Committee approves multiple plats, zoning amendments for large-format uses and data centers, and releases semi-annual docket items

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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of Replat of Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey of Lot 5, Zona Rosa 2nd Plat, an addition in Platte County, Missouri, on approximately 13 acres generally located at the northwest corner of Northwest 86th Street and Northwest Prairie View Road, creating two lots for the purpose of a commercial development; accepting various easements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00031)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of Barry West Townhomes - Second Plat, an addition in Platte County, Missouri, on approximately 29 acres generally located north of Northwest Barry Road, east of North Childress Avenue, and south of Highway 152, creating 10 lots and 7 tracts for the purpose of a residential development; accepting various easements; establishing grades on public ways; authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development and Director of Water Services to execute and/or accept certain agreements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2022-00034)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of Replat of Lot 3 and Lot 7, Zona Rosa 5th Plat, an addition in Platte County, Missouri, on approximately 7.4 acres generally located at northeast corner of Northwest Prairie View Road and North Congress Avenue, creating eight lots for the purpose of a commercial development; accepting various easements; authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development to execute and/or accept certain agreements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00032)

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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving amendments to the Shoal Creek Special Purpose District by rezoning about 1,756 acres from SC to SC generally located between N.E. 96th Street/N.E. Shoal Creek Parkway on the north, N.E. 76th Street on the south, N. Flintlock Road on the east and Shoal Creek Parkway and I-435 on the west, and amending the Shoal Creek Community Master Plan booklet and text in accordance with 88-255-09-B to update the review and approval process and to revise the alignment of a collector street. (CD-CPC-2025-00153 and CD-CPC-2025-00154)

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Rezoning an area of about .4 acres generally located at 3319 Red Bud Drive from District R-7.5 to District R-2.5, to allow the property owner to apply for a special use permit to allow a triplex at the site. (CD-CPC-2025-00165)

RE-REFERRED

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Approving a development plan on about 60 acres, which also serves as a preliminary plat, for an industrial development in District M2-3 generally located at 10951 N. Congress Avenue. (CD-CPC-2024-00038)

HELD IN COMMITTEE

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Subsection 88-445-06, Residential Signs, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purposes of allowing digital signs for Institutional and Office Uses in residential districts and adopting new standards for such signs. (CD-CPC-2025-00128)

Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-354, Marijuana Facilities, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purpose of allowing marijuana dispensaries located at least 1,000 feet from residential zoning districts to operate 24 hours per day subject to approval of a special use permit.

Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by amending the use tables in Sections 88-120, 88-130, and 88-140; creating a new Section 88-353, “Large Format Uses,” to establish use standards for Large Format uses; creating a new section 88-339, “Data Centers,” to establish use standards for Data Centers; amending Section 88-805-05, “Industrial Use Group,” to add definitions for Large Format Uses and Data Centers; and amending definition of Communications Service Establishments; and amending Section 88-810, “Definitions,” to add a definition for Green Roofs. (CD-CPC-2025-00078)

SEMI-ANNUAL DOCKET Consideration of Semi-Annual Docket items.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

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Adjournment

Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 2 of the Arlington Road Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefor.

Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 3 of the Arlington Road Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefor.

Approving various infrastructure projects as part of the ReBuild KC grant program.

Reducing appropriations in the American Rescue Plan Fund by $1,000,000.00 and appropriating that amount from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the American Rescue Plan Fund to the contractual services account in the American Rescue Plan Fund: designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Affirming the City Council’s commitment to fund subsequent phases of the 18th and Vine Historic District Improvements by identifying funding sources from 2021-2022 Fiscal Year budget; identifying certain projects for which such funds would be expended; and directing the City Manager to include a funding request in the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year budget in conformance with this resolution.

Appropriating $300,000.00 in the Central City Economic Development Fund; supporting the Vineyard Neighborhood Association’s housing rehabilitation program to support eligible rehabilitation expenses for low to moderate income homeowners in the Vineyard Neighborhood; and authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development Department to enter into a contract with the Vineyard Neighborhood Association.