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RB5734 461 7120 <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 Si na e. 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. <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 /> hazardous substance, or toxic waste on the Property. 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 Property that could cause erosion or siltation on <br /> the Property. <br /> Page 7 of 16 <br />