ORDINANCE NO. 260494
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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department
Approving a finding of blight for the 114 W. Linwood Urban Renewal Plan generally bound by West 31st Terrace on the north, West Linwood on the south, Wyandotte Street on the west, and Main Street on the east, pursuant to Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority Law. (CD-CPC-2026-00031)
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WHEREAS, Section 99.430, RSMo, provides that a legislative body may approve a declaration of blight and approve an urban renewal plan for the same area simultaneously; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri submit an Urban Renewal Plan for the area located at 114 W. Linwood Boulevard, being an area generally bound by West 31st Terrace on the north, West Linwood on the south, Wyandotte Street on the west, and Main Street on the east, and
WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority has found said area to be blighted due to the insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, and a combination of such factors so as to constitute an economic or social liability to the public health, safety, morals or welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority has recommended and determined that the 114 W. Linwood Urban Renewal Plan area be eligible for tax abatement and, if necessary, the exercise of eminent domain by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission reviewed and recommended approval of the 114 W. Linwood Urban Renewal Plan on May 6, 2026; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2016, the City did pass Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, which enacted guidelines on the City’s use of abated and exempted real property taxes in funding economic development projects; and
WHEREAS, Section 9 of Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, as modified by Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 200497, as amended, provides that notwithstanding the guidelines set forth therein, the Council retains its discretion to authorize the capture and redirection, or abatement or exemption, in whole or in part, of ad valorem real property taxes to the full extent authorized by any provision of law; and
WHEREAS, City Code § 3-622(d), provides prevailing wage requirements for certain construction projects and development plans, and further provides for the waiver of said requirements, giving particular consideration to the enumerated extraordinary qualification; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal area, an area generally bound by West 31st Terrace on the north, West Linwood on the south, Wyandotte Street on the west, and Main street on the east and more specifically described as found on Exhibit A attached hereto, is a blighted area and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation and is appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project, and that the undertaking by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of a character contemplated by Section 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, and the proposed urban renewal area is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Council has duly made the findings necessary for compliance with Sections 99.320 and 99.430, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.
Section 3. That the Urban Renewal Plan which is known as the 114 W. Linwood Urban Renewal Plan, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk with this ordinance and is incorporated herein by reference, is hereby approved including, if necessary, the power of eminent domain.
Section 4. That said Urban Renewal Plan is hereby found to be feasible and in conformance with the Master Plan for the development of the community as a whole.
Section 5. That pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9 of Ordinance No. 160383, as amended, as modified by Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 200497, as amended, the City Council hereby authorizes the abatement of ad valorem real property taxes to the full extent authorized by Section 99.700, RSMo.
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Approved as to form:
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Emalea Kohler
Associate City Attorney