HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 12-12 Maplewood told Beam Ave. rezoning will be expensive DISPATCH Maplewood told Beam Ave.
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T h e promised, but for most of the improve- mercial." It is presently
long-delayed rezoning ments until p e n d i n g, agricultural.
along a brand new street controverisal zoning is- Then the property
in Maplewood will be sues are settled. owners, he explained,
costly to taxpayers, Ma- The taxpayers eventu- will have a chance to ac-
plewood's City Councilally will have to assume cept the assessment and
was told last week. the interest costs on the recoup the costs, expect-
Jack DeSai, 1855 E. money borrowed to fi- ed to run at least $192
Kenwood Dr., suggestedper front foot.
nance the improvements,
that taxpayers probably he warned. Some people claim the
do not know what four- "AT SIXcent," assessments may some
laned divided Beam Ave- perday total $243 per front
nue may cost them. DeSai said, "we are foot.
THE CITY, he pointed going to pay $180,000 DeSai says that at the
out, already has made (a n nu a 11 y) until this $192 figure, the assess-
about $3 million in im- whole question (of zon- ments amount to approx-
provements along Beam ing)is resolved." imately 28 per cent of the
Avenue between White De S a i, who owns market value of the land,
Bear and Hazelwood ave- property along Beam Av- provided it's zoned busi-
nues. enue, said the city could ness commercial.
But property along the settle the zoning issue "So I hope the council
south side of the road,he now, simply by zoning entertains a zoning not
said, won't be assessed the land business corn- any less than business-
-- - commercial," he com-
mented.
MAYOR Robert Bru-
ton and some council-
men have talked against
a business-commercial
zone because it may
open the area, across
f r o m the Maplewood
Mall, to "undesirable
businesses," such as
used car lots and fast-
food restaurants.
"In other words," the
mayor told DeSai, "you
are saying you'd like to
put in types of business-
es we don't want in
there."
DeSai,however,insist-
ed that's not true.
But he noted that "I
have not seen one citizen
• come here to object to a
full business-commercial
zoning and this is the
third hearing I have at-
tended."
"I have to take excep-
tion to that," Mayor Bru-
ton responded.
"T h e administrative
staff and the planning
commission — and at
least the planning com-
mission represents the
citizens — have explicit •
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ly,on two occasions,rec-
ommended limited busi-
ness commercial or R-3
(multiple family)
zones,"he said.