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(Corporate Water Easement Without Mortgage) BOOK 184 P�;(f 50 <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY DEED OF EASEMENT <br /> THIS DEED OF EASEMENT, made and entered into this the /7 day of OeeLpAkAA/ <br /> 199a, by and between County of Orange, hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY" and ORANGE WATER AND <br /> SEWER AUTHORITY,a public body and body politic and corporate created and existing under Article 1,Chapter <br /> 162A of the General Statutes, with its principal office at 406 Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro, North Carolina, <br /> hereinafter referred to as OWASA; <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> 8�0 -as -- FsZ-7 -Z zy_. S'z,,,� <br /> THAT WHEREAS, OWASA has constructed and proposes to construct a water distribution system for <br /> the use of its citizens and for that purpose has constructed and proposes to construct lines of pipe and mains <br /> necessary for the proper transmission and distribution of waters. <br /> NOW,THEREFORE,in consideration of the sum of One and No/100($1.00)Dollar and other good and <br /> valuable considerations paid to the COUNTY, the receipt of all of which is hereby fully acknowledged, the said <br /> COUNTY does hereby give, grant, quit-claim, and convey unto the OWASA, its successors and assigns, the right, <br /> privilege, and perpetual easement to go in and upon a strip of land thirty feet (30') in width described herein and <br /> owned by the COUNTY,lying and being in the Town of Chapel Hill.Chapel Hill Township,Orange County, North <br /> Carolina, the said strip of land thirty feet (30') in width being more particularly described on the plat as recorded <br /> with the Orange County Register of Deeds, Plat Book 78, page 88. <br /> And, OWASA, Grantee, shall have the right to construct and maintain in, under, and/or above, along <br /> and through said strip of land thirty feet (30') in width such mains and lines of pipe as shall be necessary.�or the <br /> proper construction and operation of said water distribution system;OWASA shall also have the right of ingress and <br /> regress through, over,and across the land of the COUNTY to and from said strip at such times as OWASA deems <br /> it necessary for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and inspecting said lines and of making all necessary <br /> alterations and repairs thereto;the lines of pipe shall be located at such point or points,elevation or elevations below <br /> or above the surface of the earth as shall be necessary,for proper operation of the system, and shall be established <br /> at the proper grade for running said lines and for conveying water as aforesaid; and OWASA shall have the right, <br /> privilege and easement to tap the line or lines and construct water laterals from the main to the outside boundary of <br /> the right-of-way over which this easement and privilege extends;and,OWASA shall have the privilege,easement,and <br /> right to clear and keep cleared the full width of the easement of and from brush, plants, trees, and any and all other <br /> materials, obstructions, structures, and encroachments of any kind; <br /> The County shall retain the right to cultivate the ground lying within the boundaries of the easement, <br /> provided that such cultivation shall not interfere with the right of OWASA herein named of ingress and egress to said <br /> easement for the purpose of maintenance and repair of said water main or mains or the construction and repair of <br />