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and operation; and (viii) to convey to any town, county, private utility company, water district,sanitary sewer district or other municipal or quasi-municipal or private corporation all sewer lines and mains and water lines and mains and pipelines and wells and affiliated structures constructed or to be constructed on the Properties, together with suitable easements and/or rights-of-way over said lines and sites for the required installation,maintenance,repair,replacement and operation thereof. C. Erosion Control. During site preparation and construction on a Lot, the Owner of such Lot (including Contract Seller and Builders) shall take such action to control erosion on such Lot and sedimentation of streams resulting from erosion on such Lot as may be required by the Declarant or by any governmental authority charged with responsibility therefor. If the Owner of such Lot fails to maintain such erosion and/or sedimentation controls on such Lot, the Declarant may cause the required action/work to be completed and charge the Owner of such Lot for all costs and expenses incurred by Declarant in completing such action/work, including but not limited to, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred to collect such costs and expenses. D. Easements. Easements for installation, maintenance, repair, replacement and operation of utilities and drainage,facilities and for Subdivision entrance signs and landscaping are reserved as shown on the recorded plats/maps of the Subdivision and Declarant further reserves an easement for and the right at any time in the future to grant rights-of-way for the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement and operation of public and/or private utilities across, on or under each Lot at a distance of not more than ten (10) feet from the front, rear, and side lines of each Lot. Declarant further reserves the right to subject the Lots to a contract with a local • utility company for the installation of underground electric cables and or the installation.of street lighting, either or both of which may require an initial payment and/or a continuing monthly payment to said utility company by the Owner of each Lot in the Subdivision and/or by the Association. Declarant further reserves the right to subject the Lots to a contract with one or more cablevision and/or telephone • and/or gas companies for the installation of underground cablevision and/or telephone lines,and/or gas lines. ARTICLE X EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS A. General Easement. Declarant, for itself, its successors and/or assigns (for so long as • Declarant shall own any "Declarant's Property"), and the Association, reserves unto themselves,their successors and assigns,the perpetual right and easement to use the Common Areas and any Lot, or any portion thereof, as may be needed for the repair, maintenance and/or construction on such Lot or Common Areas. B. Drainage and Utility Easements. Each Owner acknowledges and covenants to honor and provide such easements for drainage and waterftow and utilities as are shown on the plats/maps of the Properties now or hereafter recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Durham County, North Carolina. A perpetual, alienable easement of ingress, egress and regress is hereby reserved over and upon all Lots and on the Common Areas for the purposes of installation, repair, construction and maintenance of all utilities, including but not limited to, underground utilities and drainage facilities, provided, however, no new utility lines may be constructed or no existing utility line may be relocated without the prior approval of the Declarant or of the Architectural Review Committee should the Declarant no longer own any "Declarant's Property". Specifically included herein are easements for the location of under- ground and above-ground electric transmission lines and equipment, septic conduits, 20