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City-Wide Master Plan City-Wide Master Plan JULY 2008 UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY / KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Acknowledgements Mayor/CEO Steering Committee Subcommittees Mayor Joe Reardon Cassandra Pennington Harper Crime Scott Grable Micky Davis Board of Commissioners Bryan Messmer Phillip Roland Gilbert a. Pintar Commissioner Bill Miller Harold Simons Jack Yunghans Ed Rust Commissioner Nathan Barnes Phillip W. Roland Commissioner Don DeSeure Murray Rhodes Education Commissioner Mark Mitchell Dave Holtwick Commissioner Ann Murguia Gary D. Grable Gillian Franklin Nolen Ellison Commissioner Butch Ellison Warrick Graves Commissioner Mark Holland Pamela Penn-Hicks Mark Nidiffer Phillip Roland Commissioner Tom Cooley Daniel Serda Commissioner Pat Huggins Pettey Ray Daniels Michael Davis Ed Rust Commissioner Mike Kane Donald E. Budd, Jr. Thomas Barnes Infrastructure City Planning Commission Willie Smith Jack Yunghans Alvey, David Rick Yarnell Thomas Barnes Angelotti, David Mike Bixler Willie Smith Bohon, Elizabeth (Beth) Marty Thoennes Murray Rhodes Dercher, Ann Anne McDonald Don Budd Huey, Joanne Cindy Cash Hurrelbrink, David Nolen Ellison Mohler, Mark Victor Hernandez Prepared by: Schwartzman, Jim Wendell Maddox HNTB Corporation Walden, Wayne Cordell Meeks III Pamela Penn-Hicks Nimisha Agrawal Walker, Cardelia Brian Comer Harold Simmons Watson, Robert Joy Osborne Susan Carroll Wayne Feuerborn Unified Government Staff Ray Daniels Rodney Riffle Gary Grable Rob Richardson, Director Beatrice Lee Collins Noteis and Associates Larry Hancks Maureen Mahoney Brad Munford Ed Rust Vicki Noteis Janet Parker Bob Collins Byron Toy Joe Vaught Steve Speise City-Wide Master Plan UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY / KANSAS CITY, KANSAS This Page is Intentionally Left Blank ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................1 Plan Intent.........................................................................................................................1 Why do we have a Master Plan?.........................................................................2 What is the Master Plan?..............................................................................2 How is the Master Plan used?..........................................................................3 Can the Master Plan be amended?......................................................................3 The Master Plan Amendment Process.......................................................3 Public Participation........................................................................................................5 Policy Plan...........................................................................................................................9 Exhibit 1: Background..............................................................................................................9 Policy Areas.........15 A Healthy Future..................................................................................................10 Kansas City Kansas’ Green Community.......................................................11 City-Wide Green Community Guiding Principles................................12 Policy Plan Framework....................................................................................15 Rural Development.........................................................................................16 Rural Conservation..........................................................................................17 Neighborhood Conservation...........................................................................18 Community Development...............................................................................19 Urban Revitalization.......................................................................................20 Mixed-Use.........................................................................................................21 Regional Entertainment..................................................................................22 Employment Revitalization.............................................................................23 LAND USE PLAN....................................................................................................25 Exhibit 2: Introduction..................................................................................................................25 Land Use Guide.....26 Guiding Principles.......................................................................................................25 Land Use Guide and Categories.............................................................................26 Parks and Open Space...........................................................................27 Floodway............................................................................................27 Public/Semi-Public.................................................................................27 Rural-Density Residential.......................................................................28 Low-Density Residential...........................................................................29 Medium-Density Residential...............................................................30 Urban Residential.........................................................................31 High-Density Residential................................................................32 City-Wide Master Plan UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY / KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Rural Commercial...................................................................33 Neighborhood Commercial..........................................................34 Mixed-Use..................................................................................35 Community Commercial..............................................................36 Regional Commercial..................................................................37 Business Park....................................................................................38 Industrial.........................................................................................39 Utilities....................................................................................40 Undermined Areas...............................................................................41 Amenity Guidelines........................................................................................42 Mixed-Use Design Guidelines............................................................................43 Multi-Family Residential Guidelines.............................................................45 Existing Area Plans.....................................................................................................47 Downtown Plan...............................................................................................47 Prairie Delaware Piper Master Plan.............................................................48 Rosedale Land Use Plan................................................................................49 Armourdale Land Use Plan...........................................................................50 Exhibit 3: Urban Design..........................................................................................................51 Urban Design Framework.........52 Introduction........................................................................................................51 Guiding Principles.........................................................................................51 Organizing Elements.................................................................................51 Urban Design Framework.........................................................................52 Key Elements........................................................................................................53 Districts..........................................................................................................53 Pathways.........................................................................................................54 Primary Image Streets.......................................................................55 Secondary Image Streets...................................................................56 Boulevards/Parkways.....................................................................57 Rapid Transit Corridors.............................................................57 Trails...........................................................................................58 Edges...............................................................................................................59 TABLE OF CONTENTS Parks, Open Space and Trails.........................................................................61 Exhibit 4: Introduction........................................................................................................61 Parks, Open Space, Guiding Principles.........................................................................................61 and Trails Framework.........62 Parks, Open Space and Trails Framework.....................................................62 Recommendations.............................................................................................63 Transportation.................................................................................................67 Exhibit 5: Introduction............................................................................................67
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