HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 03-21 Village council reviews plans for Golden Bear restaurant REVIEW On White Bear ave.
Village council
for Golden Bear
Building plans for a new Golden Bear —Approved the building plan review for
restaurant, to be located on White Bear the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Maplewood
ave.between Hardee's restaurant and the Mall store as submitted. In June of 1972
NSP high voltage overhead electric line, the council approved the site plans for the
were reviewed by the Maplewood village mall and building permits were issued
council last Thursday. later in the year for partial construction
of the mall. Since last summer a Com-
After hearing presentations by Golden munity Design Review Board has been
Bear representatives Robert Hennessey established and provisions have been
and Paul Maas the council tabled action made stipulating that no building permits
on the plans until April 5. (except for single family dwelling) be
issued until there has been architectural
It was suggested by the village staff review and approval by the village
that street questions yet to be answered council.
could materially affect the site planning
of the proposed restaurant and should be Consequently Sears sent the ar-
considered before any action is taken.The chitectural plans for its own store to the
street problem concerns residents east of council for review recently.Sears store is
White Bear ave. who are not provided to be located at the south end of the Mall,
with a necessary street system. while Powers will be on the north end and
a third department store in the middle on
The restaurant itself is part of a chain the west end. The plans were approved
which is based in Illinois. Another Golden Thursday.
Bear has recently been completed in
Edina.The restaurant would operate with —Adopted a Water Availability Charge
hours of 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through (WAC) ordinance by a 3-2 vote with
Thursday and 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday and councilmen Harold Haugen and Don
Saturday. Greavu voting against the proposal. The
ordinance states that Maplewood has
A staff report was made and submitted determined to install watermains,booster
to the council prior to last week's pumps, storage tanks and appurtenances
meeting. After reviewing the report in a manner to reserve capacity for ad-
Hennessey called it "a vague staff report ditional facilities to be connected to the
with not enough information."But village system. In order to pay the cost
manager Mike Miller refuted Hen- associated with this type of installation it
nessey's claims. "The report was is necessary to establish the WAC charge
carefully compiled and is not vague," for all buildings and structures to be
Miller insisted. Hennessey was upset with connected to or which have availability of
the staff recommendation to move the the water system in Maplewood on or
actual building to the south end of the lot after April 1, 1973.
to allow more room on the north end for
parking. For purposes of paying the costs the
council established a charge of $150 per
Hennessey was also upset with the unit for both domestic use and fire flows.
council's decision to table the review to Most facilities are classified as a single
April 5. He explained that the agreement unit but here are some exceptions and
for the purchase of the land is to be their unit number: automatic car wash,
culminated April 2 and the building 30; two-machine laundromats, 3; self
permit had to be secured. service car wash, 3; service station with
service center, 2 and service station with
But the council felt that the staff should service center and car wash, 8.
attempt to resolve the street problem —Tabled action on a zone change for the
concerning access to White Bear ave. west side of White Bear ave. from Frost
from the east before hasty action is taken. ave.to Larpenteur ave. The action will be
taken up at the April 5 meeting of the
In other action the council: council.
reviews plans
restaurant
—Okayed street improvements for serviced by sanitary sewer and the
Beam ave.from Hazelwood to Highway 61 proposed master sanitary sewer plan
after discussing the matter at a special indicates Mailand rd. as a routing for an
meeting Mar. 8. interceptor main. The council approved
placement of the sewer in an existing
—Okayed street improvements for easement near the townhouses. The
Beebe rd. In order to construct Beebe rd. developer of the townhouses has proposed
it is necessary to lower the existing pipe to pave over the easement and the cost of
lines owned by the Williams Brothers the project is therefore considerably
Pipeline Co. in the vicinity of Ripley ave. decreased. Estimated cost is $3,500.
The company agreed to grant the village
permission to construct the roadway —Okayed a request from the village of
across their easement and also provided North St. Paul for temporary sanitary
for the lowering of the lines. sewer hookup at Ariel st.and Flanders rd.
for the proposed improvements for
—Appointed Charles Kent to the Flanders rd.
planning commission from at least 10
candidates.After reviewing the residence —Ordered a feasibility study for street
location of each of the current corn- improvements for Ferndale st. from
mission members the council decided that Maryland ave. to Stillwater ave. A
Kent would be the best choice, coming petition was received by the village staff
from the area north of highway 36 bet- requesting the installation of water mains
ween White Bear ave. and highway 61. and street improvements on Ferndale.
Maplewood Greens is the signer of the
—Approved sanitary sewer im- petition. The property belonging to
provements for Mailand rd. It was Maplewood Greens constitutes about 40
recommended that the council approve percent of the frontage involved.
the project to extend the sanitary sewer to
serve those areas along Mailand rd. east —Appointed Wilford Simkins to the
of McKnight rd. The nearby Maplewood Community Design Review Board for a
Hills Townhouse project is presently two year period.