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By Gregg I. Adelman, Esq. Right to Convert and Withdraw Real Estate Extended Under Permit Extension Act
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aplinStewart continues to be at the forefront of obtaining time exten-
sions of development related approvals under Pennsylva- nia’s Permit Extension Act. On July 19, 2012, in a case of first impression, Judge Ste- phen P. Linebaugh, the Presi- dent Judge of the York County Court of Common Pleas, dis- missed a quiet title action in Logan Greens Community Association, Inc. v. Church Re- serve, LLC (York CCP Case No. 2011-SU-794-93) wherein the Logan Greens Commu- nityAssociation sought to force developer-declarant Church Reserve, LLC (“Church Re- serve”) to turn over real estate that Church Reserve had not withdrawn from the planned community within the initial seven (7) years provided for under the declaration. In defense, Church Reserve asserted that the time to with- draw real estate from the planned community was ex- tended until January 30, 2015 under the Permit Extension
Act (Act 46 of 2010). Church Reserve’s withdrawal period under the declaration had ex- pired on July 30, 2010. Church Reserve argued that the Permit Extension Act tolled the run- ning of the withdrawal period as of December 31, 2008 and that the withdrawal period did not run again until July 2, 2013 after the Extension Period un- der the Permit Extension Act expired. In its Opinion, the Court agreed that Church Reserve’s withdrawal period had been ex- tended until January 30, 2015 by holding that the Permit Ex- tension Act applied and tolled the running of the withdrawal period. To support its decision,
the Court adopted the holding from In re: Appeal of Keystone Custom Homes, Inc. and Fox Clearing, LLC (Lancaster CCP Case No. CI-10-03933, October 22, 2010), which was another Permit ExtensionAct case that Kaplin Stewart successfully litigated. The net effect of Judge Line- baugh’s decision in Logan Greens is that a developer- declarant now has additional time in which to convert or withdraw real estate. In ad- dition, with the recent enact- ment of Act 87 of 2012 further extending the Extension Period under the Permit Extension Act until July 1, 2016, the time continued on page 3A
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