# Covered patios and decks in Anaqua Springs Ranch

Canonical page: https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/anaqua-springs-ranch

Anaqua Springs Ranch is a roughly 920-acre gated community of one-to-three-acre lots on Leon Creek off Boerne Stage Road at Leon Springs, platted from 2004, in unincorporated Bexar County inside San Antonio's ETJ on the Edwards contributing zone, with a Boerne mailing address. No city or county issues a residential building permit there, so the homeowners association's recorded construction rules, contractor-access resolution and drought-resistant landscaping guidelines govern, alongside county septic and floodplain rules. Nearby Crownridge (78256) is inside the city, on the recharge-zone edge, with its own owners association formed in 1986. Klema Builders works to those documents and builds fixed-price.

Anaqua Springs Ranch (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78006, 78255; Crownridge 78256. Gated acreage community off Boerne Stage Road at Leon Springs, outside city limits, with Crownridge nearby.

## Starting price

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Anaqua Springs Ranch, San Antonio starts at $4,000, labor and materials included.

## What we build here

- [Covered Patios](https://klemabuilders.com/covered-patios): Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade.
- [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks.
- [Landscaping](https://klemabuilders.com/landscaping): Sod, xeriscape, edging, lighting and hardscape.
- [Fencing](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing): Cedar privacy, horizontal board, and wrought iron.

## Building in Anaqua Springs Ranch

- **ZIP and place** (78006 mailing, 78255 area; Crownridge 78256): Reached from IH-10 exit 551 along Boerne Stage Road as it becomes Toutant Beauregard. About 920 acres of one-to-three-acre lots, some larger, behind a staffed 24-hour gate with plate readers, with Leon Creek, springs, waterfalls and limestone bluffs inside. The first plat was recorded in 2004 and units continued through 2016. SAWS water on most lots, some wells, septic throughout. Crownridge sits a few miles east near Camp Bullis, between the 207-acre Crownridge Canyon Natural Area and 633-acre Friedrich Wilderness Park.
- **Permit desk** (None in Anaqua Springs Ranch): The community is unincorporated Bexar County inside San Antonio's extraterritorial jurisdiction, and the county has no authority to permit single-family construction, so there is no deck, cover, pergola or fence permit. What still applies: a Bexar County floodplain development permit for dirt work on or within 100 feet of the mapped floodplain along Leon Creek, septic rules through Bexar County Environmental Services, state Edwards rules, and state electrical licensing for lighting. Crownridge is inside city limits, so the City of San Antonio permit applies there.
- **HOA rules** (Anaqua Springs Ranch Homeowners Association): The association, managed by a national management company, has recorded declarations from 2004, New Construction Rules and Regulations from 2011, a resolution restricting access for contractors and vendors without proper approval from 2013, and drought-resistant landscaping, natural turf and rainwater collection guidelines from 2014. In practice that means committee approval before work, contractors cleared at the gate only after approval, and plantings drawn from the drought-resistant list. Committee name, packet and fence rules sit behind the resident portal and are read for the lot before the design.
- **Crownridge review** (Crownridge of Texas Owners Association): Formed in 1986 with recorded Architectural Rules and Guidelines and a 2026 pool enclosure and xeriscape design policy, covering sections such as Walden Heights, Legend Hills, Legend Point, Walden Point and the Heights of Crownridge. Its committee signs off before the city permit; the guideline text is read for the lot.
- **Ground**: Anaqua Springs Ranch is on the Edwards contributing zone: upper Glen Rose limestone in stair-step slopes and bluffs above Leon Creek, at over 1,300 feet, with septic drain fields on every lot and floodplain along the creek. Crownridge straddles the recharge-zone line at the canyon rim, at 1,140 to 1,425 feet, so lots there are treated as recharge until checked. Piers are drilled, decks step with the grade, and patios stay clear of drain fields and the flood line.
- **Lots and homes**: Anaqua Springs Ranch homes are custom Hill Country and Mediterranean estates built from the mid-2000s on acreage with long views, where the project is usually a large covered patio, a view deck over a slope, drought-resistant landscaping and ranch or iron fencing. Crownridge lots run about 5,000 to 25,000 square feet with late-1990s and early-2000s brick, stucco and stone two-stories.

## Why Anaqua Springs Ranch is different

Anaqua Springs Ranch has no permit desk at all. Outside the city and beyond the county's authority over houses, the homeowners association's recorded documents are the rulebook: construction rules, a contractor-access resolution, and landscaping guidelines written for a dry, rocky ridge above Leon Creek. The floodplain along the creek and the septic drain field on every lot are the other two lines a design cannot cross.

Klema Builders reads the recorded documents for the lot, clears the gate the right way, designs covered patios, view decks and drought-resistant landscaping to the slope and the drain field, and writes it into a fixed-price quote after a free in-home consult.

## Questions and answers

### Do I need a permit for a deck or patio cover in Anaqua Springs Ranch?

No city or county permit exists: the community is unincorporated Bexar County in San Antonio's ETJ, and the county does not permit single-family construction. The approvals are the homeowners association's, under its recorded construction rules and contractor-access resolution, plus a county floodplain permit if the work is near Leon Creek and county septic rules for anything near the drain field. Klema Builders prepares the association submittal and the county paperwork where it applies.

### Can my contractor just drive in?

Not in Anaqua Springs Ranch. The association recorded a resolution restricting access for contractors and vendors who do not have proper approval, and the gate is staffed around the clock with plate readers. We are cleared through your approval before the first truck arrives, and we work inside the construction rules on file.

### What landscaping does the association allow?

Its recorded guidelines cover drought-resistant landscaping, natural turf and rainwater collection, which fits the ground: thin soil over Glen Rose limestone at elevation, deer everywhere, septic drain fields to keep clear. We design from the drought-resistant palette with rock and mulch beds, steel edging, native grasses and low-voltage lighting, and confirm the plan against the guideline text for your lot.

### Do you handle the permit and the design review in Anaqua Springs Ranch?

Yes. In Anaqua Springs Ranch that means the association's committee approval and gate clearance under its recorded rules, a county floodplain permit near Leon Creek, and septic setbacks; in Crownridge, the owners association's approval, then the city permit. We prepare the drawings, the site plan and the material list, file the application, and handle the back-and-forth; the permit and the review are line items in the quote. Every project starts with a free in-home consult and a fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days, and we build across San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin.

### How much does a deck, pergola or covered patio cost in Anaqua Springs Ranch?

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Anaqua Springs Ranch starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. Covered patios, pergolas, composite and multi-level decks are quoted fixed-price, line by line, after a free in-home consult. The written quote arrives within 3 to 5 business days.

### How is a deck built on an acreage slope here?

On drilled piers into the Glen Rose limestone, stepped with the grade, with railing heights and stairs to code and the structure kept off the septic drain field and out of the floodplain along the creek. On a view lot the deck is usually the project that earns its keep, and it is designed at the consult standing where you will stand.

### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Anaqua Springs Ranch?

A 12x12 pergola removal in Leon Springs starts at $3,750, haul-away and yard grading included. Decks, patio covers, fences, sheds, hot tubs and playsets are taken down in 1 to 3 business days, hauled off and the ground graded or raked. Concrete footings and any siding or stucco repair at the ledger are handled separately. Already tore it down yourself? We haul off the pile.

### Is Crownridge different from Anaqua Springs Ranch?

Yes, in two ways. Crownridge is inside San Antonio city limits, so the city permit applies to an attached cover, a deck over 30 inches or 300 square feet, lighting and a new fence, and it sits on the recharge-zone edge, so impervious cover is checked. Its owners association, formed in 1986, signs off first under its architectural rules and 2026 xeriscape policy. Lots are smaller and the homes are late-1990s and early-2000s two-stories.

### How long does a project take in Anaqua Springs Ranch?

A cedar pergola is built in 1 to 2 weeks on site once materials and approvals are in hand. A composite or cedar deck takes 3 to 6 weeks from signed contract to walk-through once the permit clears, and a multi-level or pool deck 6 to 10 weeks. There is no city permit wait in Anaqua Springs Ranch; association review typically adds 2 to 4 weeks, and a county floodplain permit near the creek about a month. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract.

## Nearby pages

- [Decks in Boerne](https://klemabuilders.com/decks/boerne)
- [Fencing in Boerne](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing/boerne)
- [The Dominion](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/the-dominion)
- [Elm Creek](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/elm-creek)
- [Shavano Park](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/shavano-park)
- [San Antonio](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio)

## Contact

- Phone: (210) 974-1420 (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
- Email: hello@klemabuilders.com
- Based in: San Antonio, TX
- Service area: San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin
- Free in-home consult, fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days.
- Get a quote: https://klemabuilders.com/get-quote