Pennsylvania § 5521 - Improving or vacating streets by agreement.

§ 5521. Improving or vacating streets by agreement.

(a) Board powers after damages.--When the board of commissioners constructs, changes, widens, relocates, vacates or alters any portion of a public street under the board of commissioners' supervision, and can agree with the property owners affected by the change as to damages, the board of commissioners may, upon payment of damages agreed upon, construct, change, widen, relocate, vacate or alter the portion of the street as contemplated in the agreement without the formality of a view.

(b) Record of agreement.--A copy of the agreement stating the facts regarding the construction, change, widening, relocation, vacation or alteration, accompanied by a map or draft of the street agreed to be constructed, changed, widened, relocated, vacated or altered, shall be presented and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or similar office in home rule counties after which the new location is the public street or the old location is vacated.

(c) Construction.--Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit a township from paying for curbs, gutters, sidewalks, retaining walls and incidental work necessitated by such construction, change, alteration, relocation, vacation or widening in cases where the necessary land is dedicated to the township for public use.