BUILDING RESTRICTIONS

building restrictions. Regulations governing the type of structures that can be constructed on certain property. • The restrictions are usu. listed in zoning ordinances or restrictive covenants in deeds. Cf. BUILDING CODE; restrictive covenant under COVENANT(4). [Cases: Zoning and Planning 62, 251. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 51, 53, 115.]