What the recorded documents actually say about Quail Valley at Knollwood Saddle Ridge 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 document is short: it holds three documents and all three match what is on disk page for page (13-page text layer; 12 OCR pages vs 12 page files; 5 OCR pages vs 5 page files). Nothing was windowed away. STEP 1. The name. No recorded instrument anywhere in this neighborhood's file uses the words Saddle Ridge. The three sales that created this slug are all on S Saddle Ridge Lane in Granger 46530, and the project's own St. Joseph County plat index carries QUAIL VALLEY AT KNOLLWOOD, SECT 2, SADDLE RIDGE REPLAT, approved 02/18/1988, Harris Twp, Recorded Y, Type Replat, plat number 2423. So Saddle Ridge is a 1988 replat inside Section Two of Quail Valley at Knollwood, not a separate subdivision, and the Quail Valley at Knollwood declaration governs it. The input's own third document is the recorded Section Two plat for part of the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 15, T38N R3E, Harris Township, showing lots in the 172-238 range, which is consistent. STEP 2. A NEWER INSTRUMENT GOVERNS AND IT WAS NOT IN THIS INPUT. The input's primary document is the 1989 declaration, Instrument No. 8909554, covering Sections One through Four. It has been restated. Instrument No. 9003681, executed February 11, 1990 by Adams Road Development Corp., repeats the same 36 paragraphs and extends them to Sections One through Six. It is not in this neighborhood's folder at all; it sits in the sibling slug quail-valley-at-knollwood at 202506943/C & R from title company..pdf, pages 35-53 of 53, image-only and never OCR'd. Those pages were rendered at 200 dpi and read by eye for this file: paragraphs 1 through 36 run without a gap, the execution and notary page is page 47, and pages 48-53 are the six pages of Exhibit A legal descriptions, ending with Section Six. Nothing later follows it in either copy of the package. Every verdict and every quote below comes from those pages of 9003681, not from the 1989 copy in the input, and the two texts agree word for word on every paragraph quoted here. STEP 0b. Because 9003681 is a scan, all thirteen of its body pages were read as images rather than as text, so each not_stated below is the document being silent, not the OCR. LAKE LOTS. A second recorded instrument, Additional Protective Restrictions, Covenants, Limitations and Easements for the Lake Lots in Quail Valley at Knollwood, Section Two and Section Four (St. Joseph Title Corp. stamp 8909553, April 1989), is the OCR'd document in this input. It is additional to, not a replacement for, the declaration above, and by its own title block it reaches only Lots 199 through 227 of Section Two and Lots 35 through 38 and 79 through 107 of Section Four. Whether a given Saddle Ridge lot is one of those could not be established from these documents, so none of the 22 verdicts below is based on it; what it adds is described in the association paragraph.
Perimeter fencing is limited to one of two kinds: a split rail fence two rails high and no more than four feet tall, or a privacy fence around the immediate patio no more than six feet, which has to match the architectural style of the house and be approved in writing by the Architectural Control Committee. Anything else needs a written variance from that same committee. Separately, no fence may sit in the sight triangle on a corner lot between two and six feet above the roadway.
A detached storage building or pet shelter is allowed, but it has to be quality construction, kept neat and attractive, blend with the house, and be submitted to the Architectural Control Committee for approval before construction starts. The committee may require protective screening around it. On a lot that backs the golf course, no such structure is permitted within thirty feet of the rear lot line. A shed may never be used as a residence.
Campers, trailers, trucks and boats may not be kept in open areas anywhere in the subdivision, and the covenant says that applies whether the open area is on the owner's own lot or off it. Snowmobiles are prohibited outright, and recreational vehicles of any kind may not be used on the golf courses or the surrounding areas.
Above-ground pools are not permitted, and neither are tennis courts. The covenant does not ban an in-ground pool, but installing one alters the lot and so falls under architectural control: plans go to the Architectural Control Committee and construction cannot begin until it approves them in writing.
Nothing may be built, placed, altered or even regraded on a lot until the Architectural Control Committee has approved the plans. Three complete sets go in, showing floor plan, quality of construction, materials, outside colors, how the design sits with the houses around it, and where it falls relative to lot lines, topography and finish grade. Two sets are kept and one comes back. Approval or refusal is always in writing, the decision is described as entirely within the committee's discretion, and no deviation from approved plans is allowed without its prior written consent.
Outside above-ground antennas are prohibited, and the covenant names satellite dishes specifically: no television, AM, FM or short wave antenna of any type, including any type of satellite dish, may be erected or maintained on a lot or on a structure. All utility service, including cable television, has to run underground and stay out of sight. Federal rules on antenna installation have changed a good deal since 1990, so ask the association how this one is handled now.
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We can find out →Screen plantings are capped at thirty-six inches high between the building setback line and the front lot line on every lot, and the same cap applies within thirty feet of the rear lot line on lots that back the golf course. Where the plat marks a protective screening area as a non-access easement, the owner has to keep those plantings up, at their own expense, along the whole length. Side, front and rear yards must be planted with grass seed, sod or ground cover within 120 days of the house being finished or occupied, whichever comes first, unless the Architectural Control Committee approves something else. Regrading a lot needs that committee's approval as well.
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We can find out →Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed. Animals, livestock and poultry generally are not, and household pets may not be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose or be allowed to become a nuisance or hazard to the neighborhood. A detached pet shelter is treated as a detached building and needs committee approval first.
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We can find out →One sign is allowed on a lot: a for sale or for rent sign of no more than five square feet. A builder may use a sign of any size while the home is under construction and being sold, and the developer reserved the right to put up its own signs to promote lot and home sales. Any other sign displayed to public view is prohibited. A home occupation is separately barred from any sign or display visible from outside.
Ordinary passenger parking is not restricted, but campers, trailers, trucks and boats may not be kept in open areas in the subdivision, on or off the owner's lot. Every dwelling has to have a full-size attached garage holding at least two cars and no more than three, so the covenant assumes vehicles are housed rather than stored in the open.
A home occupation is permitted if it stays entirely inside the house, is carried on only by a member of the immediate family living there, and stays clearly incidental to using the home as a home. Four conditions come with it: no sign or display visible from outside, no commodity sold on the premises, no employee who is not an immediate family member living there, and no mechanical or electrical equipment. The covenant names uses that can never qualify: 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.
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We can find out →Trash, garbage and other waste have to be kept in sanitary containers, and no lot may be used or kept as a dumping ground for rubbish. Incinerators and any other equipment for storing or disposing of waste must be kept clean and sanitary. The association is separately given the power to enforce the rules about accumulations of rubbish, weeds and trash.
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