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