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Bishops Vineyard is a neighborhood of single-family homes in Oconee County, with a Watkinsville address; the recorded covenants are for Section Three. No homeowners association is named in the covenants.
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Bishops Vineyard HOA
The HOA facts and the rules buyers ask about most, read from the recorded covenants. Tap a page number to read the exact wording.
Plans, specifications and a site plan must be approved by the Architectural Control Committee before anything is built or changed. No home may have a roof pitch of less than 5 on 1 foot (as written; likely meant 5 in 12) without written consent. If the committee doesn't respond within 30 days, approval isn't required.
One detached single-family home plus a garage or carport for no more than three cars; the text appears to cap height at two and a half stories. A minimum construction cost of $55,000 at 1991 prices is set, and the minimum floor area text is unreadable, so confirm it. Prefabricated, factory-built and log homes aren't allowed, and a house should be finished within about a year of its building permit. Carports and garages appear to need to be attached and not face the street unless approved.
The text appears to bar any fence or wall nearer the street than the rear building line of the house, and fences need committee approval and the adjoining owners' agreement. On corner lots, sight lines between 2 and 6 feet high must stay clear. The wording is partly garbled, so confirm with the committee.
Outbuildings and servants' quarters customarily used with a single-family home are allowed, with committee approval of plans. No tent, barn, detached carport or outbuilding can be used as a residence.
The text appears to allow household pets only if they aren't kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose. The rest of the clause is garbled, so confirm with the committee.
No mobile home or trailer can stay on the street or in front or side yards; if stored on a lot, it must be in the backyard. Buses and vehicles over 3/4 ton appear to be barred as well; confirm this.
An excessive number of vehicles may not be permanently parked on the street in front of any lot.
One professional sign up to 1 square foot, or one sign up to 5 square feet advertising the property for sale or rent. Builder and Realtor signs are allowed during construction and the initial sales period.
No earth-station satellite dish, receiving or transmitting antenna or similar device can be placed on any lot. All utilities must be underground.
Not covered by the covenants: Rentals & leasing, Pools & play equipment, Home businesses, Trees & clearing, Mailboxes & lighting. County rules still apply.
A plain-English summary of the recorded documents, not legal advice. There may be amendments or HOA rules that aren’t shown here, so always confirm with the full text and the HOA before you rely on it.
The recorded documents
Every recorded page of the covenants (5 pages), transcribed and searchable word by word. Enter your email to download the PDFs.
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Clerk, Superior Court
PROTECTIVE COVENANTS JULl. 1L. 189/ AND RECORDED DECLARATION OF IN HOOKE 140
THIS DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, made and published
this 10th day June 1991, by THOMAS F. BISHOP,
of Oconee County, of Georgia.
WHEREAS, THOMAS F. BISHOP is the owner of property known as
BISHOP'S VINEYARD SUBDIVISION, SECTION THREE, a residential
located in the 221st G.M.D., Oconee County, Georgia,
Blahope Vineyard, Socion Thee by tananaed "Survey for
Section by Landmark Engineering
dated December 3, recorded in Plat
17, page 239.
Oconee county, Georgia, which plat is incorporated herein by
reference; and,
it is to the interest, benefit and advantage of the
hereafter purchase or subdivision that
occupancy of lots in said subdivision established, set forth
and declared Covenants running with the land;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and
the benefits to be derived, THOMAS F. BISHOP does hereby set up,
and declare the following protective
estenants to reply toet covenants apply to the lands described on the aforesaid plat
in said subdivision and to all persons entities owning or
acquiring any of them hereafter; and these
protective savenants shall Become effective immediately and rue
with the land and shall be binding on all persons or parties
claiming under and through Thomas F until such time as
said covenants may be extended, modified or Bishopterminated, in whole
or in part, as hereinafter provided, to wit:
LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE. No lot shall be used
except' for residential purposes. No structure shall be erected,
detached singie ply telling toned and the half exceed two and one-half
in height and a private garage or carport for not more
than three cars and other out buildings or servants! quarters
customarily used in connection with and incidental to a single-
family dwelling.
ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL. No structure or improvement of
placed or altered on any lot
unless until plans and specifications
thereof, and a site plan showing the location of
structure on the lot have been submitted to ana appthe proposed
Architectural Control Committee, as hereinafter defined, as to
quality of workmanship and materials and harmony of external
design and existing grade elevation and surroundings. Without
the prior written consent of said Architectural Control
Committee, no dwelling shall be erected, altered or placed on any
lot having less than a 5 on 1 foot pitch on the roof thereof.
3. DWELLING COST, QUALITY AND SIZE. No dwelling shall be
erected, altered, placed or permitted on any lot at cost
less than $55,000.00źŚę based upon cost levels prevailing on the
date these covenants are recorded. It being the intention and
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purpose of these covenants to assure that all dwellings shall be
of a quality of workmanship and materials substantially the same
or better than that which can be produced on the date these
covenants are recorded at the minimum cost stated herein for the
inimum permitted dwelling size. The ground floor heated area of
the main of one-story
restore to than are are feet of round
floor area and not
of a one and one-half, alteration y
structure. Construction, erection, plateo and vee-hair
any tracture any bet the exteriolete tele hail as In any event,
completed within one (1) of the date issuance of the
original building permit therefor by the Building Inspector of
Watkinsville, Georgia, or his successor in title or office.
4. BUILDING LOCATION. No building shall be located on any
lot nearer front lot line or nearer to the side street
line than thethinimum building set-back line shown on the
recorded plat. And no building shall be located on any lot
The Architectural
Control the authority sound to grant slight
adjustments to the above requirements if it that these
rquirements impose for a home. undue hardship on owner in
locating the site Approval for pay percy any such exception
must be in writing. this covenant,
carports,
building.
All carports and garages must be
attached to the main structure un these ball be no cad byt of
Architectural Committee.
garage facing the street on which the house fronts. (Subject to
slight aajustment by the Architectural Control Committee).
altered on any lot heater to my street than the rear auilding No fence or wall shall be erected, placed,
Architectural contin thereon, approved by the
Committee and the aajoining property
owner (s) .
7. EASEMENTS. Easements for installation and maintenance
of utilities and drainage facilities are reserved as shown on the
addition to easements shown on the
settle and rainage facilities including the right to tria be installation maintenance
trees side are hereby reserved over five (5) feet
each of and over the rear ten (10) feet of
each lot.
8 - NUIBANCES. 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. An excessive number of vehicles shall not be
permanently parked on the street in front of any lot. No mobile
home, trailer of any
kind, tract of other at all ca, other in or an
vehicle shall remain on the street or parked in the front or side
yards of any lot. Such vehicle, if parked or stored on a lot,
shall be in the backyard.
buses or any vehicle with tonnage in excess of 3/4
ton shall not be permitted to gie on the stee which
lots
transports
subdivision
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9TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. NO ath or other met-building tent, detached carport land shall at any time be used barn or sted eidence, temporari cer be used de i reidea di structure of a temporary character be used as a residence, at any time, nor shall any pre-assembled nor factory-built structure nor "log home" be placed thereon residence, but only conventionally constructed, permanent dwellings shall be erected thereon.
10. CLOTHES LINES. No clothes lines, drying racks or fences used for drying clothes shall be erected or maintained nearer the front street line than the rear line of the residence constructed on said tract of land or an extension of said rear line to the side lines of said tract of land, and such must not be visible generally from the street.
11. SIGNS. No sign of any kind shall be displaced to the public view on any lot except : one professional sign of not more than one square foot, or one sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by builder or Realtor to advertise the property during the construction and intial sales period.
12. OIL AND MINING OPERATIONS. No oil drilling mining oil development operations, quarrying
operations of any kind shall be permitted upon or in any lot, nor shall oil wells, tanks, tunnels, mineral excavation or shafts be permitted upon any lot. No derrick or other structure designed for use in boring for oil or natural gas shall be erected, maintained or permitted upon any lot.
Maintained, risest cred, or my to kerk, proude that they are not opt, bred or maintained New a kany provided that thy are not or geher houstole pate kept on any lot, for any commercial purpose.
14. GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL. No lots shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for rubbish. Trash, gerbeaet or other waste shall not be kept on any lot except sanitary containers. All equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
15. SUBDIVIDING OF LOTS. There shall be no sub-dividing of lots without the express, written permission of the undersigned.
16. UTILITIES. All utilities shall be underground. No earth-station satellite receiving/transmitting dish antennae or similar apparatus shall be erected or placed on any lot.
17. SIGHT DISTANCE AT INTERSECTIONS. No fence; wall, hedge, Or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevations between 2 and 6 feet above the roadways shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular formed by
them at points
of a street property
edge of a driveway.
18. SEWAGE DISPOSAL. No individual sewage-disposal system shall be permitted on any lot unless such system is designed, located and constructed in accordance with
standards and recommendations of the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Oconee County, Georgia, Health Department. Approval of such systems, as installed, shall be obtained from such authorities. This provision shall be subject, the City of however, to the provisions of the Sewer Use Ordinances
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Watkinsville, Georgia.
19. (A) Member CoNTRe Architectu (A) Membership. Architectural Control Committee
shall be composed of Thomas F. Bishop, Betty B. Bishop and
Mildred G. Bell. Thomas F. Bishop reserves the right to
designate one or more representatives to act on behalf of or in
the place of either of the above named members.
A majority of the committee may designate a representative
to act for it. In the event death or resignation of any
member of the committee, the remaining members shall have fuli
authority to designate a successor. Neither the members of the
committee, nor its designated representative shall be entitled to
ny compensation for services performed pursuant to this covenant.
At the then record owners of a majority of the lots
shall any have time the power, through a duly written instrument, to
change the membership of the committee or to restore to it any of
its powers and duties.
(B) Procedure. The Committee's approval or disapproval
as required in these covenants shall be in writing. Should the
committee, or its designated representative, fail to approve or
within 30 days after the plans and specifications and
disapprovesite location have. been submitted to it, or in any
to enjoin construction has been commenced
These covenants are to run with the land and
shall claiming under them
for a period of he be in twenty are eate to cove ants shan te
time said covenants
and until an intrument signed by a majoricy of the then record automatically
then record
owners of said lots (calculated on the basis of one lot,
vote) has been recorded, agreeing to change said covenants in
whole or in part.
21. ENFORCEMENT, Should any owner or other party having an
interest in any property within said subdivision violate or
ttempt to violate any of the covenants herein, it shall be
.awfuJ for any other owner of any real property situated in said
development or subdivision to prosecute any proceedings at law or
in equity against the party violating or attempting to violate
any such covenants and either to prevent such violation or
attempted violation or to recover damages or other dues for such
violation.
22. SEVERABILITY. Invalidation of any one of these
provision, remain of full force and
effect.
23. These restrictions, covenants and conditions shall
apply only to the property described above as Bishop's Vineyard
Subdivision, Section Three, as shown on the above 'referenced
plat, and no other. No representations or warranties are made
with respect to development of any other property owned by Thomas
F. Bishop in Watkinsville, Georgia, or elsewhere; the right being
expressly reserved by Thomas F. Bishop, his heirs and assigns, to
develop any property other than the specific lots and portions of
ots referred to herein in any manner he or they, in his or thei,
ole discretion, may choose or deem proper
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hand and seal the year and day first above whitterreunto set his IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Thomas F.
Homan· Brahga Thomas
9/@ 3;50PM ed for Recal
Recorded. andra C. Qua
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