HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 11-28 Attorney Says Maplewood Intends to Impose Illegal Assessment DISPATCH Attorne Sa s Maplewood
Intends
To. Lr11 one ifiegalpAssessment
An attorney has sug- on the . previously as- the ' $26.91• and '$40.36, be the setting of a new M ill e r 's proposed re-
gested. Maplewood in- sensed land. . , . • • .. Miller recommended. policy. quirement for 10 per
tends to impose an "ille- The previous owner Otherwise, • I a n d re- cent of the total proiect
gal supplemental assess- was assessed•,$16.91 per zoned for ;a higher use Bellows suggested that .development cost, mi-
ment." • .front foot for••street1 im- 'after an assessment pro- the eye clinic has al ,nus the land cost, o be
John Bellows, 1 e g a 1 provements,• the going- ceeding would obtain a ready paid a "premium put into site landscap-
counsel for St. Paul Eye rate for residentially- "financial break," he ex- purchase price" for the 'ing.
Clinic, objected to the zoned property in the vi- plained. dust over half acre of Instead, Bellows said
land.proposed byVil- cinity. The issue appears sim-
the $6,200 planned for
lage Manager Michael B u t commercially- ilar in the case of storm "What you're propos- landscaping should be
Miller in a memo to the zoned property was as- s e w e r s, since lands ing," he added, "is a enough.
Village Council. sessed at a higher rate, zoned industrial or corn- supplemental a s s e s s- Meanwhile, the council
As a condition for ap- some $40.36 per front m e r c i a 1 are assessed ment that cannot be im- introduced the o r d i-
proval 'of a rezoning that foot. more than single family, posed after an assess- nance change.
would make way for a Since the clinic proper- residential properties. ment (proceeding) has The s e c o n d reading,
clinic building near the ty has been proposed for If the recommended been completed." and adoption of the ordi-
s o u t h w e s t corner of a limited business corn- condition gains approval nance could come Dec.
Cope Avenue and Flan- mercial zone, the new when the Village Council The additional monies 7
y acquired would be a In the interim, Bellows
drau Street, Miller •owner should make upacts on the eye clinic re- „
called for extra monies the difference between zone request Dec. 7, it'll windfall for •the vil and the village staff
lage instead of a benefit were directed to confer
to the surrounding resi- in order to "refine" the
dential property owners, proposed conditions for
he said. approval.
Bellows said that the The developer's pro-
eye clinic would have no posal calls for a single
objection t o standard story m e d i c a 1 clinic
utility hook-up charges. building and off-street
Councilman Don Wie- parking for 44 vehicles.
gert insisted that the ad-
d itiona1 assessment
would be proper.
In the case of storm
sewers, he pointed out,
the more intense com-
mercial development
will cause more water
runoff than the usual
residential property.
"It would be highly un-
fair if you don't contrib-
ute to the • (additional)
public expense," he
commented.
Bellows also protested