HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 08-02 Maplewood OKs PUD Development DISPATCH Mapiewood
PUD Develooment
ByJIMBROEDE T h e remaining 418 bedrooms, the developer
Staff Writer units would be developed indicated, with over half
as "medium residential"' of` them exceeding two -
A planned unit.,devel- or about 22 people per bedrooms.
opment (PUD) that will acre. The developer _also
attract an estimated Some 29 acres have promised at least one
1,495 residents was giv- been set aside for "open garage .per unit, plus
en concept approval last space." off-street parking that
week by Maplewood's The homes would "meets v,i l l a g e
Village Council. range from one to four ordinance."•
Known as Maple
Greens, the project
would include•508 homes
single family, town-
houses and apartments
— sprawled over 108
acres immediately east
of Beaver Lake Estates
Mobile Home Park.
Bailey Seida, repre-
senting developer Maple
Greens Co., said current
plans call for proceeding
in four stages, with com-
pletion of the total
$15,240,000 development
in 1977.
If details can be ironed
.out, the first stage will
be underway later this
year,he said.
I n grantingconcept
approval, the council
stipulated 15 conditions
recommended by Vil-
lage Manager Michael
Miller.
And one of them al-
lows the council to im-
pose further conditions
when more detailed
plans are submitted.
Seida, who was Maple-
wood's village planner
until he resigned June
30, said all the condi-
tions were acceptable to
the developer.
Councilman Don Olm-
stead, in moving for con-
cept approval, com-
mented: "I'm somewhat
familiar with what this
developer has done in
other areas. We're fortu-
nate to have the oppor-
tunity to have this sort
of planned unit
development." -
The proposal ad-
vanced to the council
calls for 90 units of
"light residential" de-
velopment. — about 14
residents per acre.