junior lien secured creditor. No sale or transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from the lien subsequent to such sale or transfer nor shall it relieve the Owner of such Lot from personal liability for assessments accruing prior to foreclosure.

Section 7.   The Common Area and all Lots owned by Declarant shall be exempt from the assessments created pursuant to this Declaration.

Article XII

Amendments

Section 1.   To the extent the provisions of these By-Laws address matters which are also addressed in the Declaration, the provisions of the Declaration shall control. The provisions of these By-Laws relating to such matters may be altered, amended, repealed or added to only in accordance with the Declaration and by the affirmative votes of the requisite number of votes of the membership or the requisite number of lot owners required to approve an amendment of the corresponding provisions of the Declaration. Any valid amendment of the Declaration duly recorded among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia, shall be deemed to be an amendment of the corresponding provisions, if any, of these By-Laws.

Section 2.   Except as provided in Section 1 of this Article, these By-Laws may be altered, amended, repealed or added to by an affirmative membership vote of not less than three-fourths (¾) of the total votes entitled to be cast at the time of such vote.