HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 06-05 Planning Official Wants Housing Area 'Protected" DISPATCH -E-. F,__._.______t , _
PlanningOfficial
tk _ 1S73
Housing Are 'Protected '
Maplewood's newest i n g neighborhoods, have the potential for The residential devel-
planning commissioner known as Tilsen's Ma- destroying a significant opment was there first
wants residential level- plewood Heights and .In- portion of the Maple- — and therefore ought to
o p m e n t "protected" dian Village., wood community." be protected,he says.
along Beam and Lydia "All of these homes
avenues and McKnight are pretty much due
Road in northeast Ma east and within a mile of
`.plewood the shopping center," he
explained.
Maplewood Bruton has ,called for
- "blocking off" of the res-
Robert T. Bruton, 2114 idential streets in the
B e a Ave., ' probably area — to . discourage
ranks`high in popularity, through traffic.
with homeowners there Instead, he says, Ram-
as a result of his stand. sey County Roads C and
But the 36-v e a r-old D should be "upgraded
Bruton, appointed to the as the major service
roads to the shopping
Planning Commission
two weeks ago, faces an center. ;
apparent uphill struggle "There isn't much de-
with the Village council. velopment along them,"
Based on a resolution he suggests, "so fewer
of intent adopted by the homeowners w i 1 I be
council, Beam Avenue hurt."
will become a through He also referred to in-
street. quiriA from County . D
Lydia Avenue, al- property o w n e r s over
though it'll be curved, possible commercial
may have a similar fate. zoning, making it what
T h e r e '1 1 be access, he calls a "logical vr-
based on current plan- vice road."
ning, to both of the east- County D also gives a
west streets from busy "straight shot" at the
north-south McKnight shopping center, he
Road. adds, touching it on the
And Bruton's big con- north side.
cern is that they proba- B r u t op argues that f
bly will carry a "signifi-• with two county roads,
cant amount" of traffic• plus White Bear Avenue,
to and from the new Ma- Hwy. 61, Hwy: .36 and
plewood Mall, a regional Hwy. I-694, there ought
shopping center under to be ample accuss to
construction at White . the shopping center and
Bear and Beam ave- other commercial duel
nues. opment proposed around
He estimates there are it.
300 homes with an aver- "Unless we protect our
age value of $35,000 to major r e s i d e•n t i a I
$40,000 in the surround- areas," he states, "we