§ 1502. Restrictions as to certain property.
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§ 1502. Restrictions as to certain property.
(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.
08c1502.1s