What the recorded documents actually say about Sable Ridge Villas in South Bend — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
15 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
Parts of this declaration describe the developer's period before turnover - the developer held an exclusive right to amend the covenants until the turnover date, and several paragraphs are addressed to the original construction. Those read as history now. The rules stated on this page are the ones that still govern an owner, as amended in 1989 and 2007.
No perimeter fencing of any type is permitted without the Committee's advance written approval - and the ban is written wide enough to catch planting, naming hedges and other growing fences alongside chain link and split rail.
No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn, TOOL SHED, STORAGE SHED or other outbuilding of any type may be used on a lot at any time, temporarily or permanently.
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 →No tennis courts and no above-ground pools at all. Any other swimming pool may be built only after prior written approval from the Architectural and Landscape Control Committee, and installing one is separately named in the paragraph requiring approval from both the Board and the Committee.
An owner may not paint, decorate or make any change to the appearance of the exterior that differs from the plans the Committee approved, without the prior written approval of BOTH the Board of Directors and the Architectural and Landscape Control Committee. The declaration names what that covers: sidewalks, driveways, paint colour, roof colour, additions to the home, and installing a swimming pool. Awnings need the Committee's approval. Driveways must be at least twelve feet wide and asphalt or concrete - no stone or cinder - with asphalt three inches thick and concrete four. Every lot carries a dusk-to-dawn electric light of a Committee-approved type in front of the front setback line, on an automatic electric eye.
No outside above-ground television, AM, FM or short-wave radio antenna, and no TV satellite dish of any type, may be erected or maintained on a lot or structure here WITHOUT the association's prior written consent. Unlike some neighbouring villa declarations this one leaves a door open - but the consent has to come first, and it has to be in writing. All utility service is underground and out of sight.
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 association maintains the landscaping and lawn of every lot on a schedule it sets, and it operates the irrigation system on each lot and decides how often it runs. An owner may plant, install or maintain flowers, trees, shrubs or other plant material only in accordance with the Landscaping Plan the Architectural Control Committee approved. New construction must have the side, front and rear yards seeded, sodded or planted with ground cover within a hundred and twenty days of completion unless the Committee approves otherwise.
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 inside the home. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind may be raised, bred or kept on a lot otherwise, none may be kept, bred or maintained for a commercial purpose, and - this is the part owners are caught by - a pet may not be housed or kept OUTSIDE the home, nor allowed to become a neighborhood nuisance or hazard.
Renting is allowed, but a SHORT let is not something you can arrange on your own: no lease of less than one year may be entered into without the association's prior approval. A lease of a year or more is not caught by that clause.
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 →No sign of any kind may be displayed to public view on a lot, except one sign of no more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, and a builder's sign of any size during the construction and sales period.
The declaration sets no vehicle restriction of its own, but driveways must be at least twelve feet wide and paved in asphalt or concrete - stone and cinder drives are not permitted. The Board also has express power to adopt further rules about the property at any time, so ask the association whether a parking rule has been adopted.
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 →Any lease shorter than one year requires the association's prior approval, so a nightly or weekly let is not something an owner can arrange unilaterally.
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 →No lot may be used or kept as a dumping ground for rubbish, and trash, garbage and other waste must be kept in sanitary containers, with every container and disposal appliance kept clean and sanitary.
No fire, for leaf burning or anything else, may be allowed to burn on any street or roadway in the property.
No hanging of laundry, rugs or other items outside the home is permitted.
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 →Tell us the question and we will get you the answer from the recorded documents.