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PA Code › Title 27 › Chapter 65 › Section 6506

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(a) Effect on unauthorized uses.--This chapter does not authorize a use of real property which is otherwise prohibited by:

(1) zoning;

(2) law other than this chapter regulating use of real property; or

(3) a recorded instrument which has priority over the environmental covenant.

(b) Effect on authorized uses.--An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter.

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