Orange County NC Website
Page 7 of 19 <br />permitted below is prohibited. Before undertaking any construction or reconstruction that <br />requires advance permission, the Grantor shall notify the Grantees 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 Protected Property for purposes of reasonable and customary management of <br />livestock and wildlife or to fence off the perimeter of the Protected Property or the perimeter of <br />the stream buffer without any further permission of the Grantees. <br />(b) Structures & Improvements –There are no structures existing on the Protected <br />Property as of the date of this Agricultural Conservation Easement. New buildings, including <br />barns, sheds and other structures and improvements to be used primarily for agricultural <br />purposes (including the processing or sale of farm products predominantly grown or raised on <br />the Protected Property) may be built on the Protected Property without any further permission of <br />the Grantees provided they are located in the "Farmstead Area.” <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 Protected Property or otherwise be inconsistent with this <br />Conservation Easement. <br />(c) Single-Family Residential Dwellings –No residential dwellings exist on the <br />Protected Property. Future residential dwellings on the Protected Property are prohibited. <br />(d) Passive Recreational Improvements –Grantor expressly reserves the right to <br />engage in low impact, non-developed recreational activities requiring no surface alteration of the <br />land and posing no threat to the Conservation Values set herein such as hunting, fishing, hiking <br />and camping, and to control access of all persons for these purposes, except the general public <br />shall not be allowed to participate in these activities; provided that these activities do not impact <br />the protection and conservation of any animal habitat or other Conservation Values of the <br />Protected Property. However, under no circumstances shall golf courses, golf ranges, airstrips or <br />helicopter pads be constructed, placed or permitted to remain on the Protected Property. Nothing <br />about Orange County’s participation in or the signing of this Deed of Easement constitutes <br />zoning or the permitting of these recreational improvements and their appurtenant structures. <br /> (e) Utility Services and Septic Systems –Installation, maintenance, repair, <br />replacement, removal and relocation of electric, gas, and water facilities, septic systems, sewer <br />lines and/or other public or private utilities, including for solar energy generation and including <br />telephone or other communication services over or under the Protected Property for the purpose <br />of providing electrical, gas, water, sewer, or other utilities to serve improvements on the <br />Protected Property permitted herein, and the right to grant easements over and under the <br />Protected Property for such purposes, is permitted. Grantor shall not permit or grant easements <br />13