Platte County staff recommends rezoning 15.34-acre parcel for Montabella Phase 7

Platte County Planning and Zoning staff recommended approval Dec. 17 for a request to rezone 15.34 acres at the west end of Northwest 47th Terrace from agricultural to R‑7 (single-family high-density) and to incorporate the parcel as Phase 7 of the Montabella subdivision, staff said.

The staff presentation, delivered by an unidentified planning staff member, said the applicant—identified in the record as David Barth of KOLN LLC—submitted a preliminary plat proposing 36 single-family lots. Staff stated each lot would be eligible for one single-family building permit and reported lot sizes would range from 9,257 to 17,845 square feet. “Staff does recommend approval request to rezone from AG to r 7,” the staff member said.

According to staff, the site lies in the South Highway 45 focus area on Platte County’s future land use map, which calls for single-family residential development at roughly 1–4 dwelling units per acre. Staff said the proposed 36-lot configuration conforms to that guidance and that minimum infrastructure conditions are met: roads meeting Category 3 standards (a 22-foot asphalt surface), access to centralized sewer through the regional sewer district, water service from Missouri American Water, and fire protection coverage within about five miles of a station.

The presentation also reviewed an aerial map showing adjacent municipal boundaries (Kansas City to the north, the City of Riverside to the east and south, and Parkville to the west) and noted that earlier phases of the Montabella subdivision are within the City of Riverside. Staff told the commission the developer intends this parcel to be an extension of the existing neighborhood and that the preliminary plat would be incorporated into the Montabella subdivision and be subject to the subdivision’s homeowners association rules and regulations.

Staff described typical engineering elements on the plat, including asphalt roads with curbs and gutters, grading/topography details, and private open-space tracts. Jason Halterbrand, assistant director of Planning and Zoning, opened the meeting and confirmed exhibits would be entered into the record if there were no objections: “If there's no objections, we'll enter those in the record,” he said.

The transcript provided ends with staff recommending approval; it does not record a formal motion or vote on the rezoning or preliminary plat in the excerpt provided. Any final decision, conditions of approval, or required revisions would be reflected in subsequent minutes or the formal action item when the commission takes a recorded vote.