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Latta Conservation Easement Draft #3 (March 12, 2007) <br />the dwelling is less than 1,000 square feet in floor size and it is located within those areas <br />identified and marked as the "Farmstead Area" or "Existing Residential Envelopes" identified on <br />Exhibit B. At the time that construction of such structure is to commence, Grantee shall be <br />notified so that its records can be updated. <br />(d) Single-Family Residential Dwellings -Three residential dwellings exist on the <br />Property within the "Existing Residential Envelopes," as shown on Exhibit B. No new <br />residential dwelling may be built on the Property except for that which is authorized in <br />Paragraph 7 (c) of this Conservation Easement. <br />(e) Recreational Improvements -Grantors expressly reserve the right to engage in <br />low impact, non-developed recreational activities requiring no surface alteration of the land and <br />posing no threat to the conservation values set herein such as hunting, fishing, hiking and bird <br />watching, and to control access of all persons for these purposes; provided that these activities <br />do not impact the protection and conservation of any animal habitat or other conservation values <br />of the Property. However, under no circumstances shall golf courses, golf ranges, airstrips or <br />helicopter pads be constructed, placed or permitted to remain on the Property. <br />(fl Utility Services and Septic Systems -Installation, maintenance, repair, <br />replacement, removal and relocation of electric, gas, and water facilities, sewer lines and/or other <br />public or private utilities, including telephone or other communication services over or under the <br />Property for the purpose of providing electrical, gas, water, sewer, or other utilities to serve <br />improvements on the Property permitted herein, and the right to grant easements over and under <br />the Property for such purposes, is permitted. Grantors shall not permit or grant easements for <br />utility transmission or distribution facilities or systems without the written consent of the <br />Grantee. Maintenance, repair or improvement of a septic system(s) or other underground <br />sanitary system that exists on the Property at the time of this Conservation Easement, or the <br />construction of a septic or other underground sanitary system, for the benefit of any of the <br />improvements permitted herein, is permitted. Ail other utilities are prohibited on the Property <br />including, but not limited to, cellular communication towers or structures. <br />8. Subdivision <br />The Property currently consists of a single tract of land. The subdivision of the Property, <br />including its partition, is prohibited except as may be required by Orange County to enable the <br />construction of the farm support dwelling provided for in Paragraph 7(c). In the event a farm <br />support dwelling is constructed that requires Orange County subdivision approval, the <br />subdivided lot shall, so long as this Conservation Easement is applicable to the Property, remain <br />in the same ownership as the parent parcel from which the farm support dwelling lot is divided <br />so that if conveyed the tenant housing, farmstead area, and parent parcel remain together as one <br />parcel. This prohibition applies regardless of how many separately described parcels are <br />contained in the legal description attached as Exhibit A. In any event, all terms, restrictions, and <br />conditions of this Conservation Easement shall apply to any subdivided parcel permitted by the <br />terms of this Conservation Easement, including but not limited to the requirements of <br />agricultural viability of the Property, the restrictions on future development, the impervious <br />surface limits on the Property as described in Paragraph 7(b) of this Conservation Easement, the <br />Page 7 of 18 <br />