Westbourne Neighbors,
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We recently discovered that decades-old Westbourne rules - called “covenants” - from the 1950s and ’60s still apply to a Libbie Mill-owned parcel. We’re proposing a simple, limited legal update that applies only to Libbie Mill property (not yours) so we can finish the homes that have been planned and approved there.
The legal update - an “amendment” - will remove the Libbie Mill-owned parcels from the current covenants. Your home, and the neighborhood covenants, will not be affected. To finalize the amendment, we need signatures from a majority of Westbourne lot owners - like you!
We want to make this easy on you and work within your schedule, so you have two options to sign. You can schedule a quick, 15-minute visit to your home OR visit us at our walk-up desk at Libbie Mill - Midtown. Either way, we know your time is valuable. As a thank you, households who complete the process will receive a $200 prepaid card.
Schedule your appointment and read our FAQs below:
Signature Scheduling Options:
Book a 15-minute home visit with our mobile notary. We’ll bring everything to you.
Book a 30-minute signing window at our pop-up desk at Libbie Mill - Midtown. Our team and our notary will be ready for you anytime during that window. If you cannot make it, please cancel or reschedule your time slot.
After scheduling, you will receive a follow-up email with further details about your appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
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You can read the exact Covenants and Restrictions language, pulled from the 1950’s era deeds, here
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The covenants and restrictions themselves are NOT being changed. Libbie Mill is only asking to have their lots removed from the affected lots. Your property, rights, setbacks, and rules remain exactly the same.
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Libbie Mill’s planned and approved residential units will break the single-family (they will have multiple families in them) and building height (they will be more than 2-stories) restrictions. They will not break any other of the current covenants and restrictions.
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Yes! You can see copies of the exact amendment language you would be signing here: Westbourne Amendment Language
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This oversight was missed at several points during the planning and development process, which has been ongoing for several years. During a typical contract review process, a member of the Libbie Mill team was the first to realize the oversight and bring it to our attention.
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Per the rules laid out in the Westbourne covenants and restrictions, a simple majority of lot owners will need to sign in order for the amendment to pass. With a total of 262 lots, that number is 132 lot owner signatures.
That said, we would be more than happy to collect signatures, and offer thank you’s, to more than a simple majority. All who want to sign on to the amendment will be allowed to.
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Our original deadline for collecting lot owner signatures was October 17, 2025. After hearing from dozens of community members that they wanted more time to decide or missed our communications on the initiative, we have decided to honor the request of any Westbourne lot owner who wants to sign the amendment!
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The Libbie Mill team has followed the county’s open public rules and processes to the letter. This included traffic impact studies, community input meetings, environmental impact studies and approval from both the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. This was all completed and passed years ago, starting in 2020.
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There are no surprises here. Libbie Mill has no intention of changing its plans to build the residents’ units that were properly vetted and approved through the traditional processes. If you drive by the parcel today, you can see that some of the foundational construction work was already in progress before we discovered this oversight.
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While the lots will be removed from the Westbourne neighborhood covenants and restrictions, they will be Libbie Mill – Midtown community proffers, which include very similar restrictions on approved activities, noise requirements and other details that help to make the neighborhood the clean, safe and welcoming place that it is today.
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The Westbourne Subdivision is comprised of two major parcels developed 10 years apart, one in the 50’s named Westbourne and another smaller section in the 60’s named Northbourne. They are commonly referred to and were platted as the collective Westbourne Subdivision[RW1] . For this reason, there are actually minor differences between the amendment language that some lot owners will sign. These differences are being handled by the Libbie Mill – Midtown team and will not be an issue for lot owners who choose to provide their signature(s).
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Covenants are restrictions on the land set in place by the original developer as guardrails for neighborhood continuity. They tend to cover topics such as setbacks and building height, number of auxiliary structures, etc. They are limited ONLY to the parcel of land that they sit on top of, whereas county zoning is broadly applied to the entire municipality. Zoning is big picture land use. Covenants are specific to the land inside a given boundary.
