PRINTER'S NO. 1201
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
900
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA AND BROWNE, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
AN ACT
Authorizing the transfer of title for certain Project 70 lands
owned by Lehigh County to Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lands to be transferred to Whitehall Township,
Lehigh County.
(a) Authorization.--Under 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 transfer of the title for a
portion of the Project 70 lands owned by Lehigh County, known as
the Jordan Creek Parkway, which are more particularly described
in subsection (c), to Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
(b) Project 70 restrictions.--The lands described in
subsection (c) shall be transferred with all existing
restrictions currently imposed by the Project 70 Land
Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon conveyance of the lands to
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.
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(c) Property description.--The parcels of land to be
transferred with existing Project 70 restrictions are located in
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, and are more particularly
bounded and described as follows:
(1) Parcel 45.
All that certain tract of land located along Jordan Creek North
of Pennsylvania State Highway (U.S. Route 22, L.R. 771) in the
second ward of the Township of Whitehall, County of Lehigh and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the line dividing lands now or late of
Michael Puchyr and Mary Puchyr, husband and wife, and D.S.
Sausman Enterprises, Inc., and in the northern right-of-way line
of Pennsylvania State Highway (U.S. Route 22, L.R. 771), thence
along said right-of-way line south 72 degrees 02 minutes 55
seconds West, 261.96 feet, crossing Jordan Creek to a point,
thence along land now or late of the Township of Whitehall,
North 0 degrees 21 minutes 45 seconds West, 96.77 feet to a
point, thence along lands now or late of Horace E. McCready and
Ruth A. McCready, husband and wife, and in and along Jordan
Creek the three (3) following courses and distances:
1. North 12 degrees 40 minutes 45 seconds West, 455.00
feet to a point,
2. North 5 degrees 34 minutes 15 seconds East, 220.00
feet to a point, and
3. North 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds East, 1270.69
feet to a point,
thence along land now or late of Richard J. Deppe, South 78
degrees 19 minutes 33 seconds East, 226.30 feet to a point,
thence along other land now or late of Michael Puchyr, South 11
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degrees 40 minutes 27 seconds West, 85.00 feet to a point,
thence in and through land now or late of Michael Puchyr and
Mary Puchyr, husband and wife, the four (4) following courses
and distances:
1. North 78 degrees 19 minutes 33 seconds West, 70.00
feet to a point,
2. South 20 degrees 39 minutes 07 seconds West, 1208.42
feet to a point,
3. South 4 degrees 17 minutes 20 seconds West, 160.45
feet to a point, and
4. South 13 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds East, 110.59
feet to an iron pipe,
thence along land now or late of D.S. Sausman Enterprises, Inc.,
the two (2) following courses and distances:
1. By a curve to the left with a radius of 250.00 feet
for a distance of 23.81 feet to an iron pipe,
2. South 17 degrees 57 minutes 05 seconds East, 334.54
feet to the place of beginning.
Containing 9.15792 acres
(2) Parcel 46.
All that certain tract of land located in the second ward of the
Township of Whitehall, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, being bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the southern line of land now or late of
R.L. Hunsicker and in the eastern line of Mickley Road (T 862
thirty-three feet wide) thence along the southern line of land
now or late of R.L. Hunsicker South 68 degrees 53 minutes 50
seconds East, 164.40 feet to a point, thence in Jordan Creek and
along land now or late of Richard J. Deppe South 1 degree 09
minutes 18 seconds West, 33.17 feet to a point, thence in Jordan
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Creek and along land now or late of Michael Puchyr the three (3)
following courses and distances:
1. South 22 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds West, 1270.69
feet to a point,
2. South 5 degrees 34 minutes 15 seconds West, 220.00
feet to a point, and
3. South 12 degrees 40 minutes 45 seconds East, 455.00
feet to a point.
thence along land of Township of Whitehall North 59 degrees 49
minutes 05 seconds West, 462.01 feet to a point, thence along
land now or late of Walter D. Jenkins the two (2) following
courses and distances:
1. North 0 degrees 04 minutes 05 seconds West, 255.83
feet to a point, and
2. North 77 degrees 25 minutes 05 seconds West, 194.73
feet to a point,
thence in and through land now or late of Horace W. McCready and
Ruth A. McCready, husband and wife, and along the eastern side
of Mickley Road (T862) the eight (8) following courses and
distances:
1. North 33 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds East, 213.75
feet to a point,
2. By a curve to the right with a radius of 823.03 feet
for a distance of 252.88 feet to a point,
3. North 51 degrees 04 minutes 36 seconds East, 23.73
feet to a point,
4. By a curve to the left with a radius of 712.85 feet
for a distance of 102.20 feet to a point,
5. North 42 degrees 51 minutes 45 seconds East, 163.14
feet to a point,
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6. By a curve to the left with a radius of 660.83 feet
for a distance of 263.13 feet to a point,
7. North 20 degrees 02 minutes 45 seconds East, 594.61
feet to a point, and
8. North 19 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds East, 49.70
feet to the place of beginning.
Containing 10.97075 acres.
(d) Existing restrictions.--The following restrictions shall
remain in the deeds of conveyance for the lands described in
subsection (c): This indenture is given to provide land for
recreation, conservation and historical purposes, as said
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.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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