ORDINANCE NO. 060545

Declaring the area generally located at the northeast and southeast corners of 18th Street and Holmes Street as blighted and insanitary area in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Missouri Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority law and approving the 18th & Holmes Urban Renewal Plan. (645-S)

WHEREAS, the area generally located at the northeast and southeast corners of 18th Street and Holmes Street is (1) blighted by reason of the predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, improper subdivision or obsolete platting, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition or (2) insanitary by reason of a predominance of buildings and improvements which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air sanitation or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding of buildings, overcrowding of land, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency and crime or constitutes an economic or social liability and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; and

WHEREAS, on _________________, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, adopted a resolution recommending that the area be declared blighted or insanitary and recommending approval of an Urban Renewal Plan for the area; and

WHEREAS, on April 18, 2006, the City Plan Commission reviewed this matter and recommended (1) approval of the designation of the area as blighted or insanitary area and (2) approval of the Urban Renewal Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Council finds that the proposed urban renewal area identified as the 18th & Holmes Urban Renewal Area generally located at the northeast and southeast corners of 18th Street and Holmes Street, legally described as:

Park Place Lots 86-89 and the south 10 feet of Lot 90 and the vacated alley lying east of and adjacent, and part of Lots 9-11 Block 1, Vineyards 1st Addition described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 86 Park Place thence north along the west line of Lots 86-90 110' thence easterly 138.90' thence S 88 Deg 48 Min 57 Sec W 28.09' thence easterly 24.29' thence southerly 81.88' to the north right of way line of 18^th Street thence westerly and along said northerly right of way line 162.57' to the point of beginning; and the north 20 feet of Lot 81 and all Lots 82-84 and the south 10 feet of Lot 85, Park Place all in Section 8, Township 40 North, Range 33 West, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

is a blighted or insanitary area need of redevelopment or in need of rehabilitation and is appropriate for an urban renewal project by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to Chapter 99, RSMo.

Section 2. That the Council finds that the Urban Renewal Plan is feasible and in conformity with the general plan for the development of the community as a whole.

Section 3. That the 18th & Holmes Urban Renewal Plan, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk with this ordinance and is hereby approved.

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I hereby certify that as is required by Chapter 99, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, all public notices have been given and hearings have been held.

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Secretary, City Plan Commission

Approved as to form and legality:

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Heather A. Brown

Assistant City Attorney