Parker v. Peaceful Valley Property Owners Assn

In Parker v. Peaceful Valley Property Owners Assn., 271 Ga. 325, 326 (1) (519 SE2d 440) (1999), the Supreme Court of Georgia considered a restrictive covenant that required all property in a subdivision "be used exclusively for residential purposes" and that limited each lot "to one single family dwelling house and one building for a garage." Id. In that case, the owners proposed constructing a garage to store, when not otherwise in use, a dump truck, pickup truck, and other equipment used in an owner's business. Id. The Supreme Court held that storing the dump truck and other vehicles was a "business purpose" prohibited by the restrictive covenants. ("Because they intended to use their storage building for business purposes, we conclude that it violated the association's restrictive covenant that the property be used exclusively for residential purposes.") Id.