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Washington County, MN - TPD - PDR Document PagelOof12 or industrial development at the time of application. The area must be subdivided from the eased property prior to closing. C. Permitted Uses. Lands under a development rights conservation easement may continue to be used for the following purposes, except as reguiated by the specific terms of the conservation easement and as restricted by local zoning requirements and other applicable regulations: (1) Customary agricultural uses, including seasonal agricultural businesses and customary home occupations, as defined by the Washington County Development Code or ordinances of other local units of government. (2) Land conservation and management activities, as specified in the terms of the conservation easement. (3) The landowner's residence or fanmstead. (4) Replacement, expansion or modification of existing buildings within the immediate area of the house site or farmstead, up to a specified percentage of the original building footprint(s), which shall be negotiated as part of the terms of the conservation easement. (5) Customary agricultural buildings shall be permitted as specified in the terms of the conservation easement. (6) Other activities and alterations that may occur on the property shall be defined by the terms of the conservation easement. In general, such activities shall be penmitted to the extent that they do not lessen or degrade the resource values the conservation easement is intended to protect and are permitted uses under the Washington County Development Code and ordinances of the applicable local unit of government. (7) A conservation plan prepared according to the standards of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or similar agency shall be required for all agricultural land under conservation easement. SECTION 9. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT The conservation easements will be held by Washington County and may be co-held by the Minnesota Land Trust, local governments, or any non- profit land conservation organization qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 1. 170A and Minnesota Statutes Annotated Chapter 84C. The County will co-hold all Conservation Easements. Other local units of government may also co-hold a Conservation Easement. At the time the easement is purchased, a baseline data package will be compiled to document the condition of the property at the time of easement purchase and to detail the natural values of the parcel. Baseline data preparation and monitoring activities should comply with the current standards of the Land Trust Alliance, the national standard-setting organization for land trusts, or similar accepted standards. http://www.co.washington.mn.us/your _county -Eovernment/adrninistrationlpurchase _ oC dev.... 9/7/2004