What is the ACC and how does it affect you and your property?  What are the specific deed restrictions on your property and why are they important to you and your neighbors?

ACC decisions on property improvements are available to the HOA members in a special section called ACC Actions. 

Overview

The Balcones Village/Spicewood (BV/S) area is currently included within the City of Austin as well as being a part of the BV/S development. As a result, the properties that are included in that area are subject to the City of Austin ordinances, regulated by City of Austin codes, and also covered by the BV/S Deed Restrictions that were filed by the developer when the property was orignally platted.

Owners of property and/or residents that are considering changes or improvements to property within the BV/S sub-divisions will need to contact both the City of Austin as well as the BV/S Homeowners Association (HOA) Architectural Control Committee (ACC) to obain the review and approvals necessary to ensure that the improvements that they intend to make are consistent with what has been defined for the area in general, and specifically their property.

The ACC is composed of four members who are responsible for providing assistance to homeowners in the BV/S residential area by reviewing proposed improvements to their property and giving guidance on how those improvements can be done in compliance with the deed restrictions that govern their property. There are 23 unique sets of deed restrictions covering the BV/S development. While they are generally the same, there are some specific differences. In some cases the ACC can grant homeowners an exception or varience from compliance with certain aspects of the deed restrictions.

Plan Reviews

The ACC meets once a month in the Balcones Country Club Clubhouse. One of the members serves as the contact to provide a pre-review and discussion of the questions to help make sure that when the issue is discussed at the monthly meeting all of the necessary information is available. The current contact for the meeting is Sue Schupbach, whose name is highlighted in the member list.

Enforcement

The ACC board is not an enforcement agency. It serves to provide review and approval of homeowner projects; however, enforcement is the responsibility of the homeowners that live within the section. Homeowners who have obtained ACC approval for their projects, are covered in the event of a deed restriction issue that might arise in a Title search related to the sale of the property and also, are generally protected from legal actions for violations of deed restrictions that might be brought by neighbors within their section.

As a result of homeowner requests, the BV/S HOA Board decided to become more proactive in the enforcement of the deed restrictions, and in January 2010, they adopted an Enforcement Policy that was mailed to all homeowners in the subdivisions covered by the deed restrictions, whether they were HOA members or not.  The information that was sent to the homeowners was the following:

• Cover Letter
• Enforcement Policy

Copies of Deed Restrictions can be viewed at the bottom of this page.

Disclaimer: Covenants and deed restrictions are provided by the BV/S HOA for convenience and reference purposes only. Any documents viewed, downloaded or copied from this web site are not legally binding as they do not replace the original, legally enforceable, deed restrictions that are on file with Travis and Williamson Counties. The BV/S HOA makes no claims to the accuracy of the contents of these documents, and shall not be held responsible or liable for any transcription errors, or any damages that might result from such errors.

Members

The members of the Committee are:

Meetings

Meetings of the ACC are held in the BCC clubhouse on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Requests for consideration should be sent to the committee a week prior to the meeting. Homeowners are welcome to attend the meetings to discuss their requests with the ACC.

Deed restrictions

The BV/S area is split up into 24 sections.  A general Overview of the Deed Restrictions provides guidance on what the requirements are, however, each section has a unique set of restrictions, and their are some differences between the sections.  Copies of the neighborhood deed restrictions for the Balcones Village and the Spicewood at Balcones Village subdivisions are given below.

If you don't know your section number, you may get that information from the warranty deed for your property or from a real property tax statement. You may also search the appraisal roll of the Travis Central Appraisal District for the legal description of your property.

Balcones Village:

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9

Section 10

Section 11

Spicewood at Balcones Village:

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 6-A

Section 7

Section 7-A

Section 8

Section 8-A

Section 9

Section 11