Celebration Community Standards
One of the benefits of owning property in a planned community is the commitment among neighbors to maintain their property in a neat, attractive, and well-landscaped condition to enhance the community’s overall beauty and aesthetic appeal. In Celebration, the primary consideration is the overall “streetscape” each property should contribute, with no single property dominating its appearance.
Screen Enclosure & Porch Screening
Only charcoal-colored mesh screens are permitted. Florida Glass screening (a mesh screen laminated with a plastic sheet) is not permitted.
Screen Enclosures (most often used to enclose pool areas):
- Pool enclosures shall be located in the Private Zone and should not be closer to the Side Yard property line than the house is.
- The pool enclosure should not be overtly visible from public areas.
- The maximum average height of a vertical surface of a pool screen enclosure shall not exceed 12’-0” in height for a one-story house.
- The maximum [overall] height of a vertical surface shall not exceed 13’-6”, measured from the finished ground level at the exterior of the enclosure for a one-story house.
- The height of the ridge line of the screen enclosure may not be greater than the height of the ridge line of the Main Body of a one-story house or the eave line of the Main Body of a two-story house.
- Top surfaces may not be solid; may only be framed with screen.
- The design style shall be Mansard with a consistent slope between the vertical side panels and the flat top panels.
- Bronze-colored framing is required for screen enclosures backing up to the preserve, with charcoal-colored screening.
- A drawing is required with applications for screen enclosures.
- The drawing must show all panels, including crosspieces.
- Screen doors must be composed primarily of screen – no half-screen/half-solid doors or doors.
- Kick plate located at the bottom portion of the door may not exceed 20% of the area of the door. Similarly, there may be no solid surfaces in screen panels.
- Drawings may be either axonometric or “unfold the box” style.
- Often, the edge of a screen enclosure along the home’s roofline will incorporate a gutter. To be approved it must be shown on the drawing. Gutters and downspouts may not extend more than 2 feet beyond the wall of the screen enclosure. The downspout must match the material and color of the screen enclosure.
- Landscaping is required along the exterior of the foundation and must be submitted with the application. Choose plants which are well-suited to be near screening. For example, thorny rose bushes may not be a wise selection. Specify any of these standard hedge options or include landscaping details with your plan; Viburnum suspensum, 3-gallon container size, planted 24” on center. Podocarpus, 3-gallon container size, planted 24” on center.
- Include a property survey or plot plan showing the location of the screen enclosure, the drawing, plus (if needed) a landscaping plan.
Porch Screening
- Frame and screening must be installed inside columns and railings which exist on the porch.
- Screen doors must be composed primarily of screen – no half-screen/half-solid doors or doors. Kick plate located at the bottom portion of the door may not exceed 20% of the area of the door.
- Similarly, there may be no solid surfaces in screen panels.
- A drawing is required with applications for Porch Screening. Using a simple piece of graph paper (in addition to being purchased at an office supply store, “free” graph paper may be downloaded from many sites on the Internet) draw each area to be screened, including any details from the above list. Add other components, such as vertical supports required in wide walls. This sketch will be helpful when obtaining accurate estimates from contractors or determining the materials needed for a “Do It Yourself” project.
- The color of aluminum framing for porch screening is determined by the trim of the house it is attached to. Most often, the frame color will be white. Mediterranean homes often have a dark trim which will require bronze-colored framing. The screening is always charcoal color.
On cottage lots, the enclosure shall be set back a minimum of 6’0″ from the side property line.