Webster Groves council approves conditional use permits for Children’s Hospital and KVC behavioral health facility at 330 N. Gore Ave.

The Webster Groves City Council voted unanimously to adopt Bill 9,274, an ordinance amending the zoning map and approving two conditional use permits (CUPs) for an institutional use and an inpatient hospital at 330 North Gore Avenue, with St. Louis Children’s Hospital as petitioner and KVC Behavioral Healthcare Missouri Inc. as the property owner.

Council members and staff said they revised the ordinance to address neighbors’ concerns about “mission creep,” limiting future uses to what the applicants described in their June 3, 2024 application and making the CUPs personal to the applicants rather than running with the land.

City Attorney Neil explained that the amended ordinance “referred back to the application itself” and “limited the uses to those things that are described in the application,” incorporating by reference the application letter and its descriptions so the city can enforce those representations. He also said the…