Acceptable Use of Preservation Clause Samples

Acceptable Use of Preservation. Preservation of at-risk, high-quality habitat may be considered as part of an acceptable mitigation plan when all of the following criteria are met: 1) Preservation is used as a form of compensation only after the standard sequencing of mitigation (avoid, minimize, and then compensate); and 2) Creation, restoration, and enhancement opportunities have also been considered, and preservation is proposed by the applicant, and approved by the permitting agencies as the best mitigation option; and 3) The site is determined to be under imminent threat – “Sites with the potential to experience a high rate of undesirable ecological change due to on or off site activities. (Potential includes permitted, planned or perceived action); and 4) The area proposed for preservation is high quality, critical for the health of the watershed or basin. Some of the following features may be indicative of high quality sites: • Category I or II wetland rating; • Rare wetland type (e.g. bogs, estuaries); • Habitat for threatened or endangered species; • Aquatic habitat or wetland type that is rare in the area; • A high-quality habitat that is located in a floodway, or floodplain and is documented as a frequently-flooded area, or is providing flood retention and storage; • Provides biological and/or hydrological connectivity • High regional or watershed importance (e.g. listed as priority site in watershed plan); • Large size with high species diversity (plants and/or animals) and/or high abundance; • A site that is continuous with the head of a watershed, or with a lake or pond in an upper watershed that significantly improves outflow hydrology and water quality.
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Related to Acceptable Use of Preservation

  • Maintenance and Use of Property Borrower shall cause the Property to be maintained in a good and safe condition and repair. The Improvements and the Personal Property shall not be removed, demolished or materially altered (except for normal replacement of the Personal Property or as permitted in the PETsMART Lease) without the consent of Lender. Except as provided in Section 3.8(f) hereof, Borrower shall promptly repair, replace or rebuild or cause to be repaired, replaced or rebuilt, any part of the Property which may be destroyed by any casualty, or become damaged, worn or dilapidated or which may be affected by any proceeding of the character referred to in Section 3.6 hereof and shall complete and pay for any structure at any time in the process of construction or repair on the Land. Borrower shall not initiate, join in, acquiesce in, or consent to any change in any private restrictive covenant, zoning law or other public or private restriction, limiting or defining the uses which may be made of the Property or any part thereof, provided, that Borrower shall be permitted to enter into easement agreements or grant rights of way so long as such agreements or grants do not reduce the value of the Property or impair its use, and so long as Borrower has delivered to Lender a title endorsement satisfactory to Lender with respect to such agreements and/or rights of way. If under applicable zoning provisions the use of all or any portion of the Property is or shall become a nonconforming use, Borrower will not cause or permit the nonconforming use to be discontinued or the nonconforming Improvement to be abandoned without the express written consent of Lender.

  • Protection of PFPC PFPC shall be indemnified by the Fund and without liability for any action PFPC takes or does not take in reliance upon directions or advice or Oral Instructions or Written Instructions PFPC receives from or on behalf of the Fund or from counsel and which PFPC believes, in good faith, to be consistent with those directions or advice and Oral Instructions or Written Instructions. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to impose an obligation upon PFPC (i) to seek such directions or advice or Oral Instructions or Written Instructions, or (ii) to act in accordance with such directions or advice or Oral Instructions or Written Instructions.

  • Optional Preservation of the Collateral If the Notes have been declared to be due under Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and the declaration and its consequences have not been annulled, the Indenture Trustee may with the consent of the Credit Enhancer, but need not unless so directed by the Credit Enhancer, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral. The parties and the Noteholders want sufficient funds to exist at all times for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and other obligations of the Issuer including payments to the Credit Enhancer, and the Indenture Trustee shall take that into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of any Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely on an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of the proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for the purpose.

  • RESERVATION OF NAME The Investment Adviser shall at all times have all rights in and to the Portfolio’s name and all investment models used by or on behalf of the Portfolio. The Investment Adviser may use the Portfolio’s name or any portion thereof in connection with any other mutual fund or business activity without the consent of any shareholder and the Fund shall execute and deliver any and all documents required to indicate the consent of the Fund to such use. The Fund hereby agrees that in the event that neither the Investment Adviser nor any of its affiliates acts as investment adviser to the Portfolio, the name of the Portfolio will be changed to one that does not suggest an affiliation with the Investment Adviser.

  • Preservation, Maintenance, and Protection of the Property Inspections. Borrower will not destroy, damage, or impair the Property, allow the Property to deteriorate, or commit waste on the Property. Whether or not Borrower is residing in the Property, Borrower must maintain the Property in order to prevent the Property from deteriorating or decreasing in value due to its condition. Unless Lender determines pursuant to Section 5 that repair or restoration is not economically feasible, Borrower will promptly repair the Property if damaged to avoid further deterioration or damage. If insurance or condemnation proceeds are paid to Lender in connection with damage to, or the taking of, the Property, Borrower will be responsible for repairing or restoring the Property only if ▇▇▇▇▇▇ has released proceeds for such purposes. Lender may disburse proceeds for the repairs and restoration in a single payment or in a series of progress payments as the work is completed, depending on the size of the repair or restoration, the terms of the repair agreement, and whether Borrower is in Default on the Loan. Lender may make such disbursements directly to Borrower, to the person repairing or restoring the Property, or payable jointly to both. If the insurance or condemnation proceeds are not sufficient to repair or restore the Property, Borrower remains obligated to complete such repair or restoration. Lender may make reasonable entries upon and inspections of the Property. If Lender has reasonable cause, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may inspect the interior of the improvements on the Property. Lender will give Borrower notice at the time of or prior to such an interior inspection specifying such reasonable cause.