53 Pa. Stat. § 10406

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 10406 - Time limitations on reservations for future taking

The governing body may fix the time for which streets, watercourses and public grounds on the official map shall be deemed reserved for future taking or acquisition for public use. However, the reservation for public grounds shall lapse and become void one year after an owner of such property has submitted a written notice to the governing body announcing his intentions to build, subdivide or otherwise develop the land covered by the reservation, or has made formal application for an official permit to build a structure for private use, unless the governing body shall have acquired the property or begun condemnation proceedings to acquire such property before the end of the year.

53 P.S. § 10406

1968, July 31, P.L. 805, No. 247, art. IV, § 406. Reenacted and amended 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1329, No. 170, § 28, effective in 60 days.