Case Name: VENETIAN ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jon E. ALBRECHT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-07-10
Citations: 823 So. 2d 813
Docket Number: No. 2D01-4408
Parties: VENETIAN ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jon E. ALBRECHT, Appellee.
Judges: SALCINES, J., Concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 823
Pages: 813–814

Head Matter:
VENETIAN ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. Jon E. ALBRECHT, Appellee.
No. 2D01-4408.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 10, 2002.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 16, 2002.
Michael H. Alden of Law Offices of Michael H. Alden, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.
Steven M. Wilsey of Fisher and Wilsey, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

Opinion:
WHATLEY, Judge.
Venetian Isles Homeowners Association, Inc., appeals a final summary judgment finding it lacked the ability to enforce restrictive covenants. Specifically, the final judgment found that the restrictive covenants had expired January 1, 1990. We reverse.
In 1997, Jon E. Albrecht purchased property in the subdivision covered by the restrictive covenants, which were duly recorded in the public records of Pinellas County. Albrecht built a wall that allegedly violates height and location requirements of the restrictive covenants. Thereafter, Venetian Isles brought an action against Albrecht, alleging that his proper ty was in violation of the restrictive covenants.
Albrecht filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the following language in the restrictive covenants precluded their extension beyond the stated term:
The restrictions hereby established shall run with the land and be binding on Robert E. Lee and Company Inc. and its successors and assigns and upon any and all persons and parties who may hereafter purchase, own or occupy any lot or lots within said subdivision up to and including January 1, 1990, unless sooner altered, modified or terminated as herein otherwise prescribed, and may be enforced by any owner of any lot in this subdivision.
In granting summary judgment, the trial judge found that the word "modified" in the above paragraph did not include the ability to extend the restrictive covenants beyond January 1, 1990. We disagree.
We would note that nothing in any other provision of the restrictive covenants alters our decision. "Contract language must be given its plain meaning." Interfirst Fed. Sav. Bank v. Burke, 672 So.2d 90, 92 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). See also Madson v. Madson, 636 So.2d 769, 761 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). The extension of the duration of the restrictive covenants is by plain meaning a modification thereof. Consequently, the restrictive covenants could be extended beyond January 1, 1990.
Accordingly, we reverse the final order of summary judgment entered in this cause and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
SALCINES, J., Concurs.
BLUE, C.J., Concurs in part and dissents in part.
. These and other factual matters remain for the trial court to resolve.