HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 07-26 Maplewood council to hear $15 million PUD proposal REVIEW Maplewood council to h
$ 15 mi r lion PUD p oposal
by Scott Carlson . (9
An estimated $15 million hou' ng Twenty nine acres would be devoted for ments and sanitary sewer lines. The
development, proposed as a planned unit open space purposes with 26.5 acres of 90 applicants made another application of a
development (PUD),for the Beaver Lake unit low density housing (RL) generating PUD for 118 acres but withdrew their
area will be up for special use approval 406 people and 52.5 acres of 418 units plans on March 22.
before the Mapelwood council 7:30 p.m. average density housing(RM) generating
Thursday. 1,100 people. "The plan now submitted has been
revised to alleviate some of the problems
Maple Greens Company proposes a 508- The Plan for Maplewood allows a pointed out by both the staff and the
unit development of low and average maximum of 1,506 people. Planning Commission," Miller said.
housing density mixture composed of "....It appears that, with adequate
attached and detached single family The development would occur over a four- looping, the low density development in
homes, townhouses and apartments for phase period. Phase one construction of the southerly portion of the development
the 108 acre site which is located east of single family homes near Ferndale would (RL) would be adequately served by
the Beaver Lake Estates Mobile Home begin this year if council approval is public water.
Park, west of Ferndale st., north of granted. Later staging would be con-
Beaver Lake elementary school and south struction of townhouses west of Ferndale "Decisions relative to off site develop-
of the Chicago-Northwestern railroad and apartments along Maryland ave. ment and supply source will be necessary
tracks. near Marylake rd. to be built along with prior to the extension of adequate service
development of necessary roadways. to remainder of the site," Miller con-
The Maplewood Planning Commission tinued.
and manager Mike Miller have recom- The method for financing the develop-
mended the council approve the special ment has not been determined but all "....The staff feels that the proposed low
use permit subject to 14 staff conditions. building is being designed to be eligible density development in the southerly
Although theland is now zoned farm for Federal Housing Authority (FHA) portion can adequately be served by an
residence and heavy industrial, the PUD funding. upgraded Ferndale st. and the roadways
concept is allowed under the zoning or- indicated in the proposal," he added.
dinance and gives the developer and the Construction of the final three stages
village more flexibility, Miller said. would depend upon availability of While the open space allocation appears
municipal services, Peterson stated. to be adequate the proposal does not in-
Developer Donald Peterson said the dude a proposed open space area which
development, if ultimately,approved and Manager Miller reports that a PUD for appeared to be for neighborhood parks
completed in 1977, would generate about 300 units was considered for the area purposes adjacent to the Beaver Lake
1,495 people, within the proposed south of Maryland ave. in May, 1971 but school,Miller said. "Sewer is available to
guidelines of the village's master guide denied by the council because of the southerly site but not north of
plan. inadequate information on street align- Maryland ave."