HomeMy Public PortalAbout01891 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1891
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 of the area and authorizing the acquisition of such
easements by purchase or by the institution of condemnation
proceedings, with an emergency clause.
WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District an area of St. Louis County, Missouri known as
Subdistrict No. 307 (Eggling and East Watson) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District wherein there live and work 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 constructing sanitary sewers over and across said area in order
to relieve and alleviate 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 insanitary and dangerous conditions, it is necessary to
appropriate and acquire by the exercise of eminent domain or other
wise, an easement for the use of a sewer line as hereinafter set
forth, and the right of ingress and egress over the premises
sought to be condemned for access to such easement, said permanent
easement being more particularly described as follows:
A strip of land 10' wide by 115' long, situated in LOT 1 of
PARTITION OF OSWALD STURDY'S ESTATE, in U. S. Survey
2453, T. 44N., R. 5 & 6E., St. Louis County, Mo., as
per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 2, page 37, St.
Louis County Recorder's Office, and more particularly
described as fronting 10' on the north line of East
Watson Road, 40' wide, by depth northwardly between
parallel lines of 115' to the south line of an easement
granted to The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District by
instrument recorded in Book 3691, page 499, in said
Recorder's office; and bounded westwardly by the west
line of said LOT 1.
Section Two. Counsel for The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District be and is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase,
if possible, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, or to
institute and prosecute an action in condemnation, as authorized
by law, if necessary, to appropriate and acquire the aforesaid
interest in private property.
Section Three. Acquisition of said property as an essential
part of a sewage system to serve the local area named is urgently
required for protection of the public health. Accordingly, an
emergency exists within the meaning of the Plan and this ordinance
shall therefore take effect immediately upon its enactment.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted May 15, 1969.