Section 4

Deed Restrictions
Applicable to Trailwood Village, Section Four (4) only


 

That Friendswood Development Company, an Arizona corporation with a permit to do business in the State of Texas, having an office in Houston, Harris County, Texas, acting herein for itself and King Ranch, Inc., a Texas corporation with its office and principal place of business in Kleberg County, Texas, hereinafter jointly called Friendswood,. being the owners of that certain tract of land containing 72.0041 acres out of the Elijah VotawSurvey,A-823, Harris County, Texas, which Friendswood has platted into a subdivision known as Trailwood Village, Section Four, a map or plat of said subdivisions approved as required by law, having been filed for record and being recorded in Vol . 217, Page 1 in the map Records of Harris County, Texas, to which reference is here made for all purposes, does hereby establish, adopt and promulgate the following Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions which shall be applicable to the lots in said subdivision:

Part I

1 . Each lot shall be used only for single-family residence purposes and no such residence shall be constructed on less than the equivalent of one full lot.

2. No building shall be erected, altered, or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single-family residential dwelling not to exceed two ( 2) stories in height, and a private garage for not more than three ( 3) cars and bona fide servant's quarters, which structure shall not exceed the main dwelling in height or number of stories.

3. No building or improvements of any character shall be erected or placed, or the erection thereof begun, or changes made in the design thereof after original construction plans and specifications and a plan showing the location of the structure of improvements have been submitted to and approved in writing by Friendswood, or its assignee hereinafter provided for, as to compliance with these restrictions, the applicable Minimum Construction Standards adopted and promulgated from time to time by Friendswood for said subdivision, and as to quality of materials, harmony of external design with existing and proposed structures, and as to location with respect to topography and finish grade elevation, such approval being only for such purposes and shall not indicate Friendswood approval for any other purpose. In the event Friendswood fails to approve or disapprove such plans and specifications within thirty (30) days after the receipt thereof approval will not be required and the related covenants set out herein shall be deemed to have been fully satisfied.

4. The living area of the main residential structure, exclusive of porches, garage, and servant's quarters shell be not less than 1 ,800 square feet for a one-story dwelling nor less than 2000 square feet for a two-story structure. No more than one dwelling shall be built on any one lot or building site as defined in Paragraph 6 below.

5. No building shall be located on any lot nearer to the front line or nearer to the street sideline than the minimum building setback line shown on the recorded plat. No building shall be located on any lot nearer than ten ( 10) feet to any side or rear street line. Subject to the provision of Paragraph 6, no building shall be located nearer than (7) feet to an interior lot line, except that a garage or other permitted accessory building located seventy-five (75) feet or more from the front lot line may be a minimum distance of three (3) feet from an interior lot line. Fort he purposes of this covenant, eaves, steps and unroofed terraces shall not be considered as part of a building, provided, however, that this shall not be construed to permit any portion of the construction on a lot to encroach upon another lot.

No garage located closer than sixty, ( 60) feet to the front property line shall face and open at less than ninety (90) degree angle to the front property line. Except for Lots 78, 79, 80, 81, Block 21 and Lots 16, 17, 18, 19, Block 31, there shall be no driveway entrance to any lot from, or garage facing onto, Trailwood Village Drive or Woodland Hills Drive; all entry onto said lots shall be from streets other than Trailwood Village Drive or Woodland Hills Drive. Friendswood or its assignee, in its sole discretion, is hereby permitted to approve deviations in building setback lines as herein above set out and building area and location in instances where, in their judgments, such deviation will result in a more common beneficial use. Such approvals must be granted in writing and when given, will become a part of these restrictions.

6. Any owner of one or more adjoining lots (or portions thereof) may consolidate such lots or portions into one single family residence building site, with the privilege of placing or constructing improvements on such resulting site, in which case, setback lines shall be measured from the resulting side property plat. Any such composite building site must have a frontage at the building setback line of not less than the minimum frontage of lots in the same block.

7. Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities are reserved at shown and provided for on the recorded plat, and no structure shall be erected on any of said easements. Neither Friendswood nor any utility company using the easements shall be liable for any damage done by either of them or the assigns, their agents, employees or servants to shrubbery trees, flowers, or improvements of the owner located on the land covered by said easements.

Underground electric, gas and telephone service shall be available to all lots in the subdivision, and the utility companies furnishing the service shall have easements at shown on the recorded subdivision post. The owner of each lot in Trailwood Village, Section Four shall, at his own cost, furnish, install, own and maintain (all in accordance with the requirements of local governing authorities and the National Electrical Code) the underground service cable and appurtenances from the point of the electric company's metering on customer's structure to the point of attachment at such company's installed transformers or energized secondary junction boxes, such point of attachment to be made available by the electric company at a point designated by such company at the property line of each lot.

The electric company furnishing service shall make the necessary connections at said point of attachment and at the meter, in addition, the owner of each lot shall, at his own cost, furnish, install, own and maintain a meter loop ( in accordance with the then current standards and specifications of the electric company for the residence constructed on such owner's lot.) For so long as such underground service is maintained, the electric service to each lot shall be uniform and exclusively of the type known as single-phase, 1 20/240-volt, three wire, 60 cycle alternating current.

Easements for the underground service may be crossed by driveways and walkways provided the Developer or Builder makes prior arrangements with the utility companies furnishing electric, gas and telephone service and provides and installs any necessary conduit of approved type and size under such driveways or walkways prior to construction thereof. Such easements for the underground service shall be kept clear of all other improvements, including buildings, patios or other pavings, and neither grantor nor any utility company using the easements shall be liable for any damage done by either of them or their assigns, their agents, employees or servants, to shrubbery, trees, flowers or other improvements (other than crossing drivers or walkways providing conduit has been installed as outlined above) of the owner located on the land covered by said easements.

In the event of that audio and video communication services and utilities are made available to any of said lots by means of an underground coaxial cable system, the company furnishing such services and facilities shall have a two (2)-foot wide easement along and centered on the underground wire or cable when and as installed by said company from and at a right angle to the utility easement nearest to the point of connection on the permanent improvement or structure constructed, or to be constructed, upon said lot, and in a direct line from said nearest utility easement to said point of connection.

8. No activity, whether for profit or not, shall be carried on on any lot which is not related to single-family residence purposes, except on those lots which may be designated by Friendswood, its successors or assigns, to be used for sales offices for a maximum period of seven ( 7) years from the date hereof. No noxious or offensive activity of any sort shall be permitted, not shall anything be done on any lot which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.

9. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tent, shack, garage, barn or other outbuilding shall be used on lot at any time as a residence.

Any building or structure, other than the main residence and garage shall be limited to eight ( 8) feet in height and must be approved in accordance with paragraph ( 3), Part I of those Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions. Temporary structures many be used as building offices and for other related purposes during the construction period provided prior approval has been granted by Friendswood or its assignee in accordance with Paragraph (3), Part I, hereof and such structures shall be removed upon completion of construction on the applicable lot.

No boats, trailers, campers, buses, inoperative Vehicles of any kind, camp rigs off truck, or boat rigging or similar items of conveyances shall be parked or stored permanently or semi -permanently, on any public street, right-of-way or on driveways. Permanent or semi-permanent storage of such Vehicles or items must be screened from public view either within the garage or behind a solid fence.

10. No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any lot except dogs, cats or other common household pets, provided they are not kept, bred or maintained for commercial purposes or in unreasonable numbers. All animals or pets must be leased or restrained within an adequate enclosure.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no animals or fowl may be kept on the property which results in the annoyance or are obnoxious to the residents in the vicinity.

11. No wall, fence, planter or hedge in excess of two (2) feet in height shall be erected or maintained nearer to the front lot line than the front building setback line. No side or rear fence, wall or hedge shall be more than six (6) feet high. No side fence shall be located on any lot along Trailwood Village Drive, Section Four, nearer than the building line setback shown on the recorded plat for said subdivision. No fence shall be constructed on lots adjoining the greenbelt without proper written approval of Friendswood or its assignee.

12. No object or thing shall be placed or planted on corner lots which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two (2) and six (6) feet above the top of the street curb within the triangular area formed by the junction of street curb lines and a line connecting them at points twenty-five (25) feet from the junction of the street curb lines (or extension thereof).

13. The drying of clothes in public view is prohibited, and the owners or occupants of any lots at the intersection of streets or adjacent to parks, playgrounds or other facilities where the rear yard of portion of the lot is visible to the public shall construct and maintain a drying yard or other suitable enclosure to screen drying clothes from public view.

14. All lots shall be kept at all times in a sanitary, healthful and attractive condition, and the owner or occupant of all lots shall kept all weeds and grass thereon cut and shall in no event use any lot for storage of material and equipment except for normal residential requirements or incident to construction of improvements thereon as herein permitted, or permit the accumulation of garbage, trash or rubbish of any kind thereon, and shall not burn any garbage, trash or rubbish except by the use of an incinerator approved by Friendswood, its successors or assigns, and then only during such conditions as permitted by law. All yard equipment, woodpiles or storage piles shall be kept screened by a service yard or other similar facility as herein otherwise provided, so as to conceal them from view of neighboring lots, streets or other property.

In the event of default on the part of the owner or occupant of any lot in observing the above requirements of any of them, such default continuing after ten ( 10) days' written notice thereof, Friendswood or its assignee, may without liability to the owner or occupant in trespass or otherwise, enter upon said lot and cut, or cause to be cut, such weeds and grass, and remove or cause to be removed such garbage, trash and rubbish or do any other thing necessary to secure compliance with these restrictions, so as to place said lot in a neat, attractive, healthful and sanitary condition, and may charge the owner or occupant of such lot for the cost of such work. The owner or occupant, as the case may be, agrees by the purchase or occupation of the property to pay such statement immediately, upon receipt thereof. To secure the payment of such charges in the event of nonpayment by the property owner, a vendor's lien is herein and hereby retained against the above-described property in favor of Friendswood or its assignee but inferior to purchase money lien or mortgage. Such vendor's lien shall be applicable end effective whether mentioned specifically in each deed or conveyance by Friendswood or not.

15. No sign, advertisement, bill board or advertising structure of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any portion of the properties or on any lot except one sign for each building site, which sign may have one maximum dimension of twenty-four ( 24) inches and a maximum area of 576 square inches, advertising the property for sale or rent, except signs used by, Friendswood, its successors or assigns, to advertise the property during the construction and sales period. Friendswood or its assignee shall have the right to remove any such sign, advertisement or bill board or structure which is placed on said lots, and in so doing shall not be subject to any liability for trespass or other tort in connection therewith or arising from such removal .

16. The digging of dirt or the removal of any dirt from any lot is expressly prohibited except as necessary in conjunction with the landscaping of or construction on such lot. No trees shall be cut except to provide room for construction of improvements or to remove dead or unsightly trees.

17. No electronic antenna or device of any type other than an antenna for receiving normal television signals shall be erected, constructed, placed or permitted to remain on any of the lots, houses or buildings constructed in this subdivision. Television antennas may be attached to the house; however, the antenna a location shall be restricted to the rear of the house or to the rear of the roof ridge line, gable or center line of the principal dwelling so as to be hidden from sight when viewed from the fronting street.

18. Reference is hereby made to the Community Services Charge applicable to Trailwood Village (605.804 acres of which the 72.0041 acres described as Trailwood Village, Section Four is a part) created by that certain instrument executed by Friendswood, dated July 2, 1970 and recorded in Volume 8058, Page 346, of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and the provisions of such instrument creating said Community Services Charge are hereby incorporated in these Restrictions as if set out herein in full. Such provisions shall be binding upon each respective lot and an succeeding owners thereof from and after the delivery of the deed to each such lot regardless of whether or not such provisions are contained in such deed and may be enforced as against the owners of such lot in the same manner as the restrictions and covenants herein contained.

19. Friendswood hereby retains the right to assign its rights to approve or disapprove plans and specifications, location of structures, construction contracts and all other necessary documents or approvals required to be submitted to it to an architectural control committee, which may be appointed annually by the Board of Trustees of Trailwood Village Community Association, as long as that Association is collecting and administering the Community Service Charge for Trailwood Village. In the event Friendswood elects to assign such rights of approval, such assignment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, executed and acknowledged by the proper officers of Friendswood and placed of record in the appropriate records of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas.

 

Part II

1. These covenants are to run with the land, and shall be binding upon Friendswood and its successors and assigns and all persons claiming under them and all subsequent property owners of said above-described lands, and any part of same, for a period of forty (40) years from the date hereof, at which time said covenants shall be extended automatically for successive period of ten (10) years each, unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots has been recorded, agreeing to change said covenants in whole or in part, or to revoke them; provided, that no person or corporation shall be liable for breach of these covenants and restrictions except in respect to breaches occurring or committed during its, his or their ownership of the property involved in such breach. Deed of conveyance of said property, or any part thereof, may contain the above restrictive covenants by reference to this to this document, but whether or not such reference is made, each and all of such restrictive covenants shall be valid and binding upon the respective grantees.

2. Enforcement shall be by proceedings at law or in equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to violate any covenants, either to restrain or prevent such violation or proposed violation by an injunction, either prohibitive or mandatory, or obtain any other relief authorized by law. Such enforcement may be by the owner of any said lots or by Friendswood Development Company or its successors or as signs, or by the Association collecting and administering the Assessment Charge for Trailwood Village Community Association.

3. Invalidation or one or more of the covenants by judgment or court order or otherwise, shall in nowise affect any other covenant, restriction or condition, but all of sigh other covenants, restrictions or conditions shall continue and remain in full force and effect.

4. It is specifically provided that a violation of these restrictive covenants, or any one or more of them, shall not affect the lien of any mortgage or deed of trust now of record, or which hereafter may be placed of record, or other lien acquired and held in good faith upon said lots or any part thereof, but such liens may be enforced as against any and all property covered thereby, subject nevertheless to the restrictions, covenants and conditions herein contained.

Note: The above has been taken directly from the Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions filed by Friendswood Development with Harris County (F046633, 159-03-0319), and does not include the seals and signatures affixed to the original document dating February 11, 1977.