Bylaws and Restrictions

Click on the blue buttons to view. Key restrictions are summarized below.

---

Restrictions highlights

These highlights are a composite of the documents provided above:

• All lots shall be used for residential purposes and all lots shall be restricted and limited to single family residential purposes and uses only. No lots shall be used for business, commercial, medical, group residential, community counseling or similar purposes.
• Not more than one dwelling shall be erected upon any one lot, except a private garage or other small accessory building in addition to the dwelling. The use of any such garage or accessory building or dwelling shall not include any activity conducted as a business, and no such garage or accessory building may be constructed prior to the construction of the main dwelling. The main dwelling, garage or accessory building may include a guest suite or like facility, but any such suite must be without a kitchen and may not be rented, used, leased or occupied except as a part of the entire premises including the main dwelling.
• All dwelling houses on the numbered lots or on any portion or subdivided portions of any numbered parcel shall be constructed in such a manner as to have and include a two-car garage and a paved driveway.
• No wrecked, dismantled, abandoned, unregistered or inoperable vehicles shall be permitted on any numbered lot or any portion or subdivided portion of any numbered parcel.
• No boundary fence or wall shall be constructed to a height of more than four feet, and no boundary line hedge or shrubbery shall be permitted to a height of more than four feet.
• No stripped down or junk motor vehicle or sizeable part thereof shall be permitted to be parked on any lot or any street in South.Shores.
• No structure of any temporary character and no tent, trailer, shack, or other outbuilding, except as provided herein, shall be placed on any numbered lot within South Shores at any time except during periods of construction for storage or mate­rials and such temporary structures for storage or materials shall not in any event be used for living purposes.
• It shall be the responsibility of each numbered lot owner to prevent the development of any unclean, unsightly, or unkept conditions of the buildings or grounds upon such lot which shall tend to substantially decrease the beauty of the neighbor­ hood as a whole or the beauty of the specific area.  No noxious or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any numbered lot, nor, shall anything be done thereon tending to cause embarrass­ ment, discomfort, annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. There shall not be maintained on any lot any plant, animal, device or thing of any sort the normal activities or existence of which is in any way noxious, dangerous, unsightly, unpleasant or of such a nature as may diminish or destroy the  enjoyment of other property in the neighborhood by owners thereof.
• No trash, ashes, garbage, or other refuse shall be dumped or stored or accumulated on any lot.
• Any outbuilding or other appurtenant structure to or accessory to a dwelling house which may be permitted to be constructed upon any numbered lot or any portion or subdivided portion of any numbered parcel shall be constructed of the same material and in the same style, shape, and color as any dwelling house on any numbered lot or any portion or subdivided portion of any numbered parcel.
• No advertising signs shall be permitted upon any num­bered lot in South Shores except a sign offering the premises for rent or sale, or both, may be displayed upon the lot which is for sale or for rent and any such sign shall not exceed eighteen (18) inches by twenty-four (24) inches in size.
• Any person seeking to construct a dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure, or to add to or modify any portion of the exterior of an existing dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure, shall submit plans and specifications for same to the Declarant (now the Board of Directors) for review and consideration, and no construction, addition to, or modification of any dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure shall commence until such plans and specifications have been approved in writing by the (Board). The (Board) shall have the right to refuse approval of any plans or specifications which are, in the (Board’s) sole discretion and opinion, unsuitable or undesirable for aesthetic or other reasons. In passing upon such plans and specifications, the (Board) shall have the right to take into consideration the suitability of the proposed dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure and the materials of which the proposed dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure are to be built, the site upon which it is proposed to be erected and used, the harmony thereof with its surroundings, and the effect of such dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure, as planned, on the outlook from adjacent or neighboring properties, and any and all other factors which in the (Board’s) discretion and opinion would affect the desirability or suitability of such proposed dwelling house, outbuilding, or other appurtenant structure.

Setbacks

• No dwelling house, outbuilding, or other structure shall be constructed, erected, placed, or permitted to remain upon any of the numbered lots or on any portion or subdivided portions of any numbered parcel unless the dwelling house, outbuilding, or other structure is set back at least fifty feet from the front-yard line of the lot or parcel. For corner lots or parcels, the dwelling house, outbuilding, or other structure must be set back at least fifty feet from each adjoining street.
• The front yard setback shall be thirty (30) feet from the nearest right-of-way line from the rear line of each numbered lot.
• The rear setback line shall be twenty-five ( 25) feet from the rear line of each numbered lot.
• There shall be two sideyards, each of which shall be fifteen ( 15) feet from their respective sidelines of each such lot.