HomeMy Public PortalAbout00502 O R D I N A N C E NO. 502
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. 90, (Homecrest) 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. 90 (Homecrest) 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 (10) feet in width across property now
or formerly of Herbert D. Sulser and Joellen Sulser, his wife, on
Lot 11 in Block 1 of Homecrest, a subdivision of part of Lot 18
and part of Lot 17 of George M. Moore's Subdivision, recorded in
Book 44, Page 6 as per plat recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 50 of
the St. Louis County, Missouri, records, the centerline of said
Ten foot easement is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southerly line of Lot 11,
144.5 feet westwardly of the Southeast corner of said Lot 11;
thence Northwardly at an angle of 85o 38' 17'' 100 feet more or
less to the northerly line of Lot 11.
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 January 19, 1961.