HomeMy Public PortalAbout01980 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1980
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. 264 (Robertson) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District wherein there live and work numerous people; and
WHEREAS, sanitary sewage gathered from such area will
having 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
otherwise, 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 5' wide by 115' long, situated in Lot
77 of Block 2 of Fairmont Park, a subdivision in St.
Louis County, Missouri, according to the Plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 28 of the St. Louis
County Recorder's Office, and more particularly
described as the northwesternmost 5' of said Lot 77
fronting on the southwest line of Summit Avenue 50'
wide.
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, try appropriate and acquire the aforesaid
interests 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 December 11, 1969.