ARTICLE VII: GREENVILLE COUNTY HISTORIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST
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
§ 17-101 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREENVILLE COUNTY HISTORIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST.
   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)
§ 17-102 DEFINITIONS.
   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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