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<br />Covey Creek Conservation Easement (Underwood) Draft 6/3/09 BOCC
<br />2.8 Destruction of Plants. Grantor shall have the right to cut and remove
<br />diseased trees, shrubs, or other plants, to cut and remove invasive (usually non-native) trees,
<br />shrubs and other plants, and to cut firebreaks. Grantor shall also have the right to cut and remove
<br />trees, shrubs, or other plants to accommodate the activities expressly allowed under this
<br />Conservation Easement. There shall be no additional removal, harvesting, destruction or cutting
<br />of native trees, shrubs or other plants. Furthermore, except to accommodate the activities
<br />expressly permitted in this easement, there shall be no use of fertilizers, plowing, introduction of
<br />non-native animals, or disturbance or change in the natural habitat in any manner.
<br />2.9 Water Quality and Drainage Patterns. There shall be no pollution of
<br />surface water, natural water courses, lakes, ponds, marshes, subsurface water or any other water
<br />bodies, nor shall activities be conducted on the Easement Area that would be detrimental to
<br />water purity or, except as specified herein, that could alter the natural water level or flow in or
<br />over the Easement Area. There shall be no alteration, depletion or extraction of surface water,
<br />natural watercourses, lakes, ponds, mazshes, subsurface water or any other water bodies on the
<br />Easement Area. Diking, draining, filling or removal of wetlands is prohibited.
<br />2.10 Si ng_age. No signs or billboards or other advertising displays are allowed
<br />on the Easement Area except as otherwise permitted herein and as follows: signs authorized by
<br />Orange County zoning regulations whose placement, number and design do not diminish the
<br />scenic character of the Easement Area may be displayed to identify the conservation values of
<br />the Easement Area, to identify the Conservation Easement, to give directions, to advertise or
<br />regulate permitted uses on the Easement Area and prescribe rules and regulations for educational
<br />use of the Easement Area, to advertise the Easement Area for sale or rent, to post the Easement
<br />Area against trespassers, and to identify the Grantor as fee simple owner of the Easement Area,
<br />and to identify the Grantee as holder of the Conservation Easement.
<br />2.11 No Biocides. -There shall be no use of pesticides or biocides, including but
<br />not limited to insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and herbicides, except as approved by
<br />Grantee to control invasive species detrimental to the conservation values of the Easement Area,
<br />and except as needed in the area identified and marked "Residential Envelope" on Exhibit C of
<br />this Conservation Easement without the permission of the Grantee.
<br />2.12 No Dumping. There shall be no storage or dumping of trash, garbage,
<br />abandoned vehicles, appliances, or machinery, or other unsightly or offensive material,
<br />hazazdous substance, or toxic waste on the Easement Area. There shall be no changing of the
<br />topography through the placing of soil or other substance or material such as land fill or dredging
<br />spoils, nor shall activities be conducted on the Easement Area that could cause erosion or
<br />siltation on the Easement Area.
<br />2.13 Predator Control. Grantor shall have the right to control, destroy, or trap
<br />predatory and problem animals that pose a material threat to humans by means and methods with
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