Duluth UDC § 507.02

The following guidelines are required to be incorporated into any conservation easement, at a minimum, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney: a. The easement recognizes and describes in a statement of purpose the special qualities of the property subject to the easement. Conditions within the tract subject to the conservation easement may be shown by map and/or photograph; b. The easement clearly identifies the owner of the property subject to the easement, the holder of the easement, and the responsibilities of the property owner and easement holder; c. The easement specifically and clearly identifies the boundaries of the property subject to the easement, either by metes and bounds legal description, survey plat or reference to the easement area shown on the final subdivision plat; d. The easement contains restrictions as to what the owner may do with the property and specifically delineates what may not be done with the property. Limitations shall be consistent with the type of area 157 | P a g e Article Five. Subdivisions and Planned Developments protected and the applicable requirements of this Article to such areas, and may include but shall not be confined to prohibitions against subdivision, earthmoving, dumping, signs, utility lines, construction, changes to existing structures, and uses made of the property; e. The easement provides for the right of the easement holder to inspect the property to assure observance of restrictions and provides for enforcement procedures; f. The easement provides for the maintenance of the open space; and g. The easement contains provisions governing its amendment, including provisions that the easement shall not be altered or terminated except with the express written permission of all entities having either a property right or enforcement right in the easement.