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The Charterwood Municipal Utility
District – a limited purpose political subdivision of the State
of Texas – was created in 1972 by the Texas Water Rights Commission,
the predecessor to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It
is the District’s responsibility to finance, construct, own and
operate waterworks, wastewater, and drainage facilities, and to
provide water and sewer services to their residents and customers.
Charterwood MUD is located in northwestern
Harris County, approximately 3 miles north of the intersection of
Highway 249 and FM 1960 and extends to Louetta Road. The District is
approximately 25 miles from Houston’s central business district.
Hewlett-Packard’s corporate office is less than a mile away.
Currently, the District incorporates about
462 acres within the boundaries of the Klein Independent School
District, and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City
of Houston. Residential development began in the District in 1974,
with approximately 355 acres devoted to the residential subdivisions
of Charterwood, Sections 1-7 and 9-11 and Majestic Oaks, Section 1.
In 2005, development began on the new V&W Partners, Ltd. Vintage
Lakes 143-lot-subdivision, with its high-end homes in the range of
$.5 to $2 million. As of October 2007, the District’s single family
development consisted of 1,110 completed and occupied homes, plus
another 50 +/- homes, either complete and unoccupied or under
construction. There are still a number of vacant developed lots.
There is also considerable commercial
development in the District, including a Home Depot, convenience
markets, office buildings, a hotel, two apartment complexes, a
retail center, several fast food facilities, restaurants, and The
Shops at the Vintage – a 31,363 sq. ft. retail center which is 98%
leased. Another 29.5 thousand sq. ft. retail center – The Vintage
Center -- is under construction.
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