Annotated: A Note from Deed Enforcement

The following notice was recently posted on the MUD District’s Website. We have added notes (in red) to help residents navigate reading this MUD produced document…

Residents of WTC MUD 1,

The prices that residential property owners have been able to sell their properties have been negatively affected by current mortgage rates, an uncontrollable factor. The realtors with whom we have discussed District property values have all said that a controllable factor is "curb appeal", how your home looks to potential buyers. They stated that it’s important to invest the necessary time and effort into making your property as desirable as possible to potential buyers to be able to sell it at the highest price the market will bear. (The MUD directors want to wish this connection into fruition, because to be able to enforce deed restrictions they have to make a connection with REASONABLE JUDGEMENT between deed enforcement and property values according to 54.237.  The most recent study on the matter out of Yale in 2019 actually says that deed enforced properties gain value more slowly than ones that don’t have an HOA or deed enforcement - turning the deed enforcement argument on its head. Open records requests reveal that no MUD Director has any documentable evidence to base the assertion that deed enforcement = elevated property values.  If they don’t have this evidence it begs the question whether they actually have the right to undertake enforcement at all. It is a question you will have to ask yourself and possibly your legal council (because we aren’t lawyers).  This lawyer did have something to say about the Board's use of 54.237 "...the MUD and its board members arbitrarily and capriciously, without considering any evidence, declared that enforcement of deed restrictions was necessary to sustain taxable property values;... Having, without proper evidentiary foundation, endowed themselves with deed restriction enforcement powers, they adopted rules for a system of deed restriction enforcement though the levying of fines on property owners, which under section 54.205 of the Water Code was beyond their power to adopt and which they continue to implement;" open records request has been submitted to ascertain who these “realtors with whom we have discussed property values with” are.) 

To that effect, the District Board has been actively working with District HOAs and residents to enforce District Deed Restrictions in an appropriate manner. (The MUD neglects to highlight here that they have hired a company, Sage Management, that will cost taxpayers 100K+ per year on their contract(daytime and nighttime) to enforce this “curb appeal”.  They have also made a resolution to fine residents who don’t comply.)

Listed below is a summary of the most recent deed enforcement inspection: (we have added the section for each road as well as what the DEED has to say regarding the MUD determined infraction.)

INOPERABLE VEHICLES were located on: 

Old Mill Road (Lakeline Oaks) Melba Pass(Anderson Mill West Section 17) Beechnut Trace(Anderson Mill West Section 6)Hatch Road (Anderson Mill West Section 4) Black Cherry (Anderson Mill West Section 2) Larkspur (Anderson Mill West Section 1)

Lakeline Oaks on Inoperable Vehicles: check out 3.13 that talks about what the ACC deems unsightly - this section does have an HOA/ACC 

AMW 17 on Inoperable Vehicles: check out R … “no racing or other vehicles…which are inoperable or do not have a current license tag shall be permitted to remain visible on any lot or to be parked on any street in the Subdivision”. 

AMW 6 on Inoperable Vehicles:  No mention of inoperable vehicles in this deed.

AMW 4 on Inoperable Vehicles: No mention of inoperable vehicles in this deed.

AMW 2 on Inoperable Vehicles: No mention of inoperable vehicles in this deed.

AMW 1 on Inoperable Vehicles: No mention of inoperable vehicles in this deed.

RVS/TRAILERS are being stored or parked on properties in the front yard or driveway at:

Granger(Anderson Mill West Section 18) Buckeye (Anderson Mill West Section 6) Tierra Blanco (Anderson Mill West Section 5) Palmetto (Anderson Mill West Section 5) Blazing Star (Anderson Mill West Section 3) Ebony (Anderson Mill West Section 3) Honeyweed (Anderson Mill West Section 3) Locust (Anderson Mill West Section 2) Birch (Anderson Mill West Section 2) Texas Oak Way (Anderson Mill West Section 1) Mulberry Way (Anderson Mill West Section 1) Lantana (Anderson Mill West Section 1) *Mimosa Pass (Anderson Mill West Section 1)

AMW 18 on RVs/TRAILERS: R: …trailers…campers…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 6 on RVs/TRAILERS: R: …trailers…campers…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 5 on RVs/TRAILERS: R: …trailers…campers…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 3 on RVs/TRAILERS: R: …trailers…campers…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 2 on RVs/TRAILERS: R: …trailers…campers…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 1 on RVs/Boats: N: No travel trailers, boats or recreational vehicles shall be parked on or near any lot so as to be visible from adjoining property or public thoroughfares for more than 48 hours. (Note that work trailers are not restricted in this section according to the deed).

CARS are being parked IN THE FRONT YARD throughout the District.

No mention of restrictions of cars in front yards in any deed.

BOATS are being stored/parked on properties on:

Aster Pass (Anderson Mill West Section 4) Locust (Anderson Mill West Section 2) Texas Oak (Anderson Mill West Section 1) Mimosa Pass (Anderson Mill West Section 1)

AMW 4 on Boats: R:...boats…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 2 on Boats: R:...boats…shall be kept at all times, except when in actual use, in enclosed structures or screened from view…

AMW 1 on Boats: N: No travel trailers, boats or recreational vehicles shall be parked on or near any lot so as to be visible from adjoining property or public thoroughfares for more than 48 hours. 

The Deed Enforcement Committee is allowing 30 days (June 15th, 2025, to July 15th, 2025) to find a new parking space. Preferably out of the district. (Before you rearrange your WHOLE life for the MUD we suggest you read your deed and possibly contact a lawyer to defend your property rights).