ORDINANCE NO. 260074
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Sponsors: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Declaring a moratorium until January 15, 2031, on all approvals for non-municipal detention facilities, including the approval of building permits, special use permits, zoning applications, plan review, project plans, development plans, and zoning changes where the subject matter of the project is a proposed non-municipal detention facility
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Mayor and Council hereby declare that there is a moratorium on all approvals for non-municipal detention facilities, including the issuance or approval of building permits, special use permits, zoning applications, plan review, project plans, development plans, and zoning changes, and any other approvals allowing the acquisition, construction, facilitation, or expansion of an existing project or initiation of a new project when the application for the project was filed on or after January 15, 2026, and where the subject matter of the project is for any purpose relating or incidental to detention, corrections, or other carceral activities, with exceptions for any municipally owned or operated facility.
Section 2. This moratorium shall remain in effect until January 15, 2031.
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Approved as to form:
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Sarah Baxter
Senior Associate City Attorney