Restrictive Covenants and Property Uses

Most people in subdivisions are aware that covenants exist that restrict the sorts of uses that they make of their property.  What some people are not aware of is that the law in Georgia strictly interprets covenants in favor of the free use of property. While many covenant issues do not involve ambiguous language in a Declaration of Covenants, disputes often arise in the interpretation of covenants on property.  Accordingly, homeowners may have grounds to object to application of covenants where the language of the recorded covenant is ambiguous.