ORDINANCE NO. 260218

title
Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department

Approving the 25 Campbell PIEA General Development Plan on approximately 2.32 acres, as more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Planning Area"), and declaring said area to be an undeveloped industrial area and in need of development and rehabilitation pursuant to the Planned Industrial Expansion Law; and authorizing tax abatement. (CD-CPC-2025-00191)

body
WHEREAS, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (the "Authority") did prepare or cause to be prepared the 25 Campbell PIEA General Development Plan and, on November 20, 2025, did pass Resolution No. 2378 which recommended that the Council approve the finding of the existence of an undeveloped industrial area and approve the General Development Plan for the area; and

WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has reviewed and recommended approval of the finding of the existence of an undeveloped industrial area for the 25 Campbell PIEA General Development Plan on January 7, 2026, as evidenced by its disposition of the case and its written recommendations submitted to the City; and

WHEREAS, Section 100.400, RSMo, authorizes the Council to make a finding that an area is an undeveloped industrial area and approve a general development plan for such area if the Council finds that the plan is feasible and in conformity with the general plan for the development of the community as a whole; and

WHEREAS, City Code ? 74-6 provides guidelines on the City's use of abated and exempted real property taxes in funding economic development projects; and

WHEREAS, ? 74-6(c) 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...

Click here for full text