ORDINANCE NO. 960950
Declaring the area generally located at the northeast
corner of 30th and Mercier Streets a blighted and insanitary area in need of
redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Missouri Land Clearance for
Redevelopment Authority law and approving the Urban Renewal Plan for the same,
said plan to be known as the Infill Housing Urban Renewal Project Area No. 143.
WHEREAS, Section 99.430, Revised Statutes of
Missouri, provides that a legislative body may approve a declaration of blight
and approve an urban renewal plan for the same area simultaneously; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest
that the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri,
submit an Urban Renewal Plan for the area generally located at the northeast
corner of 30th and Mercier Streets; and
WHEREAS, said area is blighted due to the insanitary
or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, and a combination of
such factors so as to constitute an economic or social liability to the public
health, safety, morals or welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment
Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, did on the 25th day of October, 1995, adopt
a resolution recommending that the area be declared blighted and recommending
approval of an Urban Renewal Plan for the area generally located at the
northeast corner of 30th and Mercier Streets, said resolution being set forth
and incorporated in the Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has reviewed and
recommended approval of the designation of blight and approval of the Urban
Renewal Plan on April 2, 1996, as evidenced by its resolution recommending
approval of the adoption of said plan and has found said plan to be in
conformance with the Master Plan for the development of the community as a
whole, subject to certain conditions, a copy of which resolution is attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A"; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal area
identified as the Infill Housing Urban Renewal Project Area No. 143 at the
northeast corner of 30th and Mercier Streets, more specifically described as:
29th and Mercier, Lots 23-27, Block 12, Winter Park,
Lots 28-33, Block 12, Winter Park, and Lots 34-37, Block 12, Winter Park,
a subdivision lying in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
is a blighted area and in need of redevelopment and
rehabilitation and is appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project, and that the
undertaking by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City,
Missouri, of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of a character
contemplated by Section 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, and
the proposed urban renewal area is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Council has duly made the
findings necessary for compliance with Sections 99.320 and 99.430, Revised
Statutes of Missouri, as amended.
Section 3. That the Urban Renewal Plan for Infill
Housing Urban Renewal Project Area No. 143, a copy of which is on file in the
office of the City Clerk under Document No. 960950, and which is incorporated
herein by reference, is hereby approved.
Section 4. That said Urban Renewal Plan is hereby
found to be feasible and in conformance with the Master Plan for the
development of the community as a whole.
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I hereby certify that as is required by Chapter 99,
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1994, as amended, all public notices and hearings
required by law have been given and had.
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Secretary, City Plan
Commission
Approved as to form and
legality:
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Assistant City Attorney