Duties.
Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1102
in effectSec. 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.
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_DIV1CIPLCO_S1102DUFetched: 10/28/2026