HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 04-11 Council sets April 26 hearing for Maplewood Mall rezoning REVIEW Council . sets
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Scott Carlson constructed as a through street in the
After wading through some problems of vicinity of the proposed rezone.
parliamentary procedure last Thursday
night, the Maplewood village council set "If `Tower rd.' goes through we would
April 26 as the hearing date to consider need no curb cuts off of White Bear ave.;
rezoning land for Maplewood Mall. only off of Lydia st. and Tower rd.,"
said."In thean we had
The council had first approved first an Parkhill
lance off Lydia origbutl none from
reading of an ordinance which would have Tower rd.
rezoned a parcel of land on the east side of
White Bear ave.,immediately south of the Parkhill felt either alternate would be
Northern State Power overhead tower in accordance with the village's proposed
electric lines, from farm residential (F- master guide plan and was anxious for a
R) to service commercial (S-C). council decision.
MAYOR LES AXDAHL and coun-
cilman Harold Haugan dissented in the 3-2 "If we have to wait much longer we
vote, but village attorney Don Lais ruled could face a splintering up of the property
that the entire vote was invalid because which could result in severing of the
the council had failed to take the item"off unified ownership," Parkhill said. "This
the table." would make it much more difficult to get
a unified shopping area."
The matter was taken off the table by a
similar 3-2 vote and on a final motion by And all that could mean a "critical
councilman Don Olmstead, an April 26 delay for several years,"Parkhill added.
hearing date was approved again by a 3-2
vote. BUT MAPLEWOOD VILLAGE
MANAGER Mike Miller continued to
THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE was advise the council to hold off on a
first heard by the council on January 25 decision.
and then tabled for six months on "This zoning shouldn't be taken
February 1 due to the many unanswered lightly," Miller said. "We're being asked
questions on utilities and streets in the to change the zoning now and then meet
area. the future problems later."
Dave Parkhill, representing Miller added that a zone change now
Maplewood Plaza Corp., came to the could dictate the future land use pattern,
council last Thursday offering two for the whole area. "Right now the land
alternative road plans depending on use plan will dictate the street system but
whether "Tower rd." is or is not pretty soon we could find the street
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MAPLEWOOD MALL is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1974.
A rezoning hearing is scheduled April 26 at the villaae hall fnr thn
blaring
rezoning
system dictating the land 'use," Miller
sid. "It seems to me if we
moved to kee
this item on the table for six months and
now"It's not a question of which streets will that pear thei developer's beproper
go through but what,if an point of view,
through at all,"t he said.y, streets will go other people the citizens, a ton to
speak," Axdahl said in explaining to
Capacity use of the White Bear three dissenting votes at the meeting.
Capacity
in-
terceptor is creating problems and they
also should be considered, Miller and
villoge engineer BobbyCouncilman
D. Collier said. grounds that he Hauganedissented d
And Taskwr��ts to wait and find out
Force recommendations on what new results , nci, solutions on the
traffic patterns from the creation of the mdionths y be made after six
Homart she have months tPmeblems
completed. Tshopping center yet to be
i
Both Mayor Axdahl and councilman votehstatede the r
Haugan agreedplanning com Fission in an earlier
decision. on waiting with a accordance 'tom rezone was in
master guide plan. village's proposed