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Terms and Conditions of Sale
LICENSING AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURE BETWEEN 100DOLLARHOUSEPLANS.COM, AND END USER
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the house plans (the “Plans”) marketed by 100DollarHousePlans.com, and for your business. Below are the principal terms and conditions of a Licensing Agreement and Disclosure (hereafter “Agreement”) between yourself as End User (hereafter “End User,” “you,” or “your,”) and 100DollarHousePlans.com (hereafter “Seller,” “we,” or “us”).
By completing a transaction to obtain a License for one or more residential house plans at this Web Site, you certify that you have read these terms and conditions and agree to them in its entirety. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you will not be allowed to complete your transaction, and you shall not be permitted or licensed to download any Plan(s) from us.
Definitions
A “Plan” is the residential house plan you selected for acquisition and use pursuant to this Agreement. In the event you selected more than one Plan as part of the same transaction, this Agreement covers all Plans that you have selected.
A “Purchase” means that you are obtaining a limited-use License for one or more residential house plans, as further explained under Section F (“Grant of License”).
“Web Site” means any web page, web site, or download access point that is owned, operated, or managed by Seller, now or in the future, for the purpose of making Plans available pursuant to this Agreement, whether or not “100DollarHousePlans.com” comprises part of the Uniform Resource Locator (or URL) address.
“Internet Service Provider” means a company or business organization that provides access to the Internet to its users through any available communications method or technology (i.e., dial-up, DSL, cable, satellite, etc.)
“Web Service Provider” means a company or business organization that provides services enabling its users to display content to others over the Internet (including, but not limited to, one or more of the following: Disk space, bandwidth or database allotments, email addresses, domain name registration, and SSL certificates).
Length of Agreement and Scope
This Agreement is effective upon receipt of payment, and remains effective until terminated. It shall be terminated automatically if you breach this Agreement.
You agree to strictly comply with all local building codes, ordinances, regulations and requirements, including permits and inspections at the time and place of construction. A material non-compliance or a violation of law shall be considered a breach of this Agreement.
The scope of this Agreement is limited to delivery of Plan(s) in digital form only via download at Seller’s Web Site. Seller reserves the right to charge additional fee(s), plus a postage and handling charge, for delivery of Plan(s) in other formats, including, but not limited to, CDROM, DVD, or hard copy.
Disclosures
All Plans on the Web Site have been created by independent architects, engineers, and house designers (collectively and hereafter, “Independent Professionals”).
You understand and agree that no agency relationship of any kind exists between these Independent Professionals and Seller, including, but not limited to, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, franchisee-franchisor, or master-servant.
You further understand that Seller is only in the business of making Plans by Independent Professionals available for licensing. We do not create our own custom designs, nor can we assist you in tailoring existing designs to your specifications.
You further agree to hold the Independent Professionals harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, costs, damages, expenses, including consultant’s and attorney’s fees and court costs, demands, causes of action, or judgments directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Plan(s) provided.
All Plans have been designed to meet one or more of the following building codes, as written and/or approved by one or more of the following organizations, or its successors or assigns:
Council of American Building Officials (CABO);
Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA);
International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO);
Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI); and/or,
International Code Council (ICC), with building codes known as the International Building Code or the International Residential Code.
Not all Plans available through Seller have been engineered, but have been created using the most common procedures for the residential construction industry.
Neither Seller nor any of the Independent Professional(s) involved in the design of your Plan(s) can guarantee that the Plan(s) licensed to you will be designed in accordance with local and/or state building code requirements, with changes in the law, or with other requirements specific to the local area where the building or structure shall be built, including but not limited to, energy efficiency, zoning or houseowner association rules, or resistance to hurricanes, high winds, earthquakes, or other naturally occurring hazards. Plan(s) may need to be modified or engineered to meet these specific requirements.
It is the joint responsibility of you and your contractor to perform the following activities prior to construction:
To research all relevant or applicable building code requirements at the building site and to make adjustments and/or to engineer the Plan(s) accordingly to ensure that such requirements will be met, and so that you comply with all relevant state, local, and federal laws. This includes checking all measurements and details;
To make other adjustments and/or to engineer the Plans as needed to account for the unique characteristics of the building site, such as the size and shape of the lot, relevant boundary lines, whether the land is sloping or level, soil and subsoil conditions, and so forth; and,
To verify that all structural supports are indicated.
We strongly recommend and urge that all Plan(s) should be reviewed and stamped by a certified engineer where construction of the building will take place.
Liability and Indemnification
Seller shall not be responsible for any errors in the design or construction of any building, or for site conditions which include, but are not limited to: soil and subsoil conditions, backfill against foundations, rock, or any other situation that may affect the integrity of the foundation of the building or structure, or that of the structure as a whole.
All Plan(s) licensed through Seller are provided AS-IS and Seller disclaims all other warranties, express or implied, including merchantability or fitness of purpose. In no event shall Seller be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business, or for indirect special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, even if the Seller has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the Plan(s), documentation, or Website. It is the End User’s responsibility to ensure the accuracy, compliance with applicable statute or regulation, and fitness of purpose of any plans or construction information received from this Web Site.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, if we are found to be liable as to a given Plan, then our liability to you or to any third party is limited to the amount you paid for the Plan that you received.
Although Seller will diligently make all reasonable efforts in providing Plan(s) to you, Seller shall not be responsible for technical or other difficulties beyond the control of the parties, including but not limited to, malfunctions at seller’s Web Service Provider or with any Internet Service Provider.
You shall indemnify, defend by counsel reasonably accepted by the Seller, protect and hold the Seller harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, costs, damages, expenses, including consultant’s and attorney’s fees and court costs, demands, causes of action, or judgments directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Plan(s) provided.
Grant of License
Seller grants you the following rights to the Plan(s) that you have selected, provided that you comply with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement (hereafter “License”):
You are permitted to download the selected Plan(s) to your personal computer or other device;
You are permitted to make backup copies of all files relating to the Plan(s) on personal computers or devices under your control;
You are permitted to make printouts of all Plan documents you have selected, and to make photocopies of such documents for your exclusive use;
You are permitted to disclose or distribute the Plan(s) to others as required by law or to the extent necessary to enable the engineering, construction and completion of the building or structure, as depicted in the selected Plan(s), for lawful residential occupancy, and to facilitate all required inspections of the same;
You are permitted to use the Plan(s) as often as desired (i.e., to build more than one building or structure, or for more than one person, family, or customer);
Following construction and completion of the building or structure, you are permitted to retain all files and documents, whether in paper or digital form, for the limited purpose of archival and reference; and,
If you will not be the person who will be owning or occupying the building or structure, then you are permitted to disclose the Plan(s) to the ultimate owner, for the limited purpose of archival or reference.
You are NOT granted rights to do any of the following:
Use the Plan(s) to build structures for non-residential, commercial, or industrial uses;
Sell or license the Plan(s), either by themselves, or as part of any collection, product, or service; or,
Distribute the Plan(s) in any form, whether by hard copy or electronically, except to the extent expressly allowed by Paragraph 1 of this Section.
Upon termination of this Agreement, your License shall also terminate. Upon termination of your License, you may retain Plan(s) only for the limited purposes of archival and reference, to facilitate completion of structure(s) already in the process of actual construction, for disclosure to others in compliance with the law, for disclosure to the ultimate owner of the building or structure, and for no other purpose. You agree to destroy all copies of the Plan(s), whether in digital or electronic form, to the extent they do not conform to this limited purpose.
You agree that Plan(s) remain the property of the Independent Professional(s) who created them, and that the Independent Professional(s) retains all rights to the Plan(s), including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, and intellectual property rights. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Seller for any harm to said Independent Professional(s) or to others caused by your breach of this Agreement or this License.
No Agency
You agree that no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, franchisee-franchisor, master-servant, or similar relationship is intended or created by this Agreement as between you and us.
Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial; Attorney’s Fees
This agreement shall be deemed entered into the State of Florida, and the laws and judicial decisions of Florida shall be used to determine the validity, construction, interpretation and legal effect of this Agreement. You agree that any action relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of Leon County, Florida.
You agree to waive the right to trial by jury in any proceeding that takes place relating to or arising out of this Agreement.
The prevailing party in any action brought to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to all fees and costs associated with such action, including but not limited to attorney’s fees.
Concluding and Miscellaneous Provisions
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, you agree that the invalid provision will be treated as being deleted or removed, and that the remainder of this Agreement shall be given full force and effect.
The failure of Seller to enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Section headings are used solely for the convenience of the reader. They shall not be used to limit the scope of any section.
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties.
This Agreement shall not be assigned by you without the prior written consent of the Seller.
Neither party will incur any liability to the other party on account of any loss or damage resulting from any delay or failure to perform all or any part of this Agreement if such delay or failure is caused, in whole or in part, by events, occurrences, or causes beyond the control and without negligence of the parties. Such events, occurrences, or causes will include, without limitation, acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, earthquake, fire, explosions and infrastructure, network or communications disruptions and acts of terrorism, but the inability to meet financial obligations is expressly excluded.
Where a term is gender-specific, it shall be construed as meaning either or both genders, as well as to entities not having a gender (such as a corporation or an LLC).
The following Sections shall survive any termination of this Agreement:
Paragraphs 2-4 of Section F (relating to Licensing and License Termination);
Disclosures, at Section D;
Disclaimers, at Section E; and,
Resolution of Disputes and Arbitration Provision, at Section H.