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Steep Bottom Branch Conservation Easement <br />7-11-03 draft 8 <br />the allowed activities do not impair the conservation values of the Easement Area. Additional <br />retained rights of Grantor are set forth in Paragraph 3 below. <br />2.1 Subdivision. All of the Easement Area shall be kept under the same fee <br />simple ownership. No portion of the Easement Area shall be sold, conveyed, mortgaged, <br />partitioned or subdivided so as to create the possibility of fee simple ownership of any portion <br />that would be separate or different from the fee simple ownership of the remainder of the <br />Easement Area. <br />2.2 Construction. Grantor shall have the right to'construct and maintain <br />natural surface trails for pedestrian use only within the Easement Area.. [Such trails..'. <br />~faeilities far educational or research/scientirc purposes?L • The new construction shall be <br />located in accordance with a map of the property provided as Exhibit B to this Conservation <br />Easement.] No other structures maybe placed or constructed on the Easement Area. <br />Furthermore, there shall be no constructing or placing of any outdoor lighting, utility pole, utility <br />tower, conduit or line on or above the Easement Area other than those necessary to service the <br />Easement Area's improvements and remaining compatible with the conservations values or <br />interests of the Easement Area. <br />2.3 Existing Improvements. Grantor shall have the right to maintain, remodel, <br />and repair existing structures, water wells, fences, and other improvements, and in the event of <br />their destruction, to reconstruct any such existing improvements with another of similar size, <br />function, capacity, location and material so long as authorized by Orange County zoning <br />regulations and consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws <br />and ordinances for such reconstruction. ,remains of former/existing structures on the property <br />may be repaired or removed) <br />2.4 Agricultural Use. Agricultural uses on the Easement Area are prohibited. <br />2.5 Timber Harvest. Commercial timbering of trees within the Easement Area <br />is prohibited. Trees maybe removed, cut and otherwise managed to control insects and disease, <br />to prevent personal injury and property damage, and for construction of permitted improvements <br />and fences on the Grantor's Property. Cutting, removal or harvesting of trees except as expressly <br />allowed in this Section 2.5, including clearing land for cultivation, shall be specifically approved <br />by the Grantee or shall be in accordance with a Forest Management Plan which shall be in <br />writing and approved by both Grantor and Grantee and provided further that all timber roads <br />shall be constructed of permeable materials and shall be no wider than ten (10) feet. <br />2.6 Grazing. Grantor shall not graze or pasture domestic animals on the <br />Easement Area for any purposes. <br />2.7 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 <br />