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13 <br />Hill CE Draft 11/16/2017 <br />permitted below is prohibited. Before undertaking any construction or reconstruction that <br />requires advance permission, the Grantor shall notify the 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 />as they exist now and as they may be amended from time to time 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 or the perimeter of the Riparian Corridor <br />without any further permission of the Grantee. <br />(b) Structures & Improvements There are no structures existing on the Property as <br />of the date of this Agricultural Conservation Easement. New buildings, including barns, sheds <br />and other structures and improvements to be used primarily for agricultural purposes (including <br />the processing or sale of farm products predominantly grown or raised on the Property) may be <br />built on the Property without any further permission of the Grantees provided they are located in <br />the "Farmstead Area," as shown on Exhibit A. <br />Any new buildings, structures or improvements proposed for locations outside the <br />"Farmstead Area" shall be for agricultural purposes only and may be built only with the advance <br />written permission of the Grantees. The Grantees shall not give such permission unless they <br />determine that the proposed building, structure or improvement would not diminish or impair the <br />Conservation Values of the Property or otherwise be inconsistent with this Conservation <br />Easement. <br />(c) Single- Family Residential Dwellings No residential dwellings exist on the <br />Property. One (1), but not more than one, single - family residential dwelling, together with <br />reasonable appurtenant structures, such as garages, sheds, and septic systems may be built on the <br />Property within a one -acre "Residential Envelope" located within the area identified as "Potential <br />Future Home Site Area" on Exhibit A and outside of the stream buffers described in Paragraph 4 <br />of this conservation easement. At the time construction of such dwelling and such appurtenant <br />structures is to commence, Grantee shall be notified of the location of the designated <br />"Residential Envelope" so that its records can be updated. Nothing about Orange County's <br />participation in or the signing of this Deed of Easement constitutes zoning or subdivision <br />approval or the permitting of these residential dwellings and their appurtenant structures. <br />(d) Recreational Improvements Grantor expressly reserves 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 <br />camping, and to control access of all persons for these purposes, except the general public shall <br />not be allowed to participate in these activities; provided that these activities do not impact the <br />protection and conservation of any animal habitat or other Conservation Values of the Property. <br />However, under no circumstances shall golf courses, golf ranges, airstrips or helicopter pads be <br />constructed, placed or permitted to remain on the Property. Nothing about Orange County's <br />Page 7of18 <br />