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Maplewood council- Most of the residents ment, that p o t e n t i a l
men last week tabled a attending the hearing, road structures to the
decision on approving a however, spoke against south of the area are
preliminaryplat calling the project. ambiguous, and that no
-for subdivision of a 25- The objections raised statements of fact re-
acre tract south of Mai- included the fact drain- garding utilities for the
land Road, east of Mc- age problems have not area have been submit-
Knight Road. been thoroughly studied ted.
or resolved, that the
The subdivider, Robert area is "too beautifulThe council agreed
Schaub of Minneapolis, for that dense a develop- with the objections and
said he planned to con- delayed a decision on the
struct some 58 homes in project to the Feb. 15
the area, cost of which
council meeting, at the
would range from
$35,000 to$50,000. same time stipulating
that the developer work
with village officials in
The developer said all
resolving the question-
the lots would exceed
the 10.o00 square footable issues.
limit. that 5.7 acres of In other business, the
the tract would be re- council tabled a request
served as a neighbor- for a rezoning change
h o d playground and from residential to strip-
wer collection area, commercial for an area
and that drainage and
itary sewer problems on the east sidei White
Bear Avenue,
would be worked out atmmedi-
t1 discretion of village ately south of the North
officals.
Several homeowners STAMP CLUB
living near the tract said WILL MEET
they favored the devel-
opment, because it The Maplewood Stamp
Club meets at 7 p.m. to-
w o u 1 d open up their
day at the John Glenn
presently landlocked
property and provide
Tumor High School, 1560
Ha-
them an opportunity to ze County Rd. B and I e-
develop -
their land as zelwood Ave., Map 1 wood, for a discussion on
Wvalentines.
On Subdivision Proposal
ern States Power over- corner of Van Dyke the issuance of a special
head tower electric Street and Cope Avenue. use permit on March 2,
lines. A child day care center 1972, had not been fully
The request by a shop= has been proposed for met.
ping center developer the corner.
for the rezoning was ta- Also tabled to Feb. 15
bled for six months be- was a request for ap-
cause it was "to prema- proval of a planned unit
ture" and traffic and development of t w o
other problems have not apartment buildings
been resolved for the (152 units) on an 11-acre
area. tract at the southwest
Similarly, the council corner of the intersec-
tabled until Feb. 15 a re- lion of Stillwater Road
quest ffor a zone change and Stillwater Avenue.
from residential to light The matter was tabled
business commercial for because some of the 21.
an area on the southwest conditions stipulated in