ORDINANCE NO. 160942

Approving the 7th & Main PIEA General Development Plan on about 2.05 acres generally located west of Main Street between 7th Street and 8th Street, and declaring the area a blighted and insanitary area in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Missouri Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA) Law 100.300-100.620. (162-S-1)

WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (“Authority”) did prepare or cause to be prepared the 7th and Main PIEA General Development Plan (“General Development Plan”) 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 has reviewed and recommended approval of the finding of blight and the plan for the 7th and Main Planning Area (“Planning Area”) on November 1, 2016, and recommended approval of the finding of blight for the Planning Area and found the 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 the 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; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Council declares the area of approximately 2.05 acres generally located west of Main Street between 7th Street and 8th Street, and more specifically described by metes and bounds as follows:

710 Main Street: A part of Lots 15, 16 and 17, Block 2, Coffman's Addition, all of Lots 17 and 18 and Lot 16, except the south 16.30 feet thereof, in Block 3, T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition, a portion of the vacated north-south alley lying west of and adjoining said Block 3, portions of Lots 14 to 27 inclusive, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, and portions of vacated 7th Street and Delaware Street, all more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the prolongation west of a line drawn 16.30 feet north of and parallel with the south line of Lot 16, Block 3, in said T.H. Swope’s 2nd Addition, said point beginning on the east line of Baltimore Avenue, as now established; thence North 0 degrees 08 minutes 10 seconds West, parallel with said east line, 175.79 feet to the south line of 7th Street, as now established; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 10 seconds East along said south line and its prolongation east, 228.03 feet; thence easterly and southeasterly along a curve to the right from the last described course as a tangent, having a radius of 38 feet, a distance of 9.00 feet to a point on the north line, 74.68 feet west of the northeast corner of Lot 26, in Ross & Scarritt's Addition; thence continuing southeasterly along the last described curve, 28.67 feet; thence continuing southeasterly and southerly along a curve to the right, having a common tangent with the last described curve and a radius of 79 feet, a distance of 44.29 feet thence South 01 degrees 01 minutes 20 seconds East, tangent to the last described curve, 123.06 feet; thence west 276 feet to point of beginning, all in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

720 Main Street:

Parcel A: Lots 13, 14, 15 and the south 16.30 feet of Lot 16, Block 3, T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition, and that part of the vacated alley lying west of and adjoining and lying east of the east line of Baltimore Avenue, formerly Ann Street, as established by Ordinance No. 5253 approved April 9, 1872, together with a part of Delaware Street east and adjoining as vacated by Ordinance No. 41284 passed June 2, 1972, all in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

Parcel B: Lots 14 to 18, both inclusive, Ross and Scarritt's Addition, and that part of Lot 19 in said addition lying south of the easterly prolongation of a line drawn 16.30 feet north at right angles from the south line of Lot 16, Block 3, in T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition; together with that part of Delaware Street and 8th Street lying south of said easterly prolongation as vacated by Ordinance No. 24054 passed July 2, 1959, and by Ordinance No. 41284 passed June 2, 1972, excepting from the above described tract part of said lots now in Main Street.

All of Parcels A and B being described by metes and bounds as follows:

All that part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 5, Township 49, Range 33, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, including Lots 13, 14, 15 and the south 16.30 feet of Lot 16, Block 3, T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition; Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and part of Lot 19, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, together with parts of vacated streets and alleys described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point on the north line of 8th Street 48.50 feet west of the southeast corner of Lot 14, Ross & Scarritt's Addition; thence South 5 degrees 54 minutes 50 seconds West, 11.11 feet to a point on the north line of 8th Street as now established by vacation Ordinance No. 24054 passed July 2, 1959, thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 40 seconds West along the north line of 8th Street as so established, 52.17 feet; thence continuing along the north line of 8th Street to the southeast corner of Lot 13, Block 3, T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 40 seconds West along said lot line and the north line of 8th Street, 192 feet more or less, to the east line of Baltimore Avenue, formerly Ann Street, as established by Ordinance No. 5253 approved April 9, 1872; thence north along said east line 148.36 feet more or less to a line 16.30 feet north at right angles from the south line of Lot 16, T.H. Swope's 2nd Addition; thence east along said parallel line and its prolongation across vacated Delaware Street, and across Lot 19, Ross & Scarritt's Addition, to the east line of said Lot 19; thence south along the east lines of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 and 14 to the southeast corner of said Lot 14, thence west along the south line of said Lot 14, a distance of 48.50 feet to the point of beginning, excepting from the above described tract part of said lots now in Main Street.

to be an 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. 

Section 2. That the 7th & Main PIEA General Development Plan prepared by the Authority and recommended to the Council is intended to and shall affect and be applicable to only the real property specifically described in Section 1 above and is hereby approved. A copy of said General Development Plan is attached to this ordinance and is made a part hereof.

Section 3. That the Council has duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Section 100.300-100.620, RSMo. 

Section 4. That the General Development Plan is hereby found to be feasible and in conformance with the general plan for the development of the community as a whole. 

Section 5. That the ad valorem tax exemption benefits as authorized in Section 100.570, RSMo, are hereby extended to the plan area to the extent and in the manner as provided for in said General Development Plan, and subject to the execution of a development agreement with the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, and the developer. 

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I hereby certify that as required by Chapter 100, RSMo, 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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Brian T. Rabineau

Assistant City Attorney