PennDOT flexes eminent domain muscles in Gap
“To build the Gap bottleneck improvement project, PennDOT has had to acquire all or part of 14 properties: 12 1/2 acres in all. They include two businesses — the Pizza Box and Gap Plants &…
Old York County prison’s former owners not happy with eminent domain as they await appraisal
“A court-appointed panel is expected to decide by Sept. 4 how much York’s Redevelopment Authority must pay the former owners of the long-closed York County prison on Chestnut Street for taking the property by eminent…
Codorus Street reunion planned for Saturday
“The neighborhood homes and streets are long gone, having succumbed decades ago to an eminent domain order from the government. But the memories, and many of the people who once lived there, remain. On Saturday,…
York mayor: City will not take homes in northeast neighborhood through eminent domain
“Despite a flurry of public and private redevelopment interest in York’s northeast neighborhood, Mayor Kim Bracey said the city has no plans to use eminent domain to procure private homes in the area. “For lots…
As developer buys up York neighborhood, some residents refuse to sell
“The CEO of several companies buying dozens of homes in a York City neighborhood said he will not use eminent domain to acquire more properties, though he believes he “absolutely” could. Bill Hynes, known locally…
City of York gambling with taxpayer dollars
“The Redevelopment Authority of York is addicted to risky business. Utilizing a mix of eminent domain and blighted property legislation, the RDA has become the city’s foremost land speculator, having amassed a land bank totaling…
Judges slow Sunoco’s march to the sea
“Judges in Pennsylvania have dealt a setback to a major energy company’s plans to use eminent domain for a natural gas-related pipeline, a novel corporate maneuver that could set a precedent if it were approved….
Councilman Jones under ‘bizarre’ eminent-domain fire in Germany Hill development lawsuit
“A developer’s nine-year attempt to construct housing on a strip of green space in Roxborough has devolved into a court battle over how much the city may have to pay for the land and his…
Court further limits reach of gas drilling law
“A Pennsylvania court has further limited the reach of a major 2012 law that modernized drilling regulations, ruling Thursday that state public utility regulators cannot review how local zoning restrictions affect the natural gas industry….
Eminent domain could be used to take land around Fort Indiantown Gap
“Officials say they want to protect local property owners from stray bullets. About three million bullets are fired on the range each year. Still, local property owners say they don’t want to sell their land….