A legal restriction placed on a property deed to restrict future uses of a contaminated property. For example, a deed restriction may prohibit future housing development on a contaminated industrial site, or prohibit use of contaminated groundwater on a piece of property.
Clauses included in a property deed which restrict the property owner's use of the land. Often, the term is used to refer to deed restrictions which are intended to preserve land for agricultural use. Such deed restrictions typically prohibit the property owner from developing the land in such a way that the land is irretrievably lost to farming. Commonwealth agencies and County governments can create farmland deed restrictions under the authority of PA Act 43, PA Act 442, or PA Act 1981-48. Conservation organizations can also create deed restrictions through normal real estate transactions.
Restrictions placed on use of real property by writing in a deed to control use and occupancy of the property by future owners. Example: Developers often place deed restrictions that require that all structures have a brick exterior.
A limitation on the use of land, which is set forth in a deed conveying the restrictions.
See Restrictive Covenant.
A limitation that passes with the land regardless of the owner; usually limits the property's type or intensity of use.
A limitation on the use of a property that is recorded on the deed to the property. The limitations on use are legally enforceable against the owner of the property, but who may enforce the limitation depends on state law.
an exception or limitation in a deed.A deed restriction is usually meant to limit or manage specifically the use of a property.
a written stipulation contained within a deed that restricts certain future uses of the property generally inserted at the time of transfer. A deed restriction may include restrictions similar to those contained within a conservation easement. However, enforcement may only be carried out by the prior owner or other parties to the transaction and the restrictions may be canceled at any time by mutual written agreement.
A provision in a deed controlling or limiting the use of the land.
A clause in a deed that restricts the use of the land being conveyed.
A legally binding restriction on the use, activity, and/or limitation of property rights, recorded at the registry of deeds.
restrictive covenants, placed within a deed, that guide future uses of the property.
A legal document filed in a County's official property records, placing limits on the use of a property. In the PDC program, it normally extinguishes the right to build homes on or subdivide residential lots from a sending property but allows other uses, such as farming, forestry and low intensity recreation.
Glossary-D A clause in a deed that limits the use of land.
A covenant contained in a deed imposing limits on the use or occupancy of the real estate or the type, size, purpose or location of improvements to be constructed on it.
A condition placed in a deed limiting or restricting the use of the real property.
A recorded restriction on the use of the property.
A clause in a deed which limits the use of the property in certain respects.
Limiting the use of land by a clause, e.g. not permitted to construct a new road through the land.
Limitations in the deed to a property that dictate certain uses that may or not be made of the property.
A deed carries with it the right to use property in any legal manner. Deed restrictions are used by the seller to provide restrictions over and above those imposed by law. Deed restrictions are often imposed by developers to protect the value of the yet undeveloped property and to provide protections for other property owners in the development.
A restriction imposed in a deed to limit the use of the land. A deed restriction may prevent certain type of usage or may prevent sub-division of the land.
A clause in a deed that limits the use of land. Example : A deed might require that a road cannot be built on the land.
Deed restrictions regulate or preserve, in perpetuity, the uses of a property, based on a deed imposed by the owner of the property. Also known as restrictive covenants, deed restrictions are either recorded in deeds or with a subdivision plat. They have become a popular way for developers to regulate the size and location of structures, nature of improvements to a structure or landscaping and other uses of the property. All subsequent owners of the property are subject to these restrictions. Some developers of affordable housing have placed affordable housing under deed restrictions.
Deed restrictions are usually imposed on a buyer of land when the property is sold and the restrictions are included in the seller's deed to the buyer. Restrictions are generally imposed by a property developer to maintain certain standards. Restrictions may include limits on the color an owner may paint a building, what trees one may plant, or the size of structures to be built on the property. Deed restrictions may also be known as covenants or conditions.
An imposed restriction in a deed that limits the use of the property. For example, a restriction could prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Clauses in a deed limiting the future uses of the property. Deed restrictions may impose a vast variety of limitations and conditions, for example, they may limit the density of buildings, dictate the types of structures that can be erected or prevent buildings from being used for specific purposes or even from being used at all.
Provision placed in a deed to control the use and occupancy of the property by future owners.
An imposed restriction in a deed for the purpose of limiting the use of the land.
A clause in a deed, it limits the owner's use of the property.
Provision placed in deeds to control future uses of the property
A clause in a Deed that limits the uses of the property (e.g., types or quantities of structures permitted)
