ORDINANCE NO. 180134
Approving the North Montgall PIEA
General Development Plan for an area of approximately 2.34 acres generally
located at the intersection of Guinotte and Montgall, bounded by the railroad
tracks to the north, Guinotte Avenue Viaduct to the south, Chestnut Trafficway
to the east and N. Prospect Avenue to the west; declaring the area blighted and
insanitary and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the
Missouri Planned Industrial Expansion Authority Law, Sections 100.300-100.620,
RSMo; and authorizing abatement to
the full extent authorized by applicable law pursuant to Section 9 of Second
Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as amended. (756-S)
WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of
Kansas City, Missouri did prepare or cause to be prepared the North
Montgall PIEA 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 of the North Montgall PIEA General
Development Plan on February 6, 2018, as
evidenced by its disposition of the case and its written recommendations
submitted to the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 100.400, RSMo, authorizes the Council
to make a finding that an area is a blighted area and approve a general
development plan for such area 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, on October 6, 2016, the City did pass Second
Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, which Ordinance No.
160383, as amended, enacted guidelines on the City’s use of abated and exempted
real property taxes in funding economic development projects; and
WHEREAS, Section 9 of Ordinance No. 160383, as amended,
provides that notwithstanding the guidelines set forth therein, the Council
retains its discretion to authorize the capture and redirection, or abatement
or exemption, in whole or in part, of ad valorem real property taxes to the
full extent authorized by any provision of law; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Council finds the North
Montgall PIEA Planning Area, which area contains
approximately 2.34 acres generally located at the intersection of
Guinotte and Montgall, bounded by the railroad tracks to the north, Guinotte
Avenue Viaduct to the south, Chestnut Trafficway to the east and N Prospect
Avenue, and is more specifically described by
metes and bounds as follows:
Howard & Scotts Add, all Lots 22 & 23, Block
2.
515 N. Prospect: Howard & Scotts Add, Lots 20
& 21, Block 2
513 N. Prospect: Howard & Scotts Add, all Lots 18
& 19, Block 2
518 N. Prospect/Vac Lot: Howard & Scotts Add, Lot
1, Block 2
516 N. Prospect/Vac Lot: Howard & Scotts Add, Lot
2, Block 2
512 N. Prospect/Vac Lot: Howard & Scotts Add,
Lots 3 & 4, Block 2
Lots 5 & 6, Block 2, Howard & Scotts Add
507 N. Montgall: Howard & Scotts Addition, Lots 1
thru 6, Block 1, also vacant alley lying westerly and adjacent said lots, also
Lots 16 thru 21, Block 1, and 507A N. Montgall, Howard & Scotts Addition,
Lots 8 thru 15, Block 1, also vacant alley north of and adjacent Lots 7 thru
15, Block 1 except south 1/2 said alley north of and adjacent said Lot 7.
2703 Guinotte: Howard & Scotts Add, beginning
northeast corner Lot 3, Block 12, thence east 36 feet; thence southerly on
curve to right rad 233.25 feet to west line Lot 4; thence northerly to
northwest corner Lot 4; thence northeast 23.79 feet to point of beginning, also
all Lots 5 thru 8, Block 12.
to
be a blighted area as defined in Section 100.310, RSMo, and more specifically
finds that there is a predominance of defective and inadequate street layout,
insanitary and unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, and the
existence of conditions which endanger life and property by fire and other
causes in such planning area and as a result of the predominance of those
conditions the planning area in its present condition and use constitutes an
economic and social liability and a serious menace to the public health,
safety, morals, and welfare.
Section 2. That the North Montgall 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.
Section 3. That the Council has duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Section
100.300-100.620, RSMo.
Section 4. That the
North Montgall PIEA 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,
and as supplemented in Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, As
Amended, are hereby extended to the area included within the North Montgall
PIEA General Development Plan to the extent and in the manner as provided for
in said North Montgall PIEA General Development Plan, and subject to the
execution of a development agreement with the Authority and developer.
Section 6. That pursuant to Section 9
of Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, the City
Council hereby authorizes the abatement of ad valorem real property taxes to
the full extent authorized by Section 100.570, RSMo with respect to any project
qualifying for Jobs-Based or Site-Based “High Impact” designation as determined
by the AdvanceKC Scorecard, derived from the City Council’s Economic
Development and Incentive Policy, or located in a severely distressed census
tract that has continuously maintained such status for not less than ten (10)
years immediately prior to the effective date of the request.
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I hereby certify that as required by Chapter 110, 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