Camelot I

COVENANTS & RESTRICTIONS

Sep 06, 2000

COVENANTS & RESTRICTIONS

Many people have moved into our subdivision and are unaware that we have, even with a voluntary neighborhood association, certain restrictions that run with the land in Camelot I. A brief summary show that on May 26, 1964 Covenants & Restrictions were signed for our subdivision. On May 27, 1964, these Covenants & Restrictions were filed for record with Bexar County (Vol 5167, pages 653-657). The term or life of the restrictive covenants are stated clearly in paragraph (1) "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 thirty (30) years from the date these covenants are recorded, after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of 10 years?…" The purpose of the Covenants & Restrictions was primarily to maintain "conformity and harmony" in our community, such as use of the land, the size of the residences built, etc.
New members of our community, and some of us who have lived here for a while, do not know the full content of those Covenants & Restrictions. For example, one paragraph discusses briefly livestock and animals that may or may not be kept on any lot. Another section states that no business shall be operated on any lot.
And yet another discusses, at length, out buildings, fences, walls and hedges. Privacy and the protection of our homes, families and possessions are extremely important to all of us. However, we need to keep in mind the restrictions when planning improvements to our yards and lots. The following is taken directly from these Covenants & Restrictions:
"No building, fence, wall or hedge except as hereinafter excepted, shall be located on a residential building plot near 30 feet to the front property line, nor nearer to any side street property line than the building setback line shown on the recorded plat of this said unit. No building shall be located nearer than 5 feet to any side of property line. The term "building, fence, wall or hedge" as used in the first line of this paragraph does not include an attached garage, porch, roofed overhang, ornamental or privacy fencing, ornamental or privacy masonry walls nor planter boxes when such items are constructed prior to the first sale of the house and lot to the homeowner purchaser; thereafter, construction of such improvements within the front setback line is prohibited unless approved by the committee referred to in paragraph 7 above."