ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL. No building, fence, wall, hedge, or other Improvement shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon any Site, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made until the plans and specifications ("Plans") showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, location, and costs of the same have been submitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of external design and location in relation to the surrounding structures and topography by the Declarant until Declarant no longer owns any Site whereupon such approval shall be by the Board, provided such approval by Declarant and the Board shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event the Declarant or Board (as applicable as having the authority to approve same) fails to approve or disapprove such design and location within 30 days after such Plans are submitted to it, then approval shall be deemed granted and this article shall be deemed to have been fully complied with. Approval of the Plans by the Declarant or the Board (as applicable as having the authority to approve same) shall not obviate the requirement that all such Improvements comply with all applicable governmental and quasi-governmental requirements. Further, the Board does not have the right to approve of Plans that are in violation of any local ordinances and/or regulations and/or the applicable building code. Further, should said municipalities, county, and/or the applicable building code require as a condition precedent, approval of a municipality, county, and/or a regional commission, said shall be a condition precedent to submission to the Board.
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