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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00062 O R D I N A N C E NO. 62 AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity for the acquisition of an easement 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 to be known as TAMMA PARK 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, an easement for the use of sewers as hereinafter set forth: An easement twenty (20') feet wide, being the northeastern 20 feet of lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Florissant Manor, a Subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri, according to the Plat thereof recorded August 10, 1925 as Daily No. 102 of the St. Louis County Records. 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. SSection Three. The immediate construction of sewers being necessary in order to protect the public health within 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 April 30, 1956.