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taxes on the Premises shall be paid or prepaid by Owner (grantor) with County's (grantee's) pro-rated <br />share of those taxes added to the agreed purchase price. <br />5. Improvements and Maintenance. <br />a. The County shall have the right to enter the Premises up the execution and <br />recording of this Lease Agreement and prior to the effective date of the lease and thereafter during the <br />lease term to make any and all improvements, temporary or permanent, to the premises as deemed <br />necessary and desirable to the County for its use of the premises. It is anticipated that the County w ill <br />continue to use the premises as a Solid Waste Convenience Center. The County shall continue to <br />maintain a buffer strip, within the leased premises, around the Solid Waste Convenience Center of at <br />least (40 feet) in width through the use of fencing and natural vegetation. This buffer shall be fashioned <br />in a manner to permit entrance to the Solid Waste Convenience Center constructed on t he premises <br />form High Rock Road to the Solid Waste Convenience Center. <br />b. All improvements to and maintenance of the lease premises shall be solely at the <br />County's expense. Any improvements constructed or provided at the leased premises shall be, upon <br />termination or expiration of the lease, the Premises of the Owner, unless the same can be removed by <br />the County without damage to the leased premises. Provided, however, at Owner's request at the <br />termination of the lease, the County shall remove all such improvements and shall remove any trash, <br />waste and soils contaminated by the County's use of the premises. <br />c. During the term of the lease the County shall be responsible for maintaining the <br />leased premises in a neat, clean and orderly condition at all times. Roadways, parking areas, and other <br />public access ways shall be maintained by the County. Fences and natural vegetation buffers installed <br />on the leased premises by the County shall also be maintained by the County. Any additional ad <br />valorem taxes resulting from any permanent improvements to the leased premises shall be <br />responsibility of the County. <br />6. Taxes. <br />Owner agrees to pay all taxes and assessments during the term of the lease, including but not <br />limited to municipal, county and state taxes assessed against the leased premises which are incident to <br />the ownership of the leased premises. <br />7. Representations and Warranties of Owner. <br />Owner represents and warrants to the County (each of which representations and warranties <br />shall be true as of the date Owner executes this Lease) as follows: <br />a. Owner has full right, power and authority to enter into this Lease Agreement and <br />to consummate the lease contemplated herein. <br />b. No person or entity has been granted any license, lease or other right relating to <br />the use or possession of the premises or any part thereof, except the County as expressly provided in <br />this Lease Agreement. <br />