CHAPTER 6.5. Open-Space Easements
Chapter 6.5 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 762.
§§ 51050–51065 · 15 sections
- § 51050 Any city or county which has adopted a general plan may accept grants of open-space easements on privately owned lands lying within the city or county in the…
- § 51051 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Grant of an open-space easement” means a grant by an instrument whereby the…
- § 51053 The execution and acceptance of an instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall constitute a dedication to the public of the open-space…
- § 51054 An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 may contain, and the city or county in appropriate cases may require that it contain, a covenant…
- § 51055 An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall not be effective until it has been accepted by resolution of the governing body of the city…
- § 51056 No grant of an open-space easement shall be accepted by a city or county, unless the governing body, by resolution, finds: (a) That the preservation of the…
- § 51057 The governing body of the city or county shall not accept any grant of an open-space easement until the matter has first been referred to the city or county…
- § 51058 From and after the time when an open-space easement has been accepted by the city or county and its acceptance endorsed thereon, no building permit may be…
- § 51059 Upon the acceptance of any instrument creating an open-space easement the clerk of the governing body shall record the same in the office of the county…
- § 51060 From time to time, the governing body of any city or county may accept an instrument whereby the term of any open-space easement is extended in the same manner…
- § 51061 The governing body of any city or county at any time may, by resolution, abandon an open-space easement, if it finds that no public purpose described in…
- § 51062 Upon the recording in the office of the county recorder of a certified copy of any resolution abandoning the open-space easement and reciting compliance with…
- § 51063 If any land or a portion thereof as to which any city or county has accepted an open-space easement is thereafter sought to be condemned for public use and the…
- § 51064 Lands subject to the grant of an open-space easement executed and accepted in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed to be enforceably restricted within…
- § 51065 Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent or restrict the right or power of any city or county to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise scenic…