Bickford v. YANCEY DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.

Sears, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in order to consider whether OCGA § 44-5-60 (d) (1), as revised in 1993, automatically renewed restrictive covenants that were established in 1977. For the reasons explained below, we hold that OCGA § 44-5-60 (d) (1), as revised in 1993, applies only to covenants established after the revised subsection’s effective date, July 1, 1993. Therefore, we affirm.

In 1977, Frank Swift subdivided a 165 acre tract of land he owned in Cobb County into home sites for a residential development. That same year, Swift recorded a plat of the tract which contained…