Legislation Details

File #: 260683    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 7/22/2026 In control: Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
On agenda: 8/4/2026 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Sections 88-110-04, 88-110-06-C, 88-408-A, 88-445-06, 88-620-B, 88-810-1442, and 88-810-2140, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter for the purpose of replacing the terms attached house, semi attached house, and townhouse with the terms townhouse, two-unit townhouse, and multi-unit townhouse to align definitions and terms within the Zoning and Development Code to the Building Code. (CD-CPC-2026-00085)
Sponsors: Director of City Planning & Development
Attachments: 1. Docket Memo _CD-CPC-2026-00085_Townhouse Text Amendment, 2. Redline PDF_Townhouse Text Amendment, 3. Staff Report_Townhome Text Amendment_CD-CPC-2026-00085_7-15-26, 4. Staff Presentation_CPC_07-15-26_Text Amendment_CD-CPC-2026-00085, 5. Dispo CPC_CD-CPC-2026-00085_Townhouse Text Amendment_7-15-26, 6. 260683com
ORDINANCE NO. 260683

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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department

Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Sections 88-110-04, 88-110-06-C, 88-408-A, 88-445-06, 88-620-B, 88-810-1442, and 88-810-2140, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter for the purpose of replacing the terms attached house, semi attached house, and townhouse with the terms townhouse, two-unit townhouse, and multi-unit townhouse to align definitions and terms within the Zoning and Development Code to the Building Code. (CD-CPC-2026-00085)

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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 Section 88-110-04, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPES, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, said section to read as follows:

88-110-04 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPES
88-110-04-A. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPES ALLOWED
The residential uses allowed in R districts must be located in residential buildings. The following residential building types are allowed in R districts. Many residential building types are subject to supplemental standards, as referenced in 88-110-06-C.

Building Type
R-80
R-10
R-7.5
R-6
R-5
R-2.5
R-1.5
R-0.75
R-0.5
R-0.3
Detached house
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Zero lot line house
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Cottage house
-
-
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Townhouse

Two-Unit Townhouse










on corner lots
-
P[1]
P[1]
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
in other situations
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P
P
P
Multi-Unit Townhouse
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P
P
P
Two-unit house










on corner lots
-
P[1]
P[1]
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
in other situations
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P
P
P
Multi-unit house
-
-
-
-
-
S
P
P
P
P
Colonnade
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P
Multiplex
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P
Multi-unit building
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
P
P
P

P = pe...

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