HomeMy Public PortalAbout00034 O R D I N A N C E NO. 34
AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity for the
acquisition of easements within certain existing property within
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for the purpose of
permitting construction of sewers therein to serve the needs of
residents on adjacent lands and authorizing the institution of
condemnation proceedings in connection therewith, with an
emergency clause;
WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District an area known as LINDSAY MANOR SUBDIVISION upon
which buildings are being constructed for private dwellings; and
WHEREAS, storm water gathered from such area will have
no alternative means of disposition to crossing said property and
will constitute a menace to public health and welfare of the
general public and the residents of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and design of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to protect the public health
by relieving and alleviating these conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. In order to protect the public health and
relieve the aforesaid insanitary and dangerous conditions, it is
necessary to appropriate and acquire by the exercise of eminent
domain or otherwise, easements for the use of sewers as
hereinafter set forth:
An easement 10 feet wide being the North ten feet of
Lot 6, Lindsay-Hurst Subdivision, a Subdivision of St.
Louis County, Missouri, according to the plat recorded
in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis
County, Missouri, being the property now or formerly of
Fred Pfingsten and Grace Pfingsten, his wife.
An easement 10 feet wide, being the North ten feet of
the east 130.27 feet, more or less of Lot 5, Lindsay-
Hurst Subdivision, a Subdivision of St. Louis County,
Missouri, according to the plat recorded in the Office
of the Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis County Missouri,
being the property now or formerly of Isadore Mendel
and Anna M. Mendel, his wife.
Section Two. Counsel for The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District be and is hereby authorized to institute and
prosecute an action in condemnation pursuant to the provisions of
the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the laws
of the State of Missouri for the appropriation of private property
as hereinbefore set out.
Section Three. The immediate construction of sewers
being necessary in order to protect the public health of the
District constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Plan
of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and this Ordinance
shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 31, 1955.