Allegheny County - Townships of Harrison and Frazer

Act 81 of 1994, § 4, under PROJECT 70 LANDS AND CONVEYANCE - LAWRENCE, ALLEGHENY, NORTHHAMPTON AND LUZERNE COUNTIES.

Act 81 of 1994, § 4

Section 4. Allegheny County - Townships of Harrison and Frazer.

(a) Authorization.--The lands described in subsection (b) are hereby released from restrictions imposed under provisions of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, and the act of January 19, 1968 (1967 P.L.996, No.443), known as The Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act, in exchange for the imposition of restrictions under the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act and The Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act on land to be conveyed to Allegheny County described in subsection (c).

(b) Lands to be released from restrictions.--The parcels of land authorized to be released from restrictions are more particularly described as follows:

All those certain tracts of land situate in the Township of Harrison, County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

PARCEL 1

Beginning at a point being distant the following three bearings and distances from the iron pin on the southeasterly right-of-way line of State Route 28, Legislative Route 70, known as Tarentum-Freeport Road, as relocated by a plan approved by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on September 12, 1940, said iron pin also being located at Station 1430+30, offset 37 feet right, as shown on the drawings for Legislative Route 70, Section 23 R/W, signed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 18, 1962, and recorded in Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in State Highway Plan Book Volume 24, Page 66, said point being on the dividing line between land formerly of Matthew A. Palko and Mary A. Palko, his wife, on the northerly side and J. Koenig on the southerly side, said land of Palko having been conveyed to Allegheny County by their deed dated April 28, 1970, and recorded in Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4832, Page 685, and said land of J. Koenig having been conveyed to County of Allegheny by their deed recorded in Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4313, Page 165, viz, along the southeasterly right-of-way line of State Route 28 north 39 minutes 30 seconds east a distance of 131.65 feet to a point; thence continuing along said right-of- way line north 39 degrees 33 minutes east a distance of 431.23 feet to a point; thence through land formerly of Gary E. Ekas and Shirley Jean Ekas, his wife, and conveyed to County of Allegheny by their deed dated March 31, 1970, and recorded in the Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4514, Page 51, north 68 degrees 26 minutes 46 seconds east a distance of 269.38 feet to a corner hub, the point of beginning; thence continuing through former Ekas land north 68 degrees 26 minutes 46 seconds east a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence continuing through former Ekas land and through land conveyed to County of Allegheny from Leo A. and Emma E. Gallagher by their deed dated April 2, 1970, and recorded in the Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4827, Page 617, south 21 degrees 33 minutes 14 seconds east a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence through former Gallagher land south 68 degrees 26 minutes 46 seconds west a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence through former Gallagher land and former Ekas land north 21 degrees 33 minutes 14 seconds west a distance of 100 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing .2296 acres, more or less.

PARCEL 2

Beginning at a point being distant the following three bearings and distances from the iron pin on the southeasterly right-of-way line of State Route 28, Legislative Route 70, known as Tarentum-Freeport Road, as relocated by a plan approved by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on September 12, 1940, said iron pin also being located at Station 1430+30, offset 37 feet right, as shown on the drawings for Legislative Route 70, Section 23 R/W, signed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 18, 1962, and recorded in the Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in State Highway Plan Book Volume 29, Page 66, said point being on the dividing line between land formerly of Matthew A. Palko and Mary A. Palko, his wife, on the northerly side and J. Koenig on the southerly side, and land of Palko having been conveyed to Allegheny County by their deed dated April 28, 1970, and recorded in Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4832, Page 685, and said land of J. Koenig having been conveyed to County of Allegheny by their deed recorded in Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4313, Page 165, viz: along the southeasterly right-of-way line of State Route 28 north 39 degrees 30 minutes east a distance of 131.65 feet to a point; thence continuing along said right-of- way line north 39 degrees 33 minutes east a distance of 20.53 feet to a point; thence through land conveyed by Matthew A. Palko and Mary A. Palko, his wife, to the County of Allegheny by their deed dated April 28, 1970, and recorded in the Allegheny County Office of Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book Volume 4832, Page 685, south 78 degrees 56 minutes 44 seconds east a distance of 116.29 feet to the corner hub, the point of beginning; thence continuing through former Palko land south 78 degrees 56 minutes 44 seconds east a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence through former Palko land and former J. Koenig land south 11 degrees 03 minutes 16 seconds west a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence through former J. Koenig land north 78 degrees 56 minutes 44 seconds west a distance of 100 feet to a corner hub; thence through former land of J. Koenig and Palko north 11 degrees 03 minutes 16 seconds east a distance of 100 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing .2296 acres, more or less.

(c) Land on which restrictions are to be imposed.--The parcel to be subject to restrictions is more particularly described as follows:

All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the Township of Frazer, Count of Allegheny and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being all that small triangular parcel of land between the easterly side of property now or late of Frances Anne Forrester and the westerly side of property now of Elsie B. Christy, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a copper plug near the center at the Tarentum- Bakerstown Road at the intersection of said road with State Highway Route 908; thence along the center of the Tarentum and Bakerstown Road south 06 degrees 12 minutes west a distance of 582.51 feet, more or less, to a point in the center of the said road; thence in an easterly direction 30 feet, more or less, to land now or late of Elsie B. Christy; received from the lease of the lands described in subsection (b) shall be used by the County of Allegheny for acquisition or development of park and recreation lands. The County of Allegheny shall not sell the lands described in subsection (b) without approval of the General Assembly.