What the recorded documents actually say about East Pointe Estates in Granger — 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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Lots 47-56 and 131-146 are LAKE AND RETENTION POND LOTS and carry a second recorded set on top of these, covering piers, docks and sea walls - all of which need architectural approval.
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 committee in writing, unless a written variance is granted. In the protective screening areas nothing may sit but a screen fence, landscaping, a wall or utilities.
A detached storage or pet-shelter structure has to be quality construction, kept neat and blend with the house, and go to the committee for approval before building starts; it can require screening around it. No trailer, modular or prebuilt home, tent, shack, garage, barn or outbuilding may be lived in, and no lot may store old lumber, cars, materials or debris.
The covenants do not put a general limit on parking a recreational vehicle or boat on a lot. On a LAKE or retention-pond lot they do bite: no boathouse or boat shelter may be built at all, and a pier or dock may be no more than fifteen feet long and four feet wide, with architectural approval first.
Above-ground pools and tennis courts are not permitted. Another kind of pool may be built only after prior written approval from the architectural committee, and it has to have appropriate screening and fencing.
No construction may start and nothing may be erected, placed, maintained or altered until the architectural committee has approved the plans and specifications. Lots are restricted to one single-family residence. On a lake or retention-pond lot, a pier, dock or sea wall needs its own approval covering construction quality, materials, outside colours and placement.
The covenant bars outside above-ground communication, television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas, discs, satellites, satellite dishes and structures of any type. 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 →The protective screening areas are planted and kept up by the lot owners at their own expense, and no screen planting over thirty-six inches is allowed between the building setback line and the front lot line. On a corner lot nothing between two and six feet above the roadway may block the sight triangle.
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We can find out →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.
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We can find out →No sign may be displayed to public view on any lot 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 developer keeps the right to put up its own.
Driveways must be at least twelve feet wide and concrete at least four inches thick, and a circular drive must be at least eight feet wide. Owners on Woodmar Drive, Cedar Lake Court, West, South and East Cedar Lake Drive and North Bicknell Drive also have to build a five-foot concrete sidewalk along their frontage. Fuel storage tanks are not permitted at all.
Lots are restricted to private one-family residential use. No noxious or offensive activity may be carried on, and nothing may be done that becomes an annoyance or nuisance in the neighbourhood.
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We can find out →No lot may be used as a dumping ground. Trash and garbage have to be kept in sanitary containers, and the equipment for storing or disposing of it kept clean and sanitary.
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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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