RESOLUTION NO. 051467

Amending the Downtown Industrial Area Plan for the general area located west of Broadway, south of Truman Road, north of Southwest Boulevard and east of I-35, and in addition, the area between Broadway Boulevard on the west and Baltimore Avenue on the east and from 17th Terrace on the north to 18th Street on the south, by changing the recommended land use from light industry to mixed uses (residential/commercial/light industrial). (211-S-12)

WHEREAS, on June 15, 1978, the City Council by Resolution No. 49188 adopted the Downtown Industrial Area Plan as the Plan for development and redevelopment of that area bounded by I-35 on the north, the Terminal Railroad tracks on the south, Troost Avenue on the east and Southwest Trafficway on the west; and

  WHEREAS, said Downtown Industrial Area Plan was amended on June 25, 1998, through the adoption of Resolution No. 980549; was amended on January 13, 2000, through the adoption of Resolution No. 991627; was further amended on August 29, 2002, through the adoption of Resolution No. 020942; was further amended on February 20, 2003, through the adoption of Resolution No. 030117; was further amended on July 1, 2004, through the adoption of Resolution No. 040576, was further amended on April 28, 2005, through the adoption of Resolution No. 050413; and

WHEREAS, after further review by the City Development Department, it has been deemed appropriate to further amend the Downtown Industrial Area Plan as it affects that general area located west of Broadway, south of Truman Road, north of Southwest Boulevard and east of I-35, and in addition, the area between Broadway Boulevard on the west and Baltimore Avenue on the east and from 17th Terrace on the north to 18th Street on the south, by changing the recommended land use from light industry to mixed uses (residential/commercial/light industrial); and

WHEREAS, public notice of a hearing was published for the City Plan Commission Hearing on November 21, 2005; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission considered such amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map on December 6, 2005; and

WHEREAS, after all interested persons were given an opportunity to present testimony, the City Plan Commission did on December 6, 2005, make its recommendation on the proposed amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,

  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

  Section A. That the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is hereby amended as to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map for that general area located west of Broadway, south of Truman Road, north of Southwest Boulevard and east of I-35, and in addition, the area between Broadway Boulevard on the west and Baltimore Avenue on the east and from 17th Terrace on the north to 18th Street on the south, by changing the recommended land use from light industry to mixed uses (residential/commercial/light industrial). A copy of the amendment to the Proposed Land Use Plan and Map of the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

Section B. That the amendment to the Downtown Industrial Area Plan is consistent and complies with the FOCUS Kansas City Plan, adopted on October 30, 1997, by Committee Substitute 030117 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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