Section 1. Easements. As shown on the Plat, easements for construction, repair, replacement, reconstruction and maintenance of utilities and drainage facilities are hereby created and established over, across and under the ten feet in width of the portion of each Lot abutting a public or private street. The 2.5 feet in width of the portion of each Lot abutting a lot line which is common with another Lot is hereby provided as an easement for the purpose of providing for storm drainage as may be required. No structure, planting or other material which may damage or interfere with the installation and maintenance of utilities, or which may change the direction of flow of drainage in the easements, or which may obstruct or retard the flow of water through the easements, shall be placed or permitted to remain within any of these easements. The portions of these easements on each Lot shall be maintained by the owner of the Lot. The area shown as "Public Sanitary Sewer Easement" on the face of the Plat are easements created for the benefit of the municipality which provides sanitary sewer service to the Lots for the purpose of installing, maintaining, repairing, reconstructing and replacing a system of sanitary services with appurtenances. The areas shown as 'Public Water Easement" on the face of the Plat are easements created for the benefit of the municipality or district which provides domestic water service to the Lots for the purpose of installing, maintaining, repairing, reconstructing and replacing a system of water pipes, valves, connectors, appurtenances and equipment, The Native Growth Protection easements and Sensitive Area Tracts shown on the face of the Plat are created for the purpose of preserving the natural vegetation for all purposes that benefit the public health, safety and welfare including control of surface water and erosion maintenance of slope stability, visual and aural buffering and protection of plants and animal habitat. The vegetation within the easement may not be cut, pruned, covered by fill, removed or damaged without the express permission in writing from King County or its successor agency. The other easements established hereby are created for the benefit of the municipalities and public utilities furnishing utilities and for the benefit of the Community Organization.

Section 2. Common Landscaping. The Community Organization shall maintain the monuments and landscaping on 124th Avenue SE and on SE 304th Street. The Community Organization shall also maintain the landscaping easement along all interior roads and the planter islands within the cul-de-sacs of both Vintage Hills and Vintage Hills II. Tracts A, C, D, E, and F in Vintage Hills and tracts A, B, D, E, and G in Vintage Hills II shall also be owned and maintained by the Community Organization.

Section 3. Tract C - Storm Drainage System. As of this filing the storm drainage system located on Tract C of Vintage Hills (also known as The Ridge at Willow Park) shall be maintained by King County. If the City of Auburn annexes the plat, the Community Organization shall be responsible for Tract C's storm drainage system maintenance. If the Community Organization fails to comply, the City of Auburn can order maintenance, at its option, and if failure to comply, the City of Auburn can undertake and lien costs to the Community Organization. If a regional storm drainage system becomes available the Tract C storm drainage system will be properly abandoned at the Community Organization's expense.