Pennsylvania Act 2008-86 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA
                                  COUNTY
                 Act of Sep. 25, 2008, P.L. 1070, No. 86              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Transportation, with the approval
        of the Governor, to grant and convey to the Philadelphia
        Redevelopment Authority a tract of land situate in the City
        of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

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

     Section 1.  Chinatown Community Center.
        (a)  Conveyance authorized.--The Department of
     Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby
     authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
     grant and convey to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
     certain lands situate in the 5th Ward of Philadelphia at 1001-05
     Vine Street described in subsection (b) for less than the fair
     market value as determined by an independent appraisal.
        (b)  Property description.--The property to be conveyed
     pursuant to this section consists of land bounded and described
     as follows:
     ALL THOSE FOUR CERTAIN lots or pieces of ground with the
     buildings and improvements thereon erected, Situate in the 5th
     Ward of the City of Philadelphia and described as follows, to
     wit: ONE THEREOF SITUATE at the Northwest corner of Vine and
     10th Streets, CONTAINING in front or breadth on said Vine Street
     18 feet and extending in depth Northward along the West side of
     said 10th Street, 131 feet 3 inches to Pearl Street, ANOTHER
     THEREOF SITUATE on the North side of Vine Street at the distance
     of 18 feet Westward from the West side of 10th Street.
     CONTAINING in front or breadth on said Vine Street 20 feet and
     extending in length or depth Northward of that width at right
     angles parallel with the said 10th Street 131 feet 3 inches to
     Pearl Street. ANOTHER THEREOF SITUATE on the North side of Vine
     Street at the distance of 38 feet Westward from the West side of
     10th Street. CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said Vine
     Street 20 feet and extending of that width between lines
     parallel with the said 10th Street in length or depth
     Northwardly 131 feet 3 inches to Pearl Street. BOUNDED Northward
     by said Pearl Street, Eastward by ground now or late of I.
     Fassett, Deceased, Westward by ground now or late of Jacob
     Schmitt, Deceased, and Southward by Vine Street. No. 1003 Vine
     Street. AND THE REMAINING ONE THEREOF SITUATE on the North side
     of Vine Street at the distance of 58 feet Westward from the West
     side of 10th Street. CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said
     Vine Street 20 feet and extending of that width in length or
     depth Northward 131 feet 4 inches to Pearl Street. BOUNDED
     Northward by said Pearl Street, Eastward by other ground now or
     late of Jacob Schmitt, and now or late of Frank A. Schmitt,
     Southward by said Vine Street and Westward by ground formerly of
     Hannah Sanson. No. 1005 Vine Street.
     ALSO ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with buildings and
     improvements thereon erected. Situate on the corner formed by
     the intersection of the West side of 10th Street with the North
     side of Pearl Street in the 5th Ward of the City of
     Philadelphia.
     CONTAINING in front or breadth on the said 10th Street 16 feet
     and extending of that width in length or depth Westward, the
     South line thereof along the North side of Pearl Street 80 feet
     to a certain 3 foot wide alley which extends Northward and
     Southward from Wood Street to the said Pearl Street.
     TOGETHER with the free and common use, right, liberty and
     privilege of the aforesaid alley as and for a passageway and
     watercourse at all times hereafter forever. No. 314 North 10th
     Street.
     ALSO UNDER AND SUBJECT as to the last of the above described
     premises to an Agreement between William M. Kizmiller, Trustee
     and Philadelphia Pneumatic Tube Co., recorded in Deed Book
     J.M.H. 2802 page 47 (relating to Tube in Street).
        (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)  Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by quitclaim deed
     and shall be executed by the Secretary of Transportation in the
     name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (e)  Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
     conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
        (f)  Right of reverter.--This conveyance shall revert and
     revest immediately to the grantor if any of the following
     conditions occurs:
            (1)  The property is not, within five years of this
        conveyance, put to use as the Chinatown Community Center to
        enhance the lives of the residents of the neighborhood and
        enrich the culture of the City of Philadelphia.
            (2)  The property ceases to be used as the Chinatown
        Community Center at any time following the commencement of
        such use.
            (3)  The property or any portion thereof, is 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.
     These conditions shall be contained in the deed of conveyance.
     The conditions shall be covenants running with the land and
     shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns.
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.