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12 <br /> Hill CE Draft 11/16/2017 <br /> Cattle and other livestock are allowed to exist and to graze on the Property, except within <br /> a 200-foot-wide stream buffer, which is 100 feet wide on either side of the stream as measured <br /> from the center of the stream and perpendicular to the stream, the location of which is identified <br /> and marked on Exhibit A. Exhibit A is a copy of a GIS rendering of the Property, the original of <br /> which will be maintained with the Baseline Documentation Report at the office of the Orange <br /> County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation. Flash grazing may be <br /> permitted in the 200 foot riparian buffer to help manage riparian area vegetation or as otherwise <br /> allowed as a the Prescribed Grazing (Acre) (528)best management practice in its most up to date <br /> version available from the USDA NRCS. Fencing intended to keep cattle and other livestock out <br /> of the 200-foot stream buffer shall be installed no later than six months after the signing of this <br /> Conservation Easement. <br /> The aforementioned stream buffer shall be maintained in its natural condition and <br /> restricted from any development that would impair or interfere with the Conservation Values of <br /> the Property. <br /> 5. Right to Privacy <br /> Grantor retains 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 1.25 acres) as identified on Exhibit A, and more particularly described in the <br /> Baseline Documentation Report, for otherwise lawful and customary rural enterprises, such as, <br /> but not limited to, farm machinery repair, sawmill, firewood distribution, bed and breakfast, farm <br /> stand, or educational programs so long as such activities are a) consistent with Orange County <br /> zoning regulations and permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and <br /> ordinances as they exist now and as they may be amended from time to time, and b) 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, and c) are subordinate <br /> to the agricultural and residential use of the Property. Conducting customary rural enterprises on <br /> any other part of the Property is not permitted without the advance written permission of the <br /> Grantees in each instance. Grantees shall not give such permission unless the Grantees <br /> determine that the proposed use will not diminish or impair the Conservation Values of the <br /> Property. The parties expressly agree that enterprises that market petroleum or chemical <br /> products are prohibited, and that commercial feed lots for cattle or other meat animals are also <br /> prohibited. <br /> 7. Procedure to Construct Buildings and Other Improvements <br /> The Grantor's rights to construct or reconstruct buildings and other improvements are <br /> described in subparagraphs (a) through (f)below. Any construction or reconstruction not <br /> Page 6 of 18 <br />