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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-01-2015 Biological Open Space Easement For Tract 2707 - AgreementRECORDING REQUESTED BY AND WHEN RECORDED RETURN TO: City of San Luis Obispo Public Works Department 919 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 -3249 BIOLOGICAL OPEN SPACE EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR TRACT 2707 APN 053- 064 -001 and 053- 064 -002 This Biological Open Space Easement Agreement, is made and entered into this 1 day of Xw (,�y -s } 20 1 D, by and between CITYVIEW LAUREL CREEK 178, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, hereinafter called "Owner ", and the CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, a municipal corporation of the State of California, hereinafter called "City ". WITNESSETH WHEREAS, Owner possesses certain property (the "Subject Property ") situated within the City of San Luis Obispo, described as follows: Lots A and B of Tract 2707 in the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, as shown in Book of Maps Pages to in the office of the County Recorder of said County, and WHEREAS, the Subject Property has certain natural biological resources, natural scenic beauty and existing openness of importance to the community, and WHEREAS, an offer of dedication of a biological open space easement was required pursuant to PD Mandatory Project Feature #13 of City Ordinance No. 1485 (2005 Series) rezoning the Tumbling Waters project site and approving the development plan, which authorized development of a 178 -unit residential subdivision of which the Subject Property is a part; and WHEREAS, both Owner and City desire to preserve and conserve for the public benefit the biological diversity, natural scenic beauty and existing openness and other natural conditions on the Subject Property, and WHEREAS, the Owner has offered to dedicate this biological open space easement to preserve the above described values by restricting Owner's use of and activities on the Subject Property through the imposition of a perpetual biological open space easement with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, in compliance with Chapter 6.6 of Part 1 of Division 1 of title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California commencing with Section 51070, and in further consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and the conditions herein contained and the substantial public benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows: Owner hereby grants to City a biological open space easement (the "Easement ") over the Subject Property (the "Easement Area "). Said grant of easement conveys to City an estate and interest in the Subject Property. The P purpose of the easement is to protect said biological diversity, natural scenic beauty and existing openness and other natural conditions by voluntarily restricting the use of the Easement Area as hereinafter set forth. 2. The restrictions hereby imposed upon the use of the Easement Area by Owner and the acts which Owner shall refrain from doing upon the Easement Area are, and shall be, as follows: a. No structures shall be placed or erected within the Easement Area, except as allowed in item 2(b) below. If desired, "see- through" fencing appropriate to open space preservation may be allowed if approved by the City's Architectural Review Commission. b. Portions of the pedestrian path and associated improvements such as pathway lighting, conduit, minor retaining wall adjacent to path, and landscape irrigation may be constructed within the Easement Area. Said encroachment shall be subject to review and approval by the City's Community Development Director and Natural Resources Manager. c. No signs, billboards, or similar structures or devices or advertising of any kind or nature may be located on or in the Easement Area. d. Owner shall not plant or permit to be planted any vegetation within the Easement Area, except for erosion control, fire protection, or soil stabilization as allowed or approved by the City's Natural Resources Manager or his /her designee. e. Owner shall not remove or permit to be removed any vegetation within the Easement Area, except as reasonably necessary for fire protection, hazard abatement, or replacement or removal of dead vegetation, as allowed or approved by the City's Natural Resources Manager or his /her designee. f. No extraction of surface or subsurface natural resources shall be allowed. g. The general topography of the Easement Area shall be preserved in its natural condition. 3. This Easement shall remain in effect in perpetuity. 4. This grant may not be abandoned by the City except pursuant to all of the provisions of Section 51093 of the Government Code of the State of California. 5. This grant of biological open space easement, as specified in Section 51096 of the Government Code of the State of California, upon execution and acceptance in accordance with Chapter 6.6 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California commencing with Section 51070, shall be deemed an enforceable restriction within the meaning of Article XIII, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of California. 6. Land uses permitted or reserved to the Owner by this grant shall be subject to the ordinances of the City regulating the use of land. 7. The City shall have the right of access to remove any drainage obstructions as needed to provide for the conveyance of creek flows, subject to the review and approval of other agencies with regulatory control over work done in the riparian corridor, specifically the State Department of Fish and Game and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 4 The terms and conditions contained herein shall be binding on the parties hereto and their heirs, successors and assigns. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this document on the day and year first written above. OWNER / GRANTOR CITYVIEW LAUREL CREEK 178, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership By: CityView Laurel Creek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its General Partner By: Sean Burton, Managing Director ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE NOTORIZED CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO r► 4, ATT T: r- V0411 Y CL1J _ A n � Q by /V► e j l q P rDAST O ATTORNEY C ristine Dietrick CALIFORNIA ALL - PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT State of California County of l On. 4- Z 20 to before me, Date Here Insert Rama an ate of the Officer personally appeared V c k-0 V,i Name(s) of Signer(s) who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person') whose nameN) is /afe subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he /s4a,44ey executed the same in INGRID J. KOOPMAN his //their authorized capacity(ies1, and that by Commission * 1868624 his /hafi4heir signatures) on the instrument the 'e► Notary Public - California perso*), or the entity upon behalf of which the Los Angeles County My COMM. 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Due to the economy, the engineering firm going out of business, and other factors, recordation of the amending map was put on hold by the developer for all these years. Now they are restarting their development and have requested that we record the map. The attached documents were required as a condition of recording the amending map and need to be signed by the Mayor 1. Biological Open Space Easement Agreement (signature need to be notarized and attested to by City Clerk) 2. Public Transit easement on Orcutt (signature needs to be attested by City Clerk) 3. Street easement on Sacramento Drive for bridge abutments (signature needs to be attested by City Clerk) Once signed, please return the documents to me for further processing