HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 04-09 Maplewood Approves McDonald's Restaurant DISPATCH Maplewood Approves
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McDonald's, after In a written report to
months of battling and the council, he said peak
one denial by the city hour traffic from the
co u n c i 1, has received restaurant to White
permission to sell ham- Bear Avenue was esti-
burgers in Maplewood. mated at 126 cars or one
But it was a real every 29 seconds.
squeaker. Added to present traf-
fic, he s a i d, that
The council voted 3-2 amounts to 219 cars or
to issue the fast-food one every 16 seconds.
chain a special use per- And that all adds up to
mit for a restaurant off congestion a t an in-
Cope Avenue near White tersection without auto-
Bear Avenue. just to the matic signalization and
west of Donny's Supper no prospects of it corn-
Club. ing for at least a year,
City Manager Michael he insisted.
Miller had recommend- But Councilman Norm
ed against McDonald's. Anderson, Don -Wiegert
and Burt Murdock voted
for approval of the Mc-
Donald's request any-
way.
"I've talked to the peo-
ple in the (surrounding)
area," Anderson said.
"They're not - objecting
to it. Otherwise, they'd
be up here hollering."
"The only input I've
had," Wiegert reported,
"is from people asking
why they can't have a
McDonald's."
The location was op-
posed by Mayor Robert
Bruton and Councilman
John Greavu.
Meanwhile, Mc-
Donald's officials, who
h a d unsuccessfully
sought approval for a
nearby location earlier,
said they plan on con-
struction of the restau-
rant in time for opening
this summer.