CITY PLAN COMMISSION

Kansas City Charter art. XI, div. 1

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Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1101 Commission established.

Sec. 1101. - Commission established. There shall be a City Plan Commission consisting of eight members appointed by the Mayor to serve terms of four years beginning on the first day of the fiscal year in the year the appointment is made. In addition, the City Manager, President of the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, Director of Public Works, and Director of the Water Services departments shall be advisory members without a vote. The Mayor shall designate one member as chair.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1102 Duties.

Sec. 1102. - Duties. (a) Planning. The Commission shall have power to prepare or recommend plans for: (1) The location, extension, vacation, widening, construction, or improvement of streets, trafficways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, community centers, other recreation facilities, public buildings, bridges, viaducts and subways; (2) A system or systems of widening and opening various through streets so as to relieve traffic congestion; (3) Matters of transit and transportation; (4) Districting and zoning the City as to the use to which property may be put, and regulating the height, area and use of buildings and premises; (5) The improvement of the river front and flood protection; (6) The supervision and regulation of platting and opening subdivisions; (7) The future physical development of the City. (b) Legislation. The Commission shall recommend state and municipal legislation as may be necessary to carry out its plans.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1103 Zoning.

Sec. 1103. - Zoning. The Commission shall have power to prepare plans, reports and ordinances and to make recommendations relating to the exercise of zoning powers, including the following: (a) Division of the City into districts and for each district the imposition of regulations, restrictions, or prohibitions designed to promote the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity or general welfare; (b) Erection of buildings and other structures and of premises to be used for trade, industry, residence or other specified purposes; (c) Designation of the kinds or classes of trade, industries, residences or other purposes for which buildings or other structures or premises may be permitted to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired or used; (d) Regulation and limitation on the height and bulk of buildings and other structures; and (e) Regulation of building lines and limiting the percentage of lot occupancy and regulating and limiting the area of courts and other spaces.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1104 Reports on ordinances.

Sec. 1104. - Reports on ordinances. The City Council, by ordinance, may provide for Commission comments on specified ordinances. The Commission may make to the Council a report or suggestion in relation to such ordinances.

Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICHKAMI_ARTXIBOCO_DIV1CIPLCOFetched: 10/28/2026