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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 08-01 Mapelwood approves PUD special permit REVIEW Maplewood approves ot ,, ,, PUD special p by Scott Carlson Former Maplewood village planner While street and utility plans concerned Developers of an estimated $15 million Bailey Seida,representing Maple Greens, the council, no objections were raised to housing development, proposed as a said the development would be staged to the projected 1,495 population the project planned unit development (PUD), for the accommodate availability of municipal would bring when ultimately completed in Beaver Lake area were granted a con services. 1977.The village's proposed master guide ditional special user permit by the plan would allow a maximum population Maplewood council last Thursday night. The company proposes a 508 unit of 1,506 people. development of low and average housing The council took its action at the special density mixture composed of attached Twenty-nine acres would be devoted for meeting after overcoming some language and detached single family homes, open space purposes with 26.5 acres of 90 difficulties presented in one of manager townhouses and apartments be built on unit low density housing (RL) generating Mike Miller's 15 conditional staff the site which is located east of the 406 people; and 52.5 acres of 418 units of requirements. Beaver Lake Estates Mobile Home Park, average density housing(RM) generating west of Ferndale st.,north of Beaver Lake 1,100 people. Miller proposed to not allow the Maple elementary school and south of the Greens Development to receive any Chicago-Northwestern railroad tracks. The development is planned to be con- building or ancillary development per- structed over a four phase period. Phase mits until a Ferndale st. improvement Although Seida and the developers did not one construction of single family homes project is ordered to service the find it objectionable, councilman John near Ferndale would begin this year if development on the east side of the 10 Greavu did not agree with the staff acre site. condition allowing, "the Village the right council approval is granted.Later stagingwould be construction of townhouses west to impose additional conditions on each of Ferndale and apartments along But councilman Donald Wiegert termed stageiarsf areevpresented."lopment when such par Maryland ave. near Marylake rd. to be the staff condition a legal impediment to built along with development of necessary advancement of the project. "If we don't roadways or utilities. find the Ferndale st. improvement Greavu said, I don't think that's fair to feasible then supposedly it (the PUD) any developer." But Miller said the wouldn't, exist," Wiegert said. "They condition would protect the village when The method for financing the develop- (the developers) would have special use the company backs with more specific ment has not determined but all building permit but couldn't do much with it." plans. is being designed for eligibility under Federal Housing Authority (FHA) fun- Ma or Les Axdahl added that the con- Miller said previously that the PUD or- Mayor r ding y dinance allows the village and developers dition seemed to circumvent the purpose greater flexibility under the zoning or- of a later public hearing to determineTo protect the village Miller, in his staff dinance.Presently the site is zoned heavy conditions, has required "the developer whether the street improvement should industrial and farm residential. provide financial assurance to thebe u ordered. said he could napprove In other discussion Seida said that a golf Maplewood guaranteeing his faithful special use permit withoho approve corn- p mitting a Ferndale st. improvement. course initially planned in the develop- performance of completing each stage ment as open space has been abandoned approved by and such assurance shall be The council finally agreed to approve the because of drainage problems on the land five percent of each stages's completed special use permit at such time that the from adjacent properties. "We shouldn't construction valuation." Ferndale st. improvement project is be forced to take a Lake Wampagantic," ordered and subject to 14 other staff Seida said. conditions. The developer is also to provide evidence Miller said the plans allowed for enough from a financial institution that sufficient Miller has specified that the developers normal space but did not include a monies are assured to develop each stage will have to hold a certain escrow account proposed open space area which ap- approved and that the assurances shall be to guarantee that a feasibility study is peared to be for neighborhood park submitted to the village prior to ap- paid for even if the road improvement is purposes adjacent to the Beaver Lake plication for the first building permit of not ordered. schools. each stage.