Some of the Problems with the old
(current) 1990 Covenants ~ page 1
Note that the Developer and the Golf Course no longer exist, and
several sections contain outdated information or require updates.
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Below we have highlighted in red or in purple some of the items that we have identified as problems in the old Covenants. To see how some of these problems were handled go to Major Changes.
​EXHIBIT 1. (Part 2 of the) PROTECTIVE COVENANTS FOR ROYAL OAKS SUBDIVISION
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that whereas, the undersigned Royal Oaks Development Company [i.e. DEVELOPER] is the owner in fee simple of all the lots situated in District 19 of Blount County, Tennessee, in what is known and designated as Royal Oaks Subdivision, Phase One, Section One as shown by map of record in Map File 1041B and Royal Oaks Subdivision Phase One, Section Two as shown by map of record in Map File 1042A, and Royal Oaks Subdivision Phase One, Section Three as shown by map of record in Map File 1042B all in the Register's Office for Blount County, Tennessee...
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1. LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE.
Without the prior approval of the DEVELOPER, the height of the residence on each building plot shall be not more than two full stories above the normal surface of the ground.
On street parking shall be prohibited.
4. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE The Architectural Review Committee shall be composed of three or more persons who shall be appointed by the DEVELOPER. The DEVELOPER shall serve as the initial members of said committee until such time as the DEVELOPER appoints other individuals to comprise said committee.
5. OUTSIDE WIRING. No outside television antenna shall be permitted on any lots.
9. MAIL BOXES. All mailboxes must be supported on a four inch square post with a cantilever of the same material to support the box. All street numbers shall be displayed on a wooden plate suspended from the support under the box...
11. UTILITY YARDS.
The following building, structures and objects may be erected and maintained and allowed to remain on the building plot only if the same are located wholly within the main residence or wholly within a utility yard: Pens, yards and houses for pets, above ground storage of construction materials, wood, coal, oil and other fuels, clothes racks and clotheslines, clothes washing and drying equipment, laundry rooms, tool shops and workshops, servants' quarters, garbage and trash cans and receptacles, detached garages and carports, and above-ground exterior air conditioning and heating equipment and other mechanical equipment and any other structures or objects determined by the Architectural Review Committee to be of an unsightly nature or appearance.
12. STORAGE BUILDINGS.
All trailers, boats, trucks, motor homes, etc., shall be kept, maintained or stored in a garage, basement, or utility yard. [In other words, the 1990 Covenants do NOT allow any trucks on driveways.]
13. SIGNS. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot except one sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or during the construction and sales period.
18. UTILITY METERS.
Meters located at the side or rear of dwelling shall be concealed by a structural or planted shield so as not to be visible from any public street.
21. Garbage, trash and rubbish shall be removed from the building plots in said subdivision only by services or agencies approved in writing by the DEVELOPER.
... Such garbage containers shall be kept at all times at the option of the building plot owner, either within a utility yard or within underground garbage receptacles located on the building plot or on the access way at such location as shall be approved by the DEVELOPER.
22. Any lot or lots shown on said plat may be re-subdivided or re-platted (by deed or otherwise) only with the prior approval of the DEVELOPER… The several covenants, restrictions, easements and reservations herein set forth, in case any of said lots shall be re-subdivided or re-platted as aforesaid, shall thereafter apply to the lots as re-subdivided or re-platted instead of applying to the lots as originally platted except that such re-subdivision or re-platting may affect easements shown on said plat with approval from the DEVELOPER.
24. NO vehicle over ten tons shall be permitted on the roadways of the development, except moving vans, or with the prior approval of the DEVELOPER.
25. All owners of lots in Royal Oaks Subdivision own said lots with the knowledge of the inherent risk of owning property adjacent to or in close proximity with a golf course and are aware of the dangers, including, but not limited to flying golf balls, open lakes and stream, golf cart accidents, and other risks commonly associated with property ownership near a golf course.