What the recorded documents actually say about Country Club Greens in South Bend — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
14 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
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Two generations of covenants, twenty-five years apart, covering Sections One through Six and Country Club Greens South. Where they differ the later declaration governs; both readings are given.
A fence needs architectural approval from the developer or the architectural control committee before it goes up, and it is grouped with detached buildings, so it has to be wood or a simulated wood exterior.
A detached building - a storage annexe, pool house, dog house or dog exercise area - needs architectural approval, has to be wood or simulated wood on the outside, and may be no larger than 10 by 12 feet unless a written exception is given. The 1976 restrictions separately bar any trailer, tent, shack, basement, garage, barn or outbuilding from being used as a residence.
Mobile homes, house trailers, boats, boat trailers, motor homes and camping trailers may not be parked on a lot longer than seven days.
A swimming pool - above ground or below - is treated as a detached structure and needs architectural approval from the developer or the committee before it goes in. A pool house is capped at 10 by 12 feet.
Every residence and structure has to be approved by the developer or the architectural control committee, judged on how the external design sits with the houses around it and on placement against the topography and finish grade. The committee answers in writing within thirty days. A lot carries one single-family house of up to two storeys plus accessory structures, and any structure begun has to be finished within a year.
Outside above-ground television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas of any type are not allowed. A satellite dish for television is permitted if it is under two feet across and not readily visible from the street. Free-standing antennas, radio towers and any dish mounted on a pole or tower are prohibited. 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.
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We can find out →Nothing may be built or maintained on the drainage and utility easements, other than the walks and driveways needed to reach the house and garage.
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We can find out →The covenants do not restrict keeping pets, but a dog exercise area or dog house counts as a detached structure: it needs architectural approval from the developer or the committee, has to be wood or simulated wood outside, and is capped at 10 by 12 feet.
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We can find out →No sign may be displayed to public view on a lot or building 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. The restriction does not reach the developer's own signs, its sales offices or the entrance signs.
Every lot or parking driveway has to be hard-surface concrete for its full length and width, at least four inches thick, and in place by the time the house is occupied unless weather delays it.
A home occupation is allowed if it is carried on by a member of the immediate family living in the house and stays clearly secondary to living there. Nothing outside may show the house is used for anything else, nobody may be employed from outside the immediate family, and no mechanical or electrical machinery may be used beyond what is normally permitted. The 1976 restrictions separately bar any noxious or offensive trade.
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We can find out →Incinerators, garbage cans and barrels have to sit inside a permanent structure or be of the concealed, in-ground type, and the equipment for storing or disposing of waste has to be kept clean, sanitary and INDOORS except for collection. No lot may be used to store old lumber, boats, cars, materials or debris, and fuel tanks have to be buried or concealed.
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