S 8403: Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Cortlandville, county of Cortland for lease to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating an electronic sign.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8403 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Cortlandville to discon- tinue the use of certain parklands The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Cort- 2 landville, located in the county of Cortland, acting by and through its 3 governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such 4 body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and to lease at 5 fair market value to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for a 6 term not to exceed ten years the land more particularly described in 7 section four of this act for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and 8 operating an electronic sign. 9 § 2. Notwithstanding the failure of the town of Cortlandville to seek 10 and receive state legislative authorization to alienate certain park- 11 lands as described in section four of this act prior to the parklands 12 being leased to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc, such alien- 13 ation is hereby validated, legalized, ratified and confirmed. 14 § 3. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 15 effective only upon the condition that the town of Cortlandville, county 16 of Cortland, dedicate all proceeds of the lease toward the acquisition 17 of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre- 18 ational facilities. 19 § 4. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon- 20 tinued as parklands and leased are described as follows: 21 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Cortlandville, 22 County of Cortland, and State of New York, being part of military lot 23 #92 and being bounded and described as follows: 24 Beginning at a point on the northerly highway boundary of NYS Route 13, 25 which point being S 50°22'54" W a distance of 141.00 feet from the east EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11984-03-5 
 S. 8403 2 1 line of lands of the Town of Cortlandville (R.O., 2017-920, tax map 2 parcel: 105.00-04-02.2); running THENCE along the northerly highway 3 boundary of NYS Route 13 S 50°22'54" W a distance of 30.00 feet to a 4 point; 5 running THENCE through the lands of the Town of Cortlandville (R.O., 6 2017-920, tax map parcel: 105.00-04-02.2) the following three (3) cours- 7 es: 8 1. N 39°37'06" W a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; 9 2. N 50°22'54" E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point; 10 3. S 39°37'06" E a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; 11 The last mentioned point being the point and place of beginning contain- 12 ing 0.03 Acres± of land, as shown as 'Proposed Sign Outparcel' on a map 13 by Denkenberger Surveying, P.C. titled 'Survey of the Lands of Town of 14 Cortlandville' dated June 10, 2021 and last revised May 6, 2025. 15 Excepting and reserving from the above described premises any/all ease- 16 ments of record pertaining to said premises. 17 § 5. Should the lands described in section four of this act cease to 18 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease 19 shall terminate and such lands shall revert to the town of Cortlandville 20 for public park and recreational purposes. At the time of such rever- 21 sion, the removal of such electronic sign shall take place and the prop- 22 erty shall be returned to its previous state, consistent with park and 23 recreational purposes. 24 § 6. In the event that the town of Cortlandville received any funding 25 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 26 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section four of 27 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized 28 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Cort- 29 landville has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 30 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre- 31 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 32 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure 33 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 34 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 35 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.