California Civil Code CHAPTER 4.5 - Greenway Easements

Section 816.50.
The Legislature finds and declares the following with regard to the development of greenways along urban waterways:(a) The restoration and preservation of land in its natural,...
Section 816.52.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) (1) “Adjacent” means within 400 yards from the property boundary of an existing urban waterway.(2) This subdivision does not...
Section 816.54.
(a) A greenway easement is an interest in real property voluntarily created and freely transferable in whole or in part for the purposes stated in subdivision...
Section 816.56.
Only the following entities or organizations may acquire and hold a greenway easement:(a) A tax-exempt nonprofit organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code...
Section 816.58.
All interests not transferred and conveyed by the instrument creating the greenway easement shall remain in the grantor of the greenway easement, including the right...
Section 816.60.
Instruments creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring greenway easements shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is...
Section 816.62.
(a) No greenway easement shall be unenforceable by reason of lack of privity of contract or lack of benefit to particular land or because not expressed...
Section 816.64.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or conflict with the operation of any law or statute conferring upon any political subdivision the...
Section 816.66.
A greenway easement granted pursuant to this chapter constitutes an enforceable restriction, for purposes of Section 402.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(Added by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018