What the recorded documents actually say about Horizons Edge in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
5 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
Three things here are stricter than the Granger norm and are the reason to read this page before you write an offer. The pet rules cap the household at three animals, set a 150-pound weight limit, ban named breeds and put pets under a dawn-to-dusk outdoor curfew. The vehicle paragraph defines a recreational vehicle widely enough to reach a motorcycle, a moped or a motorized scooter, and bars all of them from any open area whether it is your lot or not. And a vegetable garden is capped at one percent of the lot, confined to the back fifteen feet, and may not be visible from the street - with compost piles prohibited outright. On the other side, recreational fires are expressly allowed with a permit and a curfew, which many covenants leave silent or forbid.
Fencing is permitted. It has to meet the setback restrictions, be properly maintained in the board's judgment, and conform to the architectural standard already set in the subdivision. A pool is allowed only once a fence is installed, kept neat and blended with the house.
A detached storage building for lawn tools, toys or pool equipment is allowed if it is quality construction, kept attractive and neat, and blends with the house. ANY OTHER detached structure needs a written variance from the board, and the board can require protective screening around anything detached. No trailer, basement, tent, shack, barn or other outbuilding may be lived in, temporarily or permanently.
One of the strictest vehicle paragraphs in the county, and it is worth reading twice. No recreational or commercial vehicle of any sort may be kept in an open area in the subdivision, or on any street, easement or right-of-way - and the covenant closes the usual workaround by saying that applies whether the open area is on your own lot or off it. Campers, trailers, trucks, snowmobiles, boats and aircraft are named. The definition then goes wider than most people expect: a recreational vehicle here means any wheeled or motorized vehicle other than a commercial truck or a conventional automobile, and it names trailers, campers, fifth wheels, aircraft, boats, motorcycles, mopeds and motorized scooters. Storing or displaying such a vehicle for sale anywhere in the subdivision is also prohibited.
Pools are permitted, conditioned on a fence being installed and maintained in a neat appearance that blends with the house, and on meeting the requirements the covenant sets in its fifth article. A detached building for pool equipment is treated like any other detached structure and goes to the board.
Nothing is built, placed or altered until the association approves the construction plans - floor plan, quality of construction, materials, external design, and placement against the lot lines, topography and finish grade. Two complete sets of prints go in and one comes back, and the approval or refusal is in writing. Anyone submitting plans agrees by that act not to sue the association over the decision. A house is one single-family dwelling of up to two and a half storeys with an attached garage for two to three cars, and no building sits closer than eight feet to a side line, with the two side yards totalling at least twenty feet, or closer than forty feet to the rear line. Minimum floor area is 1,100 square feet for a ranch and 1,400 for a two-storey.
A dish is allowed but the size limit here is small. No above-ground communication, television, AM, FM, CB or short-wave antenna, and no large satellite dish, may go on a lot or a structure. A small dish of no more than TWENTY-FOUR inches is allowed if it is hidden with shrubbery as well as possible. Federal rules on over-the-air reception devices limit how far a private covenant can restrict a dish of one meter or less on property in your own exclusive use and control, so ask the association before assuming the 24-inch figure binds. All utility service including cable runs underground, and street and lot lighting sits on posts with no visible service lines.
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 →There is a garden rule here that catches people, and it is strict. A private herb or produce garden is permitted, but it may not exceed ONE PERCENT of the lot's original platted area, it has to sit in the rearmost fifteen feet of the lot, it may not be visible from the street the house faces, and it is subject to the association's approval as to location at any time. No garden at all on a lot with no finished house, and no selling produce from a street stand. Compost piles are prohibited outright, as is collecting or spreading natural fertilizer in any form anywhere on a lot, and so are noxious, dangerous or offensive fertilizers and garden chemicals. On the recorded non-access easements the owner maintains the screen planting at their own expense, and no screen planting over thirty-six inches high is permitted between the building setback line and the front lot line.
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We can find out →The most detailed pet rules in this directory, and several of them will decide whether the neighbourhood fits you. No more than THREE animals per household. A dog has to weigh under 150 pounds. Nothing may be bred or kept commercially, and nothing may become a neighbourhood nuisance. A pet may never run free - a leash is required whenever it is walked and the owner cleans up after it. Exotic animals are prohibited, as is any breed with a reputation for ferocity, with Pit Bull Terriers named specifically. And there is a curfew: pets are kept indoors at night, and may be outdoors only in a securely fenced back yard or kennel, from two hours before dawn until two hours after dusk. Service and assistance animals are handled under fair-housing law rather than by a covenant, so ask the board how they apply the breed and count limits in that situation.
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We can find out →One sign advertising the property for sale, no more than five square feet. Any other sign may be displayed for up to sixty days, and past that it needs the board's consent.
Conventional cars have to be parked on a paved drive or in a garage. Driveways are at least SIXTEEN feet wide - wider than the twelve most of the county requires - and must be concrete at least four inches thick. Stone and cinder driveways are not permitted at all, and neither is asphalt, which many nearby subdivisions do allow. A circular drive in front of the house may be as narrow as nine feet.
A home occupation is allowed if it runs entirely inside the house, is engaged in solely by a member of the immediate family living there, and stays clearly secondary to living there - with no exterior sign or display of any sort, no commodity sold on the premises, nobody employed from outside the household, and no mechanical or electrical equipment used in the occupation.
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We can find out →Stated outright: storage, sale, construction, modification or extended repair of personal automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, aircraft, snowmobiles, motorcycles or motorized tricycles is strictly prohibited. Running an unregistered or unlicensed vehicle on any public or private road, easement or right-of-way in the subdivision is prohibited too, and the covenant says that one will be referred for prosecution under St. Joseph County code.
No lot is used as a dumping ground. Trash, garbage and other waste - yard clippings and tree trimmings expressly included - go in sanitary containers and may not be stored for extended periods. Note the fuel rule runs OPPOSITE to most of the county: oil and fuel storage tanks here must NOT be installed underground, and are instead concealed within the house, the basement or the attached garage.
Unusually specific, and more permissive than it first looks. Open fires are prohibited outright - burning construction debris, leaves, rubbish or refuse, in the open or in a barrel, frame or screen, on any lot, street, easement or right-of-way, and the covenant says that will be strictly enforced. But a recreational fire IS permitted: supervised by an adult of eighteen or over, contained in a safe burning pit or a container made for the purpose, with the township permit the owner is responsible for getting, and completely out by 11 pm Monday through Thursday and 1 am Friday through Sunday. The owner carries sole responsibility for any damage or injury.
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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