How can PDR preserve land in perpetuity when nobody knows what the future will bring in the way of land needs?
While the program intent is to ensure development rights are removed from the property permanently, there are usually some very restrictive provisions built into the easement language that maintains the County’s right to sell the development rights in the future if conditions change to the extent that the easement no longer serves the intended purpose. This is described in the PDR Task Force Report (Appendix A).
