HomeMy Public PortalAbout01251 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1251
AN ORDINANCE, to extend the boundaries of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to include an area of St.
Louis County which could be efficiently served by the sewer and
drainage facilities of the District.
WHEREAS, a petition to the Board of Trustees of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has been received from the
owner of all the land in said area praying for annexation to The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the Mississippi River
Subdistrict; and
WHEREAS, this area adjoins and is in a watershed within
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and can drain all of
its sanitary sewage into sewers within the District, both existing
and to be built.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. That the Board finds that the sewer
facilities of the District can efficiently serve the area
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the common state lines of the
State of Illinois and the State of Missouri, said point being at
the intersection of said common state lines and a line bearing
North 89 degrees 15 minutes East from the southeasterly corner of
the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, which point of
intersection is also a point on the existing boundary of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; thence westwardly along
said line South 89 degrees 15 minutes West to the southeasterly
corner of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, which point is
also in the northerly line of the property of the U.S. Veterans
Hospital and also a point on the existing boundary of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; thence westwardly along
said northerly line of Veterans Hospital property, which is also a
part of the existing boundary of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, to its intersection with the centerline of Poore Street;
thence continuing westwardly along said northerly line of Veterans
Hospital property to the northwestern corner thereof, which point
is distant approximately 3,615 feet from the northeastern corner
thereof; thence South 12 degrees 49 minutes 40 seconds East along
the western boundary of said Veterans Hospital property a distance
of 2832.76 feet to the southwestern corner thereof; thence
eastwardly along the southern boundary of said Veterans Hospital
property and its eastwardly extension, to its intersection with
the common state lines of the State of Illinois and State of
Missouri; thence northwardly along said common state lines, to the
point of beginning.
Section Two. That the petition praying for annexation
was signed by the property owners of all the land in said area to
be served.
Section Three. The corporate boundaries of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the Mississippi River
Subdistrict are hereby extended so as to include the above-
described area;
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Section Four. Certified copies of this ordinance shall
be filed in the offices of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis
County, the Recorder of Deeds of the City of St. Louis, and the
Secretary of State. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted December 10, 1964.
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