Cory King’s plan to convert an empty lot on Hazel Avenue into a parking lot for his brewery, Side Project, was rejected by the Hazel Ave. neighbors in a city meeting, and King subsequently, in the meeting pulled the project.
He has now revised the plan, making the parking lot portion of the lot only about a third of the total lot. The remainder would be a “proposed wood framed 2 story 1.082 SF per floor.”
The city council will hold a public hearing on the proposal at the Nov. 12 city council meeting.
Update: All but one of the members of the planning and zoning commission voted to approve the plan, according to a resident who attended the meeting.
Update (11/12): Following a discussion among city council members, the council held the the first two votes, approving the plan unanimously. The final vote will be held at the December council meeting.
The council members were concerned about the sufficiency of the buffer zone between the six parking spots and the house to be built as well as the existing home to the east of the lot. The brewery owner, Cory King, was willing to do what will be needed. Part of the buffer will be an 8-foot high wooden fence. When open (every night but Tuesday) the brewery closes at 8 p.m.
King said two residents of the street (Hazel Avenue) have already approached him about wanting to build a house on the lot. He said he would sell that part of the property to the owner of the new home.
Have the building owners in the Special Business District lost their collective purposes and meanings that framed the Maplewood Down Town community, or has the debate become unhinged and uncertain with poor business conditions in the Special Business District causing commercial storefronts to reduce capital investment? Maplewood MO, once experienced a widespread economic downturn, and businesses and investors took advantage of lower real estate prices in pursuit of their self-interest and bought buildings at blighted pricing. Should they help the output of the retail business and rent prices to a state of equilibrium?
Destruction of Maplewood Community. Parking history in Maplewood Special Business District. For decades, Maplewood downtown has had parking inadequacy. Monarch Restaurant closed due to lack of parking. A small micro brewery is proposing the following. Destroying a residential neighborhood by adding a few parking spaces is lu·di·crous ” so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing, ridiculous:” And you voted for an architect to be your mayor? Maplewood was a Trolley Downtown; Joe Edward was a visionary. I know many people are against his Trolley, but now it is being managed properly and turning a profit. Joe is right! All Maplewood needs is for Metro to run a small transport bus to run back and forth from Manchester to the Metro Station. Easy fix, or is this a race issue of who rides Metro? I know it was for Wildwood, MO. When Metro was proposed for the Pacific line near Six Flags. My neighbors said a quote: “They will come out here and steal my Hub Caps.” pathetic!
Fast and Loose: Will the house be built before the lot is paved, adding more rain runoff to the already overcharged sewer system in Maplewood Special Business District? The tail wags the dog in Maplewood. Homeownership comes second in an “all-for-the-money mindset” with greedy Maplewood Special Business District building owners. Maplewood has a history alright. Side Project Brewery go to a Zoned for Industry location. I personally, would not live in Soulard because of the smell of A-B.
The moral core is fading in many aspects of society: acquired money can change the perspective of most individuals. I thought I was buying a Chevy, but when I needed repairs from the mechanic, I was informed my car was a Cherry made in China. I looked exactly like a Chevy. Guess the rules changed when I was tying my shoes. Why do we have zoning? It is just my dirt; I should be able to put on my dirt whatever I want. If anyone travels to China leave your laptop at home. They have no morals.
This is good for Maplewood. Appreciate seeing the compromise.
Strip Bars would be good for Maplewood, too.
We are lucky to have Side Project in Maplewood and glad there was a way forward.
This is a very clever maneuver. When the citizens have made it clear, they oppose. If this clever design is approved, the neighborhood will be duped by a dark influence.
Truthfully, residential property owners’ voices have been silenced by commercial business ownership. And who speaks for the homeowners? They have been taken advantage of by not having an organization of Homeowners. I could not see this happening in more affluent cities. Maplewood “Fast and Loose.” It is what it is! So ironic, That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot – Joni Mitchell