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North Pointe Shores Type I

What the recorded documents actually say about North Pointe Shores Type I in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.

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

Before you rely on this page

THE 2025 AMENDMENT IS RECENT AND IT CHANGED WHO RUNS THIS PLACE - the developer handed the association to the homeowners on 31 January 2025 and dues started that year. Anything you read about this neighborhood from before 2025 describes a developer-controlled association that no longer exists. The developer's exclusive right to amend the covenants runs ten years from the plat, so to 2029. This is Section One; other sections may have their own recorded set.

What you can build and change

Conditional

Fences

The design and the location of every fence need the developer's or the architectural committee's written approval before installation. A privacy fence up to six feet is allowed around a patio or an in-ground pool, and fencing sets back ten feet from the adjacent lot lines. Perimeter fencing is NOT allowed at all unless the developer or the committee grants a written variance.

Paragraph 20 - Fencing
Conditional

Sheds & outbuildings

A detached structure - the covenant names a pool equipment house as the example - needs prior written approval of its placement and materials from the developer or the architectural committee, which may require protective screening or a privacy fence around it. It has to be quality construction, kept attractive and neat, and blend with the established home.

Paragraph 21 - Detached Structures
Conditional

RVs, boats & trailers

Recreational and commercial vehicles - campers, trailers, trucks and boats - may not be kept anywhere in the subdivision, on a lot or off it, UNLESS they are kept fully inside a garage.

Paragraph 23 - Recreational and Commercial Vehicles
Conditional

Swimming pools & hot tubs

Above-ground pools are prohibited. An in-ground pool is permitted when a privacy fence goes in with it and blends with the house, and the developer or the architectural committee approves the pool's location and the fence's style and location in writing. The retention easement is not for swimming.

Paragraph 19 - Prohibited Structures
Conditional

Exterior changes & additions

No building may be put up, placed or altered until the developer approves the construction plans, which have to show the floor plan, quality of construction, materials, external design and placement against the lot lines and topography. Approval of a detached structure's placement and materials has to be in writing before work starts. A lot carries one single-family house of up to two and a half storeys and a garage for up to four cars - roomier than the county norm.

Paragraph 2 - Architectural Control, with Paragraphs 1 and 21
Conditional

Satellite dishes & antennas

This one was drafted around the federal rules. Outside above-ground television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas of any type are barred, but an owner may put up a direct-broadcast satellite dish no more than one meter across, an MMDS antenna no more than one meter, or a television broadcast antenna.

Paragraph 22 - Utilities and Television Antennas
Not stated

Solar panels

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Conditional

Landscaping, trees & gardens

The association mows and maintains the lawn, landscaping, lighting, fencing and permanent signage in the signage easement on a regular schedule. A homeowner whose lot carries a retention or drainage easement has to keep it mowed, clear of debris and reasonably clean.

Easements paragraph, with the signage easement provision
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, bred or maintained commercially and none becomes a neighbourhood nuisance or hazard. No household pet may run at large off its owner's property. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.

Paragraph 12 - Livestock and Poultry
Not stated

Renting your home

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Not stated

Basketball hoops

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Conditional

Yard signs

No sign may be displayed to public view 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 may put its own signs on lots it owns and on the common areas.

Paragraph 11 - Signs
Conditional

Street parking

Driveways are wider here than in most of the county: at least sixteen feet, concrete at least four inches thick - asphalt is not an option - and a circular drive at least nine feet. Stone and cinder are prohibited. Every driveway is lit by a post lamp on an electric eye from sundown to dawn. A camper, trailer, truck or boat has to live in the garage.

Paragraph 10 - Driveways, with Paragraph 23
Conditional

Running a business from home

A lot is for a single-family residence, except that a home occupation may be carried on inside the house by a member of the immediate family living there. Nothing outside may show the house is being used for anything other than a dwelling.

Paragraph 1 - Land Use
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 for rubbish. Trash and garbage have to be kept in sanitary containers, and the storage and disposal equipment kept clean.

Paragraph 13 - 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 North Pointe Shores Section One, St. Joseph County, Indiana, with the 2025 amendment
Recorded asRecorded 2019-01-02 as document 2019-00122, filed by Kline Custom Homes, Inc.
Amendment entered 2025-01-31, turning control of the association over to the homeowners
How it was readThe recorded copy on file is a scan of paper with no digital text, so it was read by optical character recognition. That can misread individual words, which is why nothing on this page is presented as a direct quote.
Checked againstthe 2019 covenants and the 2025 amendment were read in sequence, and the amendment is what this page relies on for the association
The associationNorth Pointe Shores Homeowners Association, Inc. Control passed from the developer to the homeowners on 31 January 2025, under an amendment recorded that day - so this is a young, owner-run association. Every lot has one vote regardless of how many people are on the deed, and the amendment caps the whole subdivision at 29 votes. The association funds the common areas, the landscaped entrances, the street lighting and any security services. It began levying dues in 2025 for expenses incurred from January 2025, billed each February for that calendar year, levied equally on every lot except those the developer still owns. The original covenants set a figure of $350 a lot a year for the first three years after the plat was recorded; ask the association what it is charging now. Unpaid dues become a lien on the lot.

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