KCRag Forum

chaglang wrote:They don't want to do anything that requires a change in their behavior. They are pretty well convinced that nothing they are doing is a problem.

KCtoBrooklyn wrote: I don't know of anywhere in KC to get decently priced crab anymore.

taxi wrote:

KCtoBrooklyn wrote: I don't know of anywhere in KC to get decently priced crab anymore.

The Pile of Debris has a crab leg buffet that lasts about 5 hours. I like to go and eat my fill right when they open, then I just sit in the booth and read a book for about 4 hours, then I eat another meal of crab legs. Ends up being decently priced.

beautyfromashes wrote:Does this city not have a regulation on delivery trucks blocking the streets? Every time I'm driving through Westport there is a beer truck blocking the road. Today, there were three with one facing the wrong way on the street. Where's the ticket writers?

Is KC social scene for whites only? Young blacks say they’re ‘tolerated,’ not welcomed

Bonny says once while DJing at Firefly in 2011, longtime Westport landlord and business owner Bill Nigro, who was serving as a temporary manager, approached him in the middle of his set and whispered, “it’s getting a little dark in here,” in reference, Bonny says, to the lounge’s steadily growing black crowd that night.

“I don’t believe in playing hip-hop and rap music and drawing a specific crowd. I’m not looking for that,” Nigro says. “I’ve owned a few country nightclubs, and I’ve had fewer problems out of that crowd. If that makes me racist, fine. If somebody’s offended by that, fine.

Facilitating a community planning process in the Westport area, one of the outcomes of which will be a vision of the character of development in Westport and identification of amendments to the Midtown Plaza Area Plan and zoning regulations, thereby necessitating a temporary suspension until March 1, 2018, on the approval of development plans, rezonings, project plans, and the issuance of demolition permits in the Westport area, as outlined in red on the attached map; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Section 1. That the Mayor and Council hereby declare that a six month planning process is undertaken, thereby necessitating a temporary suspension until March 1, 2018, on the approval of development plans, rezonings, project plans, and the issuance of demolition permits in the Westport area as outlined in red on the attached map, with the exception of demolition permits issued pursuant to Chapter 56 of the City's Code of Ordinances necessary to protect the life, health and safety of the public.

Section 2. That a “queue” process is hereby established for the acceptance of any new development applications, until March 1, 2018, for the approval of development plans, rezonings, project plans, and the issuance of demolition permits in the Westport area, as outlined in red on the attached map.

Section 3. That the Director of City Planning and Development may grant relief from the suspension to applicants seeking approval of development plans, rezonings, or project plans located within the existing Main Street Special Review District or proposed Main Street Special Character Overlay District upon a determination that the property does not meet the minimum requirements for historic designation under 88-580-01-F and under the rules and regulations of the historic preservation commission. Upon such a determination, the property owner may then proceed with filing an application for a proposed development plan, rezoning, or project plan, as the case may be.

Section 4. That the following are exempt from the suspension: (1) approved development plans, rezonings, and project plans, and the issuance of demolition permits associated with approved development plans, rezonings, and project plans; and (2) those properties that are already designated as an historic landmark or located within the boundaries of an existing historic district or historic overlay district, except that inclusion in Main Street Special Review District or proposed Main Street Special Character Overlay District will not qualify a property for an exemption unless approved by the Director as set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance, because neither the Main Street Special Review District nor the proposed Main Street Special Character Overlay District regulate or will regulate the demolition of existing buildings.

Section 5. That the Westport Regional Business League and Historic Kansas City will present a status update to the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee every 90 days.

Section 6. That the Mayor and City Council direct the City Planning and Development Department to assess the results of the survey and integrate those results into a community planning process lead and completed by the Westport Regional Business League in collaboration with the Department and Historic Kansas City, by the conclusion of the temporary suspension. Potential outcomes could include the creation of a historic district or an overlay zoning district such as a Historic Overlay District or a Special Character Overlay District.

Section 7. That sum of $45,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the following account in the Unappropriated Surplus from the Development Services Fund:18-2210-641000-B Westport Regional Business League Westport
Planning $45,000.00