STAFF REVIEW AND APPROVAL
Kansas City Zoning and Development Code § 88-585-04
in effect88-585-04 - STAFF REVIEW AND APPROVAL
88-585-04-A. APPLICABILITY
1. The city planning and development director is hereby authorized to issue certificates of appropriateness without review by the historic preservation commission if the certificate of appropriateness is for an insubstantial change, which is a change to a feature of a building, structure or site that is not historically significant, as defined in the rules and regulations of the historic preservation commission.
2. The city planning and development director may not approve any application for a substantial change, which is a change to a feature of a building, structure or site that is historically significant, as defined in the rules and regulations of the historic preservation commission.
3. The city planning and development director may refer any project to the historic preservation commission upon which the director may otherwise act, due to the complexity of the project or uncertainty as to its consistency with the historic preservation commission's rules and regulations.
4. The city planning and development director does not have final decision-making authority to deny a certificate of appropriateness. Any application that is not approved by the city planning and development director must be forwarded to the historic preservation commission for review in accordance with the procedures of 88-585-05.
5. The city planning and development director must notify the historic preservation commission of certificates of appropriateness administratively issued at the historic preservation commission's next regular meeting.
88-585-04-B. NOTICE
1. REQUIRED MAILED NOTICE
Notice of required public hearings must be mailed to the subject property owner, any registered neighborhood organization and/or registered civic organization whose boundaries include the subject property, and all owners of property within 300 feet of the subject property. See 88-505-07.
2. NOTICE TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
The city planning and development director must provide notice to the historic preservation commission at least 7 days before of the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness. If any member of the historic preservation commission objects, in writing, to the city planning and development director's issuance of the certificate of appropriateness, then the application must be forwarded to the historic preservation commission for review in accordance with the procedures of 88-585-05.
(Ord. No. 130814, § A, 5-1-2014)
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/zoning_and_development_code?nodeId=ZODECOKAMI_500_SERIESREAPPR_88-585CEAP_88-585-04STREAPFetched: 10/28/2026