A .pdf file of the deed restrictions for section 1 can be accessed below.
The State of Texas
The County of Travis
Know all men by these presents
That Long Branch Valley, Inc. a Texas corporation, with its principal place of business in Travis County, Texas, being desirous of providing proper and uniform restrictions of a nature to insure development of a desirable area, as owner of all these lots in Long Branch Valley Subdivision, Section III, a subdivision of Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in book 76, Page 290, plat records of Travis County, Texas, does hereby provide and declare the following restrictions to apply to all of said lots.
1. No building shall be erected or maintained on any lot in said subdivision other than a private residence and a private garage for the sole use of the owner or occupant unless rented to sole user for private resident by the owner. No part of any said property shall ever be used for a business or commercial purpose or for carrying on any trade or profession except for selling and exhibiting property whereby there may be one sales office maintained for this purpose.
2. No old used existing building or structure of any kind shall be moved onto, placed on, or permitted to remain on any lot. All primary construction is to be of new materials.
3. Each residence shall have a minimum floor space of not less than 1,200 square feet, exclusive of porches, stoops, open or closed carports, patios, or garages. It is the intention and purpose of this covenant to assure that all dwellings shall be of the quality of workmanship and materials substantially the same or better than that which can be produced on the date these covenants are recorded.
4. All architecture must be in keeping with a well-planned subdivision. Two story construction is permitted and either attached or detached garage.
5. No buildings shall be erected or placed on any lot in Long Branch Valley, nor shall any existing structure be altered, until the building plans and specifications and plot plan have been submitted to and approved in writing by a committee composed of any two officers of Long Branch Valley; or its successors or agents. If building plans and specifications and said plot plan be not approved or disapproved, within thirty (30) days following the date on which the same are submitted for approval, or if no injunctions suit shall have commenced prior to the completion of the work, then proper approval of the building plans, and specifications, and of the plot plan shall be conclusively presumed to have been had and obtained.
6. Each residence, once building has commenced, shall be completed in not more than eight (8) months unless weather prevails or some other reasonable act of nature occurs.
7. Each residence shall be constructed with all new materials and shall have a minimum of 50% brick, or native rock (stone) on the exterior. All other exterior materials shall be either wood, all stone, all brick, brick veneer, bakes enamel, aluminum siding, pressed wood, or any combination of the above materials. Also stucco type construction is permitted. All roofing shall be either cedar shakes, asbestos shingles, or composition, metal (no corrugated iron), or tile. Any new materials not available at the time of writing of these restrictive covenants could be acceptable by the approval committee when submitting plans for approval.
8. No structure of a temporary character, trailer, basement, tenet, shack, garage, barn, or other outbuilding shall be placed on any lot at any time as a residence either temporarily or permanently. No mobile homes are permitted. Design and materials must be approved for any out buildings.
9. No residential structure shall be located nearer to the front line than 30 feet, or nearer to the side street than 20 feet (corner lots), or nearer to the side lot than 20 feet. No residence shall be nearer to the rear lot line than 10 feet. Garages are considered part of the construction when building lines are reserved therefore no garage shall extend over the above designated lines.
10. Easements are reserved along and within 10 feet of the rear line, front line and side lines of all lots in this subdivision for the perpetual maintenance of conduit, poles, wires, and fixtures for electrical lights, telephone and water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, road drains, and other public and quasi public utilities; and to trim any trees which at any time may interfere or threaten to interfere with the maintenance of such lines, with the right of ingress to and egress form and across said premises to employees of said utilities.
It is understood and agreed that it shall not be considered a violation of the provisions of this easement if wires and cables carried by such pole lines pass over some portion of said lots not within the 10 feet wide strip as long as such lines do not hinder the constructions of buildings on any lots in this subdivision.
11. No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any lot except one professional sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, or signs used by a builder to advertise the property during the construction and sales period, except developer may have signs displayed while the property is being developed.
12. No lot or acreage plat shall be re subdivided or used so as to permit an additional dwelling.
13. No animals are permitted to be kept, bred, or maintained for commercial purposes. However, two sheep per lot, two horses per lot, and household pets may be kept.
14. No noxious or offensive trade or activity shall be carried on upon any lot, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
15. All sanitary plumbing shall conform with minimum requirements to the Health Department of Travis County and the State of Texas.
16. No lot shall be used for the purpose of dumping ground for trash, rubbish, garbage, or other waste shall not be kept except in sanitary containers. All incinerators or other equipment for the storage or disposal of such materials shall be kept in clean and sanitary condition. No lot shall be used for the purpose of dumping old wrecked cars or for the purpose of automobiles needing mechanical repairs for commercial or personal reasons.
17. These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under them for a period of thirty (30) years from the date these covenants are recorded after which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten (10) years, unless an instrument signed by a majority of the then owners of the lots in Long Branch Valley has been recorded, agreeing to change said covenants, conditions, and restrictions, in whole or in part.
18. Invalidation of nay one of these covenants by judgment or a court order shall in no wise affect any of the provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
19. If the owner of any lot or lots in Long Branch Valley, Section III or any other person shall violate any of the covenants herein, it shall be lawful for any person or persons owning real property situated in said subdivision to prosecute any proceedings at law or in equity against the person or persons violating or attempting to violate any such covenant, and either prevent him or them from doing so o to recover damages or other dues for such violation.
20. Horse barns will be permitted, however materials and design must be approved by Committee.
Executed this 18th day of May, A.D. 1978
Long Branch Valley, Inc.
Robert A. Cullen, President
By: Deborah Stanley Penn, Secretary