Cypress Point HOA Governance Guidelines

Cypress Point is a high-end community of custom homes on Bois d'Arc Lake, and the governing documents are how we keep it that way. Below is a plain-language summary of each of the eight governing documents. Prefer quick answers? Our Cypress Point FAQ covers the building rules, and our Lake & Dock Rules FAQ covers docks.

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How the documents fit together
The Declaration is the master document, and it controls over the Design Guidelines in any conflict. Each lot owner is automatically a member of Cypress Point Homeowners Association, Inc. Every home, fence, pool and dock needs written approval from the Architectural Control Committee before work starts, and docks also need authorization from the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD), which is not guaranteed.
1. Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (88 pages)
The master governing document for Cypress Point. It controls over the other documents in any conflict.
  • Lot use and community standards (Article 2): rentals (2.5), pets (2.10), signs (2.16), outside storage (2.21), vehicles, boats and RVs (2.22 and 2.23), garages (2.29), flood zones (2.35)
  • Shoreline Management Plan compliance (2.1.5): NTMWD owns the land below 541 ft, holds a flowage and flood easement from 541 to 545 ft, and any dock, path or vegetation work on its land needs NTMWD authorization plus ACC approval
  • Construction restrictions (Article 3): ACC approval, fences, roofing, pools, setbacks, community dock (3.14: up to 20 slips, licenses for owners without a private dock) and private boat docks (3.15)
  • The HOA (Article 4): automatic membership for every lot owner
  • Assessments (Article 6), including the working capital assessment (6.4)
  • The Architectural Control Committee (Article 7)
  • Conflicts (11.9): the Declaration, Certificate of Formation, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations govern in that order
2. Certificate of Formation (4 pages)
Creates Cypress Point Homeowners Association, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation, with perpetual existence.
  • Name, nonprofit status and duration
  • Purposes and powers of the Association, exercised by its Board of Directors under the Declaration, the Bylaws and Texas law
3. Organizational Consent (2 pages)
The initial organizational resolutions of the HOA Board.
  • Accepts the directors' appointments and receives the Community Manual
  • Elects the initial officers and sets up books, records and a bank account
4. Management Certificate (4 pages)
The statutory notice of the Association's contact details and transfer-related fees.
  • Subdivision: Cypress Point I and Cypress Point II
  • Transfer-related fees: working capital assessment of $2,500 for lakefront lots and $1,000 for all other lots, a $50 transfer fee and a $375 resale certificate fee
  • Names CypressPointTX.com as the website for the Association's dedicatory instruments
5. Adoption of Working Capital Assessment (3 pages)
Sets the one-time working capital assessment paid at transfer of title.
  • Tier 1, lakefront lots (lots that share a boundary with the lake line or NTMWD reservoir property): $2,500
  • Tier 2, all other lots: $1,000
  • The Declarant may waive, reduce or exempt certain transferees, and the amount is subject to change
6. Community Manual (47 pages)
The HOA's operating policies, with attachments.
  • Attachments include the Certificate of Formation, Bylaws, Fine and Enforcement Policy, Assessment Collection Policy, Records Policy, statutory notice, email registration policy, generator policy, religious display policy, pool fencing policy, Leasing and Rental Policy (Attachment 11) and Parking and Towing Policy
  • Fines follow a notice-and-hearing process under Texas law
7. Design Guidelines (37 pages)
The detailed architectural standards and the plan review process run by the Architectural Control Committee (ACC).
  • Custom Architecture Mandate (VI.B): no identical or substantially similar floor plans or front elevations within a phase
  • Minimum square footage (VI.D): 3,000 sq ft of main-level living area, and 2,500 sq ft for interior lots east of CR 2960 and south of CR 2955. Lakefront minimums vary by document, so confirm your lot's minimum before you design
  • Masonry (VI.C), roofs (VI.G), driveways (VI.H), garages (VI.I), windows and doors (VI.J), fences (VI.P), accessory buildings (VI.Q), private boat docks (VI.U)
  • Landscape and tree preservation (VII), construction rules, hours and deposit (VIII) and plan review process, fees and timing (IX)
  • If the Design Guidelines conflict with the Declaration, the Declaration controls
8. Building Guide (Zoning & Building Quick List) (2 pages)
A two-page quick-reference summary of lot size, setbacks, height, masonry and minimum home sizes by area (lakefront, interior west of CR 2960, and interior east of CR 2960 and south of CR 2955).
  • Refers readers to the Declaration and the Design Guidelines for the full requirements
  • Where it differs from the Design Guidelines (for example on masonry percentages, driveway materials and the lakefront home size), plan to the Design Guidelines and confirm with us
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These summaries are provided for convenience and are not a substitute for the documents themselves. The governing documents as recorded control, and the Declaration controls over the Design Guidelines in any conflict. Section references are to the Cypress Point governing documents. Plans, renderings, amenities and timing are preliminary and subject to change. Cypress Point on the Lake, LLC is the developer.

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