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Planning commission recommends approval of minor subdivision at 1530 Swift Street, requires party wall within 60 days of council OK
Summary
The Kansas City Planning Commission on June 26 recommended City Council approve a minor subdivision (PC 2025602) at 1530 Swift Street, conditioned on construction of a code-compliant party wall between proposed lots 2 and 3 within 60 days of council approval; staff said the required permit was approved the same day.
Kansas City’s Planning Commission on June 26 voted to recommend that City Council approve a minor subdivision and replat for 1530 Swift Street (PC 2025602), attaching a condition that a code-compliant separation between proposed lots 2 and 3 be constructed within 60 days of council approval.
Staff told commissioners that “a code compliance separation of proposed lot two and lot three shall be constructed within 60 days after the approval of the city council,” and that the building permit for the required separation had been filed and was ready to be issued that day. Staff described the separation as a three-hour-rated party firewall composed of concrete masonry units, steel and fire-resistant drywall, with detailed drawings on file.
An applicant representative described the site layout — a north two-story structure with a mezzanine, a distinct middle two-story element open to the south building, and a separate south building — and confirmed the permit was approved pending payment and pickup. The applicant said the property is under contract and that the sale contract requires the wall to be finished within 60 days of closing, which the applicant said would align with council-driven timing: "so we would have it done within 60 days of city council approval."
Commissioners asked when the 60-day period would begin; staff said the condition’s clock begins on City Council approval. Staff also said the condition would be enforced by withholding recording of the plat with the county assessor until the party wall is constructed, noting that an unrecorded plat could not be sold as separate, legally established parcels.
A commissioner moved that the commission recommend approval of the final plat with the 60-day construction condition; the motion was seconded and carried, with at least one commissioner voicing opposition during the vote. The Planning Commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to City Council, which staff said is scheduled to consider the plat on July 15.
The commission closed public comment (no speakers) and adjourned, noting there is no regular Planning Commission meeting in July and the next regular meeting will occur in August.
