IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: FRIENDS OF KARDON PARK AND ANN FELDMAN**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 358 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: FRIENDS OF KARDON PARK AND ANN FELDMAN**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 359 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: FRIENDS OF KARDON PARK AND ANN FELDMAN**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 360 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: FRIENDS OF KARDON PARK AND ANN FELDMAN**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **No. 361 MAL 2015 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the**  **Order of the Commonwealth Court**

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, COUNCIL OF THE**  **BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, PROGRESSIVE HOUSING VENTURES,**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **No. 410 MAL 2015**

**Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** **LLC AND J. LOEW & ASSOCIATES, INC. :**  **: IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH**  **OF DOWNINGTOWN**

**PETITION OF: BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, COUNCIL OF THE**  **BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, PROGRESSIVE HOUSING VENTURES,**  **LLC AND J. LOEW & ASSOCIATES, INC. :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 411 MAL 2015** 

**Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, COUNCIL OF THE**  **BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, PROGRESSIVE HOUSING VENTURES,**  **LLC AND J. LOEW & ASSOCIATES, INC. :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 412 MAL 2015** 

**Petition for Allowance of Appeal fro m the**  **Order of the Commonwealth Court**

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, COUNCIL OF THE**  **BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN, PROGRESSIVE HOUSING VENTURES,**  **LLC AND J. LOEW & ASSOCIATES, INC. :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 413 MAL 2015** 

**Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: KIM MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND STEWART HALL, L.P.**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 424 MAL 2015** 

**Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the**  **Order of the Commonwealth Court**

**: :** **IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH**

**OF DOWNINGTOWN**

**PETITION OF: KIM MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND STEWART HALL, L.P.**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 425 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from t he**  **Order of the Commonwealth Court**

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: KIM MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND STEWART HALL, L.P.**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 426 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

**IN RE: PETITION OF THE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN** 

**PETITION OF: KIM MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND STEWART HALL, L.P.**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: :**  **: No. 427 MAL 2015**  **Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court** 

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW **, this 17 th**  **day of February, 2016, the Petitions for Allowanc e of Appeal at** 

**410-413 MAL 2015 are** GRANTED **as to the following issues, as framed by Petitioners:**

**a. Where a municipality has satisfied the requirement to dispose of**  **condemned property under Section 310(a) of the Eminen t Domain**  **Code by abandoning the purpose for which the propert y was**  **condemned, does the Donated or Dedicated Property Act, Act of Dec.**  **15, 1959, P.L. 1772, 53 P.S. §§ 3381,** et seq. **(the “DDPA”) nonetheless require judicial approval before a municipa**  **lity may dispose of that property?** **b. Where a municipality intends to abandon property acq uired by**  **condemnation and where that intent is coupled with ext ernal acts to**  **achieve such abandonment, has the purpose of the proper ty been**  **“abandon[ed]” for purposes of Section 310(a) of the E minent Domain**  **Code? Furthermore, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal**  **at 358-361 MAL 2015 and 424-427 MAL**

**2015 are** GRANTED, LIMITED TO **the following issues: a. Does the removal of Project 70 Act deed restrictions a**  **lso remove all public trust interests in dedicated parkland, such that**  **judicial review of the sale of such parkland would no longer be required unde**  **r the Donated or Dedicated Property Act, 53 P.S. §§ 3381-3386?**  **b. May municipalities convey private development ease ments over public**  **parkland without first obtaining Orphans’ Court appro val under the DDPA?**  **The Prothonotary is directed to consolidate these matt ers for argument.** 

**Mr. Justice Eakin did not participate in the decision of t his matter.**