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> conservation easements I.e. easements that come from law rather than seller stipulation? Seems an easy distinction to make.
by mmanfrin 2y ago
> conservation easements
I.e. easements that come from law rather than seller stipulation? Seems an easy distinction to make.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> I.e. easements that come from law rather than seller stipulation? A lot of convservation land in America is put under non-governmental easement [1]. The owner puts a restriction on the deed prohibiting development. They typically require emininet domain powers to be removed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_easement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_easement
- maxerickson 2y agoThe government could probably choose to define the terms used to define retail activities in the covenant as meaningless. Menard's does this in Michigan, and then tries to get the taxes on their replacement stores to be based on the restricted property. It's nuts.
- nicknow 2y agoWe can probably define a legal conservation easement as one that prevents further development on a piece of land, as opposed to regulating the uses and types of development.
- kristjansson 2y agoconservation easements derive from seller stipulations: "Sure NGO XYZ, I'll sell this land to iff you accept a long-term restriction on it's use"
- ak217 2y agoThere are a few historical types of deed restrictions that have been judged illegal and unenforceable. A corporation placing a deed restriction on a parcel to prevent competition with itself sounds like an illegal class of restriction