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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.