. 288th St., lying within the designated landscape and/or signage easement and the adjacent right of way.
  3. The landscaping and entry monuments, if any, located within Tracts "G" and "H" or designated landscape/signage easements at the intersection of S.E. 244th Way S.E. and 238th PI. S.E., and as extended out into the adjacent of the right-of-way.
  4. Any fence improvements around any part of the exterior plat boundary along SR 169 and also within Tracts "A", "C", "F", "G" , and "H" open space areas except those portions which abut lots in which case reasonable access for maintenance, repair, or replacement of said fence.
  5. Perimeter frontage landscaping adjacent to Belmont Woods located between the exterior fence along SR 169 and the public street, if any which incorporates landscaping improvements.
  6. The mailbox structure, including the mailboxes.
  7. All cul-de-sac planters and median planters within the public right-of-way, if any, within the public streets incorporated as part of the plat of Belmont Woods. 
Section 5. "Lot" shall mean and refer to any plot of land shown upon any recorded subdivision map of the Properties. Common Arias and Common Maintenance Areas shall not be regarded as Lots.
 
Section 6. "Owner" shall mean and refer to the record owner, whether one or more persons or entities, of (1) a fee simple title to any Lot which is part of the Properties (but excluding those persons or entities, such as real estate contract sellers, having record title merely as security for the performance of an obligations, or (2) the Purchaser under real estate contract prior to issuance of the fulfillment deed for the contract.
 
Section 7. "Declarant" shall mean and refer to Belmont Estates, A Washington General Partnership.
 
Section 8. "Declaration" shall mean and refer to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & restrictions applicable to the properties recorded in the office of the King County Recorder under Recorder's Receiving Number 9308110391.
 
Section 9. "Member" shall mean and refer to those persons entitled to a membership as provided in the Declaration.
 
Section 10. "Development Period" shall mean and refer to that period of that time as defined in Section 1 of Article XVI of these bylaws.
 
Section 11. "Belmont Woods" shall mean and refer collectively to the "properties" described in Section 2 of the Article 11.