HomeMy Public PortalAbout01191 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1191
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
emergency clause.
WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District an area in St. Louis County, Mo. (Subdistrict
No. 53, Grasso Lane) in which there work and live numerous people;
and
WHEREAS, stormwater sewage gathered from such area will
have no alternative means of disposition to crossing said property
and will constitute a menace to the 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 twenty-five (25) feet wide over the entire area
of Lot 27, Block 4 of McDermott's Hannover Heights Second
Addition, part of which is a subdivision of St. Louis County,
Missouri according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book
9 page 9 of the St. Louis County Records, and part of which
is in City Block 5454 of the City of St. Louis.
An easement twenty-five (25) feet wide over the entire area
of Lot 61, Block 4 of McDermott's Hannover Heights Second
Addition, a subdivision of St. Louis County, Missouri
according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 9 page 9
of the St. Louis County Records.
An easement ten (10) feet wide over the eastern ten (10) feet
of Lot 13, Block of Weber Place, a subdivision of St. Louis
County, Missouri, according to the plat thereof recorded in
Plat Book 14 page 47 of the St. Louis County Records.
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 July 23, 1964.