HomeMy Public PortalAbout02084 O R D I N A N C E NO. 2084
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, in which
numerous people live and work, and which is to be served by a
sanitary sewer line known as the Mississippi River Sanitary
Interceptor Sewer Extension (Columbia Bottoms); 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
otherwise, an easement for the use of a sewer line as hereinafter
set forth, together with temporary easements adjacent to the right
of way as obtained for working room during the construction
period, and the right of ingress and egress over the premises
sought to be condemned for access to such easement, said permanent
and temporary easements being more particularly described as
follows:
Permanent easements 10 feet wide over property now or
formerly of GLASGOW VILLAGE MEMORIAL POST NO. 267, AMERICAN
LEGION DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, which easements are described
as strips of land 10 feet wide executing a "Y" shaped
traverse across that property in U.S. Survey 141, Township 47
North, Range 7 East, St. Louis County, Mo. conveyed to said
Glasgow Village Memorial Post No. 267 American Legion
Department of Missouri, by deed recorded in Book 3801, Page
129, St. Louis County Recorder's office, and are described as
follows: (1) A strip of land 10 feet wide, the centerline of
which is described as: Beginning in that segment of the east
line of said American Legion property which is common with
the west line of property conveyed to Eugene J. Schaefer and
wife by deed recorded in Book 5065, Page 401, said Recorder's
office, distant along said, common line N. 03 degrees 16
minutes west, 83.27 feet from the southwest corner of said
Schaefer property; thence North 50 degrees 49 minutes West,
215.60 feet; thence North 63 degrees 30-1/4 minutes West,
225.00 feet; thence North 79 degrees 30-1/4 minutes West, 300
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feet; thence North 64 degrees 50-1/4 minutes West, 279.60
feet to a point hereby designated "A"; thence North 89
degrees 50-1/4 minutes West, 218.55 feet; thence South 56
degrees 09-3/4 minutes West, 105.10 feet; and thence South 77
degrees 09-3/4 minutes West, 102 feet ∀ to its terminus in
the west line of said American Legion property at a point
distant South 07 degrees 44 minutes West 175 feet ∀
therealong from the northwest corner of said American Legion
property. (2) A strip of land 10 feet wide, situated within
said property described in deed recorded in said Book 3801,
Page 129, the centerline of which additional 10 feet wide
strip of land is described as: Beginning at the point
designated "A" as described in (1) above; thence northerly in
a straight line 40 feet, more or less, to a point in the
north line of said American Legion property distant
therealong South 81 degrees 40 minutes East, 391.00 feet from
its northwest corner; the 10 feet wide strip of land
described in (1) above, is bounded on the east by the west
line of said Schaefer property and on the west by the west
line of said American Legion property; and the 10 feet wide
strip of land described in (2), above, is bounded on the
south by the 10 feet wide strip of land first hereinabove
described, and on the north by the north line of said
American Legion property.
Temporary easements during original construction of sewer
facilities, after which all rights of the condemnor shall
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cease, which temporary easements are described as strips of
land 30 feet in width on each side of, and immediately
adjacent to the hereinabove described 10 feet wide permanent
easements, and extending the full lengths of the above
described 10 feet wide permanent easements.
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
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.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted September 10, 1970.