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Minnesota; and all building plans shall be prepared by or under the supervision of a registered architect, a builder or a qualified design professional. If any structure is begun after approval if the plans as provided in Article III and is not completed within 1 year after the commencement of said construction and, in the judgement of the Developer or the Architectural Control Committee, it is offensive or unsightly in appearance, the Developer or the Committee may take such steps as may be necessary to make the property harmonious with other properties, such steps including completion of the exterior of the structure, screening or covering the structure or any combination thereof, or similar operations. The amount of any expenditure made in doing so shall be the personal, joint and several obligation of the Owner or Owners and shall be a lien on the Lot, and may be foreclosed in the same manner as a Mechanic's Lien as provided in Minnesota Statute Chapter 514 et. seq. The lien herein shall not be valid as against a subsequent bona fide purchaser of the Lot in question, unless a statement setting forth the claim had been filed for record in the office of the County Recorder and/or Registrar of Titles of Anoka County, whichever is appropriate, or unless a suit and appropriate Lis Pendens to foreclose the lien shall have been filed of record in the office of the County Recorder and/or Registrar of Titles of Anoka County prior to the recording of the deed conveying the Lot in question to said purchaser. ARTICLE V Enforcement of Easements, Restrictions and Covenants 5.1 Each of the easements, restrictions and covenants as set forth shall be enforceable by the Declarant during such period of time as Declarant has an ownership interest in any Lot and shall also be enforceable by the Owner of any Lot which is benefited by such easement, restriction or covenant, or any of their respective successors in title, but no other person shall have any right to enforce any such easements or restrictions and covenants, nor shall any other person, other than the Declarant or such Owner, the Owner's tenants, invitees and licensees, have any interest in the easements, restrictions and covenants hereby created and declared. Nothing contained herein shall constitute a dedication of any interest in such easements, restrictions and covenants to the public or give any members of the public any rights hereunder. Failure to enforce the easements or restrictions and covenants herein contained shall in no way be deemed a waiver of the right to do so thereafter. 5.2 Remedies for Violation. In the event of any violation or attempted or threatened violation of the terms hereof, or any interference or attempted or threatened interference with the rights and obligations herein granted, each of the easements, restrictions and covenants may be enforced by a proceeding at law or in equity or both. If any person entitled to enforce the easements, restrictions and covenants shall elect to enforce the terms hereof by a proceeding in equity, such person may petition for a restraining order or injunction, temporary or permanent, prohibiting such violation or interference and demanding compliance with the provisions, which restraining order and injunction shall be obtainable upon proof of the existence of such violation, or attempted or threatened violation or interference, and without the necessity of proof of the inadequacy of legal remedies or irreparable harm. 5.3 Cost of Enforcement. If any of the easements or restrictions and covenants created herein are enforced by appropriate proceedings by any Owner or the Declarant, and if such Owner or the Declarant shall prevail in any such proceeding, such prevailing party may be reimbursed for 9