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Condor Corp., Minne- dents with children than that. the developme
apolis, has asked for ap- the rental units. will have between 30 al
proval for a 396-unit con- Studies of the limited 60 children.
dominium development number of condom i- Overall. ilk, add'. t
in south Maplewood. niums indicate single project will be a fine
But village planner persons acquire two- and cial asset. to the comn
Bailey Seida, in written three-bedroom apar t- nity, producing estim
comments to Village ments, using the spare ed annual taxes
Manager Michael Miller, bedrooms for guest $410,895, includii
has recommended a sub- rooms, libraries, studies $47,729 for the villa
stantially scaled-down and hobby rooms, they and $260,621 for.North
project. reported. Paul-Maplewood Schi
He predicted that the They go on to predict District 622.
.Condor housing project
— consisting of four
apartment buildings and
a recreation complex on
24 acres on the south
side of Lower Afton Road,
north of Londin Lane --
will attract about 881
residents.
That's an average of
more than 36 persons per
acre, he said, far in ex-
cess of the 22 urged there
by the Planning Com-
mission in a comprehen-
sive land use plan.
However, Condor offi-
cials are expected to
challenge Seida's recom-
mendation at a -public
hearing before the vil-
lage council next Tues-
day, starting at 7:30 p.m.
at the Village Hall, 1380
Frost Ave.
Condor has applied for
a special use permit. and
project approval under
the village's planned unit
development provisions.
Based on plans submit-
ted to the village, the •
$11,325,000 development
would proceed in four
stages, starting with an
apartment building and
part of the recreation fa-
cility.
Eventually, the four
apartmentbuildings
would contain 160 one-
bedroom, '172 two-bed-
room and 64 three-bed-
room units.
The recreation facility
plans show both indoor
and outdoor swimming
pools.
In contrast to planner
Seida 's calculations,
Condor has projected a
maximum population of Condor spokesmen say
527 for the development, hat individually owned
That's close to the :ondorti int= apar t-
density advocated by the nents draw fewer resi-
Planning Commission.