SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 23, 2023 @ 7PM
Upcoming Meetings
Special Meeting to Address Deed Restrictions Update
March 23, 2023
7:00PM
Woodlane Forest: Deed Restriction Rewrite Committee Report and Special Meeting March 23.
For Woodlane Forest Civic Association (WFCA), a Deed Restriction Rewrite Committee has considered several updates to the deed restrictions and has produced a report, which is at the bottom of this post.
The WFCA board would like to know what the association membership (you) want to do at this point, so please review the current restrictions, review the report, consider your thoughts, feel free to discuss here on Nextdoor or otherwise, and if possible attend the Special Meeting on this topic on Thursday, March 23, or email your input to kstone@imcmanagement.net
BACKGROUND:
The current bylaws are available at
https://woodlaneforest.net/civic-association
under
"Final Approved Bylaws (pdf)"
The current deed restrictions are available at
https://woodlaneforest.net/deed-restrictions
under
"2021 Restated Deed Restrictions (pdf)"
We will have a Special Meeting on this topic on Thursday, March 23, at 7 pm:
Mitchell Library
8125 Ashlane Way
The Woodlands TX 77382
Especially if you cannot attend the March 23 Special Meeting, please email your input to our contact at the management company for assembly and distribution to the board: Kerrie Stone, kstone@imcmanagement.net
Committee Members:
-Ivan Curiel (committee chair)
-Judy Bragman
-Jim Parker (Deed Restriction chair)
-Dr. Bob Rogers (Architectural Control Committee Liaison)
-Griffin Smith (on Architectural Control Committee)
-Tim Turner (President, and thus member of all committees by virtue of office, according to bylaw 3.4.1.5)
Please understand that the committee members, while definitely interested in your input, may or may not have time to post or discuss in this forum.
The committee's report is just that: a report. The general membership (i.e., property owners as a group) can decide to accept, modify, or reject the proposals. In other words, the report is a starting place. Your input is key, ideally at the Special Meeting on March 23.
The report has seven sections. Note that in section ONE of the report, there are two options listed: OPTION A and OPTION B. The idea is to discuss these options, including possibly modifying them, and to identify a preference for inclusion on a petition. In OPTION B, the number 200 shows the concept of this option and is of course subject to modification if desired by the membership.
Modifying the deed restrictions requires a petition with the signatures of property owners accounting for 67% of the acres in the neighborhood (bylaw 4.9.1.2).
What I have written here is not definitive -- it is my understanding of the rules.
= = = = = = REPORT follows, with seven sections = = = = = =
ONE:
The below are options for locations of secondary structures. Gazebos, Pergolas, Fences, Hedges, fountains, and pools are no longer limited by the location of the residence.
OPTION A:
2. USE AND CONSTRUCTION
f. No building shall be located nearer to the front property line than 50 feet as determined in the current legal survey submitted for the ACC application.
The front property line is the property line adjacent to the public street bearing the mailing address of the property. No detached garages, barns, shops, warehouses, greenhouses, utility buildings, or similar secondary structures can be closer to the front property line than the residence.
In the event any detached buildings, barns or shops are built prior to the residence being built, the locations of the outbuilding must be such that it complies with 2.f. above and locations of the proposed residence and building must be included in the application and agree upon by all parties.
OPTION B:
2. USE AND CONSTRUCTION
f. No building shall be located nearer to the front property line than 50 feet as determined in the current legal survey submitted for the ACC application.
The front property line is the property line adjacent to the public street bearing the mailing address of the property. No detached garages, barns, shops, warehouses, greenhouses, utility buildings, or similar secondary structures can be closer to the front property line than the residence, unless the secondary structure is at least 200 feet from the front property line.
In the event any detached buildings, barns or shops are built prior to the residence being built, the locations of the outbuilding must be such that it complies with 2.f. above and locations of the proposed residence and building must be included in the application and agree upon by all parties.
TWO:
Buildings are not required to face any particular direction (i.e. remove the restriction requiring that buildings face the front property line).
THREE:
No concrete block shall be visible on the exterior of any building. Residence buildings shall be built on a solid concrete slab or a concrete beam foundation. Secondary structures (as defined in ONE above) are not subject to the residence building foundation requirement.
FOUR:
Trailers, tents, shacks, RV’s camping trailers, shipping containers, PODs, garages, outbuildings, or any temporary structure cannot be used as a permanent or temporary residence. With approval from the ACC, an RV or Camping trailer may be used as a temporary shelter in case of remediation and the residence is uninhabitable.
FIVE:
No trailer, tent, shack, shipping container, RV, or pod may be used as a permanent or temporary storage facility. Pods may be used while a construction project or remediation is ongoing for a period of not more than 6 months.
SIX:
Include RVs in the restriction prohibiting the parking or storing of boats and trailers in front of the residence.
SEVEN:
Short-term property rentals or leases (such as AirBnB) of 31 days or fewer are prohibited.