Conveyance in East Vincent Township, Chester County

Act 128 of 2018, § 1, under CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEATH PROPERTY IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

Act 128 of 2018, § 1

Section 1. Conveyance in East Vincent Township, Chester County.

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, is authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Pennhurst Memorial Preservation Alliance, or its assigns, a certain tract of land with certain improvements on it situate in East Vincent Township, Chester County, for fair market value as established by an independent appraisal.

(b) Description.--The property to be conveyed under this section is more particularly described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situated on the northeast corner of the intersection of Veterans Drive and Pennhurst Road (extended), in the Township of East Vincent, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being approximately 3.83 acres bounded and more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in Pennhurst Road (extended), a corner of lands of now or formerly Pennhurst Acquisition LP and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

THENCE leaving said road in a southeasterly direction and along lands of now or formerly Pennhurst Acquisition LP, South 74 degrees 38 minutes 01 seconds East, 294.73 feet, to a point along lands of now or formerly Pennhurst Acquisition LP;

THENCE moving southerly, away from lands now or formerly Pennhurst Acquisition LP and along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, South 4 degrees 37 minutes 35 seconds East, 145.59 feet to a point along the western side of an existing stone driveway;

THENCE following the western side of the stone driveway and along lands now or formerly of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, South 6 degrees 19 minutes 22 seconds East, 88.62 feet to a point along the northern edge of Veterans Drive;

THENCE along Veterans drive moving westerly, South 79 degrees 56 minutes 54 seconds West, 435.16 feet to a point; thence continuing along Veterans Drive, South 80 degrees 39 minutes 01 second West, 109.60 feet to a point; thence continuing along Veterans Drive, South 78 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West, 86.45 feet to a point along the southern side of a stone wall and near the intersection Veterans Drive and Pennhurst Road;

THENCE continuing along the aforementioned stone wall, South 85 degrees 16 minutes 41 seconds West, 7.75 feet to a point; thence continuing northwesterly, along the aforementioned stone wall, by a line curving to the right having a radius of 26.59 feet, an arc length of 42.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 43 degrees 41 minutes 04 seconds West, a chord distance of 38.09 feet to a point;

THENCE continuing along the west side of the aforementioned stone wall and also along the eastern edge of Pennhurst Road (extended) the following ten (10) courses and distances: (1) North 06 degrees 58 minutes 31 seconds East, 10.42 feet to a point; (2) North 16 degrees 14 minutes 58 seconds East, 13.71 feet to a point; (3) North 23 degrees 39 minutes 08 seconds East, 27.00 feet to a point; (4) North 34 degrees 40 minutes 40 seconds East, 83.50 feet to a point; (5) North 36 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East, 26.32 feet to a point; (6) North 43 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East, 44.60 feet to a point; (7) in northeasterly direction by a line curving to the right having a radius of 1,212.11 feet, an arc length of 72.01 feet, a chord bearing of North 46 degrees 47 minutes 01 seconds East, a chord distance of 71.99 feet to a point; (8) North 47 degrees 48 minutes 03 seconds East, 57.96 feet to a point; (9) North 43 degrees 08 minutes 03 seconds East, 29.88 feet to a point; (9) North 47 degrees 07 minutes 44 seconds East, 18.89 feet to a point; (10) North 50 degrees 31 minutes 12 seconds East, 47.92 feet to a point;

THENCE gradually moving northeasterly into aforementioned Pennhurst Road (extended) North 45 degrees 40 minutes 09 seconds East, 102.60 feet to the POINT and PLACE of BEGINNING, CONTAINING 3.83 acres more or less.

(c) Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.

(d) Restrictive covenant.--The deed of conveyance shall contain restrictive covenants as the Secretary of General Services may deem necessary to ensure the historical preservation and interpretation of the property.

(e) Easements.--The Secretary of General Services is authorized to reserve or grant any easements on either the lands to be conveyed herein or the residual lands of the Commonwealth surrounding the property to be conveyed, known as the Southeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Center, that may be useful or necessary to effectuate this conveyance.

(f) Local land use controls.--The conveyance authorized by this act shall be exempt from the provisions of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, and all local land use controls, including, but not limited to, East Vincent Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance.

(g) Execution.--The conveyance shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(h) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.

(i) Expiration.--If this conveyance is not fully executed within two years of the effective date of this section, the authority contained in this section shall expire.