Section 7. Use of replacement land.
(a) Highway.--If, within five years from the effective date of this act, the Department of Transportation determines that a portion of the land described in section 4 is to be used for the relocation of Pennsylvania Route 23 (Legislative Route 1124), that portion of land so determined shall be free from the Project 70 restrictions set forth in section 5. The parcel of land authorized to be released from restrictions for the relocation of Pennsylvania Route 23 (Legislative Route 1124) is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in or near the intersection of Grofftown Road and Ranck Road, said point being same described in deed of tract of land on which is now erected the North Sewage Disposal Plant; thence along Ranck Road and the westerly boundary of said tract, south 19 degrees 43 minutes west a distance of 179.577 feet to a point on the proposed southerly line of the area reserved for highway purposes; thence along said area and leaving said westerly boundary, north 42 degrees 55 minutes 32 seconds east 325.555 feet to a point in or near Grofftown Road, said point being on the northerly boundary of said tract; thence along said northerly boundary and Grofftown Road south 65 degrees 17 minutes west 88.212 feet to a corner of said area reserved, said point being same described in deed of said tract; thence along said northerly boundary and Grofftown Road south 80 degrees 53 minutes west 204.76 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 0.54 acre.
(b) Use by authority.--The Lancaster Sewer Authority may continue to operate the sewage plant located on the land described in section 4 until an adequate replacement facility is operational. If after ten years the plant has not been abandoned, the Department of Community Affairs shall determine the proper restitution which shall be paid to the Commonwealth by the City of Lancaster for removal of the restrictions from the land described in section 3.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Community Affairs,
referred to in subsec. (b), was abolished by Act 58 of
1996 and its functions were transferred to the Department
of Community and Economic Development.