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An Ordinance authorizing the County of Allegheny to sell a 12,301.8 square foot parcel of excess vacant parcel of land, located on the northeasterly side of Summit Street, 200 feet west of westerly right-of-way line of Boyle Avenue, situate in the 8th Ward, City of McKeesport, tax parcel No. 461-A-164, for the fair market value amount of $4,300.00, to McKeesport Alliance Church.
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Whereas, Allegheny County acquired Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 3 in Purpart No. 2 in the William Fawcett Heirs’ Plan, recorded in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate in Plan Book Volume 16, Pages 114-115, from Chester B. Bennett, by Order of Common Pleas Court No. 854 April Term 1949 for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an airdrome or aviation landing field; and,
Whereas, the buildings on the property have been razed and the property no longer serves a public purpose; and,
Whereas, Lot No. 2, being located between Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 3 in said plan, was acquired by Harry C. Smith from Daniel M. Bennett and Rebecca Bennett (his wife), Richard E. Hurrell and Margaret A. Hurrell (his wife), William F. Bennett (widower) and Jennie B. Flenniken (widow) by their deed dated November 26, 1919 and recorded in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate in Deed Book Volume 2143, Page 5.
Whereas, no recorded document was found to convey Lot No. 2 to Allegheny County and the said three lots are collectively designated by the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate Department as tax parcel No. 461-A-164, as depicted and outline in red on a drawing by Merlyn J. Jenkins & Associates, Inc. dated December 23, 2015, attached and marked “Exhibit A”; called “Parcel”; and
Whereas, by its Release Agreement No. 201406, recorded May 19, 2017 in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate in Deed Book Volume 16802, Page 394, the Federal Aviation Administration released its rights to use the Parcel; and
Whereas, the County Manager has determined that it is no longer i...
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