ORDINANCE NO. 260609
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Sponsor: Committee of Petitioners
Amending Chapter 74, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 74-401, prohibiting City officers, agents, and employees from implementing, advancing, furthering, or fostering any plan to design or construct, with material support from the City, a stadium, arena, or similar venue, with a seating capacity of 2,500 or more, for use by a for-profit business, or ancillary development or certain necessary infrastructure support for that stadium, arena, or similar venue, except by ordinance submitted to and approved by the voters; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date; and including a severability clause.
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WHEREAS, a committee of petitioners has submitted an initiative petition seeking to enact an ordinance that would prohibit the City from implementing or otherwise advancing a plan to design or construct a stadium, arena or similar venue with a seating capacity of 2,500 or more for use by a for-profit business, including ancillary development or infrastructure support, except by ordinance submitted to and approved by the voters; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk certified that the petition contains sufficient signatures to engage the City Charter process; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk made no finding or certification on any other issue concerning the petition or the legislation proposed in the petition; and
WHEREAS, Section 702 of the City Charter provides that if a petition is found to contain sufficient signatures, the City Clerk "shall certify and submit the ordinance set forth therein to the Council at its next meeting;" and
WHEREAS, this ordinance proposed by a committee of petitioners is hereby submitted to the City Council by the City Clerk pursuant to Section 702 of the City Charter; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI:
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