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TAX ORDINANCE NO. 14247
AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No. 14118, adopted June 18, 2015, and
enacting a new Ordinance in lieu thereof, adjusting the previously fixed taxes by determining the
amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed, and collected in the year 2015 on all taxable
tangible property in the District within the corporate limits of the City of St. Louis and St. Louis
County, respectively, and in Subdistricts within the corporate limits of St. Louis County as
follows: Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict, Maline Creek
Trunk Subdistrict, Watkins Creek Trunk Subdistrict, Subdistrict No. 88 (Fountain Creek),
Subdistrict No. 89 (Loretta-Joplin), Subdistrict No. 342 (Clayton-Central), Subdistrict No. 366
(University City Branch of River des Peres Stormwater Subdistrict), Subdistrict No. 367 (Deer
Creek Stormwater Subdistrict), Subdistrict No. 369 (Sugar Creek), Subdistrict No. 448 (Missouri
River - Bonfils), Subdistrict No. 449 (Meramec River Basin - M.S.D. Southwest), Subdistrict
No. 453 (Shrewsbury Branch of River des Peres), Subdistrict No. 454 (Seminary Branch of
River des Peres), Subdistrict No. 455 (Black Creek), Subdistrict No. 1 of the River des Peres
Watershed (Creve Coeur-Frontenac Area), Subdistrict No. 4 of the River des Peres Watershed
(North Affton Area) and Subdistrict No. 7 of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston Area);
and the Board of Trustees, in accordance with Charter Section 7.310 authorizes the Director of
Finance to certify as to the amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected for the
aforementioned Subdistricts with an emergency clause; and
WHEREAS, after notice of hearing as provided in the Charter, and after due
consideration of all the statements made and the facts adduced at such hearing, the Board has
found that it will be necessary in the calendar year 2015 to levy, assess, and collect taxes on
taxable tangible property in the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District shall levy, assess, and collect taxes on all taxable tangible property within
the boundaries of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
Section Two. For the general administration of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, the amount of taxes which shall be levied,
assessed, and collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within the boundaries of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District shall be Five Million One Hundred Twenty-six
Thousand Two Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($5,126,245), which will be produced by the rate of
one point nine five cents (.0195) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential
property, one point nine five cents (.0195) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
agricultural property, one point nine five cents (.0195) per one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for commercial property and one point nine five cents (.0195) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for personal property, and of which Eight Hundred Three Thousand Three
Hundred Twenty-seven Dollars ($803,327), shall be levied, assessed, and collected on taxable
tangible property in said District within the corporate limits of the City of St. Louis, and of
which Four Million Three Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Nine Hundred Eighteen Dollars
($4,322,918), shall be levied, assessed, and collected on taxable tangible property within that part
of the corporate limits of St. Louis County lying within said District. These funds are to be
allocated to the Districtwide Stormwater Fund.
Section Three. In The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for the purposes of
operation and maintenance of said existing public stormwater facilities, and for the anticipated
tax delinquencies during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, the amount of taxes which shall
be levied, assessed, and collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property in said District
shall be Ten Million Four Hundred Fifty-eight Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-eight Dollars
($10,458,728), which total sum will be produced by the rate of six point eight one cents (.0681)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property, six point eight one cents
(.0681) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, six point eight one
cents (.0681) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and six point
eight one cents (.0681) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property, and of
which total sum Two Million Eight Hundred Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-three Dollars
($2,805,463), shall be levied, assessed, and collected on taxable tangible property in said District
within the corporate limits of the City of St. Louis, and of which total sum Seven Million Six
Hundred Fifty-three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($7,653,265), shall be levied,
assessed, and collected on taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within the original boundaries of the District, as described in the Charter of
the District, and within the areas described in the annexation ordinances listed in District
Ordinance No. 3753, adopted April 11, 1979. These funds are to be allocated to the Stormwater
Operations & Maintenance Fund.
Section Four. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 3755, adopted April 11, 1979, shall be One Million Seven Hundred
Ninety-three Thousand Four Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($1,793,419), which sum will be
produced by the rate of ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential
property, six point eight cents (.068) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural
property, ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Five. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict, as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 425, adopted July 14, 1960; and as enlarged by annexation thereto of the
areas described in District Ordinance No. 1235, adopted November 12, 1964; No. 1451, adopted
January 13, 1966; No. 1453, adopted January 13, 1966; No. 1485, adopted May 9, 1966; No.
1784, adopted September 12, 1968; No. 1884, adopted May 1, 1969; No. 1907, adopted June 12,
1969; No. 2012, adopted March 19, 1970; No. 2157, adopted April 22, 1971; No. 2175, adopted
June 3, 1971; No. 177, adopted June 3, 1971; No. 2191, adopted July 15, 1971; No. 2272,
adopted March 9, 1972; No. 2377, adopted January 26, 1973; and No. 2941, adopted October 29,
1975; shall be One Million Three Hundred Fifty-nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen Dollars
($1,359,616), which sum will be produced by the rate of eight point one cents (.081) per one
hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property, four point eight cents (.048) per one
hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, eight point three cents (.083) per
one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and eight point six cents (.086)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Six. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected in
the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St. Louis
County lying within the Maline Creek Trunk Subdistrict, as defined and delineated by District
Ordinance No. 26, adopted June 30, 1955, and as enlarged by annexation thereto of the area
described in District Ordinance No. 1962, adopted October 30, 1969, shall be Six Hundred
Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-eight Dollars ($618,428), which sum will be produced
by the rate of ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property,
ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, ten cents
(.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and ten cents (.100)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Seven. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within the Watkins Creek Trunk Subdistrict, as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 1304, adopted April 8, 1965, and as enlarged by annexation thereto of the
area described in Ordinance No. 2050, adopted June 18, 1970, and Ordinance No. 2236, adopted
October 29, 1971, shall be One Hundred Forty-seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-four
Dollars ($147,754), which sum will be produced by the rate of ten cents (.100) per one hundred
dollars assessed valuation for residential property, eight point three cents (.083) per one hundred
dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for commercial property and nine point nine cents (.099) per one hundred
dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Eight. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 88 (Fountain Creek), as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 377, adopted March 18, 1960, shall be Zero Dollars ($0.00), which sum
will be produced by the rate of zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural
property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Nine. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St.
Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 89 (Loretta-Joplin), as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 383, adopted March 31, 1960, shall be Twenty-one Thousand Six
Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($21,695), which sum will be produced by the rate of eight point
four cents (.084) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property, zero cents
(.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, seven point two cents
(.072) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and nine cents (.090)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Ten. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected in
the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits of St. Louis
County lying within Subdistrict No. 342 (Clayton-Central), as defined and delineated by District
Ordinance No. 1882, adopted May 1, 1969, shall be Zero Dollars ($0.00), which sum will be
produced by the rate of zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural
property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Eleven. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 366 (University City Branch of River des Peres
Stormwater Subdistrict), as defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 2146, adopted
April 14, 1971, shall be Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Eight Dollars ($850,808),
which sum will be produced by the rate of nine point three cents (.093) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for agricultural property, nine point eight cents (.098) per one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for commercial property and nine point four cents (.094) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Twelve. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 367 (Deer Creek Stormwater Subdistrict), as
defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 2557, adopted March 27, 1974; and as enlarged
by annexation thereto of the areas described in District Ordinance No. 2611, adopted June 26,
1974, shall be Three Million Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Four Hundred Four Dollars
($3,520,404), which sum will be produced by the rate of eight point three cents (.083) per one
hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property, four point nine cents (.049) per one
hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, eight point five cents (.085) per one
hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and nine point three cents (.093) per
one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Thirteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 369 (Sugar Creek Stormwater Subdistrict), as
defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 2552, adopted March 13, 1974, shall be Two
Hundred Sixty-five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($265,500), which sum will be produced by
the rate of five point four cents (.054) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential
property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property,
nine point eight cents (.098) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and six point nine cents (.069) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Fourteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 448 (Missouri River - Bonfils), as defined and
delineated by District Ordinance No. 3465, adopted March 22, 1978, shall be Zero Dollars
($0.00), which sum will be produced by the rate of zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for agricultural property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation
for commercial property and zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
personal property.
Section Fifteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 449 (Meramec River Basin - M.S.D.
Southwest), as defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 3482, adopted March 29, 1978,
shall be Zero Dollars ($0.00), which sum will be produced by the rate of zero cents (.000) per
one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred
dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for commercial property and zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars
assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Sixteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 453 (Shrewsbury Branch of River des Peres), as
defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 3484, adopted April 12, 1978, shall be
Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars ($19,679), which sum will be produced
by the rate of six point six cents (.066) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential
property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property,
six point seven cents (.067) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and eight point two cents (.082) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Seventeen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 454 (Seminary Branch of River des Peres), as
defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 3485, adopted April 12, 1978, shall be Two
Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-nine Dollars ($224,949), which sum will
be produced by the rate of six point eight cents (.068) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation
for residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
agricultural property, seven point eight cents (.078) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation
for commercial property and seven point six cents (.076) per one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for personal property.
Section Eighteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 455 (Black Creek), as defined and delineated by
District Ordinance No. 3486, adopted April 12, 1978, shall be Zero Dollars ($0.00), which sum
will be produced by the rate of zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural
property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property
and zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Nineteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 1 of the River des Peres Watershed (Creve
Coeur-Frontenac Area), as defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 24, adopted June
20, 1955, and as enlarged by annexation thereto of the area described in District Ordinance No.
1719 adopted February 13, 1968, shall be Zero Dollars ($0.00), which sum will be produced by
the rate of zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property,
zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, zero cents
(.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and zero cents (.000)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Twenty. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 4 of the River des Peres Watershed (North
Affton Area), as defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 22, adopted June 20, 1955,
and as such part was enlarged by District Ordinance No. 190, adopted April 7, 1958, shall be
Fifty-nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-six Dollars ($59,886), which sum will be produced
by the rate of eight point seven cents (.087) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for
residential property, zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural
property, six point three cents (.063) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial
property and eight point five cents (.085) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal
property.
Section Twenty-One. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2015 on all taxable tangible property within that part of the corporate limits
of St. Louis County lying within Subdistrict No. 7 of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston
Area), as defined and delineated by District Ordinance No. 409, adopted June 16, 1960, and as
such part was enlarged by District Ordinance No. 2497, adopted November 8, 1973, shall be
Thirty-one Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-six Dollars ($31,366), which sum will be produced
by the rate of ten cents (.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for residential property,
zero cents (.000) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for agricultural property, ten cents
(.100) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for commercial property and ten cents (.100)
per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for personal property.
Section Twenty-Two. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
Section Twenty-Three. Emergency Clause. The taxes to be levied, assessed, and
collected as provided for herein are essential to the operation of the District, and enacted without
delay, thus creating an emergency within the meaning of the Charter. Accordingly, this
ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.
The foregoing ordinance was adopted on September 29, 2015.