§ 74-5. Hearing; notice; recommendation.

(a)

The Kansas City Chapter 353 Advisory Board shall provide for a public hearing upon a completed application for approval of a development plan or amendment and shall cause notice of such hearing thereon to be given by at least one publication in the newspaper doing the city printing not less than ten days before the date of the hearing. The board shall also distribute, or cause to be distributed, notice to each political subdivision within the area encompassed by the development plan or amendment. All interested parties may be heard at such hearing and may also elect to provide a response in writing. If more than one development plan or amendment is filed for all or any part of the same area, there shall be a public hearing on each plan or amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no hearing shall be scheduled or held before by the board until such time as the city plan commission shall have made its recommendation to the city council for those development plans or amendments the implementation of which necessitates review by that body.

(b)

The Kansas City Chapter 353 Advisory Board shall review the development plan or amendment and shall make a recommendation to the city council following the conclusion of the public hearing. In arriving at its recommendation, the board shall consider the blight study, the development plan and the type of development which is physically desirable for the area concerned. After fully considering the development plan or amendment, the board shall forthwith transmit its recommendation thereon to the city council.

(Ord. No. 140306 , § 2, 5-1-14)