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Council resists quick buyout offer for denuded conservation easement, asks staff for policy and restoration options
Summary
Sheltering Palms offered $250,000 to buy out a two‑acre conservation easement on a denuded parcel; council members said the town lacks an easement policy and favored requiring restoration or a consistent mitigation approach rather than an immediate sale. Staff were asked to present a restoration-first policy.
A developer representative told the council that Sheltering Palms would pay $250,000 to remove a two‑acre conservation easement on a larger parcel that council members said has been heavily denuded. The property’s easement, plotted on the parcel’s eastern edge, was described to council as effectively cleared and no longer providing the conservation value intended when the easement was…
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