NOTICE OF
CONDEMNATION
In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
In Re: The Condemnation by the County of Allegheny of a Certain Parcel of Land, in the Borough of Jefferson Hills, Allegheny County, Owned by B. Leslie Bickerton and Eoline Bickerton, Husband and Wife, required to stabilize the slope above Worthington Avenue and below Gilmore Drive.
GD 19-16058 (“Condemnee”), B. Leslie Bickerton and Eoline Bickerton, Husband and Wife, tax parcel identification number 880-F-50, a permanent wall easement consisting of 4,564 square feet and a temporary construction easement consisting of 17,641 square feet, as depicted in the Plans – Miscellaneous Book 180, Page 56, estimated just compensation: $2,000.00.
TO: B. Leslie Bickerton and Eoline Bickerton, Husband and Wife, their heirs, personal representatives, successors or assigns:
Take notice that a Declaration of Taking was filed November 15, 2019 at the above referenced general docket number.
Name and Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Authorizing Statute(s): Article IV, Sec. 2 and Sec. 6 of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter, Article VII, Sections 701.02 and 703.07 of the Allegheny County Administrative Code and the Act of 1953 July 28, P.L. 723, Art. XXVI, Section 5601, et seq.
Authorizing Ordinance: Ordinance No. 36-18-OR, enacted October 23, 2019. The Ordinance may be examined at the Offices of Condemnor, noted above.
Condemnation Description: The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire property for the purpose to stabilize slope above Worthington Avenue and below Gilmore Drive in Jefferson Hill Borough, Allegheny County.
Statement of the Condemnation: Condemnee’s property identified on the Viewers’ Plan marked as Exhibit “B” to the respective Declaration of Taking, filed at the above referenced general docket number, has been condemned as of November 15, 2019. The title acquired by the County is a permanent wall easement and a temporary construction easement interest, including all interests of every record owner thereof or any party claiming an interest therein, in the area labeled “Required Wall Easement” and “Temporary Construction Easement” areas on Exhibit “B”. Plans showing the property condemned may be inspected in Condemnor’s offices noted above and are also lodged of record in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, at the above referenced Plans – Miscellaneous volume and page number. Just compensation for the condemnation is secured by the County’s power of taxation, which is deemed pledged as security of the payment of damages as, shall be determined by law.
Challenging the Condemnation: If Condemnee wishes to challenge the power or the right of County to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedures followed by County or the Declaration of Taking, the Condemnee must file preliminary objections within 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice.
Howard M. Louik,
Attorney for Condemnor
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