ORDINANCE NO. 240047

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Sponsor:  Councilmember Nathan Willett

Declaring a moratorium until October 11, 2024, on the issuance or approval of any permits, plan review, project plans, and zoning changes, where the subject matter of the project is a proposed liquor store or vape shop in any locations along Barry Road between N.W. Waukomis Drive and N. Platte Purchase Drive.

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WHEREAS, Barry Road between N.W. Waukomis Drive and N. Platte Purchase Drive is an area that is largely undeveloped; and

                     WHEREAS, the City wishes to undertake a community planning process in the Barry Road area, one of the outcomes which will be to define acceptable development standards and other requirements along Barry Road, including studying the possibility of adoption of a zoning overlay district that would establish special land use regulations, standards and procedures for future development along Barry Road; and

                     WHEREAS, the community planning process will include studying whether liquor and vape-based businesses are the most aesthetically pleasing for new development on street frontage along Barry Road, and whether such uses are a detriment to the economic vitality of the area and the health, safety and general welfare of the community; and

                     WHEREAS, approval of new liquor store and vape-based businesses in the middle of a community planning process has the potential to undermine and frustrate the process; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

                     Section 1.  That the City Council hereby declares that there is a moratorium until October 11, 2024, on the issuance or approval of any permits, plan review, project plans, and zoning changes, where the subject matter of the project is a proposed liquor store or vape-based businesses in any locations along Barry Road, between N.W. Waukomis Drive and N. Platte Purchase Drive.

                     Section 2.  That the City Manager is directed to initiate a community planning process in the Barry Road area between N.W. Waukomis Drive and N. Platte Purchase Drive, and to review and recommend any appropriate changes to the zoning and other relevant regulatory controls over the uses subject to the moratorium and to report back in 60 days.

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Approved as to form:

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Sarah Baxter

Senior Associate City Attorney