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Tramalin Acres is a 1972 single-family subdivision off Watkinsville-High Shoals Road in Watkinsville, Oconee County. The covenants set minimum home sizes and a deep street setback; no homeowners association or dues are stated.
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Tramalin Acres 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.
Building plans, specifications and designs must be approved by an Architectural Control Committee before construction. The committee has at least three members, first the developer's shareholders and later successors elected by a majority of lot owners.
Homes need at least 1,400 square feet of heated space if one story, or 1,800 square feet if two stories, not counting basements. Houses must sit at least 100 feet from the street and 20 feet from side lines. Concrete block can cover no more than 25% of exposed finish and is otherwise for foundations only.
One single-family home plus a private garage and customary outbuildings is allowed. Any garage, carport, barn or outbuilding must match the quality, materials and design of existing structures, and none can be lived in. Carports must open toward the side or rear.
Only domestic pets are allowed; no livestock or poultry may be housed, raised or kept on a lot.
Only one professional sign of no more than 1 square foot is allowed. Signs up to 5 square feet advertising the property during construction and the sales period are also allowed.
Not covered by the covenants: Fences, Rentals & leasing, Boats, RVs & trailers, Parking & vehicles, Pools & play equipment, Home businesses, Satellite dishes & solar, 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 (4 pages), transcribed and searchable word by word. Enter your email to download the PDFs.
THIS DECLARAFION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, MADE AND PUBLISHED this day of (11, 1972, bY VILLA DEVEIOPMENT CORPORATION, an Oconée County/ Georgia, corporation.
THAT WHEREAS, the said VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the owner of TRAMALIN ACRES SUBDIVISION, a subdivision located on the Watkinsville-High Shoals Road in the 221st District, G. M., Oconee County, Georgia, and being the property described in a warranty deed from Johnny A. Maxey, Johnnie H. Maxey and Dennis I. Hardigree, to Villa Development Corporation dated June 26, 1972, recorded in Deéd Book 8, page 868, Oconee County Records, and also described on a plat entitled "Survey for Tramalin Acres" by James Flanders, R. S., dated June 12, 1972, recorded in Plat Book 4, page 38, Oconee County Records;
WHEREAS, it is to the interest, benefit and advantage of VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and to each and every person who shall hereafter purchase a lot in said subdivision that certain protective covenants regulating and governing the use and occupancy of the same be established, set forth and be declared covenants running with the land;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and of the benefits to be derived, VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION does hereby set up, establish, promulgate and declare the following protective covenants to apply to all of said lots, and to all persons owning said lots, or any of them hereafter; these protective covenants shall become effective immediately and run with the land and shall be binding on all persons claiming under and through VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION until such time said
covenants may be extended, modified or terminated in whole or in part as hereinafter provided, to-wit:
1.
Said lots shall be used for residential purposes only with
each lot being used as a single family residential lot; and the
individual lots may not be sübdivided;
2.
No structure shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted
to remain on any tract conveyed other than one single family unit and private garage and other out buildings customarily used in
connection with and incidental to a single family dwelling;
3.
No dwelling shall be constructed or maintained consisting of less than fourteen hundred (1400) square feet of heated floor space in a one-story building or eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of heated floor space in a two-story building, excepting basements
in both;
4.
Wo dwelling or building shall be erected on a lot closer than one hundred (100) feet to the street right of way. No. dwelling
shall be erected closer than twenty (20) feet to sidelines;
5.
No mobile home, tent, shack, garage, detached carport, bam
or other out buildings erected on a lot shall be used as a
residence, temporary or permanent, nor shall any structure of a
temporary character be used as a residence;
6.
No garage, detached carport, barn or other out building shall be erected on a lot that does not conform with the quality of
workmanship, materials, and harmony of external design with
existing structures, and with regard to location with respect to
topography and finish grade elevation;
7.
No building shall have concrete blocks for more than 25% of
the exposed finished material. Concrete blocks may be used only
as foundations;
8.
No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be housed,
raised, or kept on a lot except domestic pets;
9.
Nc noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anythiny be done thereon which may become an annoyance to the neighborhood;
10.
No signs 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; signs of not more than five (5) square feet adverti-
sing the property during the construction and sales period will
be allowed;
11.
No lot shall be used or maintained as a dumping ground for
rubbish, trash, garbage or other waste; any trash or garbage
stored on premises temporarily shall be kept in sanitary containers.
All incinerators or other equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean sanitary condition;
12.
Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and
drainage facilities are reserved and may be used as needed;
13.
Carports must open toward the side or rear of the lot and cannot have the opening or entrance to the carport facing the
street;
14.
Building plans, specifications, and architectural designs shall be submitted to an Architectural Control Committee for
approval prior to construction. The Architectural Control
Committee shall consist of at least three members who shall first be the shareholders of VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, namely:
JOHNNY A. MAXEY, JOHNNIE H. MAXEY, and DENNIS L. HARDIGREE and their successors who shall be elected by a majority of the owners
of lots in TRAMALIN ACRES SUBDIVISION;
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15.
TRAMALIN ACRES SUBDIVISION, its owners, heirs, successors, or grantees are hereby relieved from any and all liability of any type or any cause of action of any nature whatsoever for the use of said property that may arise from the use of same;
16.
These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them for a period of twenty (20) years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time such dovenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years, 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;
17.
Enforcement shall be by proceedings in law and equity against any person or persons violating or attempting to violate any covenant either to restrain violation or to recover damages;
18.
Invalidation of any one of these covenants by judgment or court order shall in no way effect any of the other provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hanä and seal, the year and day first above written.
VILLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION By ; a Makery
|| Signed, sealed and delivered in
the prese
Notary Public
totary Public, Georgia, State at Larg Filed for record July 27, 1972, 11 A.M My Commission Expires June 8, 1975 Recorded July 27, 1972
Bessie H. O'Dillon, Clerk
Tramalin Acres FAQ
The recorded covenants for Tramalin Acres don't set up a homeowners association.
Tramalin Acres is in Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia.
Right here: every recorded page of the Tramalin Acres covenants is on this page, transcribed and searchable, and branded PDF copies are included to download.
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