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Monday, August 29, 2011
Mount Wolf sportsmen's club seeks ag security status York Dispatch,York, PA – Aug 27, 2011 …Property owners will be protected from nuisance lawsuits, such as people complaining about farm smells, Pam Shellenberger, chief of the county's long range program, said. It will also give the property owner protection from eminent domain… PUC is expected to grant Laser utility status The Times-Tribune, Scranton,PA – Aug 26, 2011 The Public Utility Commission rejected requests to reconsider granting utility status and eminent domain authority to a local natural gas collection and gathering company... Editorial: Must target tax delinquents Philadelphia Inquirer, PA – Aug 26, 2011 …State Rep. John Taylor (R., Phila.) is pushing the necessary state authorizing legislation. Land banks would be voluntary arrangements, and they would not have the power of eminent domain… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, August 25, 2011
EPA meets with Pa. residents over drilling fears PittsburghTribune-Review, PA (Associated Press) – Aug 25, 2011 …Scroggins, a resident of one of the townships through which the pipeline will run, is among the parties formally opposing Laser's effort to secure public utility status for the pipeline. That would give the company the power of eminent domain over private property... Easton targets first six vacant buildings The Express-Times, Easton, PA – Aug 24, 2011 …If violations are not remedied, the buildings can be certified as blighted, allowing the redevelopment authority to take the properties through eminent domain… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, August 22, 2011
69 News week in review WFMZ-TV69, Allentown, PA – Aug 20, 2011 …Mayor Pawlowski said the sale of some of the properties is more difficult because the owners live out of state. He said the city may use eminent domain to acquire them… Lawsuits flow over Texas pipelines The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY – Aug 19, 2011 …Condemnation suits have jumped in other communities where energy companies have ramped up production, increasing demand for pipelines. Pipeline companies in Pennsylvania filed 61 lawsuits in 2009 compared with 16 in 2008, according to federal court records, as producers unlocked greater volumes of natural gas from the rock layer known as the Marcellus shale… Allentown authority takes out $35 million credit line for arena The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Aug 18, 2011 …Mayor Ed Pawlowski has said the 8,500-seat arena for the minor league Phantoms will help transform Allentown's struggling downtown. He has notified property owners in its path that if they don't accept the city's offer for their property, the city would have to take their land by eminent domain… Some residents unhappy with new York Township map York Daily Record, York, PA – Aug 18, 2011 …Another township resident objected to language in the official map ordinance. It states that "the township can use eminent domain to take the land," John Bowders said… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Mayor: Hockey arena headed for downtown Allentown WFMZ-TV69,Allentown, PA – Aug 17, 2011 …The only question now is how many businesses will face a judge due to eminent domain?... Property owner opts out of arena financing district The Morning Call,Allentown, PA – Aug 17, 2011 …The city initially targeted Schneider's land for the hockey arena. That wasn't good for his business, either, Schneider said. Several of his tenants departed for new locations, expecting the city to use eminent domain to take the property… New pipelines in the works for Marcellus Shale York Dispatch, York, PA (Associated Press) – Aug 17, 2011 …The projects are already employing thousands of contract workers and bringing work to steel mills, welders, gravel quarries and landscapers. At the same time, they are generating concerns about air and water pollution and eminent domain issues… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Lunch prices going up 25 cents The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Aug 16, 2011 …The land will be taken by eminent domain and will not affect the parking lot or building, he said… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, August 08, 2011
Gas land pooling discussion revived in Harrisburg Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Aug 7, 2011 …Mr. Everett said he was the subject of severe backlash from those who viewed the policy as an eminent-domain procedure for private companies… Times In-Depth: Erie's endless fight against blight Erie Times-News, PA – Aug 7, 2011 …The program identifies problem properties and attempts to get the owner to fix up the mess. If city officials can't find the owner, or the owner won't respond, the city attempts to obtain the property through eminent domain, with the hope of eventually getting the property razed or in the hands of a new owner who will repair it… Allentown's goal: Avoid eminent domain The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Aug 6, 2011 …Four months later, as challenges to the city's eminent domain filings slogged their way through the legal system, an exasperated Mayor Sal Panto Jr. asked the city's attorneys how much longer the court wrangling could take. Quite a while, they told him... Seizing of Brownsville land parcels ruled OK The Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA – Aug 6, 2011 …A Fayette County judge has ruled against an Allegheny County developer who claimed he suffered economic harm by the taking of some of his Brownsville properties through eminent domain… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Covington mulling legal options over proposed power line project The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Aug 3, 2011 …Eminent domain could be involved, but company officials have said they will negotiate with landowners on acquiring easements for the power line… Next step in middle school renovation: Eminient domain Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA – Aug 3, 2011 …the Williamsport Area School Board approved in a 7-0 vote the authorization to proceed with eminent domain proceedings to obtain ownership of the property… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, August 01, 2011
Editorial: Marcellus commission leaves door open on impact fee, pooling The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA – Jul 31, 2011 …The take-away on pooling, however, is the “eminent domain/property rights” argument that has dominated the debate thus far might be off the mark… Opinion – Eric Epstein: 'Forced pooling' is corporate socialism York Daily Record, PA – Jul 29, 2011 …The Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code is commonly known as the Property Rights Protection Act (2006). The PRPA specifically provides that the exercise by a condemning authority to take privately-owned property by eminent domain for use by private enterprises is prohibited, except for certain limited exceptions that primarily pertain to blighted property… |