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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