HomeMy Public PortalAbout00775 O R D I N A N C E NO. 775
AN ORDINANCE, establishing a subdistrict in the City of
St. Louis and in St. Louis County, Missouri, to be known as the
Mississippi River Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District.
WHEREAS, the pollution of the Mississippi River by
human and industrial waste and filth has become a serious and
present danger to the public health of the citizens of this
District, the greater St. Louis area and all people along or near
the River; and
WHEREAS, the sewage from all the areas of this District
which drain into the Mississippi River directly is now either in
closed sewers or the remaining sewers are under construction,
enabling such sewage to be conveyed to the River; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a subdistrict in
order to construct facilities to alleviate the aforesaid condition
and to furnish proper and adequate sewer service and to protect
the public health,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. There is hereby established a subdistrict
of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District within which sewer,
sewage treatment, or drainage facilities may be constructed,
reconstructed, or improved at the expense of the subdistrict.
Such subdistrict shall be known as The Mississippi River
Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
Section Two. The boundaries of, the Mississippi River
Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District shall be as follows:
is hereby confirmed.
Section Two. This Ordinance being for the confirmation
of a contract for sewer construction and the sewers to be
constructed being necessary for the protection of the public
health, constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Plan,
and this Ordinance shall be and become effective immediately upon
its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted June 25, 1962.