HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 12-13 Snowmobilers Win Minor Concessions in Maplewood REVIEW Snowmobiiérs Win Minor
Concessions in Maplewood
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Snowmobilers . w o n ' month, really just af-. Councilman Don Olm- surrounding communi-
what they describe as a fects certain areas of stead and Mayor Les ties.
minor concession from Battle Creek Park, the Axdahl opposed intro d'
Maplewood's . Village snowmobilers said. duction He said Maplewoos
of an ordinance 10 p.m. curfew on week-
ends last Thursday. change. ends was the earliest
Just minutes earlier, one that he knew of.
The council voted 3-2 the council voted, also Haugan urged moving
for the first reading of by 3-2, not to change the cautiously because o.f T h e snowmobilers
an ordinance amend- snowmobile ordinance. the apparent strong op- have been put off repeat-
ment that would allow position to a curfew ex- edly in their quest for or-
snowmobilers to . u s e The major reason cit- •tension. d i n a n c e changes, he
posted Ramsey County ed for that action was a said.
snowmobile trails in the recent poll of 2,802 Ma- "T h e questionnaire
community until mid- plewood r e s i dent s, (poll) gives us a good One c i t i z e n, Darrel
night on weekends. which showed 80 per idea of how the citizens Savage, 1699 N. Rose-
cent of them opposed to :feel and they don't want wood Ave., called for
That fell short of the. any snowmobile curfew' a change," he explained. continued restrictions on
snowmobilers goal: ex- extension. . "It's close to a man- snowmobilers, especial-
tension of the current 10 date." ly the provision that the
p.m. curfew throughout But after listening to vehicles must stay at
the village. further protests from Robert Archer, presi- least 150 feet from
the snowmobilers, Coun- dent of the Maplewood homes.
The ordinance change, cilmen Don W i e g e r t, Snowmobile Club,
which will be considered John Greavu and Harald argued for an ordinance At least 12 snowmobi-
for adoption later this Haugan yielded. that jibes with those of lers have cut across his
backyard, he said, dam-
aging six trees.
Village Manager Mi-
chael Miller reported
that the recent poll, con-
ducted by the village,
shows that 413 of the re-
spondents own snowmo-
biles.
"Most of the returns
(1,419) indicate. snow-
mobiles create an occa-
sional problem," he
said.
Mentioned most fre- .
quently were complaints'
about-noise, followed by
street operation and
trespassing.