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12.3 Amendments. <br />Page 58 of 68 <br />201309222 <br />This Declaration may be amended at any time by the affirmative vote of Members having <br />at least seventy -five percent (75 %) of the total votes in the Association. Any amendment to this <br />Declaration must be approved in writing by the Declarant, if the Declarant owns one or more <br />Lots at the time of the amendment, and by each Designated Builder that owns one or more Lots <br />at the time of the amendment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration to the <br />contrary, neither Article 11, Article 14, nor this sentence may be amended without the prior <br />written consent of the Declarant and each Designated Builder even if the Declarant or <br />Designated Builder no longer own any Lots at the time of the amendment. <br />Any amendment approved by the Members pursuant to this Section shall certify that the <br />amendment has been approved as required by this Section, shall be signed by the President or <br />Vice President of the Association, and shall be Recorded. Unless a later effective date is <br />provided for in the amendment, any amendment to this Declaration shall be effective upon the <br />Recording of the amendment. <br />Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration to the contrary, this Declaration <br />may not be amended to conflict with the conditions of approval of any Plat by the City of Grand <br />Island unless the Plat is abandoned. <br />Any challenge to an amendment to this Declaration for the reason that the amendment <br />was not adopted by Members holding the required number of votes or was not adopted in <br />accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section must be made within one (1) year after <br />the Recording of the amendment. <br />12.4 Condemnation of Common Area. <br />If all or any part of the Common Area is taken or condemned, or conveyed by the <br />Association in lieu of or under threat of such condemnation, by or to any authority having the <br />power of condemnation or eminent domain, the award or other compensation paid as a result of <br />such taking or conveyance shall be paid to the. Association. Any conveyance by the Association <br />of all or any part of the Common Area in lieu of or under threat of condemnation must be <br />approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.16. <br />If the taking, condemnation, or conveyance involves a portion of the Common Area upon <br />which Improvements have been constructed, then the Association shall construct replacement <br />Improvements on the remaining Common Area to the extent land is available for such <br />construction unless, within sixty (60) days after such taking, the Members holding at least eighty <br />percent (80 %) of the votes in the Association vote not to build replacement Improvements. <br />If such replacement Improvements are to be constructed, then the Association shall be <br />entitled to use the award or other compensation made for such taking solely for the purpose of <br />such construction. If the taking does not involve any Improvements on the Common Area or if <br />the Members holding more than eighty percent (80 %) of the votes in the Association vote not to <br />construct any replacement Improvements or if there are any net funds remaining after such <br />construction is completed, then such awarded net funds shall be retained by the Association and <br />used for such purposes as may be determined by the Board. <br />