ORDINANCE NO. 250983
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Amending Chapter 74, Article VII, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 74-302 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter to allow community improvement districts requesting a finding of blight, or relying on a prior determination of blight, to submit alternative acceptable documentation when reasonable efforts to obtain official notarized documentation from the county assessor have been unsuccessful; and providing for a delayed effective date.
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WHEREAS, Section 74-302(c)(3) of the City's Code of Ordinances currently requires that any community improvement district ("CID") requesting a finding of blight or relying on a prior determination of blight submit with its petition official documentation, notarized by the county wherein the CID is proposed to be located, denoting the total assessed valuation of each parcel within the proposed CID for each of the five immediately preceding tax years; and
WHEREAS, some petitioners have been unable to compel the relevant county to notarize such documentation despite making reasonable and documented efforts to obtain the required notarized records; and
WHEREAS, City desires to ensure that the inability to obtain notarized county documentation, despite reasonable efforts, does not prevent a CID from proceeding with its petition under Chapter 74; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 74, Article VII, Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing Section 74-302 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:
Sec. 74-302. Requirements to establish a CID.
(a) Petition. The petition shall:
(1) Inform the property owners of the right to initiate a petition to terminate the proposed CID as provided by RSMo 67.1481.
(2) Provi...
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