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CMV: deed restrictions should be outlawed.

Deed restrictions are when the owner of a property sells it to someone else and prohibits what the new buyer can do with the property.

It is why you see so many old gas stations used as liquor stores or car repair stations. The seller of the previous gas station doesn't want competition, so they restrict what the new buyer can do on the property.

These deed restrictions create challenges for the communities where they exist. They restrict competition and they often result in undesirable land uses for community. Instead of a gas station having better marketing or better products, they prohibit their competition in a certain area. Because zoning laws dictate/limit so much of land use in the united states, Deed restrictions can essentially blockade any new businesses from coming into town.

Deed restrictions should be unenforceable and made illegal.
gpt
i think that's overbroad.  For example, it's pretty awesome that you can take a forest you own and say "this can never be developed, it must be preserved for ever" (conservation easement).  It's pretty great that i can pass property to a historical society and be assured they won't sell it for a strip mall.

I think the question is whether different zones should disallow certain kinds of deed restrictions.  For example, if you want the benefit of commercial use i think it's reasonable that you give up the right to apply said restrictions.