HomeMy Public PortalAbout02239 O R D I N A N C E NO. 2239
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, Missouri, in which
numerous people work, 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 fifteen (15) feet wide over the southeastern
fifteen (15) feet of a tract of land conveyed to Lenor
Properties and Investment Company by deed recorded in
Book 4697, Page 338 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 October 29, 1971.