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(including office space) as well as other legal uses permitted under the Town of Yarmouth
Zoning By-Laws. The units will be located in one (1) building. With the recording of this
Master Deed, the Declarant does hereby submit the land shown as Lots 37, 38 & 39 on Land
Court Plan 37737-D (Sheet 1) together with the building and improvements being designated:
Units 1 through 11 all as shown on the site plan of the Condominium recorded herewith, are in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 183A of the General Laws of Massachusetts as may
be amended from time to time, subject to the Rights Reserved by Declarant as set forth in this
Master Deed.
3. Description of Land: The premises which constitute the Condominium consists
of the land, with a single building situated in the Town of Yarmouth, Barnstable County,
Massachusetts, and described in Exhibit “A”, annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
Set forth in Exhibit C of this Master Deed are the percentages of the undivided interest of
the unit owners in the common areas and facilities of the Condominium. There is also set forth
in said Exhibit A the method of computing the percentage interest of the units. By acceptance of
a deed or mortgage conveying an interest in this Condominium, the person or persons, firm or
corporation accepting said instrument thereby accepts the terms and provisions of this Master
Deed and gives irrevocable assent to the alteration of the percentage and common ownership
conformably to the terms set forth herein but not otherwise and to the corresponding alteration of
beneficial interest in the Organization of Unit Owners.
Since the entire area of land described in Paragraph 3 hereof is hereby dedicated to the
Condominium regime, Declarant specifically retains the right to use the land which comprises a
part of the common area of the Condominium in connection with construction work on the
building and appurtenances and without limiting the generality of the foregoing specifically
reserves easements in, over and upon said land for the construction, maintenance and operations
of all necessary or desirable utilities, buildings, paved areas and all other elements of said future
phase of this Condominium. Further, Declarant reserves to itself, its successors, and assigns the
right to grant rights of way over all ways, drives and like areas of passage constructed or to be
constructed in connection with said Condominium, said rights of way to be for all purposes for
which ways are now and may hereafter be used in the Town of Yarmouth including the right to
grant all easements for the installation of electricity and like utilities.
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4. Description of the Building: When fully constructed, the building will
consist of a single story, of wood and metal frame construction with an asphalt shingle roof and
concrete
slab containing eleven (11) units, designated as Units No. 1 through 11.
5. Designation of Units and Their Boundaries: The Condominium Units (hereinafter
referred to as “the Units”) and the designations, locations, approximate areas, immediately
accessible common areas, and other descriptive specifications thereof are as set forth in Exhibit
“B”, annexed hereto.
The boundaries of the Units with respect to floors, ceilings and the walls, doors and
windows thereof are as follows:
(1) Floors: The unfinished upper surface of the concrete floor or slab.
(2) Ceilings: The lower surface of the roof rafters.
(3) Interior: Building walls between units: The planes of the interior
surface of the wall studs facing each unit.
(4) Exterior: Building walls, doors and windows: as to the walls, the
plan of the interior surface of the wall studs or in the case of a concrete wall, the
interior surface of the concrete wall; as to the doors, the unfinished exterior
surface of the doors; as to the windows, the exterior surface of the glass and the
unfinished exterior surface of the window frames.
Each Unit is subject to and has the benefit of an easement of encroachment in the event
that said Unit encroaches upon any other Unit or upon any portion of the Common Areas and
Facilities or in the event that any other Unit or the Common Areas and Facilities encroach upon
said Unit, as a result of the construction of the buildings of which said Unit is a part, or as a
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result of the settling or shifting of said building to the extent of said encroachment. Each Unit is
subject to an easement for the benefit of the other Units to use the pipes, wires, ducts, flues,
conduits, cables, public utility lines and other Common Elements located in other units and
serving his or her unit.
Each Unit Owner shall be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and repair of his/her
unit, subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Condominium Trustees.
6. Common Areas and Facilities: The Common Areas and Facilities of the
Condominium (sometimes also referred to herein as the “Common Elements”) consist of the
entire Premises exclusive of the Units, and exclusive of any and all rights, interests and/or
easements reserved by the Declarant, in the Common Areas and Facilities and excluding those
portions of any Building which constitutes a Unit as hereinbefore described and include, without
limitation, the following:
(a) Such areas and items listed as such in Section 1 of said Chapter 183A and
all areas and facilities of the Condominium which do not constitute a Unit of the
Condominium, as defined herein, subject to exclusive use areas, if any, appurtenant to a
unit or units as hereinafter defined.
(b) The land on which each unit is erected, subject to exclusive use areas, if
any appurtenant to some Units, as hereafter defined.
(c) All conduits, ducts, pipes, plumbing, wiring, flues and other facilities for
the furnishing of utility services including but not limited to power, light, telephone,
water and cable which are contained in portions of the building contributing to the
structure or support thereof, and all such facilities contained within any Unit which serve
parts of the Condominium other than the Unit within which such facilities are contained.
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(d) All walks, lawns, fences, railings, steps, lighting fixtures, plants, parking
areas and other improved or unimproved areas not within the Units, subject to exclusive
use areas as hereafter defined.
(e) All drainage pipes and waste disposal pipes, pumping stations, if any, and
other components of the “Sewage Disposal System”; and
(f) All other apparatus and installation in the buildings intended for common
use or necessary or convenient to the existence, maintenance or safety of the buildings.
The Owners of each Unit in the Condominium shall be entitled to an undivided interest in
the Common Areas and Facilities in the percentages specified in Exhibit “C”.
The Common Areas and Facilities shall be subject to the bylaws of Mid-Tech Drive
Industrial Condominium Trust (“Condominium Trust” hereinafter), and to rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto with respect to the use thereof, assignments of certain such
facilities to particular Unit owners (as, for example, parking space), and payments, if any,
required thereof. Said Condominium Trust is enacting By-Laws pursuant to G.L.c 183A and
shall have as its principal address of 231 Willow Street Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts 02675.
Plans: A site plan prepared by Baxter Nye Engineering & Surveying showing the
premises which constitute Mid-Tech Drive Industrial Condominium, dated
__________________, (as revised) entitled: “Site Plan” of ___________________________
prepared for JDB 212 Mid-Tech Drive, LLC is recorded herewith. Floor plans of the buildings
showing the layout, location, Unit numbers, and dimensions of Units, and bearing the verified
statement of a registered architect, engineer or land surveyor, certifying that the plans fully and
accurately depict the same, drawn by _______________________________ are also recorded
herewith.
7. Use: The Building, Units and the Common Areas and Facilities shall be used as
contractor bays, storage, warehouse use all which could include office space and other legal uses
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authorized by and in a manner that is consistent with the Zoning By-Laws for the Town of
Yarmouth. Each separate unit will be required to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy from the
Town of Yarmouth. Any change of use of, or change of ownership of, a unit shall require the
issuance of a new Certificate of Occupancy.
8. Exclusive Use Areas: The owners of units may have appurtenant to their unit the
exclusive right and easement, exercisable subject to and in accordance with the Master Deed, the
By-Laws and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, to the occupancy, use and
possession of areas designated “exclusive use areas” if any as shown on the site plan and/or
building plan recorded herewith. The rights of the Unit Owner entitled to use and occupy an
“exclusive use area” is specifically subject to the rights of:
(a) the Trustees, Management Company, if any, and their agents, employees
and assigns in the exercise of their responsibilities; and
(b) the rights of public or municipal utility companies to enter upon said
exclusive use areas to install, repair and replace utility installations or other Common
Elements.
(c) Such exclusive use areas, if any, shall be maintained in a good and safe
condition at the sole expense of the owners of the units to which such areas are
appurtenant.
Each unit will be assigned One (1) parking spaces for exclusive use of the unit.
(d) Each unit will have the exclusive use of a fenced area located directly
behind the unit containing a concrete pad.
9. Restrictions on Use: The Buildings, Units and the Common Areas and Facilities
shall be used for those uses set out in Paragraphs 2 and 9 hereof including any other legal use
authorized by and in a manner that is consistent with the Zoning By-Laws for the Town of
Yarmouth or any permit issued pursuant thereto.
(a) No Unit shall be used for any purposes other than a purpose permitted
under Section 9;
(b) The architectural integrity of the buildings and the Units shall be
preserved without modification and, to that end, without limiting the generality of the
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foregoing, no deck or porch enclosure, awning, screen, antenna, sign, banner or other
device, and no exterior change, addition, structure, projection, decoration or other feature
shall be erected or placed upon or attached to any such Unit or any part thereof, no
addition to or change or replacement of any exterior light, door knocker or other exterior
hardware shall be made, and no painting, attaching of decalcomania or other decoration
shall be done on any exterior part or surface of any Unit nor on the interior surface of any
window, without the written consent of a majority of the Trustees of the Condominium
Trust, but this subparagraph shall not restrict the rights of Unit Owners to decorate the
interiors of their Units as they may desire;
(c) No Unit shall be used or maintained in a manner contrary to or
inconsistent with the By-Laws of the Condominium Trust;
(d) No additional buildings or sheds shall be placed or constructed on the
Condominium Common Areas.
Said restrictions shall be for the benefit of the Owners of all of the Units and the
Trustees of the Condominium Trust as managers of the Common Areas and Facilities,
shall be enforceable solely by said Trustees, and shall, insofar as permitted by law, be
perpetual and, to that end, may be extended by said Trustees at such time or times and in
such manner as permitted or required by law for the continued enforceability thereof. No
Unit Owner shall be liable for any breach of the provisions of this paragraph except such
as occur during his or her ownership thereof.
10. Amendments: Except as otherwise specifically provided herein this Master Deed
may be amended by an instrument in writing (a) signed by the Owners of Units entitled to
seventy (70%) percent or more of the undivided interests in the Common Areas and Facilities,
(b) signed and acknowledged by a majority of the Trustees of the Condominium Trust, and (c)
duly recorded with the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, provided, however that:
(a) The date on which any such instrument is first signed by a Unit Owner
shall be indicated thereon as the date thereof and no such instrument shall be of any force
or effect unless the same has been so recorded within six (6) months after such date;
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(b) No instrument of amendment which alters the dimensions of any Unit
shall be of any force or effect unless the same has been signed by the Owners of the Unit
so altered;
(c) No instrument of amendment which alters the percentage of the undivided
interest to which any Unit is entitled in the Common Areas and Facilities shall be of any
force or;
(d) No instrument of amendment affecting the percentage of interest of any
Unit subject to a first mortgage of record thereon held by a bank, credit union, insurance
company, or other institutional lender, or a purchase money second mortgage held by the
Declarant or his heirs or assigns shall be of any force or effect unless the same has been
assented to by such holder, which assent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
(f) No instrument of amendment which alters this Master Deed in any manner
which would render it contrary to or inconsistent with any requirements or provisions of
said Chapter 183A of the General Laws of Massachusetts shall be of any force or effect.
(g) No instrument of amendment which alters Paragraph 9 shall be of any
force or effect unless signed by all Unit Owners; and
11. Provisions for the Protection of Mortgagees: Notwithstanding anything in this
Master Deed or in the By-Laws of Mid-Tech Drive Industrial Condominium Trust
(“Condominium Trust” hereafter) to the contrary, and in any event subject to any greater
requirements pursuant to M.G.L. c. 183A, the following provisions shall apply for the protection
of the holders of the first mortgages (hereinafter “First Mortgagees”) of record with respect to
the Units and shall be enforceable by any First Mortgagee:
(a) No Right of First Refusal in connection with the sale of a Unit shall impair
the rights of a First Mortgagee to:
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(i) foreclose or take title to a Unit pursuant to the remedies
provided in its mortgage; or
(ii) accept a deed (or assignment) in lieu of foreclosure in the
event of a default by a mortgagor; or
(iii) sell or lease a Unit acquired by the First Mortgagee through
the procedures described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above.
(b) Any party who takes title to a Unit through a foreclosure sale duly
conducted by a First Mortgagee shall be exempt from any such Right of First Refusal
adopted by the Unit Owners and incorporated in this Master Deed or the Condominium
Trust By-Laws.
(c) Any First Mortgagee who obtains title to a Unit by foreclosure or pursuant
to any other remedies provided in its mortgage or by law shall not be liable for such
Unit's unpaid common expenses or dues which accrued prior to the acquisition of title to
such Unit by such First Mortgagee, except as set forth in Chapter 183A.
(d) The Unit Owners and the Condominium Trust shall not be entitled to take
the following actions unless the First Mortgagees with respect to all of the Units have
given their prior written consent thereto;
(i) by any act or omissions, seek to abandon or terminate the
Condominium, except in the event of substantial destruction of the
Condominium by fire or other casualty or in the case of taking by
condemnation or eminent domain; or
(ii) change the pro rata interest or obligations of any individual
Unit for the purpose of: (a) levying assessments or charges or allocating
distributions of hazard insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; or (b)
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determining the pro rata share of ownership of each Unit in the Common
Areas and Facilities; or
(iii) by any act or omission seek to abandon, partition,
subdivide, encumber, sell or transfer the Common Areas and Facilities,
provided that the granting of easements for public purposes consistent
with the intended use of the Common Areas and Facilities shall not be
deemed an action for which prior consent of the First Mortgagees shall be
required pursuant to this clause; or
(iv) use hazard insurance proceeds on account of losses to
either the Units or the Common Areas or reconstruction thereof, except as
otherwise provided in Article V of the By-Laws of the Condominium
Trust which contains provisions dealing with substantial losses in
conformity with the requirements of Section 17 of Chapter 183A.
(e) Consistent with the provisions of Chapter 183A, all taxes, assessments,
and charges which may become liens prior to a first mortgage under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall relate only to the individual Units and not to the
Condominium as a whole.
(f) In no event shall any provision of this Master Deed or Mid-Tech Drive
Industrial Condominium Trust By-Laws give a Unit Owner or any other party priority
over any rights of a First Mortgagee pursuant to its mortgage in the case of a distribution
to such Unit Owner of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards for losses to or a
taking of such Unit and/or the Common Areas and Facilities.
(g) A First Mortgagee, upon written request made to the Condominium Trust
shall be entitled to:
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(i) written notification from the Condominium Trust of any
default by its borrower who is an Owner of a Unit with respect to any
obligation of such borrower under this Master Deed or the provisions of
the Condominium By-Laws which is not cured within sixty (60) days;
(ii) inspect all books and records of the Condominium Trust at
all reasonable times;
(iii) receive an annual financial statement of Mid-Tech Drive
Industrial Condominium within ninety (90) days following the end of any
fiscal year of the Condominium Trust;
(iv) receive written notice of all meetings of Mid-Tech Drive
Industrial Condominium Trust and be permitted to designate a
representative to attend all such meetings; and
(v) receive prompt written notification from Mid-Tech Drive
Industrial Condominium of any damage by fire or other casualty to the
Unit upon which there is a First Mortgage or any proposed taking by
condemnation or eminent domain of said Unit or the Common Areas and
Facilities.
(h) No agreement for professional management of the Condominium or any
other contract with the Declarant may exceed a term of five (5) years, and any such
agreement shall provide for termination by either party without cause and without
payment of a termination fee on Ninety (90) days' or less written notice.
The provisions of this paragraph may not be amended or rescinded without the written
consent of all First Mortgagees, which consent shall appear on the instrument of amendment as
such instrument is duly recorded with the Registry of Deeds in accordance with the requirements
of Paragraph (g) hereof.
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12. Trust: The trust through which the Unit owners will manage and regulate the
Condominium established hereby is Mid-Tech Drive Industrial Condominium Trust under
Declaration of Trust dated of even date, to be recorded herewith. Said Declaration of Trust
establishes a membership organization of which all Unit Owners shall be members and in which
said Owners shall have an interest, in proportion to the percentage of undivided interest in the
Common Areas and Facilities to which they are entitled hereunder. The names of the original
and present Trustees thereof (therein designated as the Trustees hereof) are as follows:
Jeffrey D. Bilezikian
Said trustees have enacted By-Laws, which are set forth in said Declaration of Trust,
pursuant to and in accordance with provisions of Chapter 183A of the General Laws of
Massachusetts.
13. Units Subject to Master Deed, Unit Deed, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations:
All present and future owners, tenants, visitors, servants and occupants of Units shall be subject
to and shall comply with the provisions of this Master Deed, the Unit Deed, the By-Laws and the
Rules and Regulations as they may be amended from time to time. The acceptance of a deed or
conveyance or the entering into occupancy of any Unit shall constitute an agreement that (a) the
provisions of this Master Deed, the Unit Deed, the By-Laws and the Rules and Regulations as
they may be amended from time to time are accepted and ratified by such owner, tenant, visitor,
servant or occupant, and all such provisions shall be deemed and taken to be covenants running
with the land and shall bind any person having at any time any interest or estate in such Unit as
though such provisions were recited and stipulated at length in each and every deed or
conveyance or lease thereof. Any deeds to a purchaser, lease to a lessee, or mortgage to a
secured party, shall expressly provide, or in the absence of such be deemed to provide, that the
acceptance thereof shall constitute an assumption of the provisions of the Master Deed, the
Declaration of Trust, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be
amended from time to time. Any such lease shall be consistent with the restrictions contained in
this Master Deed and shall be deemed to provide that the Trustees shall have the power to
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terminate such lease and/or to bring summary process proceedings to evict the tenant in the name
of the landlord (i) in the event of default by the tenant in the performance of such lease, (ii) in the
event of the creation, continuance or sufferance of a nuisance in or about the premises, or (iii) in
the event of a violation of the provisions of this Master Deed, the Declaration of Trust and/or
Rules and Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
14. Sale or Lease of Units: A Unit Owner may, subject to the restrictions of this
Master Deed and the Trust, assign, lease, sell or otherwise transfer all of his interest in his
Unit(s), together with: (i) the undivided interest in the Common Areas and Facilities appurtenant
thereto; and (ii) the exclusive right of such Unit Owner to use the Exclusive Use Areas, if any, to
which said Unit Owner has an exclusive right of use.
15. Easements: To the extent permitted by law, the Trustees may grant easements
and relocate easements for the installation of utilities, improvement of Mid-Tech Drive Industrial
Condominium and similar purposes except within, under or upon a Unit or those designated
exclusive use areas, if any, for the benefit of that respective unit owner. No easement hereafter
granted or relocated shall affect or impair the rights of existing mortgagees who have not
consented to the same in writing. The Trustees may modify or relocate the access and entrance
ways to Mid-Tech Drive Industrial Condominium land or buildings from time to time, subject to
the adjustments as would be required for the control and maintenance of the common areas, and
subject to the ordinances and zoning regulations of the municipal authorities having jurisdiction
thereof, and subject to the interest and consent of any mortgagees.
16. Statutory Conditions: The Units and Common Areas and Facilities, and Unit
Owners and Trustees of Mid-Tech Drive Industrial Condominium shall have the benefit of and
be subject to the provisions of Chapter 183A of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and in all respects not specified in this Master Deed or in the Condominium Trust
shall be governed by provisions of Chapter 183A in their relation to each other and to the
Condominium established hereby, including, without limitation, provisions thereof with respect
to common expenses, funds and profits, with respect to removal of the Condominium premises
or any portion thereof from the provisions of said Chapter 183A.
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17. Definitions: All terms and expressions herein used which are defined in Section 1
of Chapter 183A shall have the same meanings herein unless the context otherwise requires.
18. Invalidity: The invalidity of any provisions of this Master Deed shall not be
deemed to impair or affect in any manner the validity, enforceability or effect of the remainder of
this Master Deed and, in such event, all of the other provisions of this Master Deed shall
continue in full force and effect.
19. Conflicts: This Master Deed is set forth to comply with the requirements of
Chapter 183A of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In case any of the
provisions stated above conflict with the provisions of said statute, the provisions of said statute
shall control.
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EXECUTED as a sealed instrument this _____ day of _______________ 2023.
JDB 212 MID-TECH DRIVE, LLC
By:
Jeffrey D. Bilezikian, Manager
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable, ss.
On this ________ day of __________________, 2023 before me, the undersigned notary
public personally appeared Jeffrey D. Bilezikian and proved to me through satisfactory evidence
of identification, which was his Massachusetts Drivers License to be the person whose name is
signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he signed it
voluntarily for its stated purpose as Manager of JDB 212 Mid-Tech Drive, LLC.
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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EXHIBIT “A”
Being Lots 37, 38 & 39 on Land Court Plan 37737-D (Sheet 1).
For title see Barnstable Registry District of the Land Court Certificate of Title No. 219782.
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EXHIBIT “B”
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
Building Number Approx. Immediate
Single Story of Rooms Sq. Ft. Common Area
to which it has access
Unit 1 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 2 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 3 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 4 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 5 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 6 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 7 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 8 1 942 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 9 1 942 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 10 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
Unit 11 1 866 sq. ft. Parking & Grounds
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SCHEDULE “C”
Unit Number Percentage of
Interest in
Common
BUILDING
Unit 1 9.070%
Unit 2 9.070%
Unit 3 9.070%
Unit 4 9.070%
Unit 5 9.070%
Unit 6 9.070%
Unit 7 9.070%
Unit 8 9.185%
Unit 9 9.185%
Unit 10 9.070%
Unit 11 9.070%
Total 100%
Each unit shall have an equal percentage of ownership in the Common Area and Facilities of
the Condominium.