RIGHTS RESERVED BY DEVELOPER
Section 1. Eminent Domain.
If all or part of any Common Area, private right-of-way, or private easement for access, are taken by eminent domain, Declarant shall be entitled to the proceeds therefor and no claim shall be made by the Association or any Owner other than Declarant for any portion of any award.
Section 2. Easements for Utilities.
The Declarant reserves a perpetual easement on, over and under all easements within the Subdivision and Common Areas shown on the subdivision plat for construction and maintenance of electric and telephone poles, wires, cables, conduits, water mains, drainage lines or drainage ditches, sewers, irrigation lines, roadways, natural gas, cable television, and other conveniences or utilities. To the extent permitted by law, the Declarant may grant an exclusive easement over each Lot for the installation and maintenance of radio and television cables within the Subdivision. The Owners of Lots subject to the easements reserved in this paragraph shall acquire no right or interest in utility or cable television equipment placed on, over or under the portions of the Subdivision which are subject to said easements. All easements reserved by Declarant are and shall remain private easements and the sole and exclusive property of the Declarant, to be held or else conveyed in Declarant’s discretion to utility companies, the Association, or appropriate government agency.
Section 3. Drainage.
The Association shall have a perpetual non-exclusive easement over all areas of the surface water or stormwater management system for access to operate, maintain or repair the system. By this easement, the Association shall have the right to enter upon any portion of any lot which is a part of the surface water or stormwater management system, at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, to operate, maintain or repair the surface water or stormwater management systems as required by the St. Johns River Water Management District permit. Additionally, the Association shall have a perpetual non-exclusive easement for drainage over the entire surface water or stormwater management system. No person shall alter the drainage flow of the surface water or stormwater management system, including buffer areas or swales, without the prior written approval of the St. Johns River Water Management District.
Section 4. Maintenance Easement.
The Declarant and the Association reserves an easement within all designated drainage and utility easements in, on, over, and upon each Lot for the sole purpose of preserving, maintaining or improving the Common Areas.
Section 5. Developer Rights Regarding Temporary Structures, Etc.
Developer reserves the right to erect and maintain temporary dwelling, model houses, and/or other structures upon Lots owned by Developer or Developer’s assignee and to erect and maintain such commercial and display signs and devices as Developer, in its sole discretion, deems advisable. Developer reserves the right to do all acts necessary in connection with the construction of such improvements on the Lots. Nothing contained in these covenants and restrictions shall be construed to restrict the foregoing rights of the Developer.
Section 6. Further Restrictions, Conditions and Dedications.
Developer reserves the right to impose further restrictions and to grant or dedicate additional easements and rights-of-way on any Lot in the Subdivision owned by Developer and on the Common Areas, so long as the easements granted by Developer shall not materially or adversely affect any improvements or unreasonably interfere with use of the Common Areas.