HomeMy Public PortalAbout00745 O R D I N A N C E NO. 745
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 adjacent lands and authorizing the institution of
condemnation proceedings in connection therewith, with an emer-
gency clause.
WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District an area near Reavis Barracks Road and Wembley Drive
in The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District 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
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, easements 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 wide over the north five (5)
feet of the south ten (10) feet of Lot 16 of Windemere Plat No. 2,
a Subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri, as per the plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book 62 page 30 of the St. Louis County
Records, which property is now or formerly of Russell C. Albers
and Eleanor V. Albers, his wife.
An easement five (5) feet wide over the north five (5)
feet of the south ten (10) feet of Lot 17 of Windemere Plat No. 2,
a Subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri, as per the plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book 62 page 30 of the St. Louis County
Records, which property is now or formerly of Charles W. Parrott
and Ida C. Parrott, 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 May 7, 1962.