Watershed Preservation Restrictions Law and Legal Definition
A watershed preservation restriction refers to a right appropriate to retaining land predominantly in such condition to protect the water supply or potential water supply of the commonwealth, to forbid or limit any or all:
a. construction or placing of buildings;
b. excavation, dredging or removal of loam, peat, gravel, soil, rock or other mineral substance except as needed to maintain the land; and
c. other acts or uses detrimental to such watershed
These rights may or may not be stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land.
The following is a state law that provides a statutory framework regarding watershed preservation restriction:
Except for release, watershed preservation restrictions shall be in perpetuity. All other customary rights and privileges of ownership are retained by the owner. It includes the right to privacy and to carry out all regular farming practices. [ALM GL ch. 184, § 31].
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Related Legal Terms
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- Agricultural Preservation Restrictions
- Deed Restrictions
- Digital Preservation
- Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966
- Federal Preservation Officer
- Historic Preservation
- Historic Preservation Loan [HUD]
- Historic Preservation Programs
- Historic Preservation Review Commission
