What the recorded documents actually say about Quail Ridge at Knollwood III in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
4 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Any fence needs written approval from the Quail Ridge at Knollwood Architectural Control Committee (QRACC) before it goes in, and the exact location, material, color and height plus a rendering or photograph must be submitted. If the committee does not answer within forty-five (45) days of submission the request is deemed approved; a request for more information extends that by twenty-one (21) days, then fourteen (14) more. Perimeter fencing is limited to a standard wooden split rail fence of 2 rails and posts, four (4) feet high, left unpainted and unstained, though a clear preservative coating is allowed and an interior screening fence of a natural color may go inside it for pet control. Privacy fencing may be no more than six (6) feet high and only within six (6) feet of a patio adjacent to the home. Fencing around a swimming pool is required. Invisible electronic pet fences are expressly permitted. Fences in easements are at the owner's risk of removal, and the owner keeps them in good repair.
A detached structure needs QRACC approval before construction, and the covenants cap it hard: ground coverage of no more than one hundred square feet and height of no more than ten (10) feet. It must be quality construction matching the house, at least eight feet from all property lines, within thirty feet of the house, and built behind the house. The committee decides where it goes and can require screening around it. On a lot abutting the Knollwood Country Club golf course, no such structure is allowed within thirty (30) feet of the rear lot line. Separately, barns, mini-barns, garages, tree houses, tents, shacks and any structure of a temporary character may not be moved onto or built on a lot for use as a residence.
Recreational vehicles, campers, camper trailers, trailers with or without wheels, mobile homes, boats and other watercraft, boat trailers, tractors and buses may be parked only inside an enclosed garage. Pickup trucks are named too, unless the truck is also used as a principal mode of transportation. Stored vehicles, and vehicles that are obviously inoperable or without current plates, are likewise not permitted anywhere in the subdivision outside an enclosed garage. Anything parked in violation may be towed at the lot owner's expense. Motorized recreational and utility vehicles are prohibited on all common and open areas; golf carts may be used for transport on appropriate streets and pathways.
Permanent above-ground pools are not permitted. In-ground pools, hot tubs and spas are permitted with prior approval from the QRACC. Fencing around a swimming pool is required, must follow state and local law, must match the architectural styles the committee allows, and needs prior written approval of its own.
Nothing may be built, placed or altered on a lot, and the topography or drainage may not be changed, until the QRACC approves the plans in writing. The committee reviews floor plan, quality of construction, materials, outside colors, harmony of external design with existing homes, location relative to lot lines, topography and finish-grade elevations. Two complete sets of prints go in; one comes back. No change to approved plans without the committee's prior written consent, and the committee may require a survey at the owner's expense where property lines or easements are in question. It must decide within forty-five (45) days, and no construction starts until written approval issues. An owner may appeal to the full board, whose decision is final.
Outside or above-ground television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas, including any type of satellite dish, are banned with one carve-out: an owner may put up a direct broadcast satellite dish no larger than one meter (39 inches) in diameter, a television broadcast antenna, or a multichannel multipoint distribution service antenna. It has to meet safety codes, be placed where it does not create a nuisance for neighbors, and sit in an aesthetically pleasing location. The QRACC may require shrubbery screening at the owner's cost, may require the color and installation to blend with the home and lot, and may require the dish to be moved somewhere it finds acceptable. Telecommunications towers and accessory equipment are prohibited outright.
Solar panels on a home or structure are permitted, but plans go to the QRACC first and no installation may begin without its prior written approval. Panels must be placed, so far as possible, in an aesthetically pleasing location or manner that blends with the architecture of the home, and must meet applicable building and zoning rules. Windmills and other wind energy conversion devices are prohibited outright.
Side, front and rear yards must be planted with grass seed or sod within one hundred fifty (150) days after the house is finished or occupied, whichever comes first, unless the QRACC approves something else in writing. Owners must keep the lot from becoming unsightly: mow often enough to control growth and noxious weeds, with lawn turf never over the lesser of eight (8) inches or whatever an ordinance allows; remove rubbish; maintain landscaping regularly; and remove dead trees, shrubs, plants and debris. If an owner does not, the association may give notice, allow a fourteen (14) day cure period, then enter and do the work and bill the owner. Protective screening areas marked on the plat as non-access easements are planted and maintained at the owner's expense, and nothing but screen planting, fencing, landscaping, walls, utilities or drainage facilities may stay there. At corners, no fence, wall, hedge, sign or shrub may block the sight triangle twenty-five (25) feet back from intersecting street lines, or ten (10) feet from a driveway edge.
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We can find out →Dogs, cats and other usual household pets are permitted. They may not be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose, and may not become a neighborhood nuisance or hazard. Owners must clean up or repair waste and damage the pet causes, keep it from creating an unreasonable disturbance, and follow all state and local law. Livestock and poultry of any kind may not be raised, bred or kept. An interior screening fence of a natural color may be installed inside a split rail perimeter fence to accommodate pet control, and invisible electronic fences for animals are expressly permitted.
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We can find out →Basketball hoops may be installed in driveways. Portable or temporary basketball courts set up on streets, in cul-de-sacs or in the right-of-way of a public street are called a safety hazard and are prohibited, and lighted courts of any kind are prohibited in yard areas. Other recreational nets of a temporary nature, such as soccer nets and trampolines, and playground equipment are permitted in yards.
No sign of any kind except a short list: political candidate and ballot signs, school participation signs, signs required by legal proceedings, and signs advertising the property for sale or rent. Those may be no more than five (5) feet square. Security signs, lawn application signs and electric fence signs are allowed at no larger than one foot by one foot. Political signs may not go up more than thirty (30) days before the election, must come down within five (5) days after it, and are limited to three (3) in total. Commercial advertising signage is not allowed on any lot. The association may identify a sign in violation to the owner and may remove it.
The driveway is the only place outside where a motorized vehicle may be parked. Commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, campers, trailers, boats and the rest of that list go in an enclosed garage only, as do stored, inoperable or unlicensed vehicles. Service and delivery vehicles may park in the subdivision during daylight hours only, for as long as the service or delivery reasonably takes. Anything parked against these rules, or against parking rules the board adopts, may be towed at the owner's expense. Driveways themselves must be concrete or brick pavers, at least twelve (12) feet wide, with concrete at least four (4) inches thick; stone, cinder and asphalt drives are not permitted.
A lot is for single-family residential use, with a home occupation permitted on defined terms. It must involve only a member of the immediate family living in the home, stay entirely inside the home, and be clearly incidental and secondary to living there without changing the home's character. It may have no sign or display indicating a non-residential use, no commodity sold on the premises, no employee other than an immediate family member living there, and no on-site inventorying of materials or fabrication of products. A barber shop, styling salon, tea room, fortune telling parlor, animal hospital or any form of animal care or treatment such as dog trimming is specifically excluded. Repeated random resale of garage sale items is treated as a home business and is not allowed; three garage sales a year are permitted, each no longer than three days. Simply using part of the home as a home office is not a violation.
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We can find out →Trash, garbage, refuse, weeds, lawn and yard clippings and other waste must be kept in sanitary containers and must not be visible from the street between pick-up dates. Containers may not go out to the curb more than 24 hours before pick-up and must be brought back in within 24 hours after. Compost piles must be in a confined area and kept sanitary. No lot may be used as a dumping ground for rubbish.
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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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