§ 74-6. City council consideration.

(a)

The recommendation of the Kansas City Chapter 353 Advisory Board shall be filed with the director of city development, accompanied by an ordinance providing for the approval of the development plan or amendment. The ordinance shall thereafter be introduced and referred to a committee for a hearing thereon, in accordance with the Charter and the rules of the council relative to city ordinances. The city council may thereafter approve the development plan or amendment subject to such conditions, exceptions or restrictions as the council may deem to be in the public interest, disapprove the development plan or amendment, or refer the matter back to the Kansas City Chapter 353 Advisory Board for further consideration.

(b)

The approval of any development plan or amendment by the city council shall serve to:

(1)

Establish that the area included within a development plan as the same may be amended has been determined to be a blighted area the clearance, redevelopment, replanning, rehabilitation or reconstruction of which is necessary for the public convenience and necessity, and that implementation of the development plan as the same may be amended is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety, morals and welfare;

(2)

Authorize the director of city development to execute or amend a development agreement with the urban redevelopment corporation, which agreement shall grant to the urban redevelopment corporation the right and obligation to implement the development plan as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms of the development agreement. Notwithstanding any term of such development agreement to the contrary, the failure to acquire the fee interest and any lesser interest in the name of the urban redevelopment corporation or on behalf of the urban redevelopment corporation by a designated person within three years after the date specified in the development agreement between the city and the urban redevelopment corporation for each phase of the development plan shall result in an automatic loss of the development rights, including any tax abatement, and the development plan as the same may be amended and development agreement shall become null and void as to the respective and all subsequent phases.

(Ord. No. 140306 , § 2, 5-1-14)