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File #: 251031    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 11/7/2025 In control: Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
On agenda: 12/9/2025 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by amending the use tables in Sections 88-120, 88-130, and 88-140; creating a new Section 88-353, "Large Format Uses," to establish use standards for Large Format uses; creating a new section 88-339, "Data Centers," to establish use standards for Data Centers; amending Section 88-805-05, "Industrial Use Group," to add definitions for Large Format Uses and Data Centers; and amending Section 88-810, "Definitions," to add a definition for Green Roofs. (CD-CPC-2025-00078)
Sponsors: Director of City Planning & Development
Attachments: 1. LFU CPC Slides final_11.5.2025, 2. LFU Text Amendments_final to CC, 3. Redline_LFU, 4. LFU Staff Report_11.5.25, 5. LFU Attachment 3. Communications Received, 6. CD-CPC-2025-00078_Additional Communications Received, 7. LFU Attachment 2. Best Practices Report, 8. Docket Memo_LFU
ORDINANCE NO. 251031

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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department

Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by amending the use tables in Sections 88-120, 88-130, and 88-140; creating a new Section 88-353, "Large Format Uses," to establish use standards for Large Format uses; creating a new section 88-339, "Data Centers," to establish use standards for Data Centers; amending Section 88-805-05, "Industrial Use Group," to add definitions for Large Format Uses and Data Centers; and amending Section 88-810, "Definitions," to add a definition for Green Roofs. (CD-CPC-2025-00078)

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, is hereby amended by repealing Table 120-1, "Office, Business, and Commercial Districts Use Table," and enacting in lieu thereof a new table of like number and subject matter, said table to read as follows:
Table 120-1
Office, Business, and Commercial Districts Use Table
USE GROUP
(refer to 88-805 Use Groups and Categories)
ZONING DISTRICT
Use Standards
Use Category
" specific use type
O
B1
B2
B3
B4

RESIDENTIAL
Household Living
" Detached houses
P
P
P
P
P
88-120-03-H.3
" In any other residential building type
-
P
P
P
P
88-323
" In mixed-use building
P
P
P
P
P

Group Living
P
P
P
P
P[5]

PUBLIC/CIVIC
Bicycle Sharing Facilities
P
P
P
P
P
88-322
Club, Lodge, or Fraternal Organization
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

College/University
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

Day Care






" Home-based (1-5)
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

" Family (up to 10)
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

" Group (up to 20)
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

" Center (21+)
P
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

Hospital
S
P
P
P
P[5 for Ground Floor Uses]

Library/Museum/Cultural Exhibit
P
P
P
P
P

Park/Recreation
P
P
P
P
P

Religious Assembly
P
P
P
P
P

Safety Service






" Fire station
P
P
P
P
P[4]

" Police station
P
P
P
P
P

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