ORDINANCE NO. 250577
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Rezoning an area of about .3 acres generally located at 435 Knickerbocker Place from District UR/HO to District UR in order to remove the vacant lot from the Ambassador Hotel Historic District. (CD-CPC-2025-00064)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That Chapter 88, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, commonly known as the Zoning and Development Code, is hereby amended by enacting a new section to be known as Section 88-20A-1495 designating an area of about .3 acres located at 435 Knickerbocker Place from District UR/HO (Urban Redevelopment/Historic Overlay District) to UR (Urban Redevelopment), removing the subject site from the Kansas City Register of Historic Places, said section to read as follows:
Section 88-20A-1495. That an area legally described as:
Lots 1 Thru 6 and the North 1/2 of Lot 7 and Lots 28 to 31, Inclusive, Block 1,West 94.3 Feet of East 198 Feet of Lot 18 & West 94.3 Feet of East 198 Feet of South 39.75 Feet of Lot 19, Vinewood.
is hereby removed from District UR/HO (Urban Redevelopment/Historic Overlay District) to UR (Urban Redevelopment), all as shown outlined on a map marked Section 88-20A-1495, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, and which is hereby adopted as a part of an amendment to the zoning maps constituting a part of said chapter and in accordance with Section 88-20 thereof.
Section B. That the Historic Preservation Commission determined that the vacant lot at 435 Knickerbocker Place no longer retains the two buildings for which it was designated in Ordinance No. 53709, that the lots are located behind the Ambassador Hotel, that they are minimally visible from Broadway and that the lots are not adjacent to any other contributing buildings in the district.
Section C. That the Council finds and declares that before taking any action on the proposed ame...
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