Pennsylvania Act 1996-132 — PROJECT 70 LANDS - CITY OF ALLENTOWN LANDS

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PROJECT 70 LANDS - CITY OF ALLENTOWN LANDS
                 Act of Oct. 30, 1996, P.L. 736, No. 132              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the release of all restrictions imposed by the
        Project 70 Act on certain lands situated in the City of
        Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in exchange for the
        imposition of Project 70 restrictions on easement interests
        of other lands conveyed to the City of Allentown, permitting
        the City of Allentown to grant or convey an easement to an
        adjacent landowner.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  (a)  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 Project 70
     restrictions and conveyance of an easement interest in certain
     lands owned by the City of Allentown, described in subsection
     (c), in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions
     on an easement interest to be conveyed to the City of Allentown
     which are more particularly described in subsection (d).
        (b)  The lands described in subsection (c) to be conveyed by
     easement from the city of Allentown shall be free of
     restrictions on use and alienation imposed by the Project 70
     Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon conveyance of an
     easement interest in the lands described in subsection (c) and
     owned by the City of Allentown.
        (c)  The tract of land to be released from Project 70
     restrictions is situated in the City of Allentown, Lehigh
     County, and more particularly described as follows:
                               Tract No. 1
        All that certain tract of land situated on the east side of
     Mack Boulevard in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, and
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being an access easement on land
     of the City of Allentown, Deed Book Volume 1071, Page 313, as
     shown on the Access Easement Plan prepared by Base Engineering,
     Inc., dated March 1, 1996, Dwg. No. 95153, bounded and described
     as follows, to wit:
        Beginning on the easterly right-of-way line of Mack Boulevard
     south 4 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds west 76.34 feet from the
     southerly right-of-way line of Reading Railroad; thence in and
     through land now or formerly of the City of Allentown, Deed Book
     Volume 1071, Page 313, the following eight courses and
     distances: curving to the left with a radius of 48 feet for an
     arc length of 33.86 feet, a delta of 40 degrees 24 minutes 59
     seconds, a tangent of 17.67 feet and a chord of north 57 degrees
     15 minutes 43 seconds east 33.16 feet; north 37 degrees 3
     minutes 14 seconds east 62 feet; curving to the right with a
     radius of 338.25 feet for an arc length of 54.72 feet, a delta
     of 9 degrees 16 minutes 10 seconds, a tangent of 27.42 feet and
     a chord of north 41 degrees 41 minutes 19 seconds east 54.66
     feet; north 60 degrees 5 minutes 0 seconds east 132.51 feet;
     south 54 degrees 49 minutes 16 seconds west 51.93 feet; south 46
     degrees 15 minutes 39 seconds west 62.86 feet; south 37 degrees
     3 minutes 14 seconds west 169.47 feet; north 85 degrees 42
     minutes 30 seconds west 28.97 feet to the easterly right-of-way
     line of Mack Boulevard; thence along the same north 4 degrees 17
     minutes 30 seconds east 32.23 feet to the place of beginning.
        Containing 6,421.424 square feet (.1474 acres).
        (d)  The easement interest to be conveyed to the City of
     Allentown and to be subject to Project 70 restrictions is more
     particularly described as follows:
        All that certain tract of land situated on the east side of
     Mack Boulevard in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, and
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being a portion of an existing
     access easement, Deed Book Volume 302, Page 82, on land of the
     City of Allentown, Deed Book Volume 1071, Page 313, as shown on
     the Access Easement Plan prepared by Base Engineering, Inc.,
     dated March 1, 1996, Dwg. No. 95153, bounded and described as
     follows, to wit:
        Beginning on the easterly right-of-way line of Mack Boulevard
     at the southerly right-of-way line of Reading Railroad; thence
     along the southerly right-of-way line of Reading Railroad north
     60 degrees 5 minutes 0 seconds east 193.01 feet; thence in and
     through land of the City of Allentown, Deed Book Volume 1071,
     Page 313, the following three courses and distances: south 29
     degrees 55 minutes 0 seconds east 10.56 feet; curving to the
     left with a radius of 338.25 feet for an arc length of 94.66
     feet, a delta of 16 degrees 2 minutes 3 seconds, a tangent of
     47.64 feet and a chord of south 54 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds
     west 94.35 feet; south 60 degrees 5 minutes 0 seconds west
     112.73 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Mack Boulevard;
     thence along the same north 4 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds east
     24.18 feet to the place of beginning.
        Containing 3,344.776 square feet (.0768 acres).
        (e)  The City of Allentown may grant an easement over the
     tracts of land described in subsection (c) to Jacob Aronsky and
     any successor in interest free of any Project 70 restrictions.
        (f)  Jacob Aronsky and/or his successor in interest shall
     convey any interest, including an easement interest, he or they
     may have in the property described in subsection (d) to the City
     of Allentown in exchange for the grant of an easement to Jacob
     Aronsky or his successor in interest from the City of Allentown
     as described in subsection (c).
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.