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BK 6866 PG 697 DOC# 30111878 <br /> regulations and consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and <br /> ordinances for such reconstruction. <br /> 2.4 Agricultural Use. Grantor shall have the right to i) to breed and raise bees, <br /> fish, poultry and other fowl in existing facilities on the Easement Area, and ii) to plant, raise and <br /> harvest crops in existing fields and/or develop a community garden within existing open areas on the <br /> Easement Area. Grantor may not establish or maintain any commercial feeder operation on the <br /> Easement Area, which is defined for the purpose of this easement as an intensive animal raising <br /> operation that takes place within a building and none of the feed is produced on the tract, and the <br /> processing is fully or partly automated. <br /> 2.5 Timber Harvest. Trees may be removed, cut and otherwise managed to <br /> control insects and disease,to prevent personal injury and property damage, for firewood and other <br /> uses, including construction of permitted improvements and fences on the Easement Area. No <br /> additional timber harvesting shall be allowed. <br /> 2.6 Grazing. Grantor shall not graze or pasture domestic animals on any portion <br /> of the Easement Area for commercial purposes. This shall not prevent the grazing or pasturing of <br /> animals for Grantor's or their guests recreation, or used in connection with activities expressly <br /> allowed on the Easement Area. <br /> 2.7 Home Business. Any business that is conducted by and in the home of a <br /> person residing on the Easement Area, if any, is allowed. <br /> 2.8 Recreational Use. Consistent with the purpose of and the limitations <br /> contained in this Conservation Easement,Grantor shall have the right to engage in and permit others, <br /> whether or not for consideration,to engage in recreational uses of the Easement Area,including,but <br /> not limited to, hiking, camping, picnicking, horseback riding, non-motorized bicycling, lawful <br /> hunting and fishing,and other recreational uses that require no buildings,facilities,surface alteration <br /> or other development of the land so long as authorized by Orange County zoning regulations and <br /> consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and ordinances. <br /> Pursuit of wildlife by any form of motorized transportation is not allowed. Grantor may also <br /> construct and maintain fences,foot trails,foot bridges,and or non-motorized vehicle trails incidental <br /> to such purposes. Grantor reserves the right to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and <br /> regulations for all activities incident to recreational use of the Easement Area, including but not <br /> limited to the right to prohibit any recreational use that would permit destruction of other significant <br /> conservation value of the Easement Area. <br /> 2.9 Excavation.There shall be no filling,excavation,dredging,mining or drilling; <br /> no removal of topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, peat, minerals or other materials; and no change in the <br /> topography of the land within the Easement Area in any manner except as necessary to allow a)the <br /> construction of the improvements allowed above,b)the maintenance ofroads,hiking,horseback and <br /> non-motorized vehicle trails permitted hereunder, and c) the combating erosion or flooding. <br /> Page 6 of 17 <br />