Allegheny County - Borough of Whitehall

Act 81 of 1994, § 3, under PROJECT 70 LANDS AND CONVEYANCE - LAWRENCE, ALLEGHENY, NORTHHAMPTON AND LUZERNE COUNTIES.

Act 81 of 1994, § 3

Section 3. Allegheny County - Borough of Whitehall.

(a) Authorization.--Pursuant to the requirements of section 20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the General Assembly hereby authorizes the release of the restrictions imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act from the land owned by the Borough of Whitehall, Allegheny County, being conveyed to Caste Development, Inc., and more particularly described in subsection (c), in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on lands owned by Caste Development, Inc., being conveyed to the Borough of Whitehall, and more particularly described in subsection (d).

(b) Freedom of restrictions.--The lands described in subsection (c) owned by the Borough of Whitehall and being conveyed to Caste Development, Inc., shall be free of the restrictions on use and alienation imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon the imposition of and recording of the Project 70 deed restrictions set forth in subsection (e) on the parcel of replacement land owned by Caste Development, Inc., and being conveyed to the Borough of Whitehall, described in subsection (d).

(c) Land to be free from restrictions.--The parcel of land authorized to be released from restrictions is located in the Borough of Whitehall, Allegheny County, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Lot No. 720 and Lot No. 721 in the Overlook Acres Plan No. 10 as recorded in the Plan Book Volume 60 Pages 93 through 96; thence by line through property now or formally of Felix Caste, Sr., north 35 degrees 15 minutes east a distance of 370 feet to a point on the line of the original Whitehall Borough Park at the true place of beginning; thence along said park and along said Felix Caste, Sr., property north 54 degrees 44 minutes west a distance of 385 feet to a point; thence still along the same north 17 degrees 16 minutes east a distance of 390.52 feet to a point; thence still along the same north 83 degrees 16 minutes east a distance of 463.39 feet to a point; thence still along the same south 15 degrees 46 minutes west a distance of 297.21 feet to a point of curvature; thence still along the same in a southwesterly direction by an arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 1,578 feet for an arc distance of 426.89 feet to a point; thence north 89 degrees 44 minutes east 40,000 feet to a point; thence still along the same north 54 degrees 44 minutes west a distance of 100 feet to a point at the true place of beginning.

Containing an area of 5.727 acres.

(d) Land on which restrictions are to be imposed.--The replacement parcel to be subject to restriction in exchange for the parcel described in subsection (c) is located in the Borough of Whitehall, Allegheny County, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the northwesterly right-of-way line of Lantern Hill Drive, a 50-foot right-of-way, where the same is intersected by the dividing line of Lot No. 103 in the Caste Hill Plan No. 1 as recorded in Plan Book Volume 128, Pages 49 and 50 and property now or formerly of Felix Caste, Sr.; thence along said right-of-way line north 04 degrees east a distance of 67.70 feet to a point at terminus of said Lantern Hill Drive as shown on said plan; thence by a line along proposed Lantern Hill Drive extension north 04 degrees east a distance of 57.84 feet to a point of curvature; thence still along said proposed right- of-way line in a northwesterly direction by an arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 725 feet for an arc distance of 184.63 feet to a point of tangency; thence still along the same north 10 degrees 35 minutes 28 seconds west a distance of 150 feet to a point of curvature; thence along the same in a northwesterly direction by an arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 300 feet for an arc distance of 72 feet to a point of tangency; thence along the same north 24 degrees 20 minutes 32 seconds west a distance of 19 feet to a point at the true place of beginning; thence from said true point of beginning and leaving said proposed right-of-way line for the following seven courses and distances, viz:

(1) thence north 81 degrees west a distance of 210 feet

to a point, viz;

(2) thence north 38 degrees 50 minutes 42 seconds west a

distance of 107.28 feet to a point, viz;

(3) thence north 24 degrees 16 minutes west a distance

of 550 feet to a point, viz;

(4) thence north 05 degrees 30 minutes east a distance

of 115 feet to a point, viz;

(5) thence north 87 degrees 50 minutes east a distance

of 250 feet to a point, viz;

(6) thence south 72 degrees 14 minutes east a distance

of 265 feet to a point, viz;

(7) thence south 57 degrees 24 minutes 37 seconds east a

distance of 116.21 feet to a point on the aforementioned

proposed right-of-way line of Lantern Hill Drive extension;

Thence along said proposed right-of-way line the following five courses and distances, viz:

(1) thence in a southwesterly direction by an arc of a

circle curving to the left having a radius of 60 feet for an

arc distance of 113.73 feet to a point of reverse curvature,

viz;

(2) thence in a southwesterly direction by an arc of a

circle curving to the right having a radius of 50 feet for an

arc distance of 38.61 feet to a point of reverse curvature,

viz;

(3) thence in a southwesterly direction by an arc of a

circle curving to the left having a radius of 800 feet for an

arc distance of 209.38 feet to a point of compound curvature,

viz;

(4) thence in a southeasterly direction by an arc of a

circle curving to the left having a radius of 250 feet for an

arc distance of 191.99 feet to a point of tangency, viz;

(5) thence south 24 degrees 20 minutes 32 seconds a

distance of 131 feet to a point at the true place of

beginning.

Containing an area of 5.9204 acres.

(e) Description of deed restriction.--The deed restriction to be transferred to the parcel described in subsection (d) shall read as follows:

This indenture is given to provide land for recreation,

conservation and historical purposes as those purposes

are defined in the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess.,

P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition

and Borrowing Act.