As Adam says, this kind of complex propertyarrangement is essential to making sure that all homeowners in the area have access to essential utility services.
Gale argued that in a typical license arrangement, there is an understanding that the property will be returned to the grantor of the license subject to normal wear and tear.
Some might argue that marriage is a legal construct, since like private property, it is hard to imagine how it could function as an arrangement in a modern society without formalized legal rules.