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Winding Brook Park F

What the recorded documents actually say about Winding Brook Park F in Mishawaka — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.

11 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.

Before you rely on this page

THIS DECLARATION COVERS SECTION F ONLY. Winding Brook Park was platted in sections and each one has its own recorded declaration - the neighbouring Sections G and H share a separate 1988 declaration with different house sizes and different setbacks, and Section D has one of its own again. The rules below are Section F's. This page was held for weeks on a reading that the covenant on file belonged to another subdivision; it does not - the document names Windingbrook Park Addition, Section F, spelled as one word, which is what the name check could not see through.

What you can build and change

Conditional

Fences

No fence or wall may be erected or maintained on any lot without written consent obtained first. The declaration names Twin City Realty Corporation, its successors or assigns as the party who gives it - so before you order a fence, ask the association who holds that approval today.

Article 6
✗ Not allowed

Sheds & outbuildings

The declaration lists what may stand on a lot and a shed is not on the list: a detached single-family dwelling of no more than two storeys, and a private garage for no more than three cars. It also says plainly that no structures may be moved onto a lot, and that no garage may be built except at the time of, or after, the house itself.

Articles 1 and 8
Conditional

RVs, boats & trailers

A camper, camping bus, bus, trailer, house-trailer, tractor or boat may not be parked on a lot for any period longer than two weeks - unless it is stored or housed inside the garage, in which case the limit does not apply.

Article 8
Not stated

Swimming pools & hot tubs

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Conditional

Exterior changes & additions

No building may be erected, placed or altered on a lot until the construction plans, the specifications and a plan showing where the structure will sit have been approved - judged on quality of workmanship and materials, how the external design sits with the houses already there, and the location against the topography and finished grade. A few specifics come with it: a house must sit between 35 and 65 feet back from the fronting street unless written permission says otherwise, no building may come nearer than ten feet to a side lot line (steps, uncovered porches, terraces, chimneys and cornices may reach twenty-four inches into that side yard), and a house on a corner lot must face the direction approved in writing.

Articles 11, 2 and 10
Not stated

Satellite dishes & antennas

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Not stated

Solar panels

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Conditional

Landscaping, trees & gardens

Two obligations, both on the owner. Grading and seeding or sodding has to be finished within twelve months of the day construction starts. And every lot must carry at least TWO living hardwood trees, planted, maintained and supplied by the owner, each no less than two inches in diameter measured twelve inches above the ground. Separately, no ashes, weeds or unsightly objects may be left to remain on the property.

Articles 14 and 5
Not stated

Mailboxes

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How you can live here

Conditional

Pets

Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed. No animals or livestock may be raised, bred or kept on a lot otherwise, and no pet may be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose.

Article 4
Not stated

Renting your home

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Not stated

Basketball hoops

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Conditional

Yard signs

No sign of any kind may be displayed to public view on a lot, with two exceptions: one professional sign of no more than ONE square foot, and one sign of no more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent. The developer kept a right to put up whatever signs it wanted to promote the addition and sell lots.

Article 12
Conditional

Street parking

Driveways have to be hard-surface paved for their full length and width. Campers, buses, trailers, house-trailers, tractors and boats may not sit on a lot longer than two weeks unless they are inside the garage.

Articles 16 and 8
Conditional

Running a business from home

Use and occupancy of a lot is confined to residential purposes, and the only structures allowed are a detached single-family house and a private garage. The sign clause does allow one professional sign of a single square foot, which tells you a quiet professional practice at home was contemplated when this was written - but the residential-purposes limit is the rule, and anything visible or trafficked is a question to ask before you rely on it.

Articles 1 and 12
Not stated

Short-term rentals (Airbnb)

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Not stated

Vehicle repair in the driveway

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Conditional

Trash & recycling containers

No ashes, weeds or unsightly objects may be permitted or left to remain on the property, and nothing may be done on a lot that becomes an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood or that endangers or unreasonably disturbs the owner of adjoining land.

Article 5
Not stated

Grilling & outdoor cooking

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Not stated

Clotheslines

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Not stated

Flags & flagpoles

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Not stated

Window coverings & decorations

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Where these answers come from

The documentDeclaration of Restrictions, Windingbrook Park Addition, Section F, Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, executed 10 March 1970 by Twin City Realty Corporation - read with the By-Laws of Winding Brook Park Association, Inc., revised 15 January 2014
Recorded asDeclaration of Restrictions for Windingbrook Park Addition, Section F, signed 10 March 1970 by Twin City Realty Corporation - George S. Cressy, President; Edward A. Everett, Secretary
By-Laws of Winding Brook Park Association, Inc. (W.B.P.A., Inc.), revised 15 January 2014
Covenants ran to 1 January 1995 and then extend automatically in successive ten-year periods unless a majority of the lot owners record an instrument changing them
How it was readRead directly from the document’s own text.
Checked againstThe amendment check found nothing newer beside the declaration, and the 2014 by-laws do not amend it - they govern the association, not the land. Where the two touch, the difference is stated on this page rather than blended: the declaration gives approval power to the developer, and the by-laws give the association a role of encouraging adherence, which is not the same thing.
The associationWinding Brook Park Association, Inc. - W.B.P.A., Inc. - and membership is automatic for every lot owner in Winding Brook Park, with one vote per lot. Its by-laws were revised on 15 January 2014. A Board of between nine and twelve directors runs it; the Treasurer prepares a budget the membership approves at the annual meeting, which is held within sixty days of the year end, and the Board sets the annual dues at its budget review meeting. Dues are payable on or before 28 February each year - ask the association for the current amount, because the by-laws deliberately set the method rather than a figure. The association's stated purposes are broader and softer than most: acting together in the members' common interest, encouraging adequate police, safety and service provision, ENCOURAGING adherence to the restrictive covenants, promoting good neighborhood appearance, and running adult and youth activities. Note the word encouraging. The 1970 declaration on this page vests every approval it requires - fences, plans, corner-lot orientation, fuel tanks - in Twin City Realty Corporation, its successors or assigns, and the by-laws do not say the association inherited that role. If you need an approval here, ask the association who holds it now before you build; the documents on file do not settle it.

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