Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the Supreme Court's determination that the restrictive covenant encumbering the defendants' property is ambiguous. When a restrictive covenant is ambiguous, public policy favors the free and unobstructed use of the property, and the covenant cannot be enforced (see, Bear Mtn. Books v Woodbury Common Partners,
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