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§ 67313. Roads in or near public parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
Part X. Townships of the Second Class
Chapter 141. Second Class Township Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XXIII. Roads, Streets, Bridges and Highways (Refs & Annos)
53 P.S. § 67313
§ 67313. Roads in or near public parks
(a) The board of supervisors may contract with the Commonwealth, a county or a municipal corporation owning and operating parks inside the township to establish, relocate, alter or vacate public roads inside or contiguous to those parks. The board of supervisors shall take no action with respect to the public roads without the written consent and agreement of the Commonwealth, county or municipal corporation owning and operating the parks. Any road when altered or relocated under this section shall be maintained and repaired the same as other township roads.
(b) The agreement shall be adopted by ordinance, and, within thirty days, the road shall be a public road of the township.
(c) The owner of any land through which any public road may be located or relocated may apply by petition to the court of common pleas, setting forth the injury which has been sustained by reason of the relocation of the public road, and the proceedings relative to the assessment and payment of damages of the landowner shall be under this act for eminent domain.

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1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 2313, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days.
53 P.S. § 67313, PA ST 53 P.S. § 67313
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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