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and all requirements or privileges of estate are intended to be satisfied, or in the alternate, <br /> that an equitable servitude has been created to insure that these restrictions run with the <br /> Property. For the term of this Declaration, each and every contract, deed or other <br /> instrument hereafter executed conveying the Property or portion thereof shall expressly <br /> provide that such conveyance is subject to this Declaration, provided, however, the <br /> covenants contained herein shall survive and be effective regardless of whether such <br /> contracts, deed, or other instrument hereafter executed conveying the Property or portion <br /> thereof provides that such conveyance is subject to this Declaration. It is further the <br /> responsibility of Owner to rerecord the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants periodically <br /> and no less often than one day less than every 30 years from the date hereof for the <br /> purpose of renewing the rights of first refusal in the Property or portion thereof including <br /> any leasehold interest in the Property or portion thereof. Orange County retains the right <br /> to, periodically and every 30 years after the first recording of the Declaration of <br /> Restrictive Covenants on the Property to register, with the Register of Deeds of Orange <br /> County, a notice of preservation of the Restrictive Covenants on the Property as provided <br /> in North Carolina General Statute § 47134 or any comparable preservation law in effect <br /> at the time of the recording of the notice of preservation. It is the intent of this Section <br /> that the ninety-nine (99) year duration of this Declaration of Restrictive Covenants be <br /> accomplished and that any future owner of the Property, Owner, and Orange County will <br /> do what is necessary to ensure that the same is not extinguished by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41- <br /> 29 or any comparable law purporting to extinguish, by the passage of time, preemptive <br /> rights in the Property and by the Real Property Marketable Title Act or any comparable <br /> law purporting to extinguish, by the passage of time, non-possessory interests in real <br /> property. Any future owner, Owner and Orange County agree to do what each must do to <br /> accomplish the ninety-nine (99) year duration of this Declaration of Restrictive <br /> Covenants. <br /> SECTION 4 ENFORCEMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS <br /> A. Rights of Refusal <br /> 1. Grant and Effect. Orange County is granted a right of first refusal to purchase the <br /> Property as described in this Section. Any assignment, sale, transfer, conveyance, or <br /> other disposition of the Property or any part thereof whether voluntarily or <br /> involuntarily or by operation of law ("Transfer") shall not be effective unless and <br /> until the below-described procedure is followed. <br /> 2. Right of First Refusal. If Owner contemplates a Transfer to any entity other than an <br /> agency with similar interest in affordable housing serving families with incomes not <br /> exceeding 80% of the area median household income by family size, as determined <br /> by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at the time of the <br /> transfer, the non-profit fund, foundation, or corporation of like purposes must have <br /> established its tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue <br /> Code. Owner shall send to Orange County, at the address noted in the Notice section <br /> of this Declaration, not less than 90 days prior to the contemplated closing date of the <br /> Transfer, a"Notice of Intent to Sell ("Notice")." This Notice shall be accompanied by <br /> �L <br />