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Bits of Info from ginny’s Desk
By Ginny Wagner, Community Standards Assistant
When replacing plants and adding mulch in existing beds, no
paperwork is required as long as the work is basically mainte-
nance of an existing bed. Replacing a bush or plant with a tree,
going frommulch or dirt to rock, or replacing a tree with flowers
or plants are all modifications that require an application to
modify the existing, approved, landscape plan.
If you are replacing a dead tree with a tree from Appendix E
in the Design Guidelines, and you plant within two feet of the
removed tree, you won’t need a permit as long as you plant the
tree at least twenty feet from any other tree and ten feet from
the property line. If you are not replacing the tree you want to
remove, a B-1 Form needs to be filled out explaining why the
tree should be taken out, what kind of tree it is, and the size
of the tree. In addition to the application, we will need a plot
plan with an “X” marking the spot where the tree exists that
will be removed. A picture of the tree to be removed and, if it
is a native tree from Appendix E, a statement from an arborist
saying the tree is dead, diseased, or causing a problem for the
home, is also required to be attached to the application.
Finally, for a period beginning one week prior to, the day of, and
for one week after, decorations appropriate to the holiday may
be displayed. March has three holidays: Texas Independence
Day on March 2, St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 and Easter on
March 31. Flags or banners may be flown as well as adding
statues, ornaments, monuments, artifacts, lighting and other
holiday decorative landscaping items. For lighting requirements,
please see §7.2.e and §7.3.2 in the Design Guidelines.
Ginny Wagner can be reached at 512-948-7462 or
[email protected]
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Community Parking Rules
Submitted by Carl Zimmerman, Community Standards &
IT Director
Paragraph 8 of Exhibit C of the Declaration of Covenants,
Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) prohibits parking on
the street overnight. This section of the CC&Rs allows that
one recreational vehicle, trailer, or boat on a trailer may be
temporarily parked on the street directly in front of a home
for up to 24 hours as long as the vehicle is at least 15 feet from
any intersection and does not otherwise create a traffic hazard.
Why these rules? The Governing Documents don’t outline the
rationale for the rules, but I think these rules are founded in
a genuine concern for resident safety. The community doesn’t
have sidewalks except along the major roads, so when you add
pedestrian traffic (walkers, dog walkers, joggers, roller blade
skaters, etc.) to the mix of bicycles, golf carts, motorcycles and
scooters, as well as all shapes and sizes of cars, SUVs, and
trucks already on the roads, our streets are busy. Add to this
the fact that street lights are only installed along major roads
and at intersections, the community’s streets can be dark and
busy. Vehicles parked on the road during hours of darkness
restrict sight lines and can make our streets cluttered, dark,
and dangerous. Please comply with the prohibition against
parking vehicles overnight on the streets of the community.