Title
An Ordinance vacating a portion of a certain easement located at 1900 and 1920 NE Discovery Avenue in the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Body
Issue/Request:
The applicant requests to vacate a 30’ wide x 80.49’ long general utility easement situated between two future buildings on Lots 5 and 7 of The Village at Discovery Park. The request stems from the need to construct a retaining wall within the existing easement due to a 5’ shift in the location of the future Lot 5 building. The City’s Encroachment Policy prohibits retaining walls from being constructed in a public utility easement, therefore necessitating vacation of the impacted easement. The existing water and sanitary sewer mains located within the subject easement are private infrastructure for which a public utility easement is not needed; the developer will dedicate a separate private utility easement to cover the private infrastructure upon vacation of the public easement.
Proposed City Council Motion:
I move to recommend APPROVAL of Application #PL2025-082 - VACATION OF EASEMENT - 1900 and 1920 NE Discovery Ave; DPLS P1, LLC, applicant.
Presenter
Brian Maenner, Applicant Representative
Hector Soto, Jr., AICP, Senior Planner
Recommendation
Recommendation: With the condition of approval below, the application meets the requirements of the UDO and Design and Construction Manual (DCM).
1. The ordinance approving the vacation of easement shall be recorded with the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds office and a copy of the recorded document shall be returned to the Development Services Department prior to the issuance of a building permit for any structure conflicting with the location of the subject vacated easement.
Committee Recommendation
Committee Recommendation: Planning Commission action pending.