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
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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.