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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 11-29 Apartment Proposal Draws Opposition DISPATCH A artment Propósdl Draws Opposition A proposal for five apartment buildings — all five stories high — will have opposition 1ta : ul Pisputrli from Maplewood's Plan- ning Commission at a EAsT AREA public hearing tonight. M a p l e Woods Inc. seeks approval for the project as the second 1 phase of its planned unit Section development at t h e northeast corner of Lar- p e n t e u r• Avenue and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1973 McKnight Road. The hearing starts at The combined fir s t Maplewood 7:30 p.m. at the Village and s e c o n d phases, Hall,1380 Frost Ave. based on the revised' The first phase, com- Maple Woods is ex- plan, would total 735 pleted about a year ago, pected to be represented apartments and 60 town- has 240 apartments and by Chuck Cox, one of its houses. 60 townhouses. i owners. In 1969 the developer Cox, in an interview T h e development's population, Cox said, had gained. concept ap= last m o n t h, said the will be between 1,500 proval from the village housing portion of- the council for a second 76-a c r e- development and 1,600. phase that included a w o u 1 d be essentially He went on to describe combination of t h r e e- complete after the %sec- the revised plan as "an story apartment build- ond phase. ings and 86 townhouses. See Apartments,Page 7 And the planning com- mission, according t o • Apartments Chairman Lyman Coombs, wants Maple Continued from Page 1 Woods to stick to that. "It's the feeling of the improvement over the commission," h e ex-. original one." p 1 a i n e d, "that there As an example, he cit- should be a strong rea- ed an increase in "open son for change." space," a total of 51 But spokesmen for the acres or about 74 per developer failed to pre- cent of the site. sent any convincing rea Underground parking sons,he stated. also has been proposed, "Planned unit develop- reducing the need for menu ought to have out-in-the-open parking, some stability," Coombs he reported. Cox said Phase Two suggested. "They (plans) s h o u I d n 't be would be located on the changed on a whim." north half of the Maple The commission chair- Woods tract. A third phase, at a still man also predicted some neighborhood op- undetermined date, has position to the proposed been planned for the change, especially from southwest corner of the owners of single-family site,he stated. homes. They are reported against the height of the proposed buildings, not I apartments per se.