California Government Code CHAPTER 6.5 - Open-Space Easements

• Section 51050.
  Any city or county which has adopted a general plan may accept grants of open-space easements on privately owned lands lying within the city or...
• Section 51051.
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Grant of an open-space easement” means a grant by an instrument whereby the owner...
• Section 51053.
  The execution and acceptance of an instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall constitute a dedication to the public of the open-space character...
• Section 51054.
  An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 may contain, and the city or county in appropriate cases may require that it contain, a...
• Section 51055.
  An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall not be effective until it has been accepted by resolution of the governing body of...
• Section 51056.
  No grant of an open-space easement shall be accepted by a city or county, unless the governing body, by resolution, finds:(a) That the preservation of the...
• Section 51057.
  The governing body of the city or county shall not accept any grant of an open-space easement until the matter has first been referred to...
• Section 51058.
  From and after the time when an open-space easement has been accepted by the city or county and its acceptance endorsed thereon, no building permit...
• Section 51059.
  Upon the acceptance of any instrument creating an open-space easement the clerk of the governing body shall record the same in the office of the...
• Section 51060.
  From time to time, the governing body of any city or county may accept an instrument whereby the term of any open-space easement is extended...
• Section 51061.
  The governing body of any city or county at any time may, by resolution, abandon an open-space easement, if it finds that no public purpose...
• Section 51062.
  Upon the recording in the office of the county recorder of a certified copy of any resolution abandoning the open-space easement and reciting compliance with...
• Section 51063.
  If any land or a portion thereof as to which any city or county has accepted an open-space easement is thereafter sought to be condemned...
• Section 51064.
  Lands subject to the grant of an open-space easement executed and accepted in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed to be enforceably restricted within...
• Section 51065.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent or restrict the right or power of any city or county to acquire by gift, purchase...

Last modified: October 22, 2018