HomeMy Public PortalAbout00416 O R D I N A N C E NO. 416
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 Subdistrict No. 69 (City of Dellwood) 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 Subdistrict No. 69 (City of
Dellwood) 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 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
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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 five (5) feet in width over the westward five (5)
feet of Lot 34 of Ferguson Acres, a subdivision in St. Louis
County, Missouri, according to the plat thereof recorded in
Plat Book 46, Page 14 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds,
St. Louis County, Missouri, now or formerly owned by Alfred
H. Alberda and Jacqueline R. Alberda, his wife.
An easement ten (10) feet in width over the southeastward ten
(10) feet of Lot 8 of Dunmore Court Addition, a subdivision
in St. Louis County, Missouri, according to the plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 51, Page 13 in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis County, Missouri, now or
formerly owned by Robert R. Stith and Mary Beth Stith, 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
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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 16, 1960.