HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 05-07 Maplewood Stands Firm on Reviewing Development DISPATCH Maplewood Stands Firm
OrReviewing Development
Maplewood council- the Maplewood' Commu- to take down a "sale" meeting.
men stuck to their guns nity Design Review sign at the project. The council Also ap- ,
last wciek in refusing a Board before additional The council had orderd proved a contract with
developer building per- building permits are the sign moved to•anoth- Connecticut General In-
`mits'for a phase 2 hous- granted. er location a few weeks surance Co. to. provide
ing"development at the The developers, repre- ago, but because there city employes with long
intersection of Larpen- sented by Chuck Cox, was an apparent lack of term disability i n s u r-
teur Avenue and Mc- said there would only be cornmunication between an ce.
Knight Road. "minor" revisions in the the council and the. de- The council approved
Developers Of the Ma- second phase develop- veloper, the sign place- the contract at a cost to
ple Woods project ment, and since time ment will also be re- the_city of $397.85 .per
claimed they had re- was of essence he didn't viewed at the. May 16 rn o n t h.
ceived approval of build- want to go through a se-
ing plans for the entire ries of time-consuming-
` development in 1969 and procedures to gain ap-
therefore shouldn't be proval of what already
required t o resubmit had been approved in
building and landscape 1969.
plans for phase 2 devel- The council, however,
opment. told Cox if he brought
Councilmen John the new building and site
Greavu and Don Wiegert, and landscape plans to
both of whom were on the Design Review
the council in 1969, said Board within a few days,
they believed the council the council could,act on
shad approved the "con- t h e development per-
cept" plan and phase I mits needed by May 16.
building plans only. In a related matter,
4. The council said each the council agreed to
new development must "stay" an order calling
therefore be reviewed by for the same developer