PRINTER'S NO. 1133
No. 977 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, MAY 17, 1999
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 17, 1999
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain
2 lands owned by Hanover Township, Luzerne County, in return
3 for imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to
4 be obtained by Hanover Township, Luzerne County.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Authorization.
8 Under the requirements of section 20(b) of the act of June
9 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
10 Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the General Assembly hereby
11 authorizes the release of Project 70 restrictions from the lands
12 described in section 2 in exchange for imposition of Project 70
13 restrictions on the lands described in section 3 which are to be
14 obtained by Hanover Township, Luzerne County.
15 Section 2. Lands to be released from Project 70 restrictions.
16 The property of Hanover Township to be released from Project
17 70 restrictions is as follows:
18 ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the
1 Buttonwood Section of the Township of Hanover, County of
2 Luzerne, and more particularly bounded and described as follows,
3 to wit:
4 BEGINNING at a point in the southerly right-of-way line of a
5 twelve (12) foot wide public alley more commonly referred to as
6 Cherry Lane, said point being located along said right-of-way
7 line North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 41.55 feet from
8 the northerly most corner of that portion of lands, now or
9 formerly of Joseph and Pauletti Lasecki more particularly
10 described in Luzerne County Deed Book 2421 at Page 9;
11 THENCE along lands of Earth Conservancy South 58 degrees 31
12 minutes 00 seconds West 39.47 feet to a point;
13 THENCE through lands of Hanover Township, by the following three
14 (3) bearings and distances:
15 1. North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 238.42 feet
16 to a corner;
17 2. South 42 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds West 12.00 feet to
18 a corner;
19 3. North 47 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 44.95 feet to
20 a point;
21 THENCE along lands of Earth Conservancy, North 58 degrees 31
22 minutes 00 seconds East 51.95 feet to a point in the
23 southwesterly line of lands now or formerly of David and Carol
24 Reese;
25 THENCE along said line of lands and along the aforementioned
26 southerly right-of-way line of Cherry Lane South 47 degrees 13
27 minutes 00 seconds East 280.00 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
28 CONTAINING 11,156 square feet (0.26) acres) of land, more or
29 less.
30 Section 3. Lands to be obtained by Hanover Township on which
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1 Project 70 restrictions are to be imposed.
2 The property to be acquired by Hanover Township upon which
3 Project 70 restrictions are to be imposed is as follows:
4 ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the
5 Buttonwood Section of the Township of Hanover, County of
6 Luzerne, more particularly bounded and described as follows, to
7 wit:
8 BEGINNING at the westerly most corner of lands of Hanover
9 Township, as more fully described in Luzerne County Deed Book
10 1626 at Page 58, said corner being common to Lot 17 as shown on
11 a proposed layout plan for Cherry Lane Subdivision, prepared by
12 Borton Lawson Engineering and dated September 18, 1998;
13 THENCE along Lot 17 on the aforementioned plan South 58 degrees
14 31 minutes 00 seconds West 11.42 feet to a point;
15 THENCE continuing along Lot 17 and also along Lot 21 of the
16 aforementioned plan North 29 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West
17 61.11 feet to a point;
18 THENCE along Lots 22 and 23 of the aforementioned plan North 61
19 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds East 217.85 feet to a point in the
20 southerly line of a proposed fifty (50) foot wide right-of-way;
21 THENCE along said right-of-way line South 47 degrees 13 minutes
22 00 seconds East 53.37 feet to a point in the northwesterly line
23 of the aforementioned lands of Hanover Township;
24 THENCE along said line of lands South 58 degrees 31 minutes 00
25 seconds West 223.05 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
26 CONTAINING 12,673 square feet (0.29 acres) of land, more or
27 less.
28 Section 4. Restriction.
29 Project 70 restrictions shall be imposed on the lands
30 described in section 3 by the following deed clause:
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1 "This land is to be used for park, recreation and
2 conservation purposes in accordance with provisions of
3 the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known
4 as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act."
5 Section 5. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect immediately.
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