STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA      )                                               PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR
COUNTY OF DARE                           )                                                BEACH RENOURISHMENT
 Grantor(s) hereby grant a perpetual and assignable easement and right of way to the County of Dare, grantee, in, on, over and across the hereinafter described land for use by the grantee, its representatives, agents, contractors, and assigns, to construct; preserve; patrol; operate; maintain; repair; rehabilitate; and replace; a public beach, a dune system, and other erosion control and storm damage reduction measures together with appurtenances thereto, including the right to deposit sand; to accomplish any alterations of contours on said land; to construct berms and dunes; to nourish and renourish periodically; to move, store and remove equipment and supplies; to erect and remove temporary structures; and to perform any other work necessary and incident to the construction, periodic renourishment and maintenance of the Dare County Beaches Renourishment and Storm Damage Reduction Project, together with the right of public use and access; to plant vegetation on said dunes and berms; to erect, maintain and remove silt screens and sand fences; to facilitate preservation of dunes and vegetation through the limitation of access to dune areas; to trim, cut, fell, and remove from said land all trees, underbrush, debris, obstructions, and any other vegetation, structures and obstacles within the limits of the easement reserving, however, to the grantor(s), (his) (her) (its) (their) (heirs), successors and assigns, the right to construct dune walkover structures in accordance with any applicable Federal, State or local laws or regulations, provided that such structures shall not violate the integrity of the dune in shape, dimension or function, and that prior approval of the plans and specifications for such structures is obtained from the municipality of appropriate jurisdiction  and provided further that such structures are subordinate to the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and replacement of the project; and further reserving to the grantor(s), (his) (her) (its) (their) (heirs), successors and assigns all such rights and privileges as may be used and enjoyed without interfering with or abridging the rights and easements hereby acquired; subject however to existing easements for public roads and highways, public utilities, railroads and pipelines.

The parcel or tract subject to said easement is that certain parcel or tract of land located in Dare County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
Parcel <Sequence>, as the same appears on Sheet <SheetNum> of 30 plats, made by WK Dickson & Co., Inc., dated February 4, 2004, entitled “Dare County Easement Line Survey, Northern Dare Beaches Shoreline Protection and Erosion Abatement Project, Reach 1 Southern Portion”, and duly recorded in Plat Cabinet F1 Slides 142 through 171 in the Dare County Registry, to which reference is made for a more complete description of easement interest herein conveyed. Said parcel is additionally described as tax parcel <TaxParcelNum>. The portion of said parcel subject to said easement is that portion of the parcel seaward of the easement line as shown on said plat. Said easement contains <SqFt> square feet.

Said GRANTOR covenants and warrants that it is lawfully seized and possessed of the property described above; and that it has good right and lawful authority to convey said easement for the purposes herein expressed; and that GRANTOR for its heirs, successors, executors, administrators, and assigns covenants that it will warrant and defend said easement against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, except for encumbrances of record.