ORDINANCE NO. 060459
Amending Ordinance No. 051463 by
enacting a new section, finding and declaring a parcel of property located at
1920 Wyandotte in the Film Row Planning Area to be a blighted, insanitary or
undeveloped industrial area, and its redevelopment necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, prosperity, health, safety, morals and
welfare, and approving the ad valorem tax benefits pursuant to Section 100.570,
RSMo., and to be included in the Film Row Planning Area. (633-S)
WHEREAS, the
Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri did prepare or
cause to be prepared a General Development Plan for the Film Row Planning Area
and recommended that the Council approve the finding of blight and approve the
General Development Plan for the area; and
WHEREAS, the
City Plan Commission reviewed the finding of blight and of the General
Development Plan for the Film Row Planning Area on December 6, 2005, as
evidenced by its resolution and has found said plan to be in conformance with
the general plan for the development of the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Section
100.400, RSMo, authorizes the Council to approve a general development plan and
a designation of blight if the Council finds that the plan is feasible and in
conformity with the general plan for the development of the community as a
whole; and
WHEREAS, the Council
determined that ad valorem tax exemption benefits as authorized in Section
100.570, RSMo 1994, are necessary to attract developers in the area and
approved the General Development Plan for the Film Row Planning Area (the
Area) by passage of Ordinance No. 051463 on January 5, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the parcel
of property located at 1920 Wyandotte was inadvertently omitted from the legal
description of the Area in the ordinance, although the parcel is included in
the maps included in the general development plan for the Area; and
WHEREAS, the Council
wishes to correct this omission; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Ordinance No. 051463 is hereby amended by enacting a new section to read as
follows:
Section
6. That the Council declares the area located at 1920 Wyandotte, and more
specifically described as follows:
Sec. 08-49-33 NW1/4
NW 1/4 Popcorn Loft Condominiums, Lot 1, Common Ground
to
be a blighted, insanitary or undeveloped industrial area in need of industrial
development as defined in Section 100.310, RSMo, which constitutes an economic
or social liability or a serious and growing menace, which is injurious to the
public health, safety, morals, economy and welfare of the residents of Kansas
City, and finds that the elimination or prevention of the detrimental
conditions in such area by the commercial development of such area is necessary
and in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, economy and welfare
of such residents.
The Council further finds that
the above referenced parcel is included in the General Development Plan for the
Film Row Planning Area and that all references in Ordinance No 051463 to the
General Development Plan for the Film Row Planning Area are applicable to the
above referenced parcel.
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I hereby certify
that as required by Chapter 100, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1994, as amended,
all public notices have been given and public hearings held, as required by
law.
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Secretary, City Plan Commission
Approved as to form and legality:
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Heather
A. Brown
Assistant City Attorney