24. Easements. An easement on each lot is hereby reserved by the Developer for itself, its successors, and assigns along, over, under, and upon a strip of land 10 feet in width, parallel and contiguous with each lot boundary depicted on the Plat, in addition to such other easements as may appear on said Plat. The purpose of these easements shall be to provide, install, maintain, construct, and operate drainage facilities, now or in the future, and utility service lines to, from, or for each lot. Within these easements no structure, plantings, or other material shall be placed or permitted to remain which may damage or interfere with the installation or maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of drainage channels in such easements, except for fences as allowed by these Restrictions. The easement area of each lot and all improvements in it shall be maintained continuously by the owner of the lot, except for those improvements for which a public authority or utility company is responsible. For the purposes of these Restrictions, the Developer reserves the right to modify or extinguish the easement herein reserved along any lot lines when, in its sole discretion, adequate reserved easements are otherwise available for the installation of drainage facilities or utility service lines. For the duration of these Restrictions, no such utilities shall be permitted to occupy or otherwise encroach upon any of the easement areas reserved, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Developer, provided however that local service from utilities with easement areas to residences constructed upon any such lots may be established without first obtaining separate consent therefor from the Developer. Easements for installation and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities shall be freely granted where necessary (e.g., if public sanitary sewer lines or domestic natural gas lines are installed to the Development subsequent to the recording of these Restrictions).