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9 <br /> (c) Signs for interpretive purposes and to indicate the interest of Grantee in the Trail <br /> Area. <br /> (d) Boardwalks, ramps, handrails, gates and barriers to control access. <br /> ARTICLE IV. PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES <br /> Any activity on, or use of, the Trail Area inconsistent with the purposes of this Easement <br /> is prohibited. Other than as provided herein, the Trail Area shall be maintained in its natural, <br /> scenic, wooded and open condition and restricted from any use that would impair or interfere <br /> with the Conservation Values or the purposes of this Easement. Except for those rights <br /> specifically reserved to Grantor in Article II and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, <br /> the following activities and uses are expressly prohibited or restricted as indicated: <br /> 4.1. Trail Area Use. Access to the Trail Area by the general public is subject to the following <br /> limitations: <br /> (a) The Trail may be used only for walking, nature study, and the like. <br /> (b) Use is limited to the hours between dawn and dusk. <br /> (c) Smoking or lighting of fires is prohibited. <br /> (d) Consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. <br /> (e) Trapping or hunting is prohibited. <br /> 4.2. Mechanized Vehicles. There shall be no use of motorized or mechanized vehicles on the <br /> Trail Area except as necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation and management of <br /> the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail, construction of a pedestrian bridge, and the Grantor's <br /> use of the driveway identified on the plat of survey recorded in Plat Book , Page , <br /> Orange County Registry as described herein. Bicycles are considered to be mechanized vehicles <br /> for the purposes of this Easement. <br /> 4.3. Industrial or Commercial Use: Industrial and commercial activities are prohibited in the <br /> Trail Area. <br /> 4.4. Residential Use, Structures, and Signs. There shall be no residential use of the Trail <br /> Area. There shall be no constructing or placing of any building, mobile home, billboard or other <br /> advertising display, antenna, utility pole, tower, conduit line, or any other temporary or <br /> permanent structure or facility on or above the Trail Area except for the following: placement <br /> and display of no trespassing signs, local, state or federal traffic or similar informational signs, <br /> boundary fencing, signs identifying the Conservation Values of the Trail Area, and/or signs <br /> identifying Grantor as owner of the Property and Grantee as holder of this Easement, signs <br /> identifying the Trail Area as a part of the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail, signs giving <br /> directions or prescribing rules and regulations for the use of the Trail Area, educational and <br /> interpretative signs, identification labels or any other similar temporary or permanent signs. <br /> -5- <br />