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Home My WebLink About1972 11-22 Bothwell: council ignores citizen opinion on White Bear rezoning REVIEW Both . ell: council ignores citizen opinion on White Bear rezoning by Scott Carlson DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY But while a number of people are Rezoning on the west side of White Bear Development Bailey Seida said existing miserable with living with the current ave., from Larpenteur ave. to Frost ave., zoning made for adversely affected zoning,Bothwell said some people had no made by the Maplewood council last residential living due to excessive desire, in some cases no choice, to move. Thursday night, ignored public opinion, a vehicular use, and noise and exhaust. citizen representative charged. Bothwell said some citizens had fears "As a residence it is not very that encroaching developers would force JAMES BOTHWELL, 1704 Flandrau desirable," Harry Jonsson, 1717 White homeowners to sell their homes for them, st., made that assessment minutes after Bear ave.,said. "A request to allow office resulting in financial loss. the council had passed a rezoning professional offices should not be any resolution. Bothwell had presented the disadvantage. The rezoning would He added citizens believe that the council a petition in which 58 people were enhance the neighborhood. White Bear rezoning would result in minimal revenue against the rezoning of the west side of ave.is just not a place to live on anymore." increase to the present village tax base. White Bear while 16 persons were in favor. A breakdown of that petition revealed 43 Flandrau st.residents were opposed to the rezoning,five from Larpenteur and 10 from White Bear ave. The original proposal was to rezone the entire area from R-1 (residential use) to LBC (limited business commercial). The zoning would have allowed a strip of professional office type structures to be developed. BUT THE COUNCIL decided not to allow the entire area to become LBC. Some southerly properties on the west side of White Bear in the described area were allowed to be changed. Others were allowed to remain residential. Council action, however, is not com- plete since a first reading of the zone change was authorized, but a second and final one will be required later.It will take a minimum of 30 days before that can happen. A number of problems exiscfflcluding what plans Ramsey county will have fo. White Bear ave.