WHEREAS, Declarant is the owner of certain real property known as Wexford Mews Subdivision No. 1 located in the City of Wixom, Oakland County, State of Michigan, and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, and incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter the "Subdivision"); and

WHEREAS, the Subdivision has been platted in accordance with a plat recorded in Liber_____ at Page____, of Plats, Oakland County Records; and

WHEREAS, Declarant desires hereby to impose upon the Subdivision (but not any
property outside of the Subdivision, whether or not owned by Declarant)
covenants, conditions and restrictions in order to insure the most
beneficial development of the Subdivision as a single family residential
area, to prevent any use thereof which might tend to diminish its valuable
or pleasurable enjoyment, and to assure the harmony, attractiveness and
utility thereof, to provide for Lot Owners in the Subdivision to bear
certain expenses, and to impose other rights and obligations as set forth
below; and

WHEREAS, Declarant will cause a non-profit corporation to be known as the Wexford Mews Subdivision Homowners Association to be created under
the laws of the State of Michigan for the purpose of exercising the powers
and functions herein described; and

WHEREAS, the Declarant has entered into an Agreement for Subdivision Open Space Plan with the City of Wixom which has been recorded in Liber______ at Page _____, Oakland County Records, and which provides for the maintenance of the Common Areas of the Subdivision by the City of Wixom in the event that the Wexford Mews Subdivision by the City of Wixom in the event that the Wexford Mews Subdivision Homeowners Association fails to maintain the Common Areas of the Subdivision in reasonable order; and

WHEREAS, Declarant is also the owner of certain real property abutting the Subdivision to the North which Declarant desires to develop into a single family residential subdivision to be known as Wexford Mews Subdivision No. 2 (hereinafter the "Proposed Subdivision"); and

WHEREAS, Declarant also desires, in the event the Proposed Subdivision is developed and platted, to impose certain similar covenants, conditions and restrictions on the property located within the Proposed Subdivision and provide for the payment of certain expenses by the owners of lots in the Proposed Subdivision pursuant to Article XIII hereof; and