Scenic easement definition

Scenic easement means the right to control the use of related adjacent land, in- cluding airspace above such land, for the purpose of protecting the scenic view from waters within a scenic waterway; but such control does not affect, without the owner’s consent, any regular use exercised prior to the acquisition of the easement, and the landowner retains the right to uses of the land not specifically restricted by the ease- ment.
Scenic easement means a servitude which is acquired by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation and is designed to permit land to remain in private ownership for its normal agricultural, residential or other use and, at the same time, to restrict and control the future use of the land for the purpose of preserving, restoring or enhancing the natural and historic beauty of the land subject to the scenic easement.
Scenic easement means a perpetual easement in land which

Examples of Scenic easement in a sentence

  • Scenic easement surveillance is done by district maintenance sections as part of their overall responsibility for highways and roadsides.

  • Scenic easement acquisition is the negotiated purchase of a deed restriction on private lands that limits future development of the lands and restricts certain activities.

  • The primary management direction for these acquired lands was the enhancement and restoration of their natural resource values, coupled with complementary uses such as outdoor recreation opportunities for the public.Since the mid 1990’s, an additional 3,548 acres within the Sandy River Basin have been acquired in three different exchanges, and an additional 48 acres of Scenic easement was acquired in a fourth exchange.

  • A Conservation and Scenic easement shall be dedicated on those portions of the property within greater than thirty percent slope in order to protect native vegetation on the steep portion of the property.


More Definitions of Scenic easement

Scenic easement means the right to control the use of land (including the air space above such land) within the authorized boundaries of a component of the wild and scenic rivers system, for the purpose of protecting the natural qualities of a designated wild, scenic or recreational river area, but such control shall not affect, without the owner’s consent, any regular use exercised prior to the acquisition of the easement. For any designated wild and scenic river, the appropriate Secretary shall treat the acquisition of fee title with the reservation of regular existing uses to the owner as a scenic easement for purposes of this Act. Such an acquisition shall not constitute fee title ownership for purposes of section 6(b).
Scenic easement means a perpetual easement in land which (i) is held
Scenic easement means a perpetual easement in land which (i) is held for the benefit of the people of North Carolina, (ii) is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary, and (iii) limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, his heirs, and assigns with respect to their use and management of the land and activities conducted thereon. The object of such limitations and obligations is the maintenance or enhancement of the natural beauty of the land in question or of the areas affected by it.
Scenic easement means the negotiated right to control
Scenic easement means the right to control the use of land (including the air space above such land) within the authorized boundaries of a component of the wild and scenic
Scenic easement means a document recorded with the Whatcom County Auditor and signed by all participating property owners, which is intended to preserve views or view corridors, and may restrict the ability to further develop or expand structures or vegetation on one or more properties. A scenic easement agreement may be developed privately between property owners, or may be a condition of the Hearings Examiner decision pursuant to this chapter, or both.
Scenic easement means and refer to the Amended and Restated Warranty Deed and Grant of Scenic Easements for the Indian Springs Ranch Subdivision recorded in the office of the Teton County Clerk in Jackson, Wyoming, as now or hereafter amended.