HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 05-12 Double bungalow complicates his life DISPATCH 6
E St. Paul Dispatch Tuesday,May 12, 1981
Double bungalow com li - lifep •sates h's
By Mike Barrett unit without a permit. Anderson: "If we allow him
Staff Writer Maplewood And Eugene Pedro's mother, (Triemert) to go ahead, we
Mar who lives near Triemert, might as well forget all of our
The house that Arnold Triem said,"We never expected a dou- regulations." And his colleagues
ert built might be described as a ing permit, the plans showed two ble bungalow when the land was joined him in opposing Triem-
grand misunderstanding. basements and city officials sold. ert's plan.
For, didn't object."
his
building at 750his He also maintained that a city "I've lived there for years and Afterward, Triemert said, "1
kept it nice. Now I come down may sell the building or leave it
E. Viking hall employee first told him he Viking Drive and find a house as is."
Drive in didn't need a percolation soil test without a head on it." Still another neighbor, George
Maplewood has m.- before installing a septic tank.
two sets of Then a city staffer later said he Mrs. Pedro, now in her 80s, Beran, of 2161 Arcade St., had a
steps, two needed a test. said, "I don't want to be unrea- suggestion for the council. To
basements and sonable but I've got my life avoid such confusion in the fu-
two garages. In addition, Triemert said his there." ture, how about a little more
,� 4 septic installer got a permit to Agreed Councilman Norman planning.
But there's install a system to serve two sep- : ---
only one house - ,,.„*$:',.;j' tanks.
perched over '
one of the two Anderson Finally, Triemert claimed he
side-by-side was told by a city employee 11/2
basements and garages. years ago that a moratorium on
construction of duplexes in sin-
Wielding his own hammer, the gle home neighborhoods was in
34-year-old Triemert completed effect. This occurred a few days
his house and moved in last fall. before Triemert began construe-
He also planned to build an adja- tion.
cent dwelling he would rent or yet, Triemert claimed he was
sell. This is in a neighborhood of told by a city staffer that if he
single-family homes. got a majority of neighbors to
But he ran into a few obstacles sign a petition agreeing to a du-
last week. Like the Eugene plex or double bungalow, the
Pedro family that sold him his building may be permitted. He
land and the City Council that said he gathered enough names
refused him permission for a and turned in the petition to city
double house or, if you will, a hall.
double bungalow. However, city Manager Barry
By unanimous vote, the coun- Evans disputed Triemert's ex-
cil declined Triemert's request planation.
to
farm to
R-2,ea residential his land from classification "There's always the story of
allowing a double dwelling. government picking on the poor
little citizen,"Evans said.
Furthermore, council mem- "This time I think it's the
)ers unanimously turned down other way around."
rriemert's request to divide his And Geoff Olson, city commu-
ot to accommodate two resi- nity development director, re-
fences. ported: "No duplex shall be built
And the council unanimously or structurally altered on any
turned thumbs down on Triem- site unless public sanitary sewer
art's request for a variance al- is available."
owing on-site sewage disposal City water and sewer are not
'acilities. available to that site.
Before the vote, Triemert Olson also noted that a septic
aid, "When I applied for a build- system was installed for each