Villages of Sumter Unit 145

Restricted

Homesites are for residential purposes only, prohibiting commercial, professional, or similar activities requiring inventory, equipment, or customer/client visits.

“All Homesites included in the Subdivision shall be used for residential purposes only and shall be subject to the following specific residential uso restrictions In addition to the general restrictions contained in the Declaration of Restrictions. Properties within the Subdivision are intended for residential use and no commercial, professional or similar activity requiring either maintaining an inventory, equipment or customer/client visits may be conducted in a Home or on a Homesito.”

Declaration · 2.1 · p.1

Last verified 2026-07-17

Not addressed

Not addressed

The document does not specifically address short-term rentals of homes.

Restricted

Birds, fish, dogs, and cats are permitted, with a maximum of two pets per Homesite, and owners are responsible for any damage, waste removal, and keeping pets on a leash.

“Birds, fish, dogs and cats shall be permitted, with a maximum of two (2) pets per Homesite. Each Owner shall be personally responsible for any damage caused to dedicated or reserved areas by any such pet and shall be responsible to immediately remove and dispose of any excrement of such pet and shall be responsible to keep such pet on a leash. No other animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on any Homesite or on dedicated or reserved areas.”

Declaration · p.3

Restricted

Recreational vehicles are prohibited from being parked, stored, or remaining on any Homesite or street, unless fully enclosed in a garage or temporarily present as a service vehicle.

“No trucks in excess of 3/4 ton size, boats, or recreational vehicles shall be parked, stored or otherwise remain on any Homesite or street, except for (a) service vehicles located thereon on a temporary basis while performing a service for a resident or (b) vehicles fully enclosed in garages located on the Homesite.”

Declaration · p.2

Restricted

Boats are prohibited from being parked, stored, or remaining on any Homesite or street, unless fully enclosed in a garage or temporarily present as a service vehicle.

“No trucks in excess of 3/4 ton size, boats, or recreational vehicles shall be parked, stored or otherwise remain on any Homesite or street, except for (a) service vehicles located thereon on a temporary basis while performing a service for a resident or (b) vehicles fully enclosed in garages located on the Homesite.”

Declaration · p.2

Restricted

Trucks exceeding 3/4 ton size, boats, or recreational vehicles are prohibited from being parked or stored on any Homesite or street, unless they are service vehicles temporarily performing a service or fully enclosed in garages.

“No trucks in excess of 3/4 ton size, boats, or recreational vehicles shall be parked, stored or otherwise remain on any Homesite or street, except for (a) service vehicles located thereon on a temporary basis while performing a service for a resident or (b) vehicles fully enclosed in garages located on the Homesite. No vehicles incapable of operation shall be stored on any Homesite nor shall any junk vehicles or equipment be kept on any Homesite.”

Declaration · p.2

Requires approval

No fence or similar structure of any kind shall be placed on the property without prior written approval from the Developer.

“No arbor, trellis, gazebo, pergola (or similar item), awning, fence, barrier, wall or structure of any kind or nature shall be placed on the property without prior written approval of the Developer.”

Declaration · p.3

Requires approval

Construction, erection, placement, or alteration of any building or structure, including reconstruction, additions, alterations, or modifications to the Home, requires prior written approval from the Developer or an architectural review committee, ensuring compliance with surface water management plans and aesthetic harmony.

“No building or structure shall be constructed, erected, placed or altered on any Homealto until the construction plans and specifications and a plan showing the location of the building or structure have been approved by the Developer. After the Home has been constructed, no reconstruction, additions, alterations, or modifications to the Home, or in the locations and utility connections of the Home will be permitted axcept with the written consent of the Developer, or an architectural review committes appointed by the Developer.”

Declaration · 2.2 · p.1

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Commercial, professional, or similar activities requiring inventory, equipment, or customer/client visits are prohibited from being conducted in a Home or on a Homesite.

“Properties within the Subdivision are intended for residential use and no commercial, professional or similar activity requiring either maintaining an inventory, equipment or customer/client visits may be conducted in a Home or on a Homesite.”

Declaration · Section 2.4 · p.2

Restricted

No sign of any kind may be displayed to public view on a homesite or dedicated/reserved area without prior written consent from the Developer, except for customary name and address signs and one 'for sale or rent' sign (no larger than 12x12 inches) located wholly within the home and visible only through a window.

“No sign of any kind shall be displayed to public view on a Homasito or any dedicated or reserved area without the prior written consent of the Developer, except customary name and address algas and one sign advertising a property for sale or rent which shall bono larger than twelvo (12) inches wide and twelve (12) Inches high and which shall be located wholly within the Home and only visible through a window of the Hams,”

Declaration · 2.15 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Not addressed

Restricted

Aerials, satellite reception dishes, and antennas of any kind are prohibited within the Subdivision to the extent allowed by law, and any approved device must have its location previously approved in writing by the Developer.

“Acrials, satellite reception dishes, and antennas of any kind are prohibited within the Subdivision to the extant allowed by law. The location of any approved device will be as previously approved by the Developer in writing.”

Declaration · 2.16 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Not allowed

No person may enter into any wildlife preserve areas designated in the Development Orders, except as permitted by those orders.

“Except as permitted in the Development Orders entered into in connection with the Villages of Sumter, a Development of Regional Impact, no person may enter into any wildlife preserve set forth within the areas designated as such in those Development Orders.”

Declaration · 2.14 · p.2

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Each home and homesite must have a concrete driveway, and no driveways, walkways, cartpaths, or access points are permitted to any road right-of-way, walkway, or cartpath unless originally constructed by the Developer.

“Each Home and Homesito must contain a concreto driveway, the lawn must be sodded, and a lamppost crected in the front yard of each Homesito. Except as originally constructed by the Developer, no driveways, walkways, cartpaths or access shall be located an ar permitted to any road right-of-way, walkway or cartpath.”

Declaration · 2.7 · p.2

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Exterior lighting must be attached to the Home and shaded to prevent nuisance to others, and no other light poles may be erected.

“Except as provided above, exterior lighting must be attached to the Home and shaded so as not to create a nuisance to others. No other light poles may be erected”

Declaration · 2.18 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Allowed

Screen cages over patios and pools are permitted.

“Screen cages over patios and pools are allowed.”

Declaration · 2.4 · p.1

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

The Owner of each Homesite must at all times maintain the exterior of the Home and the Homesite in a clean, safe, neat, and attractive condition, and regularly remove all garbage.

“The Owner of each Homesite shall at all times maintain the exterior of the Home and the Homesite in a clean, safe, neat and attractive condition. All garbage shall be regularly removed therefrom.”

Declaration · 2.20 · p.6

Last verified 2026-07-17

Not allowed

The hanging of clothes or clotheslines or poles is prohibited to the extent allowed by law.

“The hanging of clothes or clotheslines or poles is prohibited to the extent allowed by law.”

Declaration · 2.25 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

The lawn must be sodded (at least 51% of the yard visible from adjacent roadways and golf courses), a lamppost erected in the front yard, and owners must keep homesites neat, clean, and the grass cut, irrigated, and edged at all times, including unpaved areas between roadways/walkways and the homesite, and areas adjoining land use/landscape buffers or wildlife preserves up to the wall, fence, or buffer.

“Each Home and Homesito must contain a concreto driveway, the lawn must be sodded, and a lamppost crected in the front yard of each Homesito. To qualify as sodded, at least 51% of the yard area visible from all adjacent roadways and golf courses must be sodded. Owners shall keep their Homealtes neat and clean and the grass cut, imigated and edged at all timos, The Homesite Owner shall have the obligation to mow and maintain the unpaved area betwoen an adjacent roadway or walkway located in the road right of way and the Owner's Hamesita, Persons owning Homesitos adjacent to a land use or landscape buffer, or a wildlife preserve, shall have the obligation to mow and maintain all areas between their Homesite lot line and the land use or landscape buffer, and between their Homesito Jot line and the board fence on the adjoining wildlife preserve, even though they may not own that portion of the land.”

Declaration · 2.7 · p.2

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Lawn ornaments are prohibited, except for seasonal displays not exceeding thirty days in duration.

“Lawn ornaments are prohibited, except for seasons displays not exceeding a thirty (30) day duration.”

Declaration · 2.15 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Not allowed

Individual mailboxes may not be located upon a homesite; mailboxes are provided by the U.S. Postal Service and housed by the Developer for a one-time lifetime charge, with a new charge applied upon title transfer.

“Individual mallboxes may not be located upon a Homesite. Mailboxes are provided by the U.S. Postal Service at no cost to Owner, however, those boxes shall be housed by Developer at a one time lifetime charge to Owner of $190.00 per box. If title to a Homesite is transferred, a now charge shall be medo to the new Owner at the then prevailing mailbox fee being charged to now Owners of Homesites in the most recent addition or unit of the VILLAGES OF SUMTER, Payment of this feo shall be a condition of the use of tho housing provided by Developer.”

Declaration · 4.4 · p.6

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Owners must use their property in a manner that allows neighbors to enjoy their property, with radios, record players, television, voices, and other sounds kept at a moderate level from 10:00 PM to one hour before daylight.

“Each Owner shall use his property in such a manner as to allow his neighbors to enjoy the uso of their property. Radios, record players, television, voices and other sounds are to be kept on a moderato level from 10:00 PM to one (1) hour before daylight.”

Declaration · 2.21 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

The Developer reserves the right to prohibit or control all peddling, soliciting, selling, delivery, and vehicular traffic within the Subdivision.

“The Developer reserves the right to prohibit or control ali peddling, sollciting, solling, delivery and vehicular traffio within the Subdivision.”

Declaration · 2.22 · p.3

Last verified 2026-07-17

Restricted

Garbage and trash service is provided by a Developer-designated carrier, with charges paid separately by each owner; rubbish, trash, garbage, or other waste material must be kept in sanitary containers concealed from public view until placed curbside for collection; once curbside, garbage must be in Developer-prescribed plastic bags and placed no earlier than the day before scheduled pick-up; Developer may require participation in a curbside recycling program.

“To maintain the Subdivision in a clean and senitary condition and to minimlze heavy commercial trafllo within the Subdivision, garbage and trash service shall be provided by a carrier designated by the Developer, and the charges therefore shall be pald separately by cach Owner. Prior to being placed curbside for collection, norubbish, trash, garbage, or other waste material sball be kept or permitted on any Homesite or on dedicated or reserved areas except in sanitary containers located in appropriate areas concealed from public view. Once placed curbside for collection, all garbago will be contained in plastic bags prescribed by the Developer and placed curbside no earlier than the day before scheduled pick-up. Developer reserves the right to require all Owner's to participate in a curbside recycling program if and when one is instimted.”

Declaration · 4.3 · p.6

Last verified 2026-07-17