What the recorded documents actually say about Augustine Lake in South Bend — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
10 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
The covenant's SIGNS paragraph reserves rights to the HEATHER LAKE developer rather than Augustine Lake's - the same drafter reused the document and missed one name. Everything else in it, including the architectural committee, says Augustine Lake Estates, so the leftover is read as a typographical carry-over rather than a different subdivision's covenant. Heather Lake, in Osceola, has its own page and its own recorded set. Minimum house sizes here run 1,200 square feet for a ranch up to 2,000 for a bi-level.
A fence has to have wood posts and rails, in a natural colour - galvanized steel is named and excluded - and every fence needs approval before it goes in. A whole-yard privacy fence is not permitted. On a corner lot nothing between two and six feet above the roadway may block the sight triangle.
The 2010 First Amendment REVERSED the original ban, so an older copy of these covenants will tell you the opposite of what governs. A detached storage building for lawn tools, toys, pool equipment or other personal property IS allowed, with the architectural control committee's prior approval - and it has to match the house it stands behind: the SAME siding, shingles, windows, colours and door design as the existing home on that lot. Separately, no structure of a temporary character - trailer, basement, tent, shack or garage - may be used on a lot as a residence OR for storage, temporarily or permanently, and any structure or addition needs approval before installation.
Campers, recreational vehicles, trailers, boats, snowmobiles, cars, disabled vehicles and unused vehicles may not be kept outside the residence or parked on the streets of the development. They have to be kept inside a structure or outside the development altogether. As written that list includes ordinary cars kept outside, which is unusual and worth asking the developer about.
Above-ground pools are not permitted - the 2010 First Amendment kept that line when it rewrote the paragraph. An in-ground pool is not addressed directly, and any structure or addition has to be approved before it is installed, so take it to the committee first.
No house may be built until the plans and specifications are approved in writing by the Augustine Lake Estates Architectural Control Committee, and the committee's decision is entirely within its discretion. Any structure or addition also needs approval before installation. Construction has to start within a year of taking title and be finished within a year of beginning, or be removed. A lot carries one single-family house of up to two and a half storeys and a garage for two to three cars. Every residence also carries at least one yard light in the front yard, operating automatically on an electric eye or a timer.
One dish, one size, one place. No sending or receiving device, antenna or dish may go on the house, on its lot, or on any adjacent lot - except one eighteen-inch dish and a small local antenna, placed on the rear half of the house, never the front. On a corner lot the receiving equipment goes on the side away from the streets. Federal rules on over-the-air reception devices protect a dish under one meter on property in your own exclusive use and control, which is larger than eighteen inches, so ask how the two fit together before buying a bigger dish.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →The yard has to be planted with grass seed or sod within 120 days of the house being finished or occupied, weather permitting. The grading of a lot used as a drainage swale may not be changed in a way that alters storm runoff.
Every mailbox has to be anchored in the ground and not of a temporary nature.
Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed, as long as none is kept, bred or maintained commercially and none becomes a neighbourhood nuisance or hazard. Every pet has to be kept inside the house - not in a pen, not in a separate structure, and not chained outside. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →No sign may be displayed to public view except one of no more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, plus a builder's sign of any size during the construction and sales period.
Driveways have to run complete to the curb and be asphalt at least four inches thick or concrete; stone and cinder are not allowed, and a circular drive must be at least ten feet wide. Cars, campers, boats, trailers and disabled vehicles may not be kept outside the residence or parked on the streets of the development.
A lot is for a single-family residence, except that a home occupation may be carried on inside the house by a member of the immediate family living there. Nothing outside may show the house is being used for anything other than a dwelling.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →Disabled vehicles and vehicles not in use may not be kept outside the residence or parked on the streets. They have to be inside a structure or outside the development.
No lot may be used as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash and garbage have to be kept in sanitary containers, and the storage and disposal equipment kept clean and sanitary INSIDE the structure. Oil and fuel storage tanks have to be underground or concealed inside the house, basement or attached garage.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
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