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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00281 O R D I N A N C E NO. 281 AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity for the acquisition of easements 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 lands within the Maline Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District 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 The Maline Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, lying within St. Louis County, Missouri, and in which there work and live numerous people; 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, 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 feet in width across property now or formerly of Robert Miller and Adele Miller, his wife, in U.S. Survey 2476, Township 46 North, Range 6 East, St. Louis County, Missouri, the center line of said Ten foot easement is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southwest line of said property, said point being 30.33 feet southeastwardly, measured along said southwest line, from the most westerly corner of said property; thence northwardly along a line making an angle of 46o 57', a distance of 37 feet more or less to its intersection with the north line of said property. 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 April 30, 1959.