NOTICE OF LEASE

In accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183, Section 4, notice is hereby given of the following described lease:

 

Parties to the Lease:

Lessor:  Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc., a Massachusetts non-profit corporation having its principal office at  _________________________

 

Lessees:  _________________________

 

Date of Execution

Date of Execution:  ________, 2____                 Date of Recording:  ________, 2____

 

Description

Being a lease on a 16.69 acre residential and farm site owned by the Lessor in the town of Egremont, County of Berkshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as shown on the copy of the “Land Use Plan in Egremont, Massachusetts prepared for: The Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc.” by Accord Engineering and Surveying, Inc., dated June 7, 1999 attached hereto. The property was acquired by the Lessor by deed recorded in the Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in Book ______, Page _____, a copy of the description of same property being attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

Said Lease consists of the Lease Agreement, Addendum to Lease Agreement, Land Use Plan dated ________, 2____, Land Management Plan, NOFA Massachusetts Organic Certification Program standards published by the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter, Inc. on ________, 2____, Conservation Restriction running to The Nature Conservancy, and “Plan of Land” surveyed for The Nature Conservancy and dated ________, 2____ which details the restricted area.

 

A copy of the conveyance to Lessees of ownership of the buildings and improvements on said premises is also attached hereto.

 

Term of Lease:  98 years, beginning on:  ________, 2____.

 

Rights of Extension or Renewal:  Lessees have the option to renew.

 

Signed and sealed this _________ day of ________.

 

COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IN THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES, INC.

 

By:______________________________________

 

President

 

 

By:______________________________________

 

Treasurer

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

 

COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE                                                                                      ________, 2____

 

 

Then personally appeared before me the above-named ________, President, and ________, Treasurer, who acknowledged the foregoing instrument as the free act and deed of Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, Inc.

 

______________________________

 

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

LESSEE

 

________________________________________

 

 

 

LESSEE

 

________________________________________

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

 

COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE                                                                                          ________, 2____

 

Then personally appeared before me the above-named ________ and ________ who acknowledged the foregoing instrument as their free act and deed.

 

______________________________

 

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

Schumacher Center for a New Economics
140 Jug End Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-1737
www.centerforneweconomics.org
 

Berkshire Community Land Trust
P.O. Box 276
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-4472
www.berkshirecommunitylandtrust.org