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<br />Bliss- Dobyns Conservation Easement Draft 9125113
<br />recreational use of the Property, including but not limited to the right to prohibit any recreational
<br />use that would permit destruction of other significant conservation values of the Property.
<br />2.7 Excavation. There shall be no filling, excavation, dredging, mining or
<br />drilling; no removal of topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, peat, minerals or other materials; and no
<br />change in the topography of the land in any manner except as necessary to allow a) the
<br />construction of the improvements permitted herein, b) the maintenance of hiking trails permitted
<br />herein, c) the combating of erosion or flooding, and d) to enhance the plant and animal
<br />ecosystems native to the locality.
<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 Property that would be detrimental to water
<br />purity or, except as specified herein, that could alter the natural water level or flow in or over the
<br />Property. There shall be no alteration, depletion or extraction of surface water, natural
<br />watercourses, lakes, ponds, marshes, subsurface water or any other water bodies on the Property.
<br />Diking, draining, filling or removal of wetlands is prohibited.
<br />2.10 Signage. No signs or billboards or other advertising displays are allowed
<br />on the Property except as otherwise permitted herein and as follows: signs authorized by Orange
<br />County zoning regulations whose placement, number and design do not diminish the scenic
<br />character of the Property may be displayed to identify the conservation values of the Property, to
<br />identify the Conservation Easement, to give directions, to advertise or regulate permitted uses on
<br />the Property and prescribe rules and regulations for educational use of the Property, to advertise
<br />the Property for sale or rent, to post the Property against trespassers, and to identify the Grantor
<br />as fee simple owner of the Property, and to identify the Grantee as holder of the Conservation
<br />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 Property, and
<br />except as needed in the areas identified and marked "Residential Envelope" and Agricultural
<br />Envelope" on Exhibit C of this Conservation Easement without the permission of the Grantee.
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