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Lee Farm Conservation Easement BOCC Draft ' ~ <br />Cattle and other livestock are allowed to exist and to graze on the Property, except within <br />a 100-foot .stream buffer, 50 feet on either side of the stream as measured from the center of the <br />stream to the to the top of bank and perpendicular to the stream-the location of which is <br />identified and marked on Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Exhibit B is a copy <br />of a GIS rendering of the Property, the original of which will be maintained with the Baseline <br />Report at the office of the Orange County Environment and Resource Conservation Department. <br />S. Right to Privacy <br />Grantors retain the right to privacy and the right to exclude any member of the public <br />from trespassing on the Property. This Conservation Easement does not create any rights of the <br />public in, on, or to the Property. <br />6. Right to Use the Property for Customary Rural Enterprises <br />Grantors retain the right to use the portion of the Property within the "Farmstead Area" <br />(which contains approximately five acres) as identified on Exhibit B, and more particularly <br />described in the Baseline Report, for otherwise lawful and customary rural enterprises, such as, <br />but not limited to, farm machinery repair, sawmill, firewood distribution, bed and breakfast, or <br />farm stand so long as such activities are consistent with Orange County zoning regulations and <br />permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and ordinances, and are <br />conducted in buildings otherwise permitted under this Conservation Easement in a manner that is <br />consistent with the conservation purposes of this Conservation Easement. Conducting customary <br />rural enterprises on any other part of the Property is not permitted without the advance written <br />permission of Grantee in each instance. Grantee shall not give such permission unless Grantee <br />determines that the proposed use'will not diminish or impair the conservation values of the <br />Property. <br />7. Procedure to Construct Buildings and Other Improvements <br />The Grantors' rights to construct or reconstruct buildings and other improvements are <br />described in subparagraphs (a) through (f) below. Any construction or reconstruction not <br />permitted below is prohibited. Before undertaking any construction or reconstruction that <br />requires advance permission, the Grantors shall notify Grantee and obtain written permission. <br />All construction or reconstruction is subject to Orange County zoning regulations and must be <br />consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and ordinances <br />for such construction activities. <br />(a) Fences -Existing fences may be repaired and replaced, and new fences may be <br />built on the Property for purposes of reasonable and customary management of livestock and <br />wildlife or to fence off the perimeter of the Property without any further permission of Grantee. <br />(b) Structures & Improvements -Structures, improvements, roads as described in <br />Paragraph 12, and other impervious surfaces located on the Property, including those existing on <br />Pagz5of17 <br />