What the recorded documents actually say about Pioneer Heights in South Bend — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
12 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
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This covenant covers Lots 113 through 131 - Section Three, Part 2. Other sections of Pioneer Heights may have been recorded separately.
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 →A detached storage structure for lawn tools, toys or pool equipment has to be quality construction, kept in neat condition and blend with the established home, and the plans go to the architectural committee before anything is built. The committee can require screening around it. No trailer, tent, shack, barn or outbuilding may be used as a residence.
Recreational vehicles, mobile homes, house trailers, boats, boat trailers, motor homes, camping trailers, snowmobiles and trucks may not be kept in open areas, and may not be parked on a street or roadway longer than seventy-two hours.
Above-ground pools are not permitted. The covenant does not address in-ground pools directly, but anything built on a lot needs architectural approval first.
Nothing may be erected, altered or placed on a lot other than one single-family home of up to two and a half storeys and a private garage for no more than three cars, and no building may go up until the plans and specifications are approved in writing by the architectural committee. An exception needs the committee's unanimous written approval.
The covenant states flatly that no satellite television dishes will be allowed. 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 side yard has to be planted with grass seed or sod within 120 days of the house being finished or occupied, whichever comes first. Final grading, landscaping and seeding cannot hinder drainage, and drainage swales and road ditches have to be left open rather than filled.
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We can find out →Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed, as long as none are kept or bred commercially and none becomes a neighborhood nuisance or hazard. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.
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We can find out →Driveways must be at least twelve feet wide and hard-surfaced for their full length and width - asphalt at least three inches thick or concrete at least four. Stone and cinder driveways are not allowed, and a circular drive must be at least eight feet wide. Recreational vehicles and trucks cannot be kept in open areas or left on the street more than seventy-two hours.
No commercial, business or professional office use may be carried on from a lot. The only exception written in is the developer's own use of one lot for sales and promotion.
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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 incinerators and storage equipment kept clean, sanitary and concealed so they are not unsightly.
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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.
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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