The Place
Community
The land, the gates, the governance, and the shared amenities.
Orientation
Community, in context.
Skyecroft reads first as land: roughly four hundred acres of rolling southern Union County held behind a single controlled entrance, with lakes, trails, and amenity parcels retained as common area rather than sold off as lots.
These chapters cover how the community was assembled and planned, what the gates actually enclose, and how shared property is maintained and governed day to day.
Chapters
Everything filed under this topic.
The Community
How Skyecroft is laid out, what the gates enclose, and how the neighborhood functions day to day.
History of Skyecroft
How the land was assembled, planned, and built out across southern Union County.
The Covenant Living Guide
What CC&Rs, bylaws, assessments, and design guidelines actually mean for daily life in a covenanted estate community.
Amenities
Clubhouse, pool, tennis, lakes, and trails inside the gates.
Community Map
An interactive map of the entrance, clubhouse, lakes, and trail network.
Vocabulary
Terms you'll meet in these chapters.
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- SkyecroftCommunitySkyecroftA gated residential community of European-inspired estate homes on approximately 400 acres in southern Union County, North Carolina, carrying a Waxhaw mailing address and assigned to the Weddington school attendance zones.
- Waxhaw Address / Weddington SchoolsCommunityWaxhaw Address / Weddington SchoolsThe common local situation in which a property's postal address, municipal jurisdiction, and school attendance zone are drawn by three different authorities and do not match. Skyecroft is the frequently cited example.
- ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction)CommunityETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction)An area outside a town's corporate limits where the town still exercises planning and zoning authority under North Carolina law. A property can be in a town's ETJ without being inside the town.
- Union County Public SchoolsCommunityUnion County Public SchoolsThe school district that draws and periodically revises attendance boundaries for this corridor. Only the district's official determination governs a given address.
- GatehouseCommunityGatehouseThe architectural structure at a community's controlled entrance. In Skyecroft it functions as both an access point and the community's most recognizable built landmark.
- Common AreaCommunityCommon AreaLand and improvements owned or maintained collectively for the benefit of all owners — typically entrances, streetscapes, lakes, trails, and amenity parcels.
- CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions)CovenantsCC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions)The recorded declaration that binds every lot in a community. It defines what may be built, how property may be used, how assessments are levied, and how the rules are enforced. CC&Rs run with the land and transfer automatically to each new…
- DeclarationCovenantsDeclarationThe umbrella recorded instrument that creates the community and its owners association. The CC&Rs are contained within it, and amendments are recorded against it.
- BylawsCovenantsBylawsThe internal operating rules of the owners association: how directors are elected, how meetings and quorums work, and how officers act. Bylaws govern the organization; CC&Rs govern the land.
- Owners AssociationCovenantsOwners AssociationThe nonprofit corporate entity created by the declaration to maintain common areas, administer assessments, and enforce the covenants. This guide is independent of any such association.
- AssessmentCovenantsAssessmentThe periodic dues owners pay to fund common-area maintenance, insurance, amenities, and reserves. Amounts and schedules are set by the association, not by this guide.
- Special AssessmentCovenantsSpecial AssessmentA one-time charge levied outside the regular budget, typically for a capital project or a shortfall. Procedures and any owner-approval requirements are defined in the governing documents.
- Reserve StudyCovenantsReserve StudyA professional projection of the useful life and replacement cost of common-area components, used to set reserve funding so that major repairs do not require emergency assessments.
- Design GuidelinesCovenantsDesign GuidelinesThe written standards, adopted under the CC&Rs, that describe acceptable materials, colors, massing, landscaping, and site treatment for exterior work.
- Architectural ReviewCovenantsArchitectural ReviewThe formal process by which proposed exterior construction, additions, or alterations are submitted for approval against the design guidelines before work begins.
- VarianceCovenantsVarianceA discretionary, usually written exception to a stated standard, granted for a specific property and set of facts. A variance is not a precedent for other lots.
- SetbackCovenantsSetbackThe minimum required distance between a structure and a property line, street, or feature. Both the county and the covenants can impose setbacks; the stricter one controls.
- PlatCovenantsPlatThe recorded survey map showing lot lines, easements, common areas, and rights-of-way for a subdivision. It is the authoritative picture of what a lot actually includes.
- EasementCovenantsEasementA recorded right for someone other than the owner to use part of a lot for a defined purpose — drainage, utilities, access, or landscape maintenance.
- Resale Certificate / Statement of Unpaid AssessmentsCovenantsResale Certificate / Statement of Unpaid AssessmentsThe disclosure package a buyer typically requests before closing, showing assessment status, governing documents, and any pending violations or claims against the lot.
- EstoppelCovenantsEstoppelA written association statement confirming the assessment and compliance status of a lot as of a date, relied on at closing.
- Enforcement / Cure PeriodCovenantsEnforcement / Cure PeriodThe notice-and-opportunity-to-correct sequence a community must generally follow under its documents and North Carolina law before imposing a fine or other remedy.
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This is an independent editorial guide. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for the Skyecroft association, its developer, or Union County. See Disclosures. Full definitions live in the Glossary — for example Skyecroft.
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