RESOLUTION NO. 021248

Approving an amendment to the Country Club Area Plan as it affects an area generally bounded by Wornall Road on the west, Oak Street on the east, 59th Street on the north and 63rd Street on the south and an area from Wornall Road on the west, Troost Avenue on the east, 63rd Street on the north and Meyer Boulevard on the south, by recommending low-medium density residential, mixed-use residential/office/institutional, and mixed use residential/commercial/office/institutional instead of office commercial, low density residential, public, semi-public and retail commercial uses. (260-S-6)

WHEREAS, on August 28, 1980, the City Council by Resolution No. 51866 adopted the Country Club Area Plan as a guide for development and redevelopment of that area bounded by Volker Boulevard and Ward Parkway on the north, State Line on the west, Gregory Boulevard on the south and Troost Avenue from Gregory Boulevard to 63rd Street and by Oak Street from 63rd Street to Volker Boulevard on the east; and

WHEREAS, said Country Club Area Plan was amended on December 23, 1981, through the adoption of Resolution No. 53516, was amended on February 13, 1987, through the adoption of Resolution No. 60437; was amended on June 1, 1989, through the adoption of Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 63220; and amended on May 23, 1991, through the adoption of Resolution No. 910195; and was further amended on June 8, 2000, through the adoption of Resolution No. 000629; and

WHEREAS, after further review by the City Development Department, it has been deemed appropriate to amend the Country Club Area Plan as it affects that area generally bounded by Wornall Road on the west, Oak Street on the east, 59th Street on the north and 63rd Street on the south and an area from Wornall Road on the west, Troost Avenue on the east, 63rd Street on the north and Meyer Boulevard on the south, to modify the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map by recommending low-medium density residential, mixed-use residential/office/institutional, and mixed use residential/commercial/office/institutional instead of office commercial, low density residential, public, semi-public and retail commercial uses; and

WHEREAS, public notice of a hearing before the City Plan Commission was published on September 2, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission considered such amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map on September 17, 2002; and

WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on September 17, 2002, recommend approval of the proposed amendment to the Country Club Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section A. That the sixth amendment to the Country Club Area Plan is hereby approved for that area generally bounded by Wornall Road on the west, Oak Street on the east, 59th Street on the north and 63rd Street on the south and an area from Wornall Road on the west, Troost Avenue on the east, 63rd Street on the north and Meyer Boulevard on the south, to modify the Proposed Land Use Plan and May by recommending low-medium density residential, mixed-use residential/office/institutional, and mixed use residential/commercial/office/institutional instead of office commercial, low density residential, public, semi-public and retail commercial uses. A copy of the amendment to the Land Use Plan and Map of the Country Club Area Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

Section B. That the amendment to the Country Club Area Plan is consistent and complies with the FOCUS Kansas City Plan, adopted on October 30, 1997, by Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 971268, and is adopted as a supplement to the FOCUS Kansas City Plan.

Section C. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed amendment hereinabove, all public notices and hearings required by law have been given and had.

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