Sec. 202.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Dedicatory instrument" means each document governing the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a residential subdivision, planned unit development, condominium or townhouse regime, or any similar planned development. The term includes a declaration or similar instrument subjecting real property to:
(A) restrictive covenants, bylaws, or similar instruments governing the administration or operation of a property owners' association;
(B) properly adopted rules and regulations of the property owners' association; or
(C) all lawful amendments to the covenants, bylaws, instruments, rules, or regulations.
(2) "Property owners' association" means an incorporated or unincorporated association owned by or whose members consist primarily of the owners of the property covered by the dedicatory instrument and through which the owners, or the board of directors or similar governing body, manage or regulate the residential subdivision, planned unit development, condominium or townhouse regime, or similar planned development.
(3) "Petition" means one or more instruments, however designated or entitled, by which one or more actions relating to restrictive covenants are sought to be accomplished.
(4) "Restrictive covenant" means any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in a dedicatory instrument, whether mandatory, prohibitive, permissive, or administrative.
(5) "Front yard" means a yard within a lot having a front building setback line with a setback of not less than 15 feet extending the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the front building setback line.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 712, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1142 (H.B. 1821), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1389 (H.B. 680), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Notes of Decisions
Garden Oaks Maint. Org. v. Chang, 542 S.W.3d 117 (Tex. App. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Compare Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 202.001 (1), with itation index="122" url="https://cite.”
W. Hills Harbor Owners Ass'n v. Baker, 516 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. 2017).
· cites it 2× “; see also Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 202.001 (4) (West 2014) (defining "restrictive covenant” as “any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in a dedicatory instrument, whether mandatory, prohibitive, permissive, or administrative”).”
City of Pasadena v. Gennedy, 125 S.W.3d 687 (Tex. App. 2003).
“See Tex. PROp.Code Ann. § 202.001(4) (Vernon 1995) (defining restrictive covenant).”
Hawkins v. Walker, 233 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. 2007).
“Tex. Prop.Code Ann. §§ 202.001(1), 202.004(b).”
Musgrave v. Brookhaven Lake Prop. Owners Ass'n, 990 S.W.2d 386 (Tex. App. 1999).
“If the remittitur is made within fifteen days of issuance of this opinion, the attorneys’ fees, as reduced, will be affirmed; if remit-titur is not made within fifteen days, the judgment of the trial court with respect to attorneys’ fees will be reversed and remanded.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 202.001(1) — 7 cases
Hawkins v. Walker, 233 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App. 2007).
“Tex. Prop.Code Ann. §§ 202.001(1), 202.004(b).”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 202.001(2) — 4 cases
Musgrave v. Brookhaven Lake Prop. Owners Ass'n, 990 S.W.2d 386 (Tex. App. 1999).
“If the remittitur is made within fifteen days of issuance of this opinion, the attorneys’ fees, as reduced, will be affirmed; if remit-titur is not made within fifteen days, the judgment of the trial court with respect to attorneys’ fees will be reversed and remanded.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 202.001(4) — 18 cases
City of Pasadena v. Gennedy, 125 S.W.3d 687 (Tex. App. 2003).
“See Tex. PROp.Code Ann. § 202.001(4) (Vernon 1995) (defining restrictive covenant).”
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