Section
17-101 Establishment of the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust
17-102 Definitions
17-103 Board
17-104 Duties and responsibilities
17-105 Trust account
17-106 Conservation criteria
17-107 Financial criteria
17-108 Programs and procedures
17-109 Recipients
17-110 Eminent domain or condemnation proceedings
17-111 Recreational and economic use
17-112 Historic resources
17-113 Conservation easements
There is hereby established the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust in order to protect lands with significant natural, cultural and/or historic resources in Greenville County that meet the criteria set forth in §§ 17-106 and 17-107 by providing a financial incentive to willing landowners to convey either a conservation easement or fee simple title to eligible recipients.
(Ord. 5247 § 1, passed 12-15-2020)
a. "Trust" means the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust.
b. "Board" means the governing board of the Trust.
c. "Eligible Trust Recipient" means any of the following:
i. Greenville County;
ii. A municipality in Greenville County;
iii. An agency or commission of Greenville County whose mission directly relates to the conservation of lands with significant natural, cultural and/or historic resources;
iv. A not-for-profit charitable corporation or trust authorized to do business in South Carolina and organized and operated for natural resource conservation, land conservation, or historical preservation purposes, and having tax-exempt status as a public charity under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and having the power to acquire, hold, and maintain interests in land for these purposes;
v. Federal, state, and local agencies organized and operated for natural resource protection, land conservation, or historical preservation purposes.
d. "Land" means real property, including, but not limited to, buildings, improvements, historic structures and features, watercourses, and wetlands of any description.
e. "Conservation Easement" means an interest in real property as defined by the South Carolina Conservation Easement Act of 1991, S.C. Code Title 27, Ch. 8.
f. "Interests in lands" means fee simple title to lands or conservation easements on land and historic structures.
(Ord. 5247 § 2, passed 12-15-2020)
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