What the recorded documents actually say about Knollwood B in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
3 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
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STEP 0: the extraction input carries no truncation marker and no article jump, and the page counts it claims match disk exactly (hoa__knollwood-b, 10 pages; hoa__knollwood-b__3, 8 pages). But disk holds a THIRD OCR set, hoa__knollwood-b__2 (8 pages, from listing 202339939), which was never selected into the input at all. It turned out to be a third copy of the same instrument, so nothing was lost - but it was read in full from data/ocr_text/hoa__knollwood-b__2/ and used as a cross-check on the two noisier copies. All three sets were read from disk rather than from the input alone. Paragraph numbering runs 1 through 33 unbroken in every copy and the page footers run Covrvsd3/27/97 pages 1 through 8, so no page is missing from the instrument. STEP 0b: the scanned page images under data/vision_pages/hoa__knollwood-b__2/ were opened and read directly for the pages carrying paragraphs 10 through 23 - fencing, prohibited structures, pools, detached buildings, signs, pets, trash and landscaping. The images match the OCR line for line, so the silences recorded below are the document's and not the OCR's. STEP 1: the title block names Knollwood, Addition B explicitly, alongside Knollwood Additions A, C, D, E and F and the Knollwood Replat of Retention Basin and Recreation Area - Pine Ridge Estates, Section 1. This is NOT instrument 1107289 of March 2011, which restates the covenants for the Knollwood WEST additions and does not appear anywhere in this pull.
Perimeter fencing is limited to split rail, two rails high and no more than four feet, matching what the developer used throughout the addition, unless the architectural control committee grants a written variance before the fence is built. A privacy fence up to six feet high may be built around a patio adjacent to the home; it has to conform to the architectural standard set by the style of that home and be approved in writing by the committee before construction begins. On a corner lot, no fence or wall may obstruct sight lines between two and six feet above the roadway inside the triangle formed by the street lines and a line joining them twenty-five feet from the intersection, and the same limitation applies within ten feet of a driveway.
A detached storage building for lawn tools, toys, swimming pool apparatus or other personal property is contemplated, but it has to be of quality construction, be maintained in attractive and neat appearance, blend with the existing home, and be submitted to the architectural control committee for written approval before construction begins. The committee may require protective screening around it. Separately, the document states that no trailer, modular or manufactured home, prebuilt home, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn outbuilding or structure of a temporary character is to be moved onto, assembled or constructed on a lot or used at any time as a residence.
Recreational and commercial vehicles may not be kept in open areas anywhere in the subdivision, and that holds whether the open area is on the owner's own lot or off it. The examples the document gives are campers, trailers, trucks and boats. It does not define what counts as an open area, sets no overnight or short-term exception, and gives no loading or guest allowance. Every dwelling is required to have a full-size attached garage holding at least two cars and no more than three.
Above-ground pools are not permitted, and neither are tennis courts. The document does not address in-ground pools by name, but nothing may be built, placed or altered on a lot, and the topography or drainage of a lot may not be altered, until the architectural control committee has approved the construction plans in writing - which is the route an in-ground pool would have to take. A detached structure used to store swimming pool apparatus needs that same written approval and may be required to be screened.
Nothing may be erected, constructed, placed or altered on a lot, and the topography or drainage of a lot may not be altered, until the Knollwood Architectural Control Committee has approved the construction plans. Approval or disapproval comes in writing. The plans have to show the floor plan, quality of construction, materials, outside colours to be used, how the external design sits in harmony with existing structures, and the location relative to lot lines, topography and finish grade elevations. Two complete sets of prints are submitted, one kept by the committee and one returned. No change to approved plans may be made without the committee's prior written consent, and no construction may be started until the committee has issued its written approval. The committee is three people appointed by the association board, and the covenants set no deadline for it to respond.
The starting rule is a ban: no outside above-ground television, AM, FM or short wave radio antenna of any type, including any type of satellite dish, may be erected or maintained on a lot or structure. The same paragraph then writes in the exception. An owner may erect a direct broadcast satellite dish no more than one meter (39.37 inches) in diameter, an antenna to receive television broadcast service, or an antenna designed for multichannel multipoint distribution service. It has to meet existing safety codes, be placed so far as feasible where it is not visible from the street or other common property such as the golf course, and be approved by the architectural control committee in writing before installation. The committee may require the owner, at the owner's cost, to plant shrubbery screening and to make the colour of the dish or antenna harmonious with the landscape and architecture, and dishes and antennas are to be placed on aesthetically pleasing structures. All telephone and other public utility lines in the subdivision run underground.
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We can find out →The side, front and rear yards of each lot have to be planted with grass seed or with sod within one hundred and twenty days after the structure is completed or occupied as a home, whichever is earlier, unless the architectural control committee approves otherwise in writing. Screen planting between the building setback line and the front lot line may not be over thirty-six inches high. In the protective screening areas shown on the plat as non-access easements, screen planting is planted and maintained at the owner's expense, and nothing may be placed or left there except screen planting, a fence, landscaping, a wall, utilities or drainage facilities. On a corner lot, no hedge or shrub planting may obstruct sight lines between two and six feet above the roadway within the twenty-five-foot triangle at the intersection, and tree foliage there has to be kept high enough to leave those sight lines clear. Grading of any lot area used as a drainage swale may not be changed in a way that alters overland storm drainage runoff.
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We can find out →Dogs, cats and other household pets may be kept, provided they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose and are not permitted to become a neighborhood nuisance or hazard in any manner. Animals, livestock and poultry of any other kind may not be raised, bred or kept on a lot. The document sets no number limit, no leash requirement and no kennel or run standard. Elsewhere it also rules out an animal hospital, or any form of animal care or treatment such as dog trimming, as a permitted home occupation.
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We can find out →One sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or for rent may be displayed on a lot. Political campaign signs are carved out of the restriction, and they have to be removed within twenty-four hours after the election they pertain to. No other sign of any kind may be displayed on a lot. A home occupation may have no sign or display indicating that the building is being used for any purpose other than a dwelling.
What the document restricts is recreational and commercial vehicles, not ordinary cars. No recreational or commercial vehicle - campers, trailers, trucks and boats are the examples given - may be kept in open areas in the subdivision, whether those open areas are on or off the owner's lot. Every dwelling must have a full-size attached garage capable of storing at least two automobiles but not more than three. Driveways have to be at least twelve feet wide and built of asphalt at least three inches thick or concrete at least four inches thick; stone and cinder driveways are not permitted, and a circular drive in front of a home may be a minimum of eight feet wide. There is no cap on the number of ordinary passenger cars and nothing is said about on-street parking.
A home occupation may be permitted, but the definition is narrow and the document spells it out. It has to involve only a member of the immediate family living in the dwelling, remain entirely within the dwelling, and be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the house as a dwelling without changing its character. On top of that it may have no sign or display indicating the building is being used for any purpose other than a dwelling, no commodity may be sold on the premises, and no person may be employed other than an immediate family member living there. A barber shop, styling salon, beauty parlor, tea room, fortune-telling parlor, animal hospital, or any form of animal care or treatment such as dog trimming is specifically excluded from counting as a home occupation. Apart from that exception, no lot may be used for any purpose other than as a single-family residence.
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We can find out →No lot may be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash, garbage, weeds and other waste have to be kept only in sanitary containers, and any incinerator or other equipment for storing or disposing of that material has to be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. The document does not say where containers are stored or when they may be set out, and it does not require screening. Separately, all oil or fuel storage tanks have to be installed underground or concealed within the main structure of the dwelling, the basement or the attached garage.
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