Pennsylvania Act 2000-13 — PROJECT 70 LANDS - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN LUZERNE COUNTY

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by Hanover Township, Luzerne County, in return for imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be obtained by Hanover Township, Luzerne County.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Authorization.

Under the requirements of section 20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the General Assembly hereby authorizes the release of Project 70 restrictions from the lands described in section 2 in exchange for imposition of Project 70 restrictions on the lands described in section 3 which are to be obtained by Hanover Township, Luzerne County.

Section 2. Lands to be released from Project 70 restrictions.

The property of Hanover Township to be released from Project 70 restrictions is as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the Buttonwood Section of the Township of Hanover, County of Luzerne, and more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a point in the southerly right-of-way line of a twelve (12) foot wide public alley more commonly referred to as Cherry Lane, said point being located along said right-of-way line North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 41.55 feet from the northerly-most corner of that portion of lands, now or formerly of Joseph and Pauletti Lasecki, more particularly described in Luzerne County Deed Book 2421 at Page 9;

Thence along lands of Earth Conservancy South 58 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds West 39.47 feet to a point;

Thence through lands of Hanover Township by the following three (3) bearings and distances:

1. North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 238.42 feet to a corner;

2. South 42 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds West 12.00 feet to a corner;

3. North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 44.95 feet to a point;

Thence along lands of Earth Conservancy, North 58 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East 51.95 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of lands now or formerly of David and Carol Reese;

Thence along said line of lands and along the aforementioned southerly right-of-way line of Cherry Lane South 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East 280.00 feet to the place of beginning.

Containing 11,156 square feet (0.26 acres) of land, more or less.

Section 3. Lands to be obtained by Hanover Township on which Project 70 restrictions are to be imposed.

The property to be acquired by Hanover Township upon which Project 70 restrictions are to be imposed is as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the Buttonwood Section of the Township of Hanover, County of Luzerne, more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the westerly-most corner of lands of Hanover Township, as more fully described in Luzerne County Deed Book 1626 at Page 58, said corner being common to Lot 17 as shown on a proposed layout plan for Cherry Lane Subdivision, prepared by Borton Lawson Engineering and dated September 18, 1998;

Thence along Lot 17 on the aforementioned plan South 58 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds West 11.42 feet to a point;

Thence continuing along Lot 17 and also along Lot 21 of the aforementioned plan North 29 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 61.11 feet to a point;

Thence along Lots 22 and 23 of the aforementioned plan North 61 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds East 217.85 feet to a point in the southerly line of a proposed fifty (50) foot wide right-of-way;

Thence along said right-of-way line South 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East 53.37 feet to a point in the northwesterly line of the aforementioned lands of Hanover Township;

Thence along said line of lands South 58 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds West 223.05 feet to the place of beginning.

Containing 12,673 square feet (0.29 acres) of land, more or less.

Section 4. Restriction.

Project 70 restrictions shall be imposed on the lands described in section 3 by the following deed clause:

This land is to be used for park, recreation and conservation purposes in accordance with provisions of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act.

Section 5. Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.