Mar 23, 2026 Land Use Committee

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CHARLIE CALLING LAND USE COMMITTEE TO ORDER.

TODAY WE HAVE WITH US JAYLEN ANDREW, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE WERE PROVIDED AT THAT MEETING? THIS COMMUNITY WILL HEAR ONLY NEW OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT THINKS IN THEIR WILDEST IMAGINATION THAT THEY WANT, MIGHT WANT TO TESTIFY, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN.

YOU JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY AFFIRM UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU SHALL GIVE AT THE MATTER AND ISSUE SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.

I DO.

WE'LL START WITH NUMBER

[ORDINANCES IN COMMITTEE]

[6064 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 161.00± acre tract from District AGp (Agricultural Planned) to District AG (Agricultural).]

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNITED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 161 ACRE TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURE PLAN TO DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL.

RANDY? THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, THE APPLICANT IS MICHAEL AND MARCY TERRANCE AT 3 0 0 4 NORTH MILLER DRIVE.

IT'S 161 ACRES.

THEY'RE TAKING IT FROM DISTRICT AG PLANNED TO AG.

THIS IS TO REMOVE THE PLANNED DESIGNATION TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

THE ZONING IN THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY AGRICULTURAL.

THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

LAND USE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS PART OF A 200 ACRES, 200 ACRES REZONED TO AG PLANNED BACK IN 2006 BY ORDINANCE 37 86 FOR DOLOS MINISTRIES.

PART OF THE PLAN WAS FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THE 160 ACRES WITH ADDITIONAL LODGES, WALKING TRAILS AND OTHER AMENITIES.

THE WEST 40 ACRES OF THE SUBJECT OF, OF THE PARENT TRACT CONTAINS THE FACILITIES OFF TWYMAN ROAD AND WILL RETAIN THE PLAN DESIGNATION.

THE APPLICANT IS UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE 160 ACRES AND THEIR PLAN IS JUST TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON IT.

SO THIS BASICALLY JUST TAKES THAT PLAN ZONING FOR DUE LOSS OFF OF IT.

SO IT'S JUST A REGULAR AG ZONING FOR THAT, FOR THE, FOR THE HOME.

THIS IS IN THE RULE TIER AND THE PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS.

OKAY? IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICANT TO EITHER ATTEND OR TO TESTIFY.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THIS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY OPPOSED TO THIS? DID ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[6065 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 4.87± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).]

RANDY, THIS IS NICK FER AT 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 SOUTH MORELAND SCHOOL ROAD, 4.87 ACRES.

WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATES.

THIS IS TO CREATE A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.

AGAIN, THE ZONING IN THE AREA IS RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IS PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.

THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN THE, UH, IN THE AREA THAT ARE SIMILAR SIZES.

SOME OF THESE WERE CREATED BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN 1995, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE CREATED AFTER IT'S ADOPTION.

IN 1986, THE PARENT 15 ACRE TRACT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE PIECES.

THE PORTION CONSISTING OF 10 ACRES WAS PLATTED INTO EASY ACRES IN SEPTEMBER OF 1991.

THE SUBJECT TRACK, WHICH IS THE REMAINING FIVE PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, HAS RE HAS REMAINED AN UN PLATTED TRACT PRIOR TO 1978.

PRIOR PROPERTIES DIVIDED BY A DEED CAN BE CONSIDERED LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING, AND WOULD BE DEVELOPABLE.

HAD IT BEEN PLATTED AFTER 1995, UH, BEFORE 1995, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING STATUS PLATTED TRACT.

SINCE NEITHER OF THOSE TWO ACTIONS TOOK PLACE, THE TRACT IS REQUIRED TO BE REZONED AND PLOTTED TO BE ABLE TO BE BUILDABLE.

THIS IS IN THE URBAN TIER PLANT COMMISSION.

DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THIS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY? OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO 6 0 6 6 AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT

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OH, LEMME GO BACK.

IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS A QUESTION ON 5 0 6? 5 6 0 6 5 6 0 6 6

[6066 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 10.00± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RR (Residential Ranchette).]

RANDY.

THANK YOU.

SO MASON AND ASHTON CASE ARE THE APPLICANTS.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RANDY AND KAREN CASE.

THIS IS 39 3 0 7 EAST OSTERMAN ROAD.

IT'S CHANGED FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE.

THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

THE ZONING IN THE AIR IS PREDOMINANTLY AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IS AGRICULTURAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON LARGER TRACKS.

THE APPLICANT WISHES TO DIVIDE THE 10 ACRES INTO TWO FIVE ACRE LOTS.

THE FIVE ACRES ON THE EIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE CONTAIN THE EXISTING HOUSE.

THE WEST FIVE ACRES WILL ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

THIS IS IN THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT TIER PLAN COMMISSION.

DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE? DO YOU WANT TO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TESTIFY? WELL, I, I, I HAVE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

ADD .

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I GUESS THAT'S A NO.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS? DOES ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL MOVE ON TO 6 0 6 7

[6067 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 3.05± acre tract from District B (Two Family) to District LI (Light Industrial).]

THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ADOPTED THE ZONING ORDER IN 1943.

THE BLUE SUMMIT AREA WAS REZONED AS DISTRICT B OR TWO FAMILY ALONG WITH SOME COMMERCIAL ZONING ALONG TRUMAN ROAD IN 1995.

THE COUNTY ADOPTED THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THE CODES FROM 1943 AND THE 1960 ORDERS WERE REPLACED WITH A NEW SET OF ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS.

DISTRICTS A, WHICH WAS ONE FAMILY B TWO FAMILY AND C MULTIFAMILY WERE REPLACED WITH CLASSIFICATIONS BETTER SUITED TO DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE.

THE APPLICANT IS DESIRING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM AN OBSOLETE ZONING TO MORE AND MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING IN THE AREA.

THIS WOULD ALSO SERVE BETTER ANY FUTURE POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

THERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT TRACT.

ACROSS THE ACROSS BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD IS ZONE IS INDUSTRIAL ZONING WITHIN THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE.

THIS IS IN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT TIER.

THE PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? BILL MOORE.

I'M THE ATTORNEY OF LAW FIRM.

SURE.

ON BEHALF OF, DO YOU WISH TO TESTIFY? NO, SIR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THIS? PLEASE STAND.

STATE YOUR NAME AND THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR.

OH, YOU'RE OPPOSED.

I, CORRECT.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, ANYBODY OPPOSED? UH, COME ON UP AND, UH, GET A MICROPHONE AND YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING NOT ON YET.

STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED.

MY NAME IS JOEL RYBURN AND I AM THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS APPLICATION WHERE HE GIVES THE BOUNDARIES AND STUFF.

SO I'M HIS NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY, LITERALLY, AND I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.

IN FACT, I'VE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATION AND I TAKE EXCEPTION OF SEVERAL THINGS ON IT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

BRING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WE GO.

YEAH.

LET'S SEE.

ON THE APPLICATION, THEY'RE STATING THAT THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO REZONE IS VACANT AND IT'S NOT.

THERE'S A BRICK, THREE BEDROOM HOUSE WITH

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THE DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE IT, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND COMPARABLE TO THE PROPERTY AROUND IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET WAS REZONED FOR HIM 10 YEARS AGO FOR A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK, WHICH NEVER CAME ABOUT.

IT LOOKS KINDA LIKE THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS NOW.

UH, WHAT IT WAS WAS A LANDFILL.

HOWEVER, THEY USED SOME DIFFERENT TERMS TO DESCRIBE IT BACK THEN.

TERMS THAT I SEE IN THIS, UH, MINUTES FROM THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, WHEN THE ATTORNEY, MR. MOORE WAS SAYING HE WAS LEVELING SOME PROPERTY BACK THERE, MEANING ACROSS THE STREET THERE.

WELL, HE'S BEEN LEVELING FOR 10 YEARS.

UH, NOTHING'S BEEN BUILT THERE, BUT A FENCE AND A MANUFACTURED HOME.

SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEEN AN UNPERMITTED LANDFILL THAT THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS INDIFFERENT ABOUT.

I'VE CONTACTED THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT FOR 10 YEARS WE'VE HAD BIG TRUCKS ROLLING BY THERE, SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 70 TO 80 A DAY DUMPING STUFF AND DIRT BEING SOLD OUTTA THERE.

AND THAT'S IT.

AS IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

I MEAN, IF YOU DO THE MATH OVER 10 YEARS, HE LITERALLY MADE MILLIONS SELLING JACKSON COUNTY, EXCUSE ME, INDEPENDENCES LANDFILL SPACE AND SELLING DIRT OUT OF THERE.

THERE'S, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD PROTESTED, STRENUOUSLY, PROTESTED.

THE INDEPENDENCE HAS TAKEN PLACE, UH, WITH THE NOISE, THE DUST, TRUCKS, EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT WE WORRIED ABOUT CAME TO PASS.

SO WE'RE PROTESTING THAT.

I SAY WE BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR KURT'S HERE TO SAY THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS, THINGS, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LIVING NIGHTMARE FOR US FOR 10 YEARS.

IT WAS APPROVED, ALTHOUGH THEY APPROVED IT IN INDEPENDENCE AT ONE TIME ACROSS THE STREET WE HAD A, UH, PETITION DRIVE THAT WAS SUCCEEDED, BUT THEY WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION AT THAT POINT AND CAME BACK A YEAR LATER WITH SUPPOSEDLY A GLOWING LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS.

BUT THAT GUY GOT CAUGHT UP BECAUSE THAT GUY WAS ON THE PAYROLL AND ACTUALLY THE CITY RECOMMENDED THEIR ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THEY NOT APPROVE THAT REZONING, BUT EILEEN WEIR DID IT ANYWAY, AND FOR 10 YEARS WE HAD THE TRUCKS ROLLING.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT OVERVIEW OF THAT AERIAL, THAT'S WHAT WE GET TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY.

AND I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.

UH, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT IT THAT, THAT I COULD GO ON ABOUT, BUT WE WON'T DUPLICATE OUR, OUR EFFORTS HERE.

LET'S SEE.

THERE WAS ALSO, UH, IN THE APPLICATION, THEY STATED THERE'S NO IMPACT ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

THAT'S LUDICROUS.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME THING THAT THREE ACRES AS WHAT WENT ON ACROSS THE STREET FOR 10 YEARS NOW BEFORE ALL WE HAD WAS OUR WORD AGAINST HIS ABOUT WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT NOW WE'VE GOT 10 YEARS TO LOOK BACK ON AND SEE WHAT KIND OF MAN HE IS AND WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY THEY'RE GONNA END UP WITH.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA IMPACT US.

THE DUST AND NOISE AND TRUCKS, ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A STATEMENT IF THERE WAS GONNA BE ANY CHANGE IN ELEVATION, AND THEY SAID NO, IT'S GONNA GO UP ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET IF MORE, IF NOT MORE, UH, ACROSS THE STREET AS A VISUAL FOR YOU.

IF YOU THINK OF 23RD STREET WHERE HILL PARK IS, THAT'S ROCK CREEK AND THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND THEN COMING UP TO BLUE RIDGE, IF YOU TAKE THAT ALL THE WAY TO MAYWOOD AND TO BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD, WHERE THE BRIDGE IS, THAT'S HOW MUCH HE'S CHANGED THE ELEVATION IN THE, UH, PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AND WHAT HE'LL DO WITH THIS THREE ACRES.

NOW WHY THAT THREE ACRES NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED, I'M NOT SURE THIS WAS NOT GONNA CHANGE HIS LIVELIHOOD.

HE'S MADE MILLIONS ALREADY.

UH, ANOTHER THREE ACRES IS NOT GONNA MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE, BUT IT CERTAINLY WILL OF US.

UH, WHERE WE LIVE IS IT'S GONNA HAVE A, A HUGE EMBANKMENT OF DEBRIS DUMPED IN THERE.

AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHY THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT BENEFIT TO US AND IT WOULDN'T HURT HIM IF THEY LEAVE IT RESIDENTIAL.

LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE THERE THAT'S BEING RENTED ALREADY.

IT ALSO SAID NO IMPACT TO ROADS AND TRAFFIC WITH ALL THE TRUCKS AND STUFF THAT REWARDS THROUGH THERE FOR 10 YEARS.

YEAH, THERE'S AN IMPACT ON THE ROADS AND TRAFFIC THERE AS WELL.

SO THE APPLICATION I THINK IS DISINGENUOUS AND THAT'S WHY I'M POSING IT TODAY.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.

KURT, YOU GONNA TAKE YOUR

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THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.

MY NAME'S KURT MANLEY.

I OWN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL NIGHTMARE.

UH, THAT'S AT 2040.

BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD IS MY ADDRESS.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT I'VE HAD A, A RECENT INJURY AND IT'S KIND OF SLOWED ME DOWN, BUT I'M STILL GOING THROUGH.

UH, THIS REZONING PROPOSAL DOES NOT BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANY WAY WHERE WE LIVE.

IT ONLY BENEFITS A WEALTHY BUSINESS OWNER, ONE MAN LANCE HOUSTON, WHO HAS PROVEN IN THE RECENT PAST HIS LACK OF COMMUNITY LAND STEWARDSHIP REZONING INDUSTRIAL NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS NOT ONLY A BAD IDEAL, IT ONLY SERVES ONE PERSON, ONE BUSINESS, AS OPPOSED TO MANY RESIDENCES.

IT TURNS A ONCE THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A BLIGHTED, NOISY, DIRTY, AND UGLY PLACE TO LIVE.

WE ALREADY HAVE MANY PROPERTIES LOCATED IN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN JACKSON COUNTY.

MANY HAVE FOR LEASE OR FOR SALE SIGNS UP.

THIS WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC.

IE LARGE TRUCKS COMING TO THIS AREA FROM ALL OVER.

IT WILL TREMENDOUSLY INCREASE NOISE LEVEL FOR MANY BLOCKS.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A TRIAXLE DUMP TRUCK SLAM ITS TAILGATE? WHEN IT EMPTIES? IT SOUNDS LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF.

THIS KEEPS GOING ON AND ON THROUGH THE DAY AND NIGHT.

HEAVY TRUCKS CONSTANTLY COMING AND GOING.

BULLDOZERS, BULLDOZERS MOVING AND MORE NOISE.

IT WILL DAMAGE BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD.

A BOULEVARD IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN NO TRUCKS THE WAY I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT I GUESS NOBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION.

ALSO, SURROUNDING STREETS ARE DAMAGED AND GUESS WHO PAYS FOR THAT? GIANT DIRT CLOUDS LITTER THE ROAD WITH CAKE DIRT THAT TURNS TO MUD WITH RAIN, ROCKS AND DEBRIS FALL OFF THESE TRUCKS CONSTANTLY.

THE DUST CREATED COATS OUR HOUSES, YARDS, CARS AND STRUCTURES.

IT WILL CREATE EXTRA LOAD ON PUBLIC SERVICES ALREADY LACKING IN THIS AREA.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM WILL INCREASE MORE DUST, POLLUTION AND WATER.

RU RUNOFF WILL ENTER CREEKS AND RIVERS.

HOUSTON ALREADY DESTROYED 40 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH WHITE OAKS AND WALNUT TREES, AS TOLD BY ME, BY BUR OAKS NATURE CENTER.

WERE OVER 150 YEARS OLD WITH TRUCKS DUMPING CONSTANTLY DAY AND NIGHT.

AND I HAVE PHOTOS AT 1:30 AM OF TRUCKS DUMPING ACROSS FROM MY PROPERTY.

HE PROMISED INDEPENDENT CITY COUNCIL AND FORMER MAYOR WEIR THAT IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS PARK WITH PAVED ROADS AND ATTRACTIVE OFFICE SPACE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE PHOTOS, BUT OKAY.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS THAT IT'S JUST AN UGLY JUNKYARD IN STORAGE LOT AND ROCK PILE FOR LARGE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.

THIS WAS NEVER MENTIONED AT MEETINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

NO ONE HAS HELD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

THE DUMPING HAS GONE ON FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS AND IT IS SO LOUD AND NOISY.

AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD AN OPPOSITION GROUP THAT WORKED TO GATHER OVER 6,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST THE, THE, UH, LANDFILL ACROSS AND INDEPENDENTS ON BLUE RIDGE.

WHEN HOUSTON LAWYERS SAW THAT, SAW THIS, THEY WITHDREW THE PETITION ONLY TO WAIT A FEW MONTHS AND SOMEHOW WORKED A BACKROOM DEAL WITH WEIR AND CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE REZONING.

WE ALSO WENT BEFORE THE CITY ZONING, UH, COMMISSION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THEY AGREED WITH US.

THEY VOTED DOWN PROPOSAL AND CHASSISES HIS ATTORNEY FOR WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS ACREAGE.

WE ARE STILL AT A LOSS HOW THEY MANAGED TO OVERRIDE THE ZONING BOARD AND APPROACH SUCH A DEAL.

THE MISSOURI DNR IS SUPPOSED TO MONITOR, NEVER SEEN THEM.

THEY APPARENTLY HAVE LITTLE OVERSIGHT.

UM, I THOUGHT WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

ASK YOURSELVES, WHO DO YOU REPRESENT? PEOPLE WITH MONEY AND SELF-INTEREST TO ONLY MAKE MORE.

I HOPE YOU REPRESENT MORE RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE WEALTHY FEW.

YOU UNJUSTLY RAISE MY TAXES.

WHAT AM I GETTING FOR IT? NOT MUCH.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT SHOW WHEN THERE'S CRIME, WE GET MORE CRIME, MORE NOISE, POLLUTION AND AND INCREASED BLIGHT.

WE GET NO

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ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO KEEP THIS TO THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US PLEASE.

ALRIGHT.

HOUSTON ONLY WANTS TO REZONE FOR HIS GAIN.

IT'S MUCH EASIER TO THROW SOME MONEY AT A LAWYER AND MAKE DEALS WITH CITY AND AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS THAN TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THE HARDER THING AND MOVE TO AN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT WILL COST HIM MONEY.

SO MAKE THE RESIDENTS PAY WITH NOISE, POLLUTION, TRAFFIC, ET CETERA.

IT'S THE EASY THING TO DO.

HE HAS ALREADY PROVEN HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE.

IF YOU LET HIM TURN A BEAUTIFUL ROLLING HILLSIDE WITH MATURE OLD OAK TREES AND WALNUTS INTO A MOUNTAINOUS, BROKEN CONCRETE AND ASPHALT PILE OF LIGHT, IT WILL NEVER RETURN AGAIN LIKE IT WAS.

HOUSTON DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE HERE.

HE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THIS COUNTY.

WOULD YOU OR HE WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO AN INDUSTRIAL JUNK PILE? I'M GUESSING NO.

POOR PEOPLE HAVE TO LIKE ME.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

UNLESS YOU DO WHAT HE IS NOT EXPECTING.

HOUSTON HAS ALREADY PAID AN EMPLOYEE TO MARK AROUND THE PERIPHERY WITH ORANGE STREAMERS.

WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? HAS IT ALREADY BEEN DECIDED? I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT HE MUST KNOW SOMETHING.

I DON'T, BUT I JUST PRAY THAT YOU PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SEND HIM HOME DEFEATED TO CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS.

HOUSTON PROMISES THE MOON, BUT IN THE END ONLY DELIVERS A ROCK PILE.

DON'T FALL FOR IT.

PROVE YOU REPRESENT ME TOO.

THANKS.

THAT'S IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO TESTIFY FOR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE? DO WE HAVE JUST 6 0 6 8 LEFT? RANDY AND I HAVE PICTURES IF I COULD SHOW YOU.

I'LL TAKE THOSE AND I'LL THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT'S WHAT LATER IT SHOWS MARY, MARY JO.

CAN YOU PASS THE PROPERTY THAT HE IS TRYING TO FILL IN WITH IT'S ROLLING HILLSIDE WITH A A, A NICE BRICK HOUSE ALREADY EXISTING THAT HE WANTS TO FILL INTO THE ROCK PILE AND SOME OF THOSE PICTURES AND THAT THE JUNK AND THE ROCK PILE ARE JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS.

SO IT SHOWS YOU WHAT IT WILL END UP BEING.

AND ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S DONE.

THERE'S NO GOING BACK.

SO I STRONGLY OPPOSE BECAUSE I WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE AFTERMATH AS LONG AS I'M AT THIS PROPERTY.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED SINCE 1994.

I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY LONG BEFORE LANCE HOUSTON WAS EVER ON THE, AND I'VE SEEN IT SINCE 98.

ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO

[6068 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 9.75± acre tract from District LB (Local Business) to District LI (Light Industrial).]

ALRIGHT, THIS IS JESSUP, LLC 26 0 5 26 1 11 EAST COLBURN ROAD, 9.75 ACRES CHANGING FROM LOCAL BUSINESS TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THE PURPOSE IS TO ALIGN THE ZONING WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE AND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LAND USE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TO THE WEST WITH SOME LEGAL NON-CONFORMING ZONING.

THESE PLATS, THESE LOTS WERE PLATTED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UC IN 95.

THE CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS IS TO THE NORTH ACROSS COLEMAN ROAD.

THE CITY OF LAKE LAJUANA IS DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS REZONED IN 1972 FROM AG TO LOCAL BUSINESS IN 1979.

IT WAS PLANTED INTO CRANFORD EDITION CONSISTING OF THREE LOTS.

LOT TWO CONTAINS THE EXISTING MANUFACTURING BUILDING, ROYAL KNIT MANUFACTURES PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOPEDIC TEXTILES.

THE APPLICANT IS WISHING TO DEVELOP THE TWO VACANT LOTS.

THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR LOT ONE IS A NON-RETAIL OFFICE WAREHOUSE UNITS.

THIS PLAN IS LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021 ON OLD 50 HIGHWAY LOT TWO WILL HAVE AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING SITE.

IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS HARD SURFACE PARKING AND STORM WATER DETENTION WILL BE REQUIRED.

OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SCREENED WITH A SIX FOOT SOLID FENCE

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RO WAS CONSIDERED, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE THE PROVISION FOR THE EXISTING MANUFACTURING AS LI DOES.

UH, DISTRICT ALLY REQUIRES LOW INTENSITY, WILL NOT HAVE SEVERE IMPACTS ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

DOES NOT INVOLVE LARGE SCALE PROCESSING OR MANUFACTURING.

DISTRICT.

LI IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE URBAN TIER AND SHOULD BE LOCATED ON A COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL ROAD.

COLBURN ROAD IS CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR ARTERIAL.

THIS IS IN THE URBAN TIER AND THE PLANT COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES.

COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? KURT RASIC.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ORDINANCE? SIR, TAKE THE MICROPHONE.

IT'S, I GOTTA PULL ANY FURTHER.

YES.

YES.

I'M WONDERING IF, UH, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AS FAR AS, UH, PRIVACY BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL.

UH, LIKE A PRIVACY FENCE OR POSSIBLY LIKE THOSE ONES ON HIGHWAY SEVEN.

YOU SEE THOSE WHITE FENCES? UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLANS ON THAT? I OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO IDEA.

DO YOU WISH TO RESPOND TO THAT OR LET IT? YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO.

WE GOT OFFICER MICROPHONE.

YEAH.

DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT YOU NEEDED TO NO, BEFORE WE BRING HIM UP.

OKAY.

FAR IS IT GONNA GO? SO CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, THERE'S A TREE LINE, A BUFFER, UH, VEGETATION THAT WE PLANNED ON LEAVING IN PLACE, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME PRIVACY BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, IF A FENCE WAS NECESSARY ALONG THAT, THAT, UH, PROPERTY LINE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO PUT ONE IN AS WELL.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, MR. JAYLEN.

THANK YOU.

UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO PUTTING A FENCE THERE TO GIVE FOLKS A MORE, UM, A FEELING OF, UH, PRIVACY AND A SEPARATION BETWEEN, UH, YOUR BUSINESSES AND THEIR HOMES? YEAH, CERTAINLY.

I GUESS MY, UH, QUESTION THERE IS THAT, UM, UM, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT HAVING THIS IN THE LEGISLATION IN AND OF ITSELF? SO THAT, UH, NOT SAYING THAT YOU WON'T, I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT, BUT JUST AS ANYTHING WE, WE LIKE TO HAVE, UH, WORDING AT LEAST IN, UM, LEGISLATION THAT SAYS, UH, SOMEONE WOULD BE AT LEAST BE OPEN TO IT OR WILLING TO DO THAT.

UM, THAT'S MY ONLY SUGGESTION, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN COMMITTEE.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

I'LL JUST, CAN I ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK? THE, THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE PRESENTED, I BELIEVE RANDY HAS A COPY OF IT DOES SHOW A PRIVACY FENCE BETWEEN ANY BUILDINGS AND THE RESIDENCE.

UM, SO JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

BUT LEAVING THAT TREE BUFFER THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE, UM, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL THAT'S PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET, THAT'S JUST NOT A COUPLE OF TREES.

I MEAN IT'S PRETTY THICK VEGETATION BETWEEN, UH, THE OPEN AREA AND THOSE HOUSES TO THE WEST.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE ARE IN ANY, ANY, UH, OTHER COMMENT? THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL NOW CLOSE.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE OR DO WE WANT TO GO INTO THE, UH, MOTIONS TO PERFECT.

UH, WE CAN PROCEED.

YEAH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 6 0 6 4? MOVE TO PERFECT.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

LAND USE WILL RECOMMEND PERFECTION ORDINANCE

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DO I HAVE A MOTION ON 6 0 6 5? MOVE TO PERFECT.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? LAND USE WILL RECOMMEND PERFECTION.

ORDINANCE 6 0 6 5.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON 6 0 6 6? MOVE TO PERFECT.

SECOND.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

WE RECOMMEND PERFECTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

LAND USE WILL RECOMMEND PERFECTION OF ORDINANCE 6 0 6 6.

DO I HAVE A CHAIRMAN? A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 6 0 6 7.

MR. CHAIRMAN, JAYLEN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE TO HOLD.

6 0 6 7 A SECOND.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE WILL HOLD 6 0 6 6 6 0 6 7.

SO THAT WILL BE HELD.

I HAVE A MOTION ON 6 0 6 8.

MOVE TO PERFECT.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

LAND USE WILL RECOMMEND PERFECTION OF ORDINANCE 6 0 6 8.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE LAND USE, WE STAND ADJOURNED.