HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 01-31 Maplewood Developer Apartment Project Approval DISPATCH Maplewood � Developer Seeks
Apartment Pro'ect. Approval
A developer wants ap_ Then Charles Cox of ningcommission, which He said
ild-
proval for a housing Maple Woods Inc. had meets publiclyMonday, ings wouldhe new buthe
go on the
project in Maplewood hoped for a development starting at 7:30 p.m. at north half of the Maple
that includes five four- with five-story buil d- the city hall, 1380 Frost Woods property.
story apartment build- ings. Ave., has been asked to "We're in a zone that
ings. Residents in single study the proposal in allows for 32 units per
That's a plan revised family neighborhoods time to .submit a recom- acre," Cox commented.
downward from one de- surrounding the Maple mendation at the hear- "But we'll end up with
Hied by the city council Woods 73-acre site, at ing• only20."
last year. the. northeast corner of C o x has speculated New recreation facil-
Iarpenteur Avenue and that the project will re- ties connected with the
McKnight Road, object- ceive local endorsement. apartments, the develo-
ed. "I don't think there's per said, will include
They pointed out that another project in the five tennis courts, two
in 1969 the city council Twin Cities area with so outdoor swimming
had established a maxi- much open space," he pools, two outdoor bas-
mum 3 foot height for explained, "almost 75 ketball courts and enter-
structures on the multi- per cent of the entire tainment rooms in each
family zoned property. tract." building.
Cox said the new plan
calls for nothing that
would exceed that maxi-
mum.
He said each of the
buildings would contain
87 apartments.
The total, some 435 un-
nits, was the same as he
proposed originally, as
the second of his Maple
Woods planned unit de-
velopment.
The already completed
first phase includes 240
apartments and 60 town-
houses.
The city council indi-
cated the proposal will
be aired fully at a public
hearing Feb.28.
Meanwhile, the plan-
e +=