HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 11-07 Maplewood Land Use Plan, Zoning are in Contradiction DISPATCH Maplewood Land Use Plan,
Zonis Are in Contradiction
tMaplewood faces glar- But under a new pro-
ing contradictions be- posal, already intro-
be-
tween a comprehensive duced and up for adop-
land use plan and exist- tion Nov. 16, a petition
ing zoning.
from just a single prop-
And that has caused erty owner would be suf-•
Village Councilman John fie re again provided
Greavu to express con- f the .request doesn't con-
cern over the resulting k tradict the co provided'
legal ramifications. :A «�:2 sive plan.
At a council meetinThe Village Council
Iast week, Greavu said s ��' ..< also can initiate a rezon-
developers purchased ing.
land in recent years m
"good faith," relying on
existing zones.
s
But in some instances,
he said, the villa 's
interim compregehensivenew
plan proposes entirely
different uses for some
of the parcels. • eer
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We,11 be lowering the
value of some land," he MAPLEWOOD COUNCILMAN JOHN GREAVU
suggested. "A fellow
could have come in here Concerned Over Legal Ramifications
two years ago and
bought industrial proper-
ty for $1 per square foot. "Each case will have However, the Village
But if we change it to to be dealt, with sepa- Council has taken steps
residential, the property rately," Lais responded. to make rezoning diffi-
may be worth only 30 "But you do have a right cult if the request fails to
cents per square foot." to rezone and, in ess- jibe with the comprehen-
ence, take money awayt may sive plan.
a
devaluation etonpromph t from someone. The pow- First, the applicant
a 1 a w s u i t, Greavu er is there. I don't like it. must seek a change in
warned. But nevertheless, it's the plan.
there." But rezonin
However, Village At- g would be
At-
torney Don Lais insisted Meanwhile, the exist- made relatively easy,
that the village has the ing zone supersedes the provided the request cor-
right to change land comprehensive plan, the responds with the com-
uses, provided it's done attorney reported. prehensive plan.
with sound reasoning, If a landowner has Now a 1a.
a n d o w n e r
not arbitrarily. land zoned for industry, needs to acquire a peti-
as an example, but the tion signed by at least.50
"But I can't believe plan calls for residential, per cent of the landown-
that some developers industry can still go on ers within 200 feet of the I
the land, provided the proposed rezone parcel 1
won't claim damages," developer meets village before a public hearing
Greauv said. cedes,he explained. can be scheduled.