RESOLUTION NO. 041089

Approving an amendment to the East 23rd Street Area Plan by modifying the Land Use Plan and Map for an area generally located at the southeast corner of E. 27th Street and Brighton Avenue to recommend retail commercial uses instead of low density residential uses.

WHEREAS, on April 22, 1977, the City Council by Resolution No. 47650 adopted the East 23rd Street Area Plan as a guide for development and redevelopment of that area bounded by the Kansas City Terminal Railway on the north, Topping Avenue on the east and Interstate 70 on the south and west; and

WHEREAS, the East 23rd Street Area Plan was amended on March 25, 1983, through the adoption of Resolution No. 54866 and was further amended on June 1, 2000, through the adoption of Resolution No. 000633; and

WHEREAS, after further review by the City Development Department, it has been deemed appropriate to amend the East 23rd Street Area Plan as it affects that area generally located at the southeast corner of E. 27th Street and Brighton by modifying the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for such area from low density residential (1-8 units/acre) uses to retail commercial uses; and

WHEREAS, public notice of a hearing before the City Plan Commission was published on June 21, 2004; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission considered such amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map on July 6, 2004; and

WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on July 6, 2004, recommend approval of the proposed amendment to the East 23rd Street Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section A. That the third amendment to the East 23rd Street Area Plan is hereby approved as to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for that area generally located at the southeast corner of E. 27th Street and Brighton by modifying the recommended land uses for the area from low density residential (1-8 units/acre) uses to retail commercial uses. A copy of the amendment to the Land Use Plan and Map of the East 23rd Street Area Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

Section B. That the amendment to the East 23rd Street 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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