NEW RESIDENT GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORY ................................................................................2 RECREATION .....................................................................18 WARD BOUNDARY MAP ..................................................3 Creve Coeur Resident ID Cards ....................................18 PHONE DIRECTORY ..........................................................4 Dielmann Recreation Complex .....................................18 City Departments/Elected Officials ................................4 Ice Arena ...........................................................................18 TABLE OF CONENTS OF TABLE Other Useful Phone Numbers .........................................5 Golf ....................................................................................18 CITY SERVICES ...................................................................7 Swimming .........................................................................19 Accessibility ........................................................................7 Tennis ................................................................................19 Animal/Vector Control .....................................................7 Historic Sites ....................................................................19 Communication .................................................................7 PERMITS & ORDINANCES .............................................20 Leaf Collection ...................................................................8 Building Permits ..............................................................20 Limb Collection .................................................................9 Apartment Re-Occupancy Program .............................20 Personal Property/Real Estate Taxes ...............................9 Garage Sale/Estate Sale/Auction Permits .....................20 Room Rental ......................................................................9 Backyard Chicken Hens..................................................21 Sanitary Sewer Lateral Program ....................................10 Bicycle Helmets ................................................................21 Snow Removal ..................................................................10 Smoking Ban ....................................................................21 Street Tree Planting Program .........................................10 Deer Bow Hunting ..........................................................22 Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Collection ...................11 POLICE .................................................................................23 Other Recycling Options ................................................12 Animal Control ................................................................23 BOARDS, COMMITTEES & COMMISSIONS .............13 Safety Programs ...............................................................23 PARKS ...................................................................................15 Crime Prevention ............................................................24 PARKS MAP.........................................................................17 Residential Parties ...........................................................25 1 HISTORY It wasn’t too long ago when you could take the streetcar from Incorporation University City to Creve Coeur Lake and think you were in By 1950, St. Louis had reached its peak population with deep country. Initially a farming community, Creve Coeur 856,000. St. Louis City was filling up, forcing returning soldiers has developed into a thriving community in central St. Louis to look for housing in St. Louis County to raise their families. County with beautiful homes, acres of parkland, hundreds of Families wanted bigger houses, more yard space and places to businesses and a number of high-tech office parks. park their new cars. The technological advancements in the automobile industry, along with the construction of Highways Olive Street Road 270 and 40, further pushed the It began with a road: Olive Street Road, now called Olive westward movement away from Boulevard. The road followed a centuries-old Indian trail the central city. that took the high ground from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Carts, wagons, carriages and stage-coaches took When Creve Coeur was passengers and freights both west to new lands and east to the incorporated in December city of St. Louis. Creve Coeur was one of many unincorporated 1949, less than one square communities that grew up along the road. mile housed a population of 1,900 citizens. The city’s The name, Creve Coeur, meaning “broken heart” in French, charter was adopted in comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. Legend has it that an 1976. Today, the residential Indian princess fell in love with a French fur trapper, but the population of Creve Coeur is love was not returned. According to the story, she then jumped 18,622, with the daytime population from a ledge overlooking Creve Coeur Lake; the lake then rising to 53,200. Creve Coeur spans 10.72 square miles and has HISTORY formed itself into a broken heart. approximately 8,000 housing units. Currently, Creve Coeur has Preserving History 80 miles of public streets and 16 miles of private streets. Home to two private colleges, five private high schools, five private Throughout the years of rapid development, Creve Coeur has primary schools, two public school districts and approximately continued its commitment to preserving history. Nearly two fifteen houses of worship, Creve Coeur is a place where hundred years old, both the Hackmann and Clester cabins sit everything a resident needs is no more than ten minutes away. in Conway Park. These cabins, which face Highway 270, are a tribute to the past and have witnessed the evolution of Creve On behalf of the Mayor, City Council and city staff, welcome to Coeur. The city also maintains Lake School House, a one-room Creve Coeur. May you find Creve Coeur is a better place to live, schoolhouse, and the Tappmeyer farmhouse, both built in the work, play and retire. late 1800s. 2 WARD BOUNDARY MAP L I N D B E R G H BAUR SCHUETZ A N H D C Y E S K R P A F P E GATEWAY E E R S E R G I E V E D N I R A F V R T E I E E N N E E W U F R E R E R WARD BOUNDARY MAP BOUNDARY WARD E T E F R FOREST BROOK L T E T E I L L A B M U E E L K V I M A R I I T H CORBEIL R F V T R R A R C A K Y E A P G P A A T L E N L N N W R ARS W HIRE E R E R E N A E U T C E IN U R N D U F R F N K R R I E O JA Q R U F A O E S A B B P P E L E E C T N S OLD T E A H OLI M VE G ST O R A ALLA R V EET GH N A E G I R S A E R S R R D O N S R I N P L O T I E O K T A R W P R R R R R R O E L W R E A A O N O N E C R A E P N G S R N O E E V O M S M A O N A R N L T E A E L C N A T O A D A I U A I P B S O G U M H S A T R OL 0 W IVE R S R R M E E L R E L A O H I 7 N H D A P N A E E G Y C C E R D S 2 D M C H R I PRIVATE E I L MES I R O NI T U M H V T M P S H P A E C R I O E L M S E O P A U R I A N R A U M E R R N E ZEL V A O E L S 6 H S R B S A R L M A R A E G E U E A A P P N 6 R N L 7 R I I D A I 7 L M K D T G S A V H C I E K O B C L RU T I M R T T O U WA 2 O RAMBLEWOOD Y L Y D Y Q P W E R V A L E A 7 A R N A C A E E L W N U 0 B M E A N R D E A O K L E P A N S L E S T Q I P S E R S A M E D T A O U M S G BOIS T IV E C O E N T A MISSION HILLS O O A V E FFI T N CE E R E E M P L KY S SPOEDE W R U OODS L G U R N P I LA I M A R EN P E A AV O H O K A O OA D L W R AI L N R S P L E D C F C T D R A A R S E SPOED R E A HIL DAU E B LS E E I S E NW T B O M O V ER STUDT Y D H R A T V C K D R A Y A A M ON WA GREYWYCK D D M Y I G I A G I L M E K L L L T E E E L L R W STA V L E R CY E I L E MASO LLA H L SPOEDE RIDGE T U N IL O N R I E O M L R E B A R A NOR OLDE C I R N B N C A CHALET U M F D W S O A N S S AL HUNTINGTON I I R C CHERR L L L IN T O E MORWOOD G W M L A A I SH LLING H R LSG K A H E IR A C R NTO E A H A SWEPT M I S SUN N N W TEALWOOD E R D CHAMBRAY L C A E O Y E R A M Y I A G I A S C R AL R C IR S O W V F N H O O Y O A O A R A O C L Y LIS H A U D CKY O BEAVER VA RO X AUBURNDALE N L L R L MOSLEY ACR B E ES E T T Y O W R R D N FFIELD O C HAVEN VIEW SU O Y PRIVATE O R U M I AS D O ON L G 2 F O OR I O E N 7 K ST E L S C C 0 H T D NANTUCKE E E UAILWAYS TEALBROOK S Q E R T R MASON N LARKMON TRI LANE FOURWYND W E HIBLER H O G YN N I M F I D K B I E WYNDTOP A R FA C A COULA CHA LLING LE L EN NG M R E PEIX AVES O M G URE E T A T R L 1 rdLAWRENCE R a N E W R S MID L M D N W E LEBR I I A OO R K S W H E C S E A MOSLEY FOREST E S Y O D R R A B TEMPLA N G N 2 E S N d I r E aT R W HUNTE RS POND D R R N A L O U O A I G I C O I D R P S K L X I PRIVATE H T E I S N G C A N A O D N M O E EMERALD GREEN T D RONDELAY S E IL O H E E N C S BLE MOSLEY HILL M M R A T E CH M E I E Y Y A V A L I A L E V N R B H L L I W T F 0 N E A C S U E R 7 4 S Y E rd E a U W M JANRIDGE P K P 2 O C H S R S I R R I A P E M T A T A L O P ANTIN I S X V I W R N L 2 O M E E A D U 7 A P I A A N U T 0 N U F O I K N R LADUE E O D E C I E P A B L T L H L A A R A A L MANOR U AL O R Y D T A O D R BOOTHBAY M R K U O D N U A RIDGE S WHITE B U E A K E S S T T L STONEY BROOK E P E O A R P S E M T I L I A N N L R K S A O N I I E L A T PAUL S T T E N O H S A S O T T N T N E G E E E O CLERMONT E N U W S I C C U D L H T L A ELZEY C S D L A A O T E E K E E L A N A E H K LAKESHORE M E W B K R M L L S B D L I A C IN E A A A F Y N A N A L 3 I A dW M D r P D Wa A P E G O Y D N R E R Y W E G K E S N E I E I N E N H V A A V S R L R IL N A L G L T E O T E W W U E CLERBROOK U NEW LONDON K N O E OODS O VI UE W C LAD M L L N O A T CO C E U C BLA B Y CONWAY O N T W W WILLIAMSBURG A I MAN N R E KE Y 0 R C MUC V 7 C E G 2 O I M C R R A I R O Y E C R A G E R L A D Y L K O U N E I E A I L N R G O B E R W TA S N P O A E PRI Y G VATE N VON C A P O A C ROBYN PARK R B A K TE L T IVA C NAN PR OVE S O C A N 0 L 7 L E E 2 I A T S B A T P R V M I A W A M E PRIORY R R P P N I6 4 NORTH FORTY r, Ward Boundary Map City of Creve Coeu Ward 1 0 1,550 3,100 Last Revision, Feet ri Ward 2 Ordinance No.