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Fickle Creek Farm Conservation Easement Draft BOCC Jan 22 16 person for personal injury or death, up to $300,000 per occurrence, and (ii) $300,000 per occurrence for property damage; and warrant that Grantee is and will remain a named insured on Grantors' Property insurance policies covering the Property. Grantors shall provide Grantee with a certificate of insurance coverage on the effective date of this Conservation Easement and within 10 days of each insurance renewal date. 18. Extinguishment of Development.Rights Except as otherwise reserved to the Grantors in this Conservation Easement, the parties agree that all development rights appurtenant to the Property are hereby now released, terminated, and extinguished, and may not be used on or transferred to any portion of the Property as it now or hereafter may be bounded or described, or used or transferred to any other property adjacent or otherwise, nor used for the purpose of calculating permissible lot yield of the Property or any other property by anyone or any entity including the Grantee. 19. Enforcement With reasonable advance notice to the Grantors or with the Grantors' prior verbal consent, Grantee shall have the right to enter the Property for the purpose of inspecting for compliance with the terms of this Conservation Easement. Grantee shall have the right to prevent violations and remedy violations of the terms of this Conservation Easement through judicial action, which shall include, without limitation, the right to bring proceedings in law or in equity against any party or parties attempting to violate the terms of this Conservation Easement. Except when an ongoing, or imminent violation could irreversibly diminish or impair the conservation values of the Property, Grantee shall give the Grantors written notice of the violation and thirty (30) days to cure the violation, before commencing any legal proceedings. Grantee may obtain an injunction to stop a violation or a threatened violation, temporarily or permanently. The parties agree that a court may issue an injunction or order requiring the Grantors to restore the Property to its condition prior to the violation, as restoration of the property may be the only appropriate remedy. In any case where a court finds that a violation has occurred, the Grantors shall reimburse Grantee for all its expenses incurred in stopping and correcting the violation, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees. The failure of Grantee to discover a violation or to take immediate legal action shall not bar it from doing so at a later time for that violation or any subsequent violations. In any case where a court finds no such violation has occurred, each party shall bear its own costs. In any case where the court finds that there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the losing party, the court may award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party as provided by applicable law. The preceding sentence does not apply to the United States should the United States become the grantee under this easement. In the event that Grantee fails to enforce any of the terms of this Conservation Easement as determined in the sole discretion of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, the said Secretary of Agriculture and his or her successors and assigns shall have the right to enforce the terms of the Conservation Easement through any and all authorities available under federal or State law. In the event that Grantee attempts to terminate, transfer, or otherwise