Pet Restrictions in Subdivisions (Houston, Sugar Land: house, neighborhoods, deed)

[LindaIL]

I've come across quite a few posts about Cinco Ranch and their restrictions for 2 pets per household, limited # of cars, etc. .

Does anyone know of any other Houston area subdivisions that also have similar restrictions (so we can avoid looking in these areas)? We have 3 dogs and a cat, plus wouldn't care to live in such a community. We are interested in the $400K to $550K price range. Some areas that we are interested in are Sugar Land & surrounding area, Katy, The Woodlands, Tomball, Cypress, possibly Spring and any other areas that would be near/similar to our choices.

Thanks.

[1girln3boya]

Try Churchill Farms. Great community.

[Schumacher713]

I have never heard of a neighborhood with pet and car restrictions. That is kind of absurd. What if your kids have a car? I do understand that you don't want cars parked all over the place. As for the pets two is a little low of a number. I do understand you don't want a dog kennel in the neighborhood, but two?

[Nugget_Brain]

As a hopeful transplant, this is the first I'm hearing about this. Glad to find out now!

[HookTheBrotherUp]

Originally Posted by Schumacher713

I have never heard of a neighborhood with pet and car restrictions. That is kind of absurd. What if your kids have a car? I do understand that you don't want cars parked all over the place. As for the pets two is a little low of a number. I do understand you don't want a dog kennel in the neighborhood, but two?

Have you ever lived in the burbs? Most all subdivisions since the 1980s have restrictions, but a lot of people ignore them. Some won't even allow you to park your vehicle in the driveway over night, and some just simply hate trucks. I've always avoided neighborhoods with deed restrictions. Where I live now, they don't have any, but there is a civic group who came around one day and asked me to sign up, but I asked to see their tablet and regulations, and handed it back and asked them never to come back!

[Cabot]

Just checked my deed restrictions seeing as I have 3 pets (two dogs and a cat) and thinking of rescuing another dog. All it says is dogs must be on a leash at all times. The deed restrictions here are strict too which I have no problem with at all as I consider them reasonable. I would think the problem would be if they are outdoor dogs and barking all the time, but one dog can be a nuisance in that regard. We live in the Champions area.

[Cbink]

Mine does have deed restrictions in place for pets and cars.

For cars, there is no restriction on number but there is a clear preference is to park them in the garage. It does allow cars in daily use, in good condition with tax etc up-to-date to be parked on the driveway but the way in which it's written makes it plain they'd prefer them to be in the garage. A lot of people park on the driveway without issue, it's just there as a protection. They don't like cars parking on the street long term though. I'm actually all for this, it allows visitors somewhere to park and most people have plenty of space on their driveways/garages to park at least 4 cars.

As for pets, we are theoretically limited to two. We have a dog and two cats. I don't see how they could possibly know how many pets are in a house. Again, I suspect it's there as a protection measure in case they have someone that has say 30 cats in the house etc... Two seems a very low number though.

[a_guerrajr]

for that kind of money, get into an acreage subdivision and you wont have to worry about things like that for the most part.

[LindaIL]

Even though some are saying: "Not everyone follows the restrictions - not that big of a deal" or "Who would know if you have 3-4 animals and the restriction states you can only have 2". Let me tell you, we live out in a rural subdivision in IL where we thought we wouldn't have to worry to much about following all of the restrictions - so we thought. I have first hand experience with a neighbor (for the past 10 yrs.) who has made it his life work to read up on all of the ordinances in our county, then regularly reporting everyone in the area/or county for that matter, who is not following these ordinances and then reporting it to the county or sheriffs dept. - Example: Not getting a permit for re-roofing or remodeling, burning during non-burning hours (even if it's 15 min. past time), mowing your lawn after 8pm (even though it's only 8:15), too many cars in drivewayetc., the list goes on! He lives for this! Yet, he's the first one to try to get away with it, go figure. Yes, he has issues! So after dealing with him for more than 10 yrs., we're not so trusting of any future neighbors (to not file a report).

[HoustonBornNRaised]

Originally Posted by Cbink

Mine does have deed restrictions in place for pets and cars.

For cars, there is no restriction on number but there is a clear preference is to park them in the garage. It does allow cars in daily use, in good condition with tax etc up-to-date to be parked on the driveway but the way in which it's written makes it plain they'd prefer them to be in the garage. A lot of people park on the driveway without issue, it's just there as a protection. They don't like cars parking on the street long term though. I'm actually all for this, it allows visitors somewhere to park and most people have plenty of space on their driveways/garages to park at least 4 cars.

We have these same restrictions.

I know for a fact that the pet restrictions are being broken. It's no big deal to me, as long as the pets aren't being a nuisance.