Vista Oaks Homeowners Asn

Key facts from Vista Oaks Homeowners Asn's documents

Developer / declarant

Pulte Home Corporation of Texas, a Michigan corporation (Recitals; Section 1(j))

Governing law

Texas non-profit corporation (for Association) (Section 1(c); Section 2.3(a))

Assessments & dues

Assessment for year of Lot Approval Date established by Developer (if Association not created or Developer creates it) or by lot owners representing at least 75% of lots (if lot owners create Association or Developer no longer owns property (Section 9.2(a)-(b))

Special assessments

Special assessments may be established and collected as provided in Article IX (Section 9.1)

Collections & liens

Annual and special assessments, together with interest, costs of collection and reasonable attorneys' fees, shall be a charge on each lot and, if unpaid as described in Section 9.5, shall constitute a continuing lien upon the lot; personal (Section 9.1)

Pets

Dogs, cats or other household pets may be kept for companionship; no more than 4 domesticated household pets per lot (Section 3.4(f))

Parking & vehicles

No machinery, boat, marine craft, boat/motorcycle trailer, hovercraft, aircraft, recreational vehicle, pick-up camper, travel trailer, motor home, camper body or similar may be parked for storage in front driveway/yard (with exceptions base (Section 3.4(a))

Fences

Fences must be approved by Developer/Committee; constructed of masonry, brick, wood or other approved material; no fence nearer to front street than 45 feet from front street or front of house, whichever is further; height between 6 and 8 f (Section 4.9)

Architectural approval

No building, fence, wall or other structure shall be commenced, erected, placed, maintained or altered on any lot, nor exterior painting/addition/alteration made, until plans approved in writing by Developer or majority of Committee (Section 5.3(a))

Solar & roof

Committee may prohibit or regulate the use of solar or heating panels (Section 5.5)

Home business

No lot, residence or improvement shall be used for business, professional, commercial or manufacturing purposes; quiet inoffensive activities such as tutoring or art/music lessons permitted if they do not increase street parking or interfer (Section 3.4(i))

Signs & flags

No sign of any kind displayed to public view except one professional sign of not more than 1 square foot and one sign of not more than 5 square feet advertising the lot for rent or sale, or signs used by Developer/Builder during development (Section 4.4(k))

Setbacks / home size

No building nearer than 20 feet to, nor further than 40 feet from, front lot line; no nearer than 5 feet to interior side lot line; on corner lots no nearer than 10 feet to side property line adjoining street unless approved (Section 4.7)

Maintenance

Each owner shall maintain exterior of all buildings, fences, walls and other improvements on his lot in good condition and repair, replace worn/rotten parts, regularly repaint painted surfaces, and not permit roofs, rain gutters, downspouts (Section 7.2)

Use restrictions

All lots shall be used only for single-family private residential purposes and related amenities (Section 3.1)

Voting & meetings

Two classes: Class A members (all owners other than Class B) entitled to 1 vote per lot; Class B member(s) (Developer) entitled to 3 votes per lot owned; Class B membership ceases when Class A votes equal Class B votes or 10 years from firs (Section 8.2(a))

Amendments

May be amended by recording instrument approved by owners representing at least two-thirds of all votes of each class of voting membership (if Association exists) or votes of lot owners at meeting with quorum (if not); until earlier of cons (Section 2.1(b))

Extracted from the recorded governing documents and cited to them; may be incomplete and is not legal advice — verify against the official documents below.