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Resolution authorizing the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh ("City") to Petition the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to transfer 2,937 square feet of certain parcel of land which will be subdivided from Lot & Block No. 82-B-53, situate in the 10th Ward with frontage along Chislett Street near the intersection of Vetter Street and as further indicated in the legal description below (the "Subject Property"), for a sum starting at Four Thousand Eighty One Dollars ($4,081), or higher, plus all necessary or appropriate expenses incurred by the City, and / or upon such other terms and conditions as the Court or the City may authorize and/or direct.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 121.02(e) of the City Code, the Director of Finance has the responsibility for the disposition of city-owned property and has responsibility for the disposition of City controlled property; and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property was acquired as part of a larger tract of land via Treasurer's Sale, Case No. 3 January Term, 1950, by the City from Joseph F Hanlon, with said tract of land consisting of 26,384 square feet, duly recorded at Treasurer's Deed Book Volume 6, Page 222, dated December 13, 1949, recorded December 30, 1949, in the Allegheny County Department of Court Records, formerly known as the Office of the Prothonotary, being designated as Block and Lot No. 82-B-53, and Subject Property only being 2,937 square feet thereof, after it is duly subdivided; and
WHEREAS, the City is now seeking City Council permission to petition for court-approval to transfer the Subject Property to a qualified buyer in compliance with the Commonwealth's law, which may include 53 P.S. ? 3381 et seq., 53 P.S. ? 24102, and/or the public trust doctrine, as applicable; and
WHEREAS, City Council has made the necessary findings below to authorize such petition and any court-approved transfer to move forward.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, as f...
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