HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 02-26 Mayor, Councilman Kill Maplewood Rezoning DISPATCH Mayor; Councilman Kill
Rezoning
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Mayor Robert ruton C o u n c i l m e n ex- Bruton called the re-A
and Councilman Norm changed harsh words quest "reasonable," sug-
Anderson successfully over the outcome. g est ing that a large
blocked a controversialan example, Coun-' tract rather than single
rezoning in MaplewoodAs lot developments were
oilman John Greavu ac-
lastweek. "most desirable" for the
That means homes cased Bruton of catering area, a busy section of
will be preserved, for to a developer. White Bear A v e n u e
the time-being, on 16 lots "You want him to tell across from Shoppers' ,
along the west side of us what to do with the City and a few hundred
feet south of Aldrich
Arena.
However, considerable
opposition to a rezone
4' .„ has been reported from
"> > residents along Flan-
''fr. n •. draw Street.
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Their homes abut the
rear of the lots along
r White Bear Avenue.
a
- . r James Bothwell, 1704 1
R Flandrau St., said some
k ` f t
..",,c,--•,. ;,4".':, ohe residents had
hired .an attorney and
BRUTON ANDERSON would go to court to fight
any zoning other than
White Bear Avenue im- land," the councilman residential.
mediately south of Ri- said, "instead of us tell- While rezone i
pleyStreet. , ing him." wouldn't thebe "spot zn e i
The city council had According to the may- w ul it would
earlier, with Mayor Bru- or, Land Increment Co. inamount tow "spot probably
devel-
tons support, voted 4-1 has secured an option toopmeamount,,he argued.
to introduce an • ordi- purchase at least five of
nance to re zone the the lots.
properties to limited Spokesmen for the de- B o t h w e 11 admitted
business commercial veloper, he •said, told there was some support
(LBC). him they have no specif- on White Bear Avenue
But in the showdown is plans for the proper- for the rezoning, but he
vote for adoption, Bru- ties. urged the council to con
ton switched sides. "But I got the impres-
The issue needed a sion they're thinking s i d e r the opposition
four-fifths majority to commercial," he ex- f r o m the surrounding
pass. plained. "They asked neighborhoods, especial
The mayor had plead- that we give them an op-
ed with the council to. portunity to speak be- ly along Flandrau Street
postpone the final vote fore we take final ac- a n d Larpenteur and
for 90 days, until a de- tion." Frost avenues.
veloper had an 'oppor-_
tunity to explain what he
would do with some of
the lots.
When a motion for
postponement failed 3-2,
Bruton apparently fig-
ured it was better to out-
rightly deny the rezone. I