Summary of Covenants
Restrictions on Usage of Residential Property

This page is intended to make it easy to understand what residents of South Cove can and can't do with their property, and when they should apply for approval with the Architectural Control Committee.

Use of property in South Cove is governed by the official Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions document which all homeowners have agreed to when purchasing a home in South Cove. Click for Full Text. 

Architectural Control Committee
First Paragraph of Article 4

No building, fence, wall or other structure shall be commenced, erected or maintained upon the Properties, nor shall any exterior addition to or change or alteration therein be made until the plans and specifications showing the nature, kind, shape, height, materials, and location of the same shall have been submitted to and approved in writing as to harmony of external design and location in relation to surrounding structures and topography by the Board of Directors of the Association, or by an Architectural Control Committee composed of three (3) or more representatives appointed by the Board.

Residential Area Covenants
Full Text of Article 3, Sections 1 - 12 enumerating residential area restrictions, plus the amendment on boats and trailers.

Section 1: Land Use and Building Type. All building sites in the tract, excluding that area denominated "Park" on the plat, shall be known and described as residential building sites. No structures shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any building site other than one detached single family dwelling not to exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories in height, a private garage for not more than three (3) cars, guest house, and other outbuildings incidental to residential use of the premises.

Section 2: Building Location. No building shall be located on any lot nearer to the front lot line or nearer to the side street than the minimum building setback lines shown on the recorded plat. In any event. no building shall be located on any lot nearer than 20 feet to the front lot line, or nearer than 10 feet to any side street line. No building shall be located nearer than 5 feet to an interior lot line. For the purposes of this covenant, eaves, steps and open porches shall not be considered as a part of a building, provided, however, that this shall not be construed to permit any portion of a building on a lot to encroach upon another lot.

Section 3: Easements. Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as shown on the recorded plat and over the rear five feet and the side two and one-half feet of each lot. Within these easements, no structure, planting or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of flow of drainage channels in the easements, or which may obstruct or retard the flow of water through drainage channels in the easements. The easement area of each lot and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner of the lot, except for those improvements for which a public authority or utility company is responsible.

Section 4: Nuisances. No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.

Section 5: Temporary Structures. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent shack, garage barn or any other outbuilding shall be used on any lot at any time as a residence for a period longer than fourteen (14) days.  (Also see amendment below prohibiting open storage of boats, trailers and campers)

Section 6: Dwelling Size. Any dwelling or structure erected or placed on any lot in this subdivision shall be completed as to external appearance including finish painting, within nine (9) months from date of start of construction except for reasons beyond control in which case a longer period may be permitted.

Section 7: Signs. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot except one professional sign of not more than one (1) square foot, one sign of not more than five (5) feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a builder. to advertise the property during the construction and sales period.

Section 8: Animals and Poultry. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot except that dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept, provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose.

Section 9: Garbage. No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish or trash. Garbage or other waste shall not be kept except in sanitary containers. All incinerators or other equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

Section 11: Oil and Mining Operations. Oil drilling, oil development operations, refining, mining operations of any kind, or quarrying shall not be permitted upon or in any of the building sites in the tract described herein, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavations or shafts be permitted upon or in any of the building sites covered by these covenants.

Section 10: Fences. No fence, wall, or hedge shall be permitted shall be permitted to extend nearer to any street than the minimum setback line, except that nothing shall prevent the erection of a necessary retaining wall, the top of which does not extend more than two (2) feet above the finished grade at the back of said retaining wall. Exemptions to this paragraph may be granted by the procedure specified in Article IV (Architectural Control Committee).

Section 12: Planting Islands. The maintenance of the plantings and landscaping in the planting islands shall be the responsibility of the abutting lot owners.

Amendment: Campers, Trailers and Boats. No camper, trailer, boat or other similar item shall be openly stored upon any lot. They may be stored only in a suitably screened area. The type of screening and area selected for such storage area must be approved by the Architectural Committee. Applications for such approval shall be made and consideration given in the manner specified in Article 4.

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