HomeMy Public PortalAbout00072 O R D I N A N C E NO. 72
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 known as Plantmore Ridge, a subdivision of
St. Louis County, Missouri, upon which there are residential
buildings; and
WHEREAS, sewage gathered from such area has no
alternative means of disposition to crossing said property and
constitutes 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 ten (10') wide across Lot 5
of Plantmore Ridge, a subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri,
according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 38 Page 77 of
the St. Louis County Recorder's Office, the center-line of which
easement is further described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southeast line of said Lot 5 a
distance of 142 feet from the southwest line of
Thatcher Avenue, thence to a point on the northwest
line of said Lot 5 a distance of 147 feet from said
southwest line of Thatcher Avenue.
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 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 May 21, 1956.