Mebane, NC HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)

Section 7-6.2(D) of the Mebane Unified Development Ordinance, effective February 4, 2008 and last amended June 3, 2024, sits inside the General Subdivision Standards article every new subdivision plat must satisfy before Planning and Zoning approval. The section tells subdividers they are encouraged to prepare and record private deed restrictions covering issues the UDO does not reach as tightly, such as architectural design, building materials, minimum floor area, recreational-vehicle parking, and home-based businesses. The ordinance is explicit that these restrictions are private agreements between the subdivider and lot buyers, and that enforcement of deed restrictions is a private matter and is solely the responsibility of the lot owners and/or a property owners' association.

The same sentence states flatly that deed restrictions cannot be enforced by the City of Mebane, and that the Zoning Administrator or any other city official will not be involved in enforcing private deed restrictions. That disclaimer runs separately from the city's own zoning and UDO enforcement power under Article 11, which the Zoning Administrator does use for violations of the UDO itself, such as an unpermitted use or a setback breach. A homeowner who believes a neighbor is violating a subdivision's CC&Rs, an unapproved fence color or a banned RV, has no city inspector or hearing to call; the recorded declaration and the property owners' association formed under UDO Section 7-7 are the only enforcement path, typically through the association's own rules committee or a civil suit in Alamance or Orange County Superior Court.