PRINTER'S NO. 2447
No. 1750 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SHUMAKER, AUGUST 23, 1990
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 23, 1990
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the sale and conveyance of certain land owned by the
2 Township of Lower Paxton, Dauphin County, free from Project
3 500 restrictions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Authorization.
7 The Township of Lower Paxton, Dauphin County, is hereby
8 authorized to sell and convey the lands described in section 2
9 free from any restrictions on use or alienation or other
10 encumbrances on title resulting from the provisions of the act
11 of January 19, 1968 (1967 P.L.996, No.443), known as The Land
12 and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act.
13 Section 2. Description.
14 The tracts of land authorized in section 1 to be sold and
15 conveyed free from any restrictions on use or alienation or
16 other encumbrances resulting from the provisions of The Land and
17 Water Conservation and Reclamation Act, are more particularly
18 described as follows:
1 All those certain tracts or parcels of land situate in the
2 Township of Lower Paxton, County of Dauphin and State of
3 Pennsylvania, being more particularly bounded and described as
4 follows, to wit:
5 Tract No. 1:
6 Beginning at a point on the eastern side of Nancy Drive, at
7 the division line between Lots Nos. 32 and 33 on the hereinafter
8 mentioned Plan of Lots; thence along said division line north 53
9 degrees 34 minutes east 125 feet to a point on the western line
10 of Tract No. 2 herein; thence along said last mentioned line
11 south 36 degrees 26 minutes east 162.75 feet to a point; thence
12 continuing along Tract No. 2 herein south 01 degree 02 minutes
13 west 275.41 feet to a point at line of land now or formerly of
14 George Megoulas; thence along said last mentioned line north 89
15 degrees 20 minutes west 147.54 feet to a point at the division
16 line between Lots Nos. 36 and 37 on the hereinafter mentioned
17 Plan of Lots; thence along said last mentioned line north 28
18 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds west 143.95 feet to a point on the
19 southern line of Cheryl Drive; thence along said last mentioned
20 line and along the eastern line of Nancy Drive, by an arc having
21 a radius of 125 feet in a northerly direction, an arc distance
22 of 238.59 feet to a point, the place of beginning.
23 Being Lots Nos. 33, 34, 35 and 36 on the Plan of Laurel
24 Hills, Section B, which Plan is recorded in the Office of the
25 Recorder of Deeds in and for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in
26 Plan Book "W", Page 97.
27 Tract No. 2:
28 Beginning at a point at the intersection of the northeastern
29 corner of Lot No. 25 on the Plan of Laurel Hills, Section B,
30 which Plan is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in
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1 and for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in Plan Book "W", Page 97,
2 at the line of land now or formerly of T. L. Haldeman; thence
3 along said line of last mentioned land north 89 degrees 31
4 minutes east 147.57 feet to a point on the western line of
5 Willow Road; thence along said last mentioned line south 36
6 degrees 04 minutes 30 seconds east 533.74 feet to a point;
7 thence south 07 degrees 07 minutes east 494.47 feet to a point
8 at the line of land now or formerly of George Megoulas; thence
9 along said last mentioned line north 89 degrees 20 minutes west
10 115 feet to a point on the eastern line of Tract No. 1 herein;
11 thence along said last mentioned line north 01 degree 02 minutes
12 east 275.41 feet to a point; thence continuing along the same
13 and along the eastern line of other lots of Section B of the
14 Plan of Laurel Hills aforesaid north 36 degrees 26 minutes west
15 730.58 feet to a point on the eastern line of Lot No. 25,
16 Section B of the Plan of Laurel Hills aforesaid; thence along
17 said last mentioned line north 20 degrees 09 minutes east 59.37
18 feet to a point, the place of beginning.
19 Containing: 3.2 acres.
20 Section 3. Restriction in deed.
21 If Tract No. 2, as described in section 2, is sold, the deed
22 conveying the land shall include a restriction to the effect
23 that the land shall be preserved in its natural state and not be
24 developed.
25 Section 4. Restriction of revenue.
26 The sum of $72,000, being the appraised value of the land
27 described in section 2, or the proceeds from the sale of the
28 land, whichever is greater, shall be deposited in a special
29 account established by the Township of Lower Paxton for
30 recreational purposes. The funds so deposited and any interest
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1 accrued thereon shall be used for the acquisition of park land,
2 recreational development or recreation and park planning,
3 subject to the approval of the Department of Community Affairs.
4 Section 5. Effective date.
5 This act shall take effect immediately.
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