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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00212 O R D I N A N C E NO. 212 AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity for the acquisi- tion 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 in the vicinity of Warson Road, Olive Street Road and Lindbergh Boulevard, in which there work and live numerous people; and WHEREAS, sanitary sewage 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 Metro- politan 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, together with such working space adjacent to the right-of-way as obtained as may be required for working room during the construction period, and the right of ingress and egress over the premises sought to be condemned for the access to such easements: An easement ten (10) feet wide across Lots 1, 3 and 4 of the Subdivision of the Prante Estate, as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 65 of the St. Louis County Records, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Lot 1 of the Subdivision of the Prante Estate, as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 65 of the St. Louis County Records, said point being South 89 degrees 47 minutes East a distance of 556.09 feet, measured along said South line of Lot 1, from the East line of Warson Road 40 feet wide; thence North 62 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 1122.13 feet to a point in the East line of Lot 4 of said Subdivision, said point being distant 70.00 feet from the intersection of the East line of said Lot 4 with the North line of the private road as shown on the plat of said Subdivision. 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 July 21, 1958