Guides · Your home and yard
Can I put solar panels or a satellite dish on my house?
An antenna or satellite dish needs the Reviewer’s written approval first, with some exceptions called “Permitted Antennas”. These include a direct-to-home satellite antenna one meter or less across, certain wireless video antennas of that size, and antennas that receive television broadcast signals. Even these can be subject to reasonable rules on location and screening.
Solar Energy Devices may be installed with the Reviewer’s advance written approval. Your application must give the location and a description of the device, including its size, maker, and a photograph or other picture.
That is a summary in plain words. The passages below are what the documents actually say, and they are the authority.
What the documents say
no exterior radio or television antennae or aerial or satellite dish or disc, nor any Solar Energy Device, may be erected, maintained or placed on a Lot without the prior written approval of the Hidden Trails Reviewer; provided, however, that: (i) an antenna designed to receive direct broadcast services, including direct-to-home satellite services, that is one meter or less in diameter
Development Area Declaration, §2.10Read page 9 in the documentscan
or (ii) an antenna designed to receive video programming services via multipoint distribution services, including multichannel multipoint distribution services, instructional television fixed services, and local multipoint distribution services, that is one meter or less in diameter or diagonal measurement; or (iii) an antenna that is designed to receive television broadcast signals
Development Area Declaration, §2.10Read page 9 in the documentscan
may be permitted subject to reasonable requirements as to location and screening as may be set forth in rules adopted by the Hidden Trails Reviewer
Development Area Declaration, §2.10Read page 9 in the documentscan
Solar Energy Devices may be installed with the advance written approval of the Hidden Trails Reviewer
Development Area Declaration, §3.8Read page 19 in the documentscan
the proposed installation location of the Solar Energy Device; and (ii) a description of the Solar Energy Device, including the dimensions, manufacturer, and photograph or other accurate depiction
Development Area Declaration, §3.8.1Read page 19 in the documentscan
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This guide was written from the copies in this archive. Documents can be amended after they are recorded, and this is not legal advice; the recorded instruments at the Comal County Clerk are the authoritative versions.