Can a private landowner donate a conservation easement to convey away the propertys development rights but still continue to use the property as before the easement was granted?
Yes, if a charitable trust or a government body empowered to hold an interest in real property holds the easement, and if the land meets the definition of greenspace as defined in the statute and rules. The land could not then be used except pursuant to the terms of the easement held by the trust.
