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dealer. tO ert reasoned. "It gets the s
Maplewood will require Merit City Attorney Donald Lais g
Chevrolet to take steps to con- cautioned that Merit could de- on the road."
trol its storm water runoff, as a tide not to ago ahead duwith
hats want tCouncilmen
said
they
ndidneot
condition for approval of two building pld wan on so tormsewer than
improve-
decided
buildings,aswethe city council lengethe
conditions condition)n court.would have ments because the area has un-
decidedlastweek. to be somewhat in proportion to. ' dergone "a 100-year storm" this
RUNOFF from the dealership, the problem created by the con- year."
located at 2695 Brookview Drive, struction,"he said.
Wiegert added that wateshed
has aggravated drainage prob- "IF THEY don't like it, they'll dstrict plans yet to be formulat-
lems in the Brookview Drive be back here oneway or rld the
oth- ed e- put incould
there could bn wmoney
on y we
area,city officials said. er," Councilman
A staff recommendation for
$25,000 worth of additional im-
provements to the Brookview
Drive storm sewer, however,
was rejected by the council in
favor of minimal repairs at one
ravine in the area.
RESIDENTS on Brookview
Drive had argued that any addi-
tional costs related to the storm
sewer should be borne by Merit.
The council decided to require
Merit to construct improvements
that would include a dissipator
or equivalent system to help
hold stormwater on its property.