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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, April 29, 2011
 
Fayette nixes zoning change at ex-Brownsville hospital
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Apr 29, 2011
…Vicites said the county must first determine whether the site is subject to restrictions under the state's Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act. That act allowed for the acquisition of land through eminent domain, but prohibits its use for anything other than recreation, conservation or historical purposes…

Scarnati makes a pitch for Marcellus fee
Pittsburgh Business Times, PA – Apr 28, 2011
…Democratic Rep. Frank Dermody released a statement denouncing the proposal and making a curious link between Scarnati’s designation of the PUC as the administrative agency in charge and the right of eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
 
Corbett says he opposes 'forced pooling'
Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA (Associated Press) – Apr 27, 2011
… "Forced pooling" is tantamount to private eminent domain, and he doesn't agree with it, Corbett told the seminar crowd in suburban Pittsburgh, which is fast becoming a hub for multinational energy companies exploring the Marcellus and Utica shales beneath Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
 
It’s your common creek
NewtownPatch--Apr 26, 2011
…It also serves as a quasi-memorial to lifelong Newtown resident Barbara Swayze’s dog, Laddie. Swayze’s family lived in the house there and had buried the beloved pet in the spot before the state took the land by eminent domain for the marker…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 25, 2011
 
Municipalities have new tools to fight blight
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Apr 25, 2011
…This 2006 law allows municipalities to use their eminent domain powers to take over a blighted property if the owner doesn't follow codes. The city's Blighted Property Review Committee already uses this law…

Vacant Swell Plant At Center Of Lawsuit
Vending Times, Rockville Centre, NY – Apr 24, 2011
… The 200,000-sq.ft. building, which has been empty for eight years, was acquired by the township in March 2009 for $1.26 million through its power of eminent domain. The Fenimore family appealed the final price, and on March 23 a court-appointed Board of View agreed and ordered the township to pay the family $6 million, six times the initial price…

Board certifies 10 city properties as blighted
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Apr 23, 2011
…If a property remains blighted the city can take it by eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, April 22, 2011
 
Steelton's revival continues
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA – Apr 22, 2011
…Two neighboring properties under the same ownership are being sought through eminent domain, Mayor Tom Acri said…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
 
Businesses in arena's path get some answers from city
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Apr 19, 2011
…The meeting came after weeks during which, many of the business owners said, they've been "harassed'' by real estate agents and appraisers pressuring them to sell under the threat of eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
 
Haverford appeals gum factory ruling
Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA – Apr 19, 2011
…In a report filed March 23, the court-appointed Board of View said the township low-balled Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp. when it paid $1.26 million as just compensation for taking the site through eminent domain in March 2009, for purposes of constructing township and/or community facilities…

Allentown moves on hockey site
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Apr 18, 2011
…But a few weeks ago, Park learned his shop, Pinocchio's, may sit in the path of a proposed $80 million to $100 million hockey arena city officials are eyeing for center city. A real estate agent came by his business, he said, and began pressuring him to sell and threatening him with eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, April 14, 2011
 
Haverford appeals millions owed for bubble gum factory property
The Delaware County Times, Primos, PA – Apr 14, 2011
…In a report filed March 23, the court-appointed Board of View said the township low-balled Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corporation when it paid $1.26 million as just compensation for taking the site through eminent domain in March 2009, for purposes of constructing township and/or community facilities…

Fairview residents who will lose land unhappy with Turnpike plan
The York Dispatch, York, PA – Apr 14, 2011
…That's the first time Theda Roat of Marsh Run Road learned time that the project would require a swath of land going about 80 feet into her property to be taken by eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 06, 2011
 
City Howl Help Desk: Homeowner haunted by abandoned house in Francisville
Philadelphia Daily News, PA – Apr 6, 2011
...Allentown, for instance, gives property owners an ultimatum: Resolve your violations, or see properties certified as blighted. If that happens, the city's redevelopment authority can take properties by eminent domain and sell them to developers who promise to fix them up…

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