HomeMy WebLinkAboutArchitectural Review BoardBELLA TERRA
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
REGISTER OF REGULATIONS
September 16, 2004
Thank you for selecting a lot in Bella Terra as your building site. In an effort to make the building
process easier, this document summarizes important information from the Declaration of Covenants
and Restrictions. You should refer to the Declaration for a complete description of the regulations
summarized here for your convenience.
BUILDING PLAN APPROVAl,:
An Architectural Review Board is .established in the Declaration to review lot development plans
for each home constructed in The Bella Terra neighborhood. Before a building permit can be
obtained, each builder must submit at least (2) complete sets offloor plans, including the foundation
plan, all four (4) elevations, and a plot plan completed and stamped by a Registered Professional
Engineer. FAXED COPIES OF PLOT PLANS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. Building plans will
be considered incomplete if not accompanied by a plot plan, and final approval will be withheld.
Please see the attached plot plan checklist for a complete list of items that your engineer must
include. We are happy to mail or fax a copy of this checklist to your engineer upon request.
Plans should be delivered to 10916 Tam-O-Shanter Drive, Carmel, IN 46032. Please allow three to
five (3-55) days for approval. Please read the conditions for approval written on your plans; you
will be held responsible for making any requested changes.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAl,S:
If you have prelim/nary house plans and would appreciate knowing whether they would be
approved for Bella Terra, please send us a set of the plans and the Architectural Review Board will
review them. The Architectural Review process is. deSigned to.protect you neighborhood and has
been established for you benefit as well as that of your neighbors.
EXTERIOR COLORS AND MATERIAI,S:
Exterior colors and materials must be approved before masonry work, painting and/or roofing
begin. Chimneys. must be finished with masonry or synthetic stucco. Natural materials are
encouraged; aluminum siding, vinyl and masonite are not permitted. T 1-11 is proh/bited. The
Architectural Review Board will pay particular attention to design balance, symmetry, and
detailing. Side elevations must wrap to match front facade.
BUILDING STANDARDS:
Per zoning standards and/or the Declaration, minimum standards are as follows'
Minimum lot width at the building line: As per plat.
Minimum front yard: One hundred (100) feet, as per plat.
Minimum side yard: Ten (10) feet each side of the structure, with twenty (20) foot aggregate
Minimum rear yard: Eighty (80) feet
Certain unenclosed features not'over eighteen (18) inches above ground level and
architectural features may encroach into required side and rear yards to the extent permitted
by the Carmel Unified Development Ordinance.
Minimum size of residence in f'mished square feet:
2800 square feet for a one story
Structure
1600 square feet main floor for
structures with more than one story
- minimum total of 3200 square feet
Floor area ratio (the floor area of the home [excluding garages, porches and basements used
for storage] divided by tho lot size): 0.5
Driveway width at curb: Minimum of twelve (12) feet, maximum of twenty-two (22) feet.
Side elevations must wrap to match front facade.
LANDSCAPING PLANS:
A landscaping plan must be submitted for every lot in Bella Terra. Each landscaping plan may be
reviewed by landscape design consultants who will recommend to the Architectural Review Board
whether such plan should be approved, approved subject to conditions, or disapproved. Plans are to
be submitted within sixty (60) days after the start of the foundation. The Declaration requires that
landscaping be installed strictly in accordance with an approved plan within thirty (30) days
following substantial completion of the.residence if such completion occurs between April 1 and
October 15; otherwise pr/or to May 1. Minimum standards apply only to installation in the front
yard, and side yards if visible from the street. The current min/mum plant expenditure amom,.t (not
including installation, labor, mulch, seeding or sodding of the lawn) is $5000.00,
Ten (10) days are required to review landscaping plans. Sizes and names of all plant material must
be specified. Please make sure landscaping plans are approved before any landscaping mater/als
are installed. The Declaration provides for enforcement of these regulations.
Landscaping plans must include shade trees and flowering trees. One (1) shade tree and two (2)
flowering trees from the following list must be selected and placed on the property so that they are
visible from the street:
SHADE TREES'
Red maple (and varieties)
Norway Maple (and varieties)
Red Oak
Marshall Seedless Ash
Summit Ash (and varieties)
Linden
Sugar Maple (and varieties)
Heritage Birch (and varieties)*
Ginko (male. only)
Honey locust (thomless variety)
Sweetgum*
Swamp White Oak*
Black Gum*
Katsura Tree
English Oak*
Sawtooth Oak*
Scarlet Oak*
Japanese Zelkova
Rubyred Horsechestnut*
Pagadotree*
American Beech*
European Beech*
Bald Cypress
FLOWERING TREES
Crabapple (approved varieties)
Hawthorne (approved varieties)*
Pear (approved varieties)
Redbud*
Dogwood (and varieties)*
Magnolia*
Japanese Tree Lilac
American Yellowood
Fringe Tree*
Kentucky CoffeeTree*
Hardy Rubber Tree
Golden-Rain Tree*
Golden Chain Tree*
Sourwood*
Silverbell*
Tress denoted with a "*" shall not be located within nine feet (9') of any curb.
Trees must be at least a two (2) inch caliPer.
DRIVEWAYS:
All driveways must conform to City of Carmel permit regulations. No recreational vehicle, motor
home, truck exceeds ½ ton in with, trailer, boat or disable vehicle may be parked, or stored
overnight or longer on any Lot in open public view. Driveway requirements include the following:
Prior to development or improvement of the lot, a builder or Owner shall be required to
Excavate and install a temporary driveway on the lot. Such driveway shall consist of all
#53 stone or a combination of fabric, #2 stone and #53 stone. The purpose of the
temporary entrance is to prevent the tracking of mud and debris onto the subdivision
streets.
b)
Upon completion of construction, the temporary stone driveway shall be surfaced with a
dust-fi'ee surface of asphalt, concrete, brick or aggregate mix to a depth of at least four (4)
inches. At no time shall the driveway material be placed within the flow line of the curb.
c) The width oft. he finished driveway shall be noiess than twelve feet (12') or greater than
twenty-two feet (22') at the property line abutting the Private Drive.
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d) Under'no circumstances shall a driveway's entrance, including stone, conCrete, asphalt or
other material, be constructed or placed behind or over a street inlet casting or manhole.
e) Driveways should be located no closer than two (2') to the line of any adjoining lot. For
turnaround areas, it is suggested that a curb or bumper be installed to prevent tires from
damaging the lawn of adjoining lots, as well as to direct storm water drainage from the
adjoining lot. Turnaround areas not built at grade must be located an additional one foot
(1 ') away fi'om the lot line for each vertical foot (1 ') above or below grade; i.e., a one to one
slope. Driveways may not be located over installed sanitary or storm sewer lines.
LOT MAINTENANCE DURING CONSTRIACTION:
Each builder is responsible for maintaining a clean and orderly construction site. Lots must be kept
trash-flee and mowed. Trash shall not be deposited on other lots within Bella Terra. All builders
are asked to place a trash dumpster on site (and not on adjoining lots). Dumpsters may not be
parked or place on a public street.
During periods of construction on a lot, the builder or Owner shall provide adequate physical
barriers such as erosion silt fencing, straw bales, etc. along the entire street frontage of a lot to
prevent mud and debris from washing from.the lot onto the subdivision streets and eventually into
the storm sewer system. Similar methods shall be used to prevent silt from entering and clogging
drainage ways. The root systems of existing trees shall be protected during construction by the use
of wood snow fence or plastic construction fence. If these measures are not in place ten (10) days
after the start of construction on the lot, BP Development LLC or the Homeowners Association has
the right to install required erosion measures and place a lien on the property to recover the amount
of funds expended to perform the work. Temporary seeding of all disturbed areas of a lot must be
done to preserve topsoil pr/or to final'grading and seeding.
The lot shall be seeded and/or sOdded immediately following the final grading .of the lot in order to
avoid erosion on the lot.
Lots in the subdivision may contaJaa compacted fill mater/als. This soil, although it has been
assumed to be properly compacted, may not contain similar engineering properties of undisturbed
soils for the purpose of foundation construction. It is suggested that an Owner consult the
construction plans or the development plans on any lot in Bella Terra prior to commencement of
construction.
'Grades may not be altered within ten feet (10') of a sanitary sewer manhole, water valve or storm
drainage structure.
Please.remember that the Bella Terra contracts include a Notice to Purchaser containing standards
to which you must adhere. Theses include:
a)
When the basement and/or foundation of the residence is constructed, stone shall be
installed over the path of the driveway as shown on the approved building plans, and shall
be level with the curb at the lot line to avoid curb break-up.
b)
The surface and sub-surface drainage system shall not be altered in any way from the
conditions specified in the development plan for the subdivision and in the approved
building plans for the lot.
c)
All trash generated on the lot shall be hauled away from the subdivision on a regular (not
less than weekly) basis and the construction site shall be kept neat and orderly at all times.
d)
Construction on the lot shall be undertaken in such a manner as to preclude debris entering
or blocking the storm sewer inlets.
Water service cuts shall not undermine the curbs or alter the sub-surface drainage system.
Any excavated area that adjoins the curb will be backfilled with #53 stone to within 10
inches of the top curb.
Vehicles are not to be driven across other lots and trash, building materials, tools or equipment shall
not be placed or deposited on adjoining lots. Mud tracked onto the streets must be scraped off in a
timely manner. Whenever possible, vehicles should be parked on one side of the street to insure
that traffic can flow through the area smoothly.
FENCING:
All fencing placed in Bella Terra must be made of black wrought iron or its aluminum equivalent as
approved by the Architectural Review Board. Masonry walls may be permitted, integrated or not
with wrought iron fencing, when deemed appropriate by the Architectural Review Board.
Absolutely no chain Link, stockade, shadow box or split rail fencing is permitted. For approval
please include:
· plot plan
· dimensions and placement of structure
· photograph or brochure picture
· color
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES'
The Architectural Review Board' serves to protect the value of all homes by providing
uncompromising standards and requirements. ~.qny and all improvements made to a homesite
(including pools, swing sets, deck, gazebos, satellite dishes, etc.) must receive prior approval by the
Architectural Review Board. Concrete pads for basketball goals must not be placed within plotted
drainage, utility, or pipeline easements located on any lot. Absolutely n_ilo mini barns, satellite
dishes greater than eighteen (1.8) inches in diameter, above ground pools, or storage shed will be
permitted or approved. For approval please include:
· plot plan
· dimensions and placement of structure
· photograph or brochure picture
· color
Plans should be submitted to Bella Terra LLC, 10916 Tam-O-Shanter Drive, Carmel, Indiana
46032.
YARD LIGHTS, MAILBOXES:
Each Owner must install a six- to eight-foot (6-8') high Iamppost equipped with a photoelectric cell
for automatic dusk-to-dawn illumination. The lamppost must be rated for the use of a 100-watt
incandescent bulb and must be placed between.the platted building line and the street right-of-way.
Power to the light must be provided by the electrical system of the home located on the lot. The
yard light will be the maintenance.responsibility of the Owner who must replace burned out bulbs
immediately upon noticing failure of the yard light to illuminate properly.
All mailboxes in Bella Terra must be uniform size, type and color. Approved mailboxes for Bella
Terra can be ordered from Jeanne Carmody at Address Art (317) 254-1508. The cost of these
mailboxes, including post and installation, in January 2001 is $329.25, including tax.
OTHER CONCERNS:
Any other concerns regarding the design review process or the policies and procedures of the
Architectural Review Board should be directed to BP Development LLC (317) 5'71-8799. ·
The Owner and the Builder are responsible for ensuring that these standards are met. The Owner
will be billed if BP Development LLC is forced to take corrective actz'on.
For more information, please contact:
BP Development LLC
10916 Tam-O-Shanter Drive
Carmel IN 46032
(317) 571-8799