1) an agreement included in a deed to real property that the buyer (grantee) will
be limited as to the future use of the property. Example no fence may be built on
the property except of dark wood and not more than six feet high, no tennis court
or swimming pool may be constructed within 30 feet of the property line, and no
structure can be built within 20 feet of the frontage street. Commonly these covenants
are written so that they can be enforced by the grantor and other owners in the
subdivision, so that future owners will be bound by the covenant (called "covenant
running with the land" if enforceable against future owners). All restrictive covenants
based on race ("the property may be occupied only by Caucasians") were declared
unconstitutional in 1949 and if they still show on deeds are null and void.
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