
A Variance to allow an entertainment venue in Westport, reuse of the Smith Building in the West Bottoms, and contracts with qualified outreach teams to assist several Eastside neighborhoods with violence prevention.
- Amber Meadows/Amber Lakes
- Downtown
- Eastwood Hills
- Gregory Ridge
- Hyde Park
- Independence Plaza
- Ivanhoe
- Lykins
- Manheim Park
- Marlborough
- Maple Park
- NOBLE
- North Bennington
- Northland
- Parade Park
- Paseo West
- Riverfront Industrial Area
- Rockhill
- Ruskin Heights
- Scarritt
- Shoal Creek Valley
- Southmoreland
- Town Fork Creek
- Valley View
- West Bottoms
- Westport
Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
Tuesday, November 4th at 1:30pm
The Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee is headed by Chairperson Ryana Parks-Shaw, Vice Chair Eric Bunch, and Councilmembers Nathan Willett and Melissa Patterson Hazley.
Ordinance 250939 requested approval of a Final Plat in an MPD zoning district on about 12 acres and generally located at the northeast corner of Woodland Avenue and East 18th Street in the Parade Park neighborhood, creating 4 lots for a multi-family development.
This case was brought before the City Plan Commission on October 15th as CLD-FnPlat-2025-00022 and was covered in that week’s edition of the blog.
This item was on the Committee’s consent agenda, and was recommended for approval with little deliberation. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Ordinance 250940 requested approval of a Final Plat in a R-7.5 zoning district located at the northwest corner of NE 104th St and N Hawthorne Ave within the Creekside Development and near the Amber Meadows/Amber Lakes neighborhoods in the Northland, allowing for the creation of 28 residential lots and 2 tracts.
This case was brought before the City Plan Commission on October 1st as CLD-FnPlat-2023-00033 and was covered in that week’s edition of the blog.
This item was on the Committee’s consent agenda, and was recommended for approval with little deliberation. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Resolution 250942 directed the City Manager to evaluate kratom regulations in other Missouri municipalities and to make recommendations within 60 days for any necessary code amendments to regulate kratom in Kansas City. Director of Public Safety in the mayor’s office, LaceShionna Cline; Manager of Prevention at Beacon Mental Health, Laura Bruce; and Jessica Russo, a member of the Northland Coalition, presented this item before the Committee.
Per the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): “Kratom is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia. Consumption of its leaves produces both stimulant effects (in low doses) and sedative effects (in high doses), and can lead to psychotic symptoms, and psychological and physiological dependence.”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning regarding Kratom’s synthetic version, 7-OH, leading to this resolution.
The Committee moved to recommend approval of this item. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Ordinance 250937 requested acceptance and approval of a grant award in the amount of $2,201,869.00 with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). Jonathon Antle, the Housing Manager in the City’s Health Department. presented this item before the Committee.
HOPWA is the only Federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV. It provides housing assistance and related services for low-income people living with HIV and their families. As no cure has yet been developed for HIV, care for those living with the disease is palliative, and is therefore on a continuum that prioritizes long-term outcomes and quality of life. Stable housing is essential for those living with serious chronic illnesses like HIV, as it significantly increases one’s likelihood of continuing treatment.
This program provides transitional housing, housing vouchers, and permanent housing facilities. It also helps prevent homelessness through short-term housing and permanent housing placement. It further supports clients with housing case management, navigating housing, and with employment support services.
The Committee moved to recommend approval of this item. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Ordinance 250938 requested acceptance and approval of a grant award amendment from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for an additional sum of $739,567.00 in the Health Grants Fund for a total amount of $8,566,528.00 to provide additional funding to assist in workforce development and meeting public health foundational capabilities in the Kansas City, Missouri area.
This item was held for one week ahead of the meeting, Tuesday.
Ordinance 250941 requested to authorize the Chief Procurement Officer to execute five contracts in the amount of $400,000.00 (totalling $2,000,000.00) each with qualified community-based organizations Ruskin Heights, Independence Plaza, North Town Fork Creek, Marlborough Heights and Ivanhoe to establish neighborhood outreach teams to engage high-risk individuals and prevent violent conflicts.
This item was held for one week ahead of the meeting, Tuesday.
Ordinance 250943 requested approval of a rezoning from District R-80 to District R-7.5 for the site located about 150 feet north of the intersection of North Platte Purchase Road and Northwest 78th Street (7825 N Platte Purchase Dr) in the Northland. Staff Planner Justin Smith presented this item before the Committee.
This case was brought before the City Plan Commission on October 15th as CD-CPC-2025-00146 and was covered in that week’s edition of the blog.
An existing home is on the subject site, fronting N Platte Purchase Dr. The applicant was seeking to subdivide the lot, as it spanned the block from both Platte Purchase Dr in the front to N Liberty St in the rear. Subdividing this lot would allow for the construction of a new home that would front N Liberty St. In order to achieve this, the zoning for the site needed to be changed.
The Committee moved to recommend approval of this item. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Ordinance 250944 requested approval of a rezoning for the site located at the northeast corner of Broadway Boulevard and West 40th Street in the Westport neighborhood. The site is currently zoned UR (Urban Redevelopment) and the applicant was seeking to change the designation to B3-2 as well as receive approval, through a special use permit, to operate an entertainment venue (500+ capacity) on the site known as Warehouse on Broadway. The aforementioned special use permit was not heard by the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee and will go before the Board of Zoning Adjustment on November 12th. Staff Planner Justin Smith along with Ryan Hunter – Hermanos Design, a representative for the applicant, presented these items to the Committee.
This case was brought before the City Plan Commission on October 15th as CD-CPC-2025-00131 and was covered in that week’s edition of the blog. The aforementioned special use permit was reviewed separately on that day as CD-SUP-2025-00031, and will receive final ruling by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
The subject site is within the boundaries of an existing UR plan to build a hotel, which has since lapsed; the hotel never being built. The UR plans allow for the building on the site to be used for restaurant and retail and requires 31 parking spaces. Previously, this site was a restaurant.
Today, the site is operating as a restaurant with some entertainment onsite. However, in March of this year, a code violation was issued to the property owners for operating as an entertainment venue with a capacity of 500+, which was not allowed under current zoning. Staff gave applicants the options to make a major amendment to the existing UR plan or to rezone the site back to base zoning, in this case B3-2, and obtain a special use permit to operate as an entertainment venue.
Staff also expressed that while there were some concerns over the impacts of large crowds for events, these could be mitigated. Parking operations were already being undertaken by the property owners, and the implementation of the KC Streetcar was also expected to alleviate some parking concerns. Trash was also an issue brought up by the Commission, and it was suggested the owners work with Midtown KC Now to address this.
A Mr. Barnet, who lives a block away on Wyandotte, spoke in opposition to this ordinance at the meeting, Tuesday. He expressed his concern that transit elements such as the streetcar may not provide adequate offset of parking for the subject venue. Warehouse on Broadway, he noted, is four blocks from the Streetcar, down a busy corridor: 39th St. He also noted that parking and dangerous driving is already a program in and around Westport, and that his own property was vandalized weeks before Halloween.
The City Plan Commission, prior to the meeting Tuesday, had moved to recommend approval of the rezoning request and the special use permit, adding the condition that the applicants work with Midtown KC Now or other CIDs in the area to mitigate the impacts of large crowds related to issues such as parking, noise, and trash.
The Committee moved to recommend approval of this item. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
Ordinance 250945 requested approval and authorization of the discharge of the special tax bills and waiver of the resulting liens on the real property commonly known as 3619 Roberts Street in the Scarritt and Lykins neighborhoods. Staff and legal representation for the applicants presented this item to the Committee.
The total lien cost was estimated at $10,660.15, including interest and late fees. Between 2022 and 2023, the property received six board-up abatements. The applicant did not own the property at the time of these abatements. The house has since been demolished, after a fire.
The applicants, Villa del Senor (VDS), a nonprofit organization, filed an Abandoned Housing Act case in order to transfer ownership to the next door neighbor, who would take care of the empty lot, and has proposed to use it for their paved driveway, and add a basketball court and lawn.
The Committee moved to recommend approval of this item. The City Council later affirmed this recommendation, passing this item on Thursday.
City Plan Commission
Wednesday, November 5th at 9am
The City Plan Commission was attended this week by Chairman Coby Crowl and Commissioners Forestine Beasley, Sean Arkin, Matt Hasek, Tyler Enders, and Todd Forbes.
CD-CPC-2025-00155 requested approval of an MPD final plan for the Woodhaven, 3rd Plat located north and west of NW 97th Street and N Colrain Avenue in the Northland.
This item was on the Commission’s consent agenda, and was recommended for approval with little deliberation.
CD-CPC-2025-00078 requested approval of amendments to Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, including adding use tables in Sections 88-120, 88-130, and 88-140, adding Section 88-353 to establish standards for Large Format Uses, adding Section 88-339 to establish applicable standards for Data Centers, and amending Section 88-800 to establish definitions for the aforementioned proposed amendments. Lead Planner Jennifer Reinhardt along with Brian Jackson – Wilson and Co., presented this case before the Commission.
These proposed standards provide definitions for this new industrial land use type (Large Format Uses), which include large building footprints (>500,000 sq ft) and low employment density. These include facilities such as distribution centers and data centers.
Part of this ordinance would also reclassify data centers as their own specific use outside of Large Format Uses (for those data centers under 500,000 sq ft). At present, these smaller data centers are classed under 88-805-04-G: Communications Service Establishments. These smaller data centers, such as those in an urban context, would be allowed in B4, DX, and DC zoning districts, with an approved project or development plan. Those with street frontage would be required not to exceed 50% of the ground floor’s surface area. Large Format Uses would be permitted by-right in zoning districts M1, M2, M3, and M4, subject to applicable standards.
To mitigate external impacts, large format uses would be required to obtain a traffic impact study. They would also be required not to produce odors, dust, vibration, noise, spillover light, etc. that are detectable beyond their property lines.
This ordinance would also set flexible design standards for these uses when they are built within 100 ft of residential zones. These design requirements may be reduced by optional green infrastructure elements, such as solar panels.
The ordinance also sets standards for enhanced screening when in proximity to residential and civic uses. These include setback buffers of 500 ft between those uses and truck loading bays, outdoor storage, or mechanical equipment.
Some of the Commissioners expressed concern with the language in this proposed ordinance. One concern was the minimum of 500,000 sq ft for an industrial use to be classified as “large format” would then permit data centers just shy of that threshold in B4, DC, and DX zoning districts. Another concern voiced by some Commissioners was having data centers of any size permitted in Downtown zoning districts at all, especially Downtown Core (DC). These areas are some of the most economically productive areas in the City, and data centers do not necessarily maximize that. For these reasons, Commissioners asked that Staff amend the ordinance to require a special use permit for any proposed data centers in B4, DC, or DX districts.
Also noted by some Commissioners was the national issue of data centers’ disproportionate usage of water and electricity, causing several communities to incur higher-prices for utilities. Community member Katie Currid, who lives in the Northland, gave public testimony, echoing this concern. One strategy, she suggested, could be to have impact studies on the environmental and economic impacts of data centers, before permitting their construction.
Jim McClure, an attorney with Polsinelli P.C., spoke in opposition to this ordinance, first responding to Ms. Currid’s concerns. Referring to Missouri Law, as overseen by the Missouri Public Service Commission, he noted that utility providers may not offset the demand that larger-impact users have by increasing rates on other users. Other high-water users, he continued, work closely with Water Services on aspects like amounts, rates, and impact of development.
One of Mr. McClure’s clients owns property in an R-80 zoning district. Under present code, that client would be permitted to construct a data center on the site, but not if the proposed ordinance were to pass.
Staff Planner Sara Copeland later added that other cities have instituted adequate public facilities ordinances or concurrency requirements which estimate the excess capacity of existing utilities and the demand on them that a proposed use will generate. If the demand exceeds the existing capacity, the proposed use may be denied or its approval may be conditioned by requiring a property owner to build more infrastructure. These provisions are not included in the proposed code amendment.
Ms. Laela Zaidi, a resident of the Historic Northeast and a leader in Sunrise Movement’s Kansas City Chapter, also gave public testimony. Citing the negative environmental impacts, low-employment support, and rising utility costs as a result of data center developments, Ms. Zaidi advocated for a complete moratorium on them, as has been implemented in such cities as Saint Louis.
Several others gave public testimony, all echoing concerns previously voiced, and adding others such as the negative public health impacts of data centers near population centers, worsening conditions like Asthma and COPD.
Staff also clarified that public information related to this zoning code amendment was made available via the City’s Speakeasy platform, and was updated periodically, as changes were made based on public comment. Several in-person public hearings were also conducted, beginning over the summer. It was also clarified that the intent of this ordinance is to add definitions of large-format uses and data centers to the zoning and development code, but that future action may still be necessary to address the negative impacts of such uses. Finally staff explained that a moratorium, as had been suggested, would need to be implemented via the City Council. Today, establishing a moratorium on data centers would mean doing so on all other uses within the “Communications Services Establishment” category. Passing this ordinance would separate data centers from those.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item, with the condition that data centers be required approval of a special use permit to be constructed in zoning districts B4, DC, and DX.
CD-CPC-2025-00143 requested approval of zoning text amendments to Section 88-420, Parking and Loading. Lead Planner Jennifer Reinhardt along with Brian Jackson – Wilson and Co., presented this case before the Commission.
As per this case’s associated staff report, this amendment proposes the following new standards for parking:
- Context-based approach that creates an “urban core boundary” as State Line Road to the west, 85th Street to the south, Blue River to the east, and the Missouri river to the north.
- Developments in the urban core do not have minimum off-street parking requirements.
- Developments outside the urban core have reduced parking minimums.
- Establish parking maximums city wide; developments in the urban core have reduced ratios.
- Parking in excess of maximum ratios is allowed if public amenities are provided through site improvements such as bike racks, crosswalks, traffic calming, or other public improvements.
- On-street parking spaces within a non-residentially zoned area may be counted towards the required parking minimums.
- Bike parking requirements revised to provide flexibility and adopt national best practices
These amendments seek to update off-street parking requirements primarily for the following reasons:
- To support more walkable development patterns.
- To make parking requirements easier to understand.
- To reduce the burden of providing on-site parking within the City’s developed urban core.
- To reduce the number of variance requests.
These amendments follow the priorities set by the City’s Comprehensive Plan, the KC Spirit Playbook, to “Eliminate off-street parking minimum requirements citywide allowing developers flexibility to set their own parking rates.”
As part of the public engagement for this amendment proposal, Staff spoke with local groups like Midtown KC Now, South Kansas City Alliance, KC Small Developers Forum, and Northland Chamber of Commerce. In addition, staff held three public engagement meetings, promoted via Neighborhood Services’ Department’s monthly newsletters and through City Planning and Development Department’s own district planners. These meetings were held in the Northland, in the urban core, and in South KC.
Staff also promoted a community survey through the Speak Easy KC engagement forum. This survey garnered 85 responses, a majority of which were from zip codes in the downtown and midtown areas. This is unsurprising, given that parking disproportionately affects these neighborhoods.
Responses to this survey included that:
- There is an oversupply of surface parking.
- Parking challenges are location specific.
- A majority of respondents do not experience parking challenges in their neighborhoods.
- Parking minimums are a barrier to development.
- Safety, signage, and payment systems need improvement.
- There is a strong interest in shared and centralized parking strategies.
Some neighborhood leaders gave testimony on the proposed amendments, both in opposition. While they concurred that “right-sizing” parking and denser development was a goal they shared with City Planning and Development, they were concerned about the blanket nature of the proposed amendments.
One suggestion neighborhood leaders put forth was to require traffic impact studies to release businesses and developers from parking minimums. Commissioner Enders voiced disagreement with this, saying, “If you’re trying to open a small shop, a florist in a repurposed 800-square foot building, and you’re going to make that florist do a parking study? That’s not something I’d like to see happen.”
Commissioner Enders also disagreed with the proposed parking maximums, adding that these may be a hindrance to development as well. One example he gave was denser housing in the urban core. In these cases, a developer may want to build more parking to accommodate residents, but would be limited by the offset requirements set by the proposed amendments, such as further landscaping, bike parking, etc.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this case with the condition that Staff address maximum parking requirements for smaller-format uses and parking issues in residential areas before these proposed amendments reach City Council for final vote.
CD-SUP-2025-00038 requested approval of a renewal of a special use permit to allow a non-accessory parking lot in a DC-15 zoning district for the site located at 311 E 12th Street in the Downtown Loop. Staff Planner Genevieve Kohn-Smith along with the applicant, Tony Granelo, representing the property owner, Copaken Brooks, presented this case before the Commission.
Non-accessory parking refers to a parking facility which does not serve any other uses that require parking. In the downtown area, these non-accessory parking facilities require a special use permit. The parking facility on the subject site is existing, and approval of the special use permit would grant use of the property as parking for another five years.
This parking lot was formerly used for the now-demolished Board of Education building. The applicants reported the site may not remain parking indefinitely, but that while plans for new development are being made, it made financial sense to keep the parking structure.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-SUP-2025-00037 requested approval of a special use permit for a temporary mobile medical unit not to exceed 1 year for the site located at the southeast corner of Harrison Street and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard near the Rockhill, Hyde Park, and Manheim Park neighborhoods. Staff Planner Larisa Chambi along with the applicant, Ariel Zedric – Planned Parenthood Great Plains, presented this case before the Commission.
The Planned Parenthood at the site was recently hit by a vehicle, and the applicants were requesting permission to use their mobile medical unit in the parking lot of the facility while they secure permits to make repairs.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-SUP-2025-00035 requested approval of a Special Use Permit in an R-1.5 zoning district for the site located on the east side of Walnut Street, approximately 150 feet south of East 40th Street, in the Southmoreland neighborhood, allowing for the expansion of an educational facility (St. Paul’s) with associated sports fields, gymnasium, and parking. Staff Planner Matthew Barnes along with the applicant, David Wood – Kaw Valley Engineering, Inc., presented this case before the Commission.
The site contains an existing field that is used for recreational school-related activities. The applicants were seeking approval to improve the site for mostly the same uses, adding other elements, among them a pavilion and a gymnasium.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-SUP-2025-00034 requested approval of a special use permit to expand an existing motor vehicle repair use (Peak Performance) in a B3-2 zoning district for the site located at 8826 Wornall Road in the Valley View neighborhood. Staff Planner Genevieve Kohn-Smith along with the applicant, Mark Murdick – Sullivan Palmer Architects, presented this case before the Commission.
Ms. Kohn-Smith explained that this addition is mainly to provide extra service bays and storage areas. The property owners have reported issues with crime at night, and were partially seeking this permit to address those issues.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-SUP-2025-00036 requested approval of a major amendment to a special use permit for an addition to the existing Winnetonka High School for a performing art center located at the southeast corner of NE 48th Street and N Topping Avenue in the Maple Park and North Bennington neighborhoods. Staff Planner Larisa Chambi along with the applicant, Braden Taylor – MKEC Engineering, Inc., presented this case before the Commission.
The proposed project included the construction of the performing arts center, re-striping of an existing parking lot, and reconfiguration of the circulation in said parking lot.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-SUP-2025-00032 requested approval of a Special Use Permit for the reuse of The Smith Building, an officially designated historic landmark located at the Southeast corner of W. 11th Street and Mulberry Street in the West Bottoms, for commercial and residential uses. Staff Planner Larisa Chambi along with the applicant, Kyle FitzGerald, presented this case before the Commission.
The associated staff report for this item mentions a “parking garage.” Ms. Chambi clarified that the applicant will, in actuality, be using an existing parking lot. The project proposed approximately 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and 105 apartment units, along with a rooftop amenity deck. The applicant is not proposing any significant changes to the facade or other elevations of the building.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-ROW-2025-00023 requested approval of a vacation of an alley located 150 feet east of Lydia Ave, between E 10th St and E 11th St in the Paseo West neighborhood. Staff Planner Justin Smith along with the applicant, Tara Green, presented this case before the Commission.
The proposed area of right-of-way to be vacated includes public and private utilities including sewer main, AT&T, Evergy, and Spectrum Charter. The applicant was proposing to retain the area as an alley, but restrict access with an electronic gate.
Per the review criteria for vacations of right-of-way: “All property owners adjacent to the right-of-way shall have legal access to another public right-of-way. Such access shall be physically feasible and shall not result in an unreasonable burden or unsafe conditions on the alternative right-of way.”
Additionally, a minimum of 75% of property owners abutting the right-of-way in frontage must consent to the vacation. The owners of two properties (on east 10th street) did not consent to the proposed vacation. This right-of-way currently serves as access to the parking facilities and rear entrances of several properties on the block it bisects.
Tara Green, who owns the property at 1016 The Paseo, was the applicant for this case. She and her husband live in the carriage house behind that residence, which abuts the alley. Ms. Green reported several instances of violent crime and vandalism on and near the property as being a major reason for her making this request. She also mentioned that regular heavy truck traffic has caused damage to the pavement and to the carriage house.
Ms. Green also reported that in earlier talks with Flaherty and Collins, who own Jazz Hill Homes, conversations had been amicable, and representatives from that company had voiced their consent to sign in support of the vacation. However, she continued, they had rescinded their support after speaking to the building manager.
Hearing these concerns, the Commission moved to recommend approval of this item, with the condition that a cross-access easement be provided for the property to the west of the alley.
CD-CPC-2025-00149 requested approval of a Major Amendment to an existing Master Planned Development (MPD) for the site known as Municipal Farms and located at the southwest corner of Eastern Avenue and Raytown Road in the Eastwood Hills neighborhood, allowing for expanded uses, including Non-Accessory Parking. Staff Planner Larisa Chambi along with Parks Department Planners Angela Eley and Ricky Sanchez, presented this case before the Commission.
This case follows a previous ordinance (140244) which details the previously-approved Municipal Farms Sustainable Reuse Plan. The site had previously been a laydown yard for Evergy, as well as a landfill. The aforementioned plan splits the associated parcels into twenty-one areas. This case focused on area 20, proposing to add non-accessory therein.
Eastwood Hills neighbors did not appear at the meeting, Wednesday, but Ms. Eley reported that at a previous meeting, they had been opposed to this amendment, as it was not part of the original reuse plan.
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-CPC-2025-00157 requested approval of a non-residential development plan for a detention and correctional facility located at the northwest corner of E Front Street and N Century Avenue in the Riverfront Industrial District. Staff Planners Larisa Chambi and Andy Clarke along with Roxana Reyes, the City Architect, presented this case before the Commission.
The proposed jail would measure 54,800 sq ft and would be built on an existing parking lot immediately to the south of the KC Tow Lot. The proposed building would provide space for approximately 100 beds along with an administrative office. This facility would be temporary and would be discontinued after a permanent facility is online (estimated to be finished in three years).
The Commission moved to recommend approval of this item.
CD-CPC-2025-00135 – requested approval of a development plan serving in place of a special use permit to allow a religious assembly development (96th Street Church) in an R-10 zoning district for the site located at 9600 NE Reinking Road near the Shoal Creek Valley neighborhood.
The Commission moved to continue this case without fee to November 19th, ahead of the meeting Wednesday.
CD-SUP-2025-00022 requested approval of a special use permit for outdoor warehousing storage for commercial vehicle, equipment parking, and material storage (All Storage KC) in zoning districts M1-5 and M3-5 and located at the terminus of E 78th Street west of the Union Pacific Railroad, specifically located at 3901 E 78th Street near the Marlborough, NOBLE, and Gregory Ridge neighborhoods.
The Commission moved to continue this case without fee to November 19th, ahead of the meeting Wednesday.
CD-CPC-2025-00151 requested approval of an amendment to the Major Street Plan for
the purpose of updating the plan.
The Commission moved to continue this case without fee to November 19th, ahead of the meeting Wednesday.
CD-CPC-2025-00111 requested approval of a de-annexation of approximately 4.5 acres located at 2800 N Church Rd, in the Northland, to be subsequently annexed by the City of Liberty, Missouri.
The Commission moved to continue this case without fee to February 4th, 2026, ahead of the meeting Wednesday.
CD-CPC-2025-00152 requested to amend Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by enacting a new section 88-559 – Major Street Plan to outline the process, procedure and establishing criteria for amending the major street plan.
The Commission moved to continue this case without fee to November 19th, ahead of the meeting Wednesday.
Ben Robinson is the author of This Week at City Hall, and an Urban Planning and Design Student at UMKC. He is a Kansas City native, having lived on both sides of the state line. From a young age, Ben has been interested in neighborhoods, communities, and the built environment, but only discovered the field of Urban Planning in college. He is now committed to a career in the profession, and is excited about using his education to support and grow the city he grew up in.

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