ORDINANCE NO. 230937
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Approving the Westside Heritage Urban Renewal Plan on approximately 736 acres on an area generally bounded by I-670 on the north, Broadway/Southwest Boulevard/Southwest Trafficway on the east, W. 31st Street on the south, and the Stateline/25th Street/Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks on the west, pursuant to Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority Law. (CD-CPC-2023-00141) ***Held until 3.27.2024***
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WHEREAS, Section 99.430, RSMo, 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 an area generally bounded by I-670 on the north, Broadway/Southwest Boulevard/Southwest Trafficway on the east, W/ 31st Street on the south, and the Stateline/25th Street/Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks on the west, and
WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority has found the area to be 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 has recommended and determined that the Westside Heritage Urban Renewal Plan area be eligible for tax abatement and, if necessary, the exercise of eminent domain by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has reviewed and provided no recommendation of the Westside Heritage Urban Renewal Plan on October 17, 2023; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2016, the City did pass Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, which enacted guidelin...
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