HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 01-30 Maplewood May be Forced to Limit New Develpment DISPATCH Maplew cod May Be Forced
To Limit New Development
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Tag restrictions may Other than limiting de- plewood from the Fiscal $902,000 of commercial
force Maplewood to lim- velopment, the village Disparities Act. and industrial assessed
it additional d e v e 10 p- can cut back on servicesvaluation growth to the
bent, Village Manager provided other areas of Under its provisions, metro pool.
"Michael Miller says. the community or find 40 per cent of any addi-
He told the village other methods of financ- tional assessed valua-
council in a written re- ing.he added. tion from commercial or
port last week that this industrial development
was one of three alterna- Millers l a t e s t corn- goes into a "m e t r o.
fuss the three
village ments were prompted pool
because of the e71 facesm- by a proposal for a 174,-
because
bus Law. 000-square-foot shopping The money is then dis-
According to Miller, center at the northeast tributed to communities
According
can't Mreiller.
ize c a r ne r of Lydia and in the seven-county met-
the villagesed taxes from ad White Bear avenues, ro area based on their
ditional assessed value Approval of /the prof- "wealth"capacity.
tion. ect, he n o ted, would
mean commitment to a "Due to a high ratio of
Increases in taxes variety of road and utili- per capita assessed val-
cart only (come) from tyimprovements. cation, Maplewood will,
additional population," ' in all probability, lose a
he explained, "plus a six The manager issued a substantial portion o f
per cent annual increase similar ;warning when any commercial or in-
,factor." the village council re- dustrial expansion of as-
The village Won't have c'ently rezoned 146 acres sensed valuation," Mill
:the necessary tax mon- to make way for expan- e'rstated.
eys required for addi- sion of Minnesota Min- -
tonal services resulting ing & Manufacturing Co. In fact, the- state has
from proposed commer- (3M). estimated that Maple-i
cial or industrial expan- Miller also was criti- wood will lose from its
sion;he warned. cal of the effect on Ma- tax base approximately