HomeMy Public PortalAbout00404 O R D I N A N C E NO. 404
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 an area known as HAMPTON PARK, a
subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri, 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 HAMPTON PARK, a subdivision, 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 (10) feet in width over the north-
eastward ten (10) feet of Lot 31 of Clayton Park Addition, a
subdivision, in U. S. Survey 2484, Township 45 North, Range 6
East, City of Richmond Heights, St. Louis County, Missouri,
according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 29 Page 34 in
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis County, Missouri,
now or formerly owned by William H. Sinkler and Blanche V.
Sinkler, his wife.
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 on June 2, 1960.