Pennsylvania § 1502 Restrictions as to certain property

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1502 — Restrictions as to certain property

Pennsylvania § 1502

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 8BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

PartPART I

Ch. 15EMINENT DOMAIN, ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES AND

Subch.GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING

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8 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1502 (2026).

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(a)Historically significant property.--In addition to a restriction made by another provision of this part in a particular case, no borough may exercise the right of eminent domain against:

(1)land now occupied by a building that was used during the Colonial or Revolutionary period as a place of assembly by the Council of the Colony of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Congress of the United States;

(2)the land occupied by a fort, redoubt or blockhouse erected during the Colonial or Revolutionary period or a building used as headquarters by the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army; or

(3)the site of a building, fort, redoubt, blockhouse, or headquarters that is preserved for its historic associations and not for private prof

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(a) Historically significant property.--In addition to a restriction made by another provision of this part in a particular case, no borough may exercise the right of eminent domain against:

(1) land now occupied by a building that was used during the Colonial or Revolutionary period as a place of assembly by the Council of the Colony of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Congress of the United States;

(2) the land occupied by a fort, redoubt or blockhouse erected during the Colonial or Revolutionary period or a building used as headquarters by the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army; or

(3) the site of a building, fort, redoubt, blockhouse, or headquarters that is preserved for its historic associations and not for private profit.

(a.1) Colonial or Revolutionary period.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the Colonial and Revolutionary period terminates on September 3, 1783.

(b) Prohibition.--No land or property used for a cemetery, burying ground or place of public worship may be taken or appropriated by virtue of a power contained in this chapter.