What the recorded documents actually say about Pheasant Point in Osceola — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
47 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Fences must be built with wood posts and rails, and the fence material must be a natural color rather than galvanized steel. All fencing must be approved before it is installed.
A detached storage building for lawn tools, toys, pool equipment or other belongings must be quality construction, kept neat, and blend with the existing home. Every building needs written approval before it is placed on the lot, and it must go next to the house rather than at the back of the lot. The developer may require screening around it.
Campers, recreational vehicles, trailers, boats and snowmobiles may not be kept outside the residence or parked on the subdivision streets. They must be kept inside a structure or stored outside the development.
Above-ground pools are not permitted. An in-ground pool is allowed only if a dual septic field system is installed on the lot and approved by the St. Joseph County Health Department.
Any structure or addition must be approved before installation, and no home may be built until the architectural control committee approves the plans and specifications in writing. The committee is appointed by the developer, and the document states that its authority expires fifteen years after the plat is recorded.
The recorded covenants prohibit any sending or receiving device, antenna or dish on the home or the lot, with no size exception written in. 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 rather than assuming the blanket ban binds.
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 →The yard must be planted with grass seed or sod within 120 days after the home is completed or occupied, whichever comes first. On corner lots and near driveways, fences, walls, hedges, shrubs and tree foliage may not block sight lines between two and six feet above the roadway.
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 →Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed as long as they are not kept or bred for commercial purposes and do not become a neighborhood nuisance or hazard. Pets must be kept inside the house, not in a pen or a separate structure and not chained outside. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.
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 →Only one sign of no more than five square feet, advertising the property for sale or rent, may be displayed to public view. Builder signs during construction and sales, and the promotional signs of the developer, are the exceptions. A sign or display showing the home is used for anything other than a residence is separately prohibited.
Parking on the streets of the development is not permitted. The covenant lists campers, recreational vehicles, trailers, boats, snowmobiles, cars, disabled vehicles, commercial vehicles and seldom-used vehicles, and says they must be kept within a structure or outside the development. As written that list includes ordinary cars kept outside the residence, which is unusual and worth asking the association about before you rely on it.
A home business is allowed if it is carried on inside the home, solely by a member of the immediate family living there, and is permitted by local ordinance. No sign or display may show from the outside that the home is used for anything other than a residence.
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 →Disabled vehicles may not be kept outside the residence. They have to be kept inside a structure or stored outside the development.
Trash, garbage and other waste must be kept in sanitary containers, and a lot may not be used as a dumping ground for rubbish. Incinerators and other storage or disposal equipment must be kept clean and inside the structure.
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.
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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