HomeMy Public PortalAbout14394 Proposed 2016 Tax Ordinance2016 TAX ORDINANCE NO. 14394
AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No. 14247, adopted September 29, 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 2016
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 2016 to levy, assess, and collect taxes on
taxable tangible property in the District;
WHEREAS, on April 5, 2016, a special election was held in the District for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified voters a District-wide Stormwater Operations and
Maintenance property tax at a rate of not more than Ten Cents ($0.10) per One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) assessed valuation as described in Section Three of this Ordinance, and a majority of
voters approved the tax at said election;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that imposition of the property taxes as
proposed in this Ordinance is necessary and appropriate and in the best interest of 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, 2016, 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, 2016, the amount of taxes which shall be levied,
assessed, and collected in the year 2016 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 Stormwater Regulatory Fund.
Section Three. In The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for the purpose of
providing revenue for the operations of the District’s stormwater utility, including stormwater
system operation and maintenance, rehabilitation and limited construction of infrastructure and
other capital improvements, and an operating reserve, and for the anticipated tax delinquencies
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, the amount of taxes which shall be levied,
assessed, and collected in the year 2016 on all taxable tangible property in said District shall be
Twenty-five Million Five Hundred Fifty-one Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-four Dollars
($25,551,774), which total 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, and of which total sum Four Million One Hundred Nineteen
Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-three Dollars ($4,119,623), 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 Twenty-one Million Four Hundred Thirty-two Thousand One
Hundred Fifty-one Dollars ($21,432,151), 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 Four. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2016 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 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 Five. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2016 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 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 Six. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected in
the year 2016 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 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 Seven. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2016 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 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 Eight. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected
in the year 2016 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 2016 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 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 Ten. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and collected in
the year 2016 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 2016 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 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 Twelve. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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 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 Thirteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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 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 Fourteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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 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 Seventeen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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 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 Eighteen. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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
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-One. The amount of taxes which shall be levied, assessed and
collected in the year 2016 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
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-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 June 9, 2016.