RESOLUTION NO. 100343
Amending
the Downtown East Area Plan to change the proposed land use from low density residential
to industrial/commercial for an area of about 59 acres generally bounded by
Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th Street on the south
and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue on the west.
(242-S-7)
WHEREAS, the Downtown
East Area Plan was approved as a guide for the development and redevelopment of
that area generally bounded on the south by 23rd Street, on the west by Troost
Avenue, and on the north and east by I-70 by Resolution No. 49636, adopted
October 19, 1978; and
WHEREAS, said
Downtown East Area Plan was amended by Resolution No. 920054 adopted February
13, 1992 and by Resolution No. 63757, adopted April 13, 1989; and
WHEREAS, said
Downtown East Area Plan was further amended by Committee Substitute for
Resolution No. 100049 on March 11, 2010; and
WHEREAS, it has been
determined that it is appropriate to provide for further modification of said
Downtown East Area Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City
Development Department has recommended that the land use designations of said
Plan be modified to allow industrial/commercial development in an area
generally bounded by Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th
Street on the south and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue
on the west; and
WHEREAS, on December
1, 2009, the City Plan Commission recommended approval of such amendment to the
Downtown East Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That the
Downtown East Area Plan is hereby amended to change the proposed land use from
low density residential to industrial/commercial for an area of about 59 acres
generally bounded by Benton Plaza on the north, Interstate 70 on the east, 24th
Street on the south and College Avenue, Kansas Avenue and Bellefontaine Avenue
on the west.
Section B. That in
all other respects, the Downtown East Area Plan, as amended, remains in full
force and effect.
Section C. That this
amendment 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 D. That the
Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed plan,
all public notices and hearings required by law have been given and had.
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