Senate Bill S2859

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2859

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to authorize the city of North Tonawanda to alienate  and  convey
  certain waterfront real property

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2 of  section
20  of  the  general  city  law,  the  city of North Tonawanda is hereby
authorized, acting by and through its legislative body, to alienate  and
convey  the waterfront real property owned by such city and described in
section three of this act.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
effect only upon the condition that the city of North Tonawanda dedicate
an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the property
being alienated in section three of this act toward acquisition of addi-
tional waterfront  property  and/or  capital  improvements  to  existing
waterfront property.
  S  3.  The  parcel  of land authorized to be alienated and conveyed by
section one of this act is more fully described as follows:
  ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND owned by the City of North  Tonawanda
situated  on the Niagara River Front on the Northerly side of River Road
in said City of North Tonawanda and lying West of  the  Westerly  inter-
section  of  Felton  Street  and  River Road in said City, consisting of
approximately two and three tenths (2.3) acres exclusive of  water  area
and being formerly leased to one LAWRENCE WARDELL AND GERALD WARDELL and
the  RIVERSIDE  PARK  MARINE, INC. being known as 1000 River Road, North
Tonawanda, New York and described on the City  Assessor's  maps  of  the
City  of  North  Tonawanda as Parcel 2-48-62 and being more particularly
described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of  River  Road  such  point
being located three hundred and twenty feet (320') north of the lot line

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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between Farm Lots 72 and 74, such point being at the intersection of the
properties  of  Koppers  Company,  Inc.  and the City of North Tonawanda
thence continuing northerly along said westerly line of River Road  four
hundred  and  fifty  feet  (450')  to  a point, thence westerly at right
angles with such first described  line  four  hundred  and  thirty  feet
(430')  to  a  point  on  the eastern shore of the Niagara River, thence
southerly along said irregular shoreline as  it  weaves  and  bends  and
roughly parallel with the first described line to a point on said shore-
line  which  is  four  hundred and fifty feet (450') south of the second
described line, thence four hundred and ten feet (410') to the point  of
beginning. Such parcel is approximately two and three tenths (2.3) acres
exclusive of water area within same.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.