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Brendon Hills Park

What the recorded documents actually say about Brendon Hills Park in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.

25 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.

Before you rely on this page

Covers Sections One, Two and Three and the Dorchester Replat.

What you can build and change

Conditional

Fences

The only perimeter fencing allowed is split rail, two rails high and no more than four feet, or a privacy fence up to six feet around the immediate patio. It has to match the architectural standard set by the style of the house and be approved by the architectural committee in writing, unless a written variance is granted. No screen planting over thirty-six inches is allowed between the building setback line and the front lot line.

Paragraph 8 - Perimeter Fencing, with Paragraph 7
Conditional

Sheds & outbuildings

A detached storage or pet-shelter structure has to be quality construction, kept neat and blend with the house, and go to the architectural committee for approval before building starts. The committee can require screening around it. No trailer, modular or manufactured home, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or outbuilding may be lived in.

Paragraph 12 - Detached Buildings, with Paragraph 10 - Prohibited Structures
✗ Not allowed

RVs, boats & trailers

Recreational and commercial vehicles - campers, trailers, trucks and boats - may not be kept in open areas anywhere in the subdivision, on a lot or off it.

Paragraph 23 - Recreational and Commercial Vehicles
Conditional

Swimming pools & hot tubs

Tennis courts and above-ground pools are not permitted. An in-ground pool is not addressed directly, and anything built on a lot needs architectural approval first.

Paragraph 11 - Tennis Courts and Pools, with Paragraph 1
Conditional

Exterior changes & additions

A lot carries one single-family house of up to two and a half storeys and a private garage for no more than three cars, and an exception needs the architectural committee's unanimous written approval. Plans go to that committee, whose authority the covenant ends fifteen years after the plat was recorded. Minimum house sizes come from the Second Amendment of November 1992 and they run on TWO SCALES, so check your lot number. The general minimum is 2,000 square feet for a ranch, 2,200 for a two-storey and 2,400 for a one-and-a-half storey, bi-level or tri-level. On a long list of specific lots across Sections Two, Three, Four and Five the minimum is higher - 2,200 for a ranch, 2,400 for a two-storey and 2,500 for the rest. Bi-level and tri-level homes are permitted only on specified terrain. Ask the association which scale applies to the address before you plan an addition or a rebuild.

Paragraph 4(a) - Dwelling Size, as substituted by the Second Amendment of 19 November 1992
Conditional

Satellite dishes & antennas

The covenant bars outside above-ground television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas of any type, and says expressly that this includes any type of satellite dish antenna. Federal rules on over-the-air reception devices limit how far a private covenant can restrict a satellite dish under one meter across on property within your own exclusive use and control, so ask the association how this one is handled.

Paragraph 25 - Utilities and Television Antennas
Not stated

Solar panels

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Conditional

Landscaping, trees & gardens

Side, front and rear yards have to be planted with grass seed, sod or an approved ground cover within 120 days of the house being finished or occupied. On a corner lot nothing between two and six feet above the roadway may block the sight triangle, and a tree there has to be trimmed high enough to keep the view clear.

Paragraph 18 - Completion Date, with Paragraph 17 - Sight Distance at Intersections
Not stated

Mailboxes

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How you can live here

Conditional

Pets

Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed, as long as none is kept or bred commercially and none becomes a neighbourhood nuisance or hazard. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.

Paragraph 15 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry
Not stated

Renting your home

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Not stated

Basketball hoops

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Conditional

Yard signs

One sign of no more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent is allowed, plus a builder's signage of any size during construction and sales. The developer keeps the right to put up its own.

Paragraph 14 - Signs
Conditional

Street parking

Driveways must be at least twelve feet wide and built of asphalt, brick or concrete - asphalt at least three inches thick, concrete at least four. Stone and cinder driveways are not allowed and a circular drive must be at least eight feet wide. Recreational and commercial vehicles cannot be kept in the open.

Paragraph 13 - Driveways and Chimneys, with Paragraph 23
Conditional

Running a business from home

A home occupation is allowed if it is run entirely inside the house by a member of the immediate family living there and stays clearly secondary to living there. Nothing outside may show the house is used for anything else, nothing may be sold on the premises, and nobody may be employed from outside the immediate family.

Paragraph 2(b) - Home Occupations
Not stated

Short-term rentals (Airbnb)

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Not stated

Vehicle repair in the driveway

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Conditional

Trash & recycling containers

No lot may be used as a dumping ground. Trash and garbage have to be kept in sanitary containers, and any incinerator or storage equipment kept clean and sanitary.

Paragraph 16 - Garbage and Refuse Disposal
Not stated

Grilling & outdoor cooking

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Not stated

Clotheslines

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Not stated

Flags & flagpoles

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Not stated

Window coverings & decorations

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Where these answers come from

The documentProtective Restrictions, Covenants, Limitations and Easements for Brendon Hills Park, Sections One through Five, St. Joseph County, Indiana, with the Second Amendment of 1992
Recorded asRecorded as Instrument No. 9122018, see also 9113780
Section One recorded 1990-04-20 as Instrument No. 9009720
Section Two recorded 1990-09-06 as Instrument No. 9024417
Dorchester Replat recorded 1991-02-11 as Instrument No. 9103460
Section Three recorded 1991-03-12
Protective Restrictions executed 6 August 1991, recorded 7 August 1991 as instrument 9122018
Second Amendment signed 19 November 1992 by Adams Road Development Corp. under paragraph 31, covering Sections One through Five
How it was readRead directly from the document’s own text.
Checked againstthe 1991 Protective Restrictions were read together with the SECOND AMENDMENT of 19 November 1992, which deletes paragraph 4(a) and substitutes new minimum dwelling sizes on two scales, and expressly leaves the rest of the restrictions in force. It changes no other rule on this page. Note the amendment covers Sections One through FIVE, wider than the Sections One through Three named on the original document read here
The associationBrendon Hills Park Homeowners Association, Inc., with an Architectural Control Committee whose authority the covenant ends fifteen years after the plat was recorded.

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