APPLICABILITY; AUTHORIZED ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS
Kansas City Zoning and Development Code § 88-570-02
in effect88-570-02 - APPLICABILITY; AUTHORIZED ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS
The city planning and development director, director of public works, and director of water services have the authority to review and approve the following administrative adjustments:
88-570-02-A. P/O DISTRICT—BUILDING LOCATION STANDARDS
1. The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to the building placement standards of 88-230-03-A.
2. Such an administrative adjustment may be approved only when the city planning and development director determines that useable public spaces or pedestrian amenities (e.g., extra-wide sidewalk, plaza with seating or outdoor dining area) will be provided between the building and the street.
88-570-02-B. P/O DISTRICT—TRANSPARENT WINDOW STANDARDS
1. The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to the ground-floor transparency standards of 88-230-03-B.
2. Such an administrative adjustment may be approved only when the city planning and development director determines that (1) such a reduction will be offset by the provision of other pedestrian amenities or building or site design features that are not otherwise required by this zoning and development code.
88-570-02-C. P/O DISTRICT—DOOR AND ENTRANCE STANDARDS
1. The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to the door and entrance standards of 88-230-03-C.
2. Such an administrative adjustment may be approved only when the city planning and development director determines that a safe pedestrian walkway not exceeding 20 feet in length is provided between the building entrance and the sidewalk abutting street.
88-570-02-D. P/O DISTRICT—DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE ACCESS STANDARDS
1. The director of public works is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to the driveway and vehicle access standards of 88-230 03-E.
2. Such an administrative adjustment may be approved only when the director of public works determines, in consultation with other appropriate city officials that access to the subject lot cannot be safely accommodated by alley or side (non-pedestrian) street access.
88-570-02-E. GROUND-FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE
The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to reduce the ground-floor commercial floor area requirement of 88-120-07 by up to 20%.
88-570-02-F. BICYCLE PARKING
1. The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment reducing the number of bicycle spaces required under 88-420-09.
2. Such an administrative adjustment may be approved only when the city planning and development director determines that use will generate reduced bicycle traffic or that it would be impossible to provide bicycle parking at the subject location.
88-570-02-G. LANDSCAPING
The city planning and development director is authorized to approve administrative adjustments to otherwise applicable landscape standards, as expressly authorized in 88-425-13.
88-570-02-H. MINOR AMENDMENTS TO APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Unless otherwise expressly stated in this zoning and development code or as part of the final action to approve a development plan, the city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment allowing minor amendments to approved development plans. For the purpose of this provision, minor amendments are changes that:
1. do not increase building coverage by more than 10%, cumulative;
2. do not increase the cumulative floor area by more than 10% or 1,500 square feet, whichever is less;
3. do not increase building height by more than 10% or 6 feet, whichever is less;
4. do not increase the total cumulative impervious surface coverage by more than 10% or 2,000 square feet, whichever is less;
5. do not involve extensive site modifications;
6. do not increase the number of dwelling units or residential occupancy by more than 10%; or
7. do not, in the determination of the city planning and development director, have impacts that warrant city plan commission, city council, or board of zoning adjustment review of the application.
88-570-02-I. TRAIL ENCROACHMENTS INTO STREAMSIDE BUFFER ZONE
The director of water services is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment allowing paved or unpaved trails to encroach into the streamside zone (See 88-415-05-A. 1). Administrative adjustments for (paved or unpaved) trail encroachments into the streamside zone may be approved only when the director of water services determines that alternative alignments are not feasible due to topography, the presence of existing structures such as bridges or flood control levees, the inability to acquire property to accommodate other trail alignments, or when that the trail represents the termini of existing trails and trail rights-of-way. Streambanks and natural resource areas affected by allowed encroachments must be stabilized in accordance with the city's Standards, Specifications and Design Criteria, and natural resources must be mitigated in accordance with 88-415-07-C and 88-415-08-B.4.
88-570-02-J. NONCONFORMITIES
The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment allowing expansion of a nonconforming use into another part of the same building, in accordance with Section 88-610-04-C.
88-570-02-K. SIGNS
The city planning and development director is authorized to approve an administrative adjustment to allow an electronic, digital or motorized wall sign that is directed toward the interior of a site that is at least 3 acres and that meets each of the following standards:
1. The sign is not visible from any other site or any right-of-way.
2. The design of the sign is compatible with the design of the development and the other existing signs on the site.
3. The sign will not negatively impact the use or enjoyment of any other property.
(Ord. No. 140398, § A, 6-17-2014; Ord. No. 150600, § A, 7-23-2015; Ord. No. 151013, § A, 12-10-2015; Ord. No. 220454, § 1, 8-11-2022; Ord. No. 240468, § 1, 6-18-2024)
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_88-570ADAD_88-570-02APAUADADFetched: 10/28/2026