RESOLUTION NO. 050298
Approving the St. John Corridor
Infrastructure and Land Use Plan as a guide for the future development and
redevelopment of the area bounded by Gladstone Boulevard on the west, Belmont Boulevard on the east, Windsor and Scarritt Avenues on the north, and Morrell and
Anderson Avenues on the south. (620-S)
WHEREAS, the City Development Department has conducted a study
delineating the characteristics of the St. John Avenue Corridor; and
WHEREAS, as a result of said study, the City Development Department has
proposed a framework for the orderly development within the St. John Corridor;
and
WHEREAS, said framework provides a guide for future development and
redevelopment of the area, for specific and general policies to guide future
decisions, and for identification of public and private needs throughout the
community and possible solutions to those needs; and
WHEREAS, the City Development Department has incorporated its findings in
the St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the
St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan has incorporated the policies of the FOCUS Kansas
City Plan and other appropriate planning documents; and
WHEREAS, the policies within the St. John Corridor Infrastructure and
Land Use Plan, which will serve as the plan of
record for this area, is consistent with the policies of the FOCUS Kansas City
Plan. Any future amendments to St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan should be
guided by and comply with the policy direction set forth in the FOCUS Kansas
City Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 971268 in 1997; and
WHEREAS, the St. John
Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan was unanimously approved by the City Plan
Commission on March 1, 2005; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That the
St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan is hereby adopted as a
guide for the future development and redevelopment of the area bounded by
Gladstone Boulevard on the west, Belmont Boulevard on the east, Windsor and
Scarritt Avenues on the north, and Morrell and Anderson Avenues on the south.
That the St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan is attached hereto,
in substantial form, and is hereby approved.
Section B. That the
St. John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use 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 St.
John Corridor Infrastructure and Land Use Plan hereinabove, all public notices have been given and
hearings have been had as required by law.
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