HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 04-28 City tables court-ordered plat THE REVIEW Parkwood Knolls J
Citytables court-ordered plat
by Scott Carlson Without a moratorium in the area the Councilman John Greavu, although going back to the court since the Mm-
Issuance of a court-ordered plat in the development of overlay zoning would be agreeing to table the matter, seemed nesota Supreme Court decision on
south end of Maplewood has been tabled impractical and impossible for the staff to somewhat reluctant to delay the plat any building moratoriums.
by the city council, accomplish,City Manager Michael Miller longer."After all the trouble we put this
The council's tabling of the Parkwood indicated. man through in court and now we are "We have been trying to do something
Knolls subdivision last Thursday paves The particular area where the plat going back to court,"Greavu said. to control land use and because we
the way for the city staff and City would be located in Maplewood has a But Mayor Robert Bruton indicated haven't reached an agreement doesn't
Attorney Donald Lais to find out from the rolling, rough terrain and is heavily that there may be justifiable grounds for mean we haven't tried," he concluded.
district court judge,who issued the order, wooded.
whether a recent Minnesota Supreme In tabling the matter,the council was
Court decision on moratoriums would informed that Lais expects to know by
affect his opinion now. May 13 whether the city will decide to
Lais reported that the recent court have the court review its decision or
action allows cities the right to hold whether the plat should be issued im-
building moratoriums for reasonable mediately.
periods of time when there is possible Jack Dielentheis, president of Dawn
rezoning in the area. Development,said,"I am dismayed that
And he indicated that due to this you want to delay this."
development the district court judge,
Jerome Plunkett,might decide that the He pointed out that the plat conforms to
plat should not be issued to the Parkwood city ordinance. "We have worked with
Knolls property, which would be staff to make this plat conform to or-
developed by Dawn Development dinance which to the best of my
Company. knowledge has happened,"he said.
Under court procedures the city has Asked by councilman Norman
six months from the time of January, Anderson,at one point,whether the plat
when the court ordered the plat,to ask the has changed,Dielentheis said,"No,not
judge to review the case.A direct appeal since the court ordered approved plat
had to be made within 30 days. except to the extent that there is a mutual
Maplewood had earlier refused to issue agreement based on the advice of the city
the plat on grounds that it wanted to attorney in those areas where we were
control the development in the area until able to cooperate with the city and make
it had developed some rezone plans. slight changes."