Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 27 - Recreation Places, Shade Trees and Forests
Section 2701 - General powers

(a) General rule.--A borough may provide, improve, maintain and regulate recreation places within the borough limits or in any adjacent municipal corporation if the other municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, signify its consent to the provision, improvement, maintenance or regulation.
(b) Acquisition.--A borough may enter upon, appropriate and acquire by gift, devise, purchase, lease or otherwise private property or may designate and set apart any lands or buildings owned by the borough and not dedicated or devoted to other public uses for the purpose of making, enlarging and maintaining recreation places.
(c) Joint action.--A borough may join with one or more political subdivisions to acquire, create, equip, improve, regulate, maintain and operate any recreation place in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation).
(d) Limitation.--No borough, acting individually or jointly, may acquire private property within the limits of another municipal corporation for the purposes designated in this section without the consent of the governing body of the municipal corporation in which the property is located in accordance with 26 Pa.C.S. (relating to eminent domain).
(e) Expenses.--All expenses incurred in the maintenance, improvement, acquisition or operation of recreation places, as provided in this section, shall be payable from the treasury of the borough or the borough and other political subdivisions as may be provided for by agreement of the governing bodies. The council may annually appropriate, and cause to be raised by taxation as provided under section 1302(a)(10) (relating to tax levy), an amount necessary for the purpose of maintaining and operating recreation places or for paying its share of the amount.

Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(xv) of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
Cross References. Section 2701 is referred to in section 1302 of this title.

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