define restrictive covenants
Negative covenants that limit the uses that can be made by the owner or occupier of land are also called restrictive covenants.. [R]estrictions upon the use of land are not favored in the law. Further, a restrictive covenant will be strictly construed against limitations on the free use of land. Thus, all doubts are resolved in favor of the unfettered use of land.. Any restriction on the use of land must be clearly apparent in the language of the asserted covenant. See id.