Conveyance in Borough of West Chester, Chester County

Act 135 of 2020, § 12, under CONVEYANCE - MULTIPLE CONVEYANCES IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

Act 135 of 2020, § 12

Section 12. Conveyance in Borough of West Chester, Chester County.

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey, for $1, the following tracts of land together with any buildings, structures or improvements thereon, situate in the Borough of West Chester, Chester County to Human Services, Inc.

(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under subsection (a) consists of two approximately .15-acre tracts of land and improvements located thereon, bounded and more particularly described as follows:

ALL THOSE two certain pieces, parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of West Chester, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:

FIRST PARCEL

BEGINNING at a point in the north street line of Price Street (sixty feet wide at the distance of 168.81 feet measured south 68 degrees 40 minutes west along the said north street line of Price Street, from its intersection with the west street line of Church Street (fifty-five feet wide); extending thence from said beginning point along the said north street line of Price Street south 68 degrees 40 minutes west 25.32 feet to a point; thence extending north 21 degrees 20 minutes west, passing partly through the center line of a party wall between these premises and the premises adjoining to the southwest; 143.89 feet to a point; thence extending north 68 degrees 15 minutes 30 seconds east 25.32 feet to a point; thence extending south 21 degrees 20 minutes east 144.07 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning;

BEING known for street address purposes as 113 Price Street, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

SECOND PARCEL

BEGINNING at a point on the north street line of Price Street (sixty feet wide) at the distance of 194.13 feet measured south 68 degrees 40 minutes west along the said north street line of Price Street, from its intersection with the west street line of Church Street (fifty-five feet wide); extending thence from said beginning point along the said north street line of Price Street south 68 degrees 40 minutes west 25.31 feet to a point; thence extending north 21 degrees 20 minutes west 143.71 feet to a point; thence extending north 68 degrees 15 minutes 30 seconds east 25.31 feet to a point; thence extending south 21 degrees 20 minutes east passing partly through the center line of party wall between these premises and the premises adjoining to the northeast 143.89 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING known for street address purposes as 115 Price Street, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

BEING UPI Number 1-9-1007-E.

BEING the same premises which Delco Holding Company, by its deed dated May 28, 1953 and recorded on May 28, 1953 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book Q-24, page 212, granted and conveyed unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in fee.

(c) Requirement for conveyance.--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) Gaming restriction.--A conveyance authorized under this section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed in this act to be used in violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.

(e) Covenants, conditions and restrictions.--The Secretary of General Services may impose any covenants, conditions, restrictions and reservations on the sale of the property as is deemed in the best interests of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(f) Deed.--The conveyance shall be by special warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(g) Costs and fees.--All costs and fees incurred by the Department of General Services shall be borne by the grantee.

(h) Alternate disposition.--In the event that an Agreement of Sale is not executed between the Department of General Services and the aforementioned grantee within two years after the effective date of this act, the property may be disposed of through a public bidding process.

(i) Proceeds.--All proceeds from the sale of the property shall be deposited into the General Fund.