Lees Summit City Zoning Code

TABLE OF

ORDINANCES

Contained here is a chronological list of ordinances establishing and amending the Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Lee's Summit.

Ord. No.	Amendment No.	Date Adopted	Appl. No.	Articles Affected	Summary of Changes
5209		09-06-01 (effective 11-01-01)	2001-097	Established entire ordinance	First Unified Development Ordinance, replaces Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 715 and Subdivision Ordinance No. 850, as amended.
5268	1	01-17-02	2001-198	3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5276	2	02-21-02	2001-227	4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5419	3	11-07-02	2002-205	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17	Miscellaneous.
5501	4	03-13-03	2003-020	5, 10	Allows indoor/commercial recreational facility or use in industrial districts with special use permit.
5520	5	04-17-03	2003-069	4, 5, 12, 13	No PDP required in AG, RDR or R-1; RDR should have sewers; prohibits storage on driveways; regulates signs on state ROWs.
5676	6	01-08-04	2003-237	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous; materials requirements for industrial buildings; moves various permits from Article 3 to their respective sections (special event, airport, floodplain, or parking lot permits, and historic preservation certificates).
5738	7	05-06-04	2004-041	4, 7, 8, 13	Requires proof of notification; regulates airport hangar materials; prohibits roof signs.
5802	8	09-02-04	2004-161	3, 5, 9, 13	Moves all sign regulations from Sec. 3 to Sec. 13; adds regulations on drive-up businesses.
5828	9	10-21-04	2004-191	5, 8, 17	Removes 20 acre min. for PI-2; allows chiropractors and photo studios as home occupations; allows 10% admin. variance.
5915	10	03-17-05	2004-307	2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12	Adds nursery school definition; clarifies appeals for various permits; moves SUP regulations from Article 4 to Article 10; clarifies legal protest requirements; changes garage setbacks in RP-1; adds regulations on downtown parking.
5907	11	03-03-05	2004-308	5	Creates NFO and TNZ zoning districts.
5952	12	05-19-05	2005-142	2, 5, 8, 9, 15	Amends and adds several definitions; adds fabricated metal products as a permitted use in PI-1; adds swimming pool definitions and regulations, including subdivision pools; amends nonconforming use section.
6006	13	07-28-05	2005-182	8, 10, 13	Amends vehicle capacity for home occupations; adds and amends provisions relating to special use permits; and amends lighting provisions of signs.
6024	14	08-14-05	2005-245	5, 9	Changes liquor stores to permitted instead of conditional use in CP-2.
6061	15	10-13-05	2005-246	2, 4, 5, 16	Adds regulations for common property.
6099	16	01-05-06	2005-321	2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Definitions for day care facilities; limits size of plans; removes retail uses in PRO; allows vertical mixed uses and parking structures in CBD; adds laundromat in CP-1; requires SUP for in-home massage therapist; amends standards for approval, revocation and vesting of rights for SUPs; reduces density threshold for sidewalks in residential subdivisions.
6123	17	01-19-06	2005-384	4, 8, 16	Adds regulations related to stormwater management; permits pet grooming as a home occupation.
6282	18	09-21-06	2006-182	6	Amends floodplain overlay district to reference new FIRM maps dated 3/16/06 and 9/29/06, as approved by FEMA.
6371	19	04-05-07	2006-244	2, 5, 8, 16	Article 2 — Adds 2 definitions; Article 5 — Restricts uses in AG; adds RLL (residential large lot) with min. lot size of ½ acre, replaces BP with CS (commercial services); Article 8 — Adds language relative to loft units above detached garages; Article 16 — Adds minor plat regulations to ensure compatibility.
6324	20	12-21-06	2006-268	13, 15, 16	Amends regulations for billboards, and easements.
Withdrawn	21	—	2006-269	8	Accessory uses — Combined with Amendment 19.
6355	22	03-01-07	2006-299	1, 3, 4	Cleans up numbering and cross-referencing, and codifies current procedures — No substantive changes.
6451	23	07-19-07	2007-094	10	Amends telecommunication tower section of the SUP article.
6449	24	07-19-07	2007-122	6, 8, 10	Establishes Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay (NSO) District as an overlay within R-1; requires SUP for loft dwellings in R-1 in Old Lee's Summit Area (as defined).
6465	25	08-09-07	2007-141	2, 4, 5, 9, 16	Adds martial arts and yoga studios as conditional uses in CBD; adds final plat extensions and amends street sign language in Article 16.
6555	26	12-20-07	2007-251	13	Adds directional banners and other temporary signs for businesses affected by major street construction.
6590	27	03-06-08	2007-290	4, 16	Complete revision of Subdivision article; limits cul-de-sacs to 10% or 20% of total lots; provides for cul-de-sac length up to 1,000 feet.
6633	28	06-05-08	2008-037	16	Requires security to be posted prior to approval of a final plat, if plat is approved prior to construction of public improvements.
6668	29	08-21-08	2008-118	2, 5, 9, 10, 13	Adds definitions and regulations for unsecured and title loan businesses; allows concrete batch plants with SUP in PI-1.
6748	30	01-08-09	2008-184	7	Amends and expands lighting standards.
6733	31	12-04-08	2008-145	1, 4, 6, 17	Adds and clarifies regulations for public facilities (incl. public schools and CIP projects); amends Historic Overlay District and HPC section of Admin. article.
6809	32	07-23-09	2008-194	17, 18	Adds new Article 17 "Renewable Energy and Green Development Standards" specifically adding regulations for wind turbines; renumbers Article 17 to Article 18 (Administration).
6796	33	06-04-09	2009-024	1, 4, 5, 7, 9	Adds CPTED regulations; amends fines for violations of UDO.
6823	34	09-03-09	2009-049	4, 5, 8, 13, 14	Combines PI-1 and PI-2 into PI, Planned Industrial District, requires SUP for heavy industrial uses, and changes references to PI throughout UDO.
6912	35	04-08-10	2009-055	12	Complete revision of Parking Article; increases parking ratio for restaurants to 14 per 1,000 sq. ft.
6959	36	07-22-10	2010-009	11	Complete revision of Special Events article.
6925	37	05-06-10	2010-010	4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Article 4 —Require certified mail for notices, simplify street name change process, revise conceptual plan requirements; Article 5 — Allow office uses in industrial; Article 8 — Allow greenhouses up to 250 sq. ft.; Article 10 —- Update cross-references; Article 16 — Plat size 24 x 36, delete Affidavit of Minimum Improvements.
6991	38-A	11-04-10	2010-057	4, 8, 13, 15	Article 4 —Protest petitions to be filed with City Clerk; Article 8 — Add impervious coverage of 60% in res.; Article 13 — Allow neighborhood garage sale signs; Article 15 — Allow detached accessory structures for nonconforming single family uses.
7011	38-C	01-20-11	2010-057	8	Increase size of detached garages to 2,000 sq. ft. with 4 acres or more.
7104	39	11-03-11	2011-072	8	Subdivision sales trailers and temporary relocatable classrooms.
7119	40	12-15-11	2011-112	10	Regulating and restricting SUPs for vehicle sales as accessory uses to auto-related businesses.
7155	41	03-15-12	2012-004	10	Revised restrictions for in-home massage therapy businesses.
7219	42	08-16-12	2012-007	2, 5, 6	M-150 Corridor Overlay — Created 4 new districts — CDO Residential Mixed Density (RMD), CDO Mixed Use Residential (MR), CDO Mixed Use Commercial (MC), and CDO Mixed Use Employment (ME), and development standards including sustainability point system in the overlay area; added solar definitions.
7161	43	03-22-12	2012-020	11	Added mobile food vending regulations to Special Events article.
7274	44	12-20-12	2012-133	15	Amend regulations for nonconforming billboards to be upgraded to digital.
7305	45	03-14-13	2012-146	7	Added Downtown Design Standards.
7295	46	02-07-13	2012-157	6	Amend M-150 Sustainable Point System.
7349, 7350	47	08-01-13	2013-078	9, 13	Delete distance requirement between bar/tavern and residential use in CBD and loft dwellings in CP-2; amend entire sign ordinance (Article 13).
7477	48	06-19-14	PL2014-039	1, 3, 4, 6, 7	Miscellaneous; allows mailing of public hearing notices as regular mail v. certified mail; allows roof-top mechanical equipment to be screened with individual screens on existing buildings and building additions.
7518	49	09-4-14	PL2014-060	8	Miscellaneous; accessory dwelling units allowed in agricultural; increases fence height in front yard to 4'; allows detached garage or storage shed for churches and schools in residential districts; baseball/softball fields as accessory use with conditions in agricultural and residential districts; reduce side and rear setback for sheds from 10' to 3'.
7551	50	Vetoed by Mayor on 12-24-14	PL2014-117	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7596	51	03-05-15	PL2015-010	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7597	52	03-05-15	PL2015-011	8	Established outdoor patios/decks are accessory uses in commercial and industrial zoning districts.
Withdrawn	53	—	PL2015-063	13	Murals—Moved from UDO to Code of Ordinances.
7733	54	10-15-15	PL2015-072	5, 10, 12	Amended Indoor Recreation uses for the PI district to allow as a conditional use. Amended paving details in Article 12 — Parking.
7831	55	03-10-16	PL2015-209	5, 12, 13	Amended Article 5, Zoning Districts to create the "AZ" (Airport Zone) zoning district; Article 12 Parking, regarding recreational vehicle (RV) and trailer parking regulations; and Article 13 Signs, amending sign ordinance language to comply with Supreme Court's decision on content neutrality for sign regulations.
7832	56	03-10-16	PL2016-008	5, 8	Amended Article 5 Zoning District to add civil and fraternal organization as a permitted use in CS and PI and conditional use in PO, CP-1, CP-2 and CBD. Amended Article 8, Accessory Uses and Structures regarding encroachment into easements and right-of-way. Setback requirement for play houses and play equipment in AG, RDR and RLL is also amended.
7972	57	09-15-16	PL2016-094	10, 13	Telecommunication towers.
8014	58	11-03-16	PL2016-171	5, 8, 9, 13	Pet motels with outdoor training areas.
8039	59	12-08-16	PL2016-200	6	Floodplain Ordinance.
8104	60	03-02-17	PL2017-002	8	Tattoo and body piercing as accessory use in PO District.
8159	61	05-18-17	PL2017-070	10	Telecommunication towers.
8223	62	08-10-17	PL2017-121	8	Photo studios as home occupations.
8280	63	12-07-17	PL2017-177	5 and 6	Amending M-150 corridor related zoning districts and overlay district regulations.
8352	64	03-01-18	PL2017-260	2, 9, 10	Establishing regulations for short term rentals.
8355	65	03-15-18	PL2018-012	7	Amendments to the downtown design standards, lighting standards and trash enclosure gate requirements.
8481	67	10-04-18	PL2018-088	5, 8, 9, 10	Allow in-home massage therapy as a conditional use in the R-1 (single-family residential) zoning district.
8443	69	09-06-18	PL2018-106	All	Re-codification of the UDO with a new numbering system.

Lees Summit City Zoning Code

TABLE OF

ORDINANCES

Contained here is a chronological list of ordinances establishing and amending the Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Lee's Summit.

Ord. No.	Amendment No.	Date Adopted	Appl. No.	Articles Affected	Summary of Changes
5209		09-06-01 (effective 11-01-01)	2001-097	Established entire ordinance	First Unified Development Ordinance, replaces Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 715 and Subdivision Ordinance No. 850, as amended.
5268	1	01-17-02	2001-198	3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5276	2	02-21-02	2001-227	4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5419	3	11-07-02	2002-205	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17	Miscellaneous.
5501	4	03-13-03	2003-020	5, 10	Allows indoor/commercial recreational facility or use in industrial districts with special use permit.
5520	5	04-17-03	2003-069	4, 5, 12, 13	No PDP required in AG, RDR or R-1; RDR should have sewers; prohibits storage on driveways; regulates signs on state ROWs.
5676	6	01-08-04	2003-237	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous; materials requirements for industrial buildings; moves various permits from Article 3 to their respective sections (special event, airport, floodplain, or parking lot permits, and historic preservation certificates).
5738	7	05-06-04	2004-041	4, 7, 8, 13	Requires proof of notification; regulates airport hangar materials; prohibits roof signs.
5802	8	09-02-04	2004-161	3, 5, 9, 13	Moves all sign regulations from Sec. 3 to Sec. 13; adds regulations on drive-up businesses.
5828	9	10-21-04	2004-191	5, 8, 17	Removes 20 acre min. for PI-2; allows chiropractors and photo studios as home occupations; allows 10% admin. variance.
5915	10	03-17-05	2004-307	2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12	Adds nursery school definition; clarifies appeals for various permits; moves SUP regulations from Article 4 to Article 10; clarifies legal protest requirements; changes garage setbacks in RP-1; adds regulations on downtown parking.
5907	11	03-03-05	2004-308	5	Creates NFO and TNZ zoning districts.
5952	12	05-19-05	2005-142	2, 5, 8, 9, 15	Amends and adds several definitions; adds fabricated metal products as a permitted use in PI-1; adds swimming pool definitions and regulations, including subdivision pools; amends nonconforming use section.
6006	13	07-28-05	2005-182	8, 10, 13	Amends vehicle capacity for home occupations; adds and amends provisions relating to special use permits; and amends lighting provisions of signs.
6024	14	08-14-05	2005-245	5, 9	Changes liquor stores to permitted instead of conditional use in CP-2.
6061	15	10-13-05	2005-246	2, 4, 5, 16	Adds regulations for common property.
6099	16	01-05-06	2005-321	2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Definitions for day care facilities; limits size of plans; removes retail uses in PRO; allows vertical mixed uses and parking structures in CBD; adds laundromat in CP-1; requires SUP for in-home massage therapist; amends standards for approval, revocation and vesting of rights for SUPs; reduces density threshold for sidewalks in residential subdivisions.
6123	17	01-19-06	2005-384	4, 8, 16	Adds regulations related to stormwater management; permits pet grooming as a home occupation.
6282	18	09-21-06	2006-182	6	Amends floodplain overlay district to reference new FIRM maps dated 3/16/06 and 9/29/06, as approved by FEMA.
6371	19	04-05-07	2006-244	2, 5, 8, 16	Article 2 — Adds 2 definitions; Article 5 — Restricts uses in AG; adds RLL (residential large lot) with min. lot size of ½ acre, replaces BP with CS (commercial services); Article 8 — Adds language relative to loft units above detached garages; Article 16 — Adds minor plat regulations to ensure compatibility.
6324	20	12-21-06	2006-268	13, 15, 16	Amends regulations for billboards, and easements.
Withdrawn	21	—	2006-269	8	Accessory uses — Combined with Amendment 19.
6355	22	03-01-07	2006-299	1, 3, 4	Cleans up numbering and cross-referencing, and codifies current procedures — No substantive changes.
6451	23	07-19-07	2007-094	10	Amends telecommunication tower section of the SUP article.
6449	24	07-19-07	2007-122	6, 8, 10	Establishes Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay (NSO) District as an overlay within R-1; requires SUP for loft dwellings in R-1 in Old Lee's Summit Area (as defined).
6465	25	08-09-07	2007-141	2, 4, 5, 9, 16	Adds martial arts and yoga studios as conditional uses in CBD; adds final plat extensions and amends street sign language in Article 16.
6555	26	12-20-07	2007-251	13	Adds directional banners and other temporary signs for businesses affected by major street construction.
6590	27	03-06-08	2007-290	4, 16	Complete revision of Subdivision article; limits cul-de-sacs to 10% or 20% of total lots; provides for cul-de-sac length up to 1,000 feet.
6633	28	06-05-08	2008-037	16	Requires security to be posted prior to approval of a final plat, if plat is approved prior to construction of public improvements.
6668	29	08-21-08	2008-118	2, 5, 9, 10, 13	Adds definitions and regulations for unsecured and title loan businesses; allows concrete batch plants with SUP in PI-1.
6748	30	01-08-09	2008-184	7	Amends and expands lighting standards.
6733	31	12-04-08	2008-145	1, 4, 6, 17	Adds and clarifies regulations for public facilities (incl. public schools and CIP projects); amends Historic Overlay District and HPC section of Admin. article.
6809	32	07-23-09	2008-194	17, 18	Adds new Article 17 "Renewable Energy and Green Development Standards" specifically adding regulations for wind turbines; renumbers Article 17 to Article 18 (Administration).
6796	33	06-04-09	2009-024	1, 4, 5, 7, 9	Adds CPTED regulations; amends fines for violations of UDO.
6823	34	09-03-09	2009-049	4, 5, 8, 13, 14	Combines PI-1 and PI-2 into PI, Planned Industrial District, requires SUP for heavy industrial uses, and changes references to PI throughout UDO.
6912	35	04-08-10	2009-055	12	Complete revision of Parking Article; increases parking ratio for restaurants to 14 per 1,000 sq. ft.
6959	36	07-22-10	2010-009	11	Complete revision of Special Events article.
6925	37	05-06-10	2010-010	4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Article 4 —Require certified mail for notices, simplify street name change process, revise conceptual plan requirements; Article 5 — Allow office uses in industrial; Article 8 — Allow greenhouses up to 250 sq. ft.; Article 10 —- Update cross-references; Article 16 — Plat size 24 x 36, delete Affidavit of Minimum Improvements.
6991	38-A	11-04-10	2010-057	4, 8, 13, 15	Article 4 —Protest petitions to be filed with City Clerk; Article 8 — Add impervious coverage of 60% in res.; Article 13 — Allow neighborhood garage sale signs; Article 15 — Allow detached accessory structures for nonconforming single family uses.
7011	38-C	01-20-11	2010-057	8	Increase size of detached garages to 2,000 sq. ft. with 4 acres or more.
7104	39	11-03-11	2011-072	8	Subdivision sales trailers and temporary relocatable classrooms.
7119	40	12-15-11	2011-112	10	Regulating and restricting SUPs for vehicle sales as accessory uses to auto-related businesses.
7155	41	03-15-12	2012-004	10	Revised restrictions for in-home massage therapy businesses.
7219	42	08-16-12	2012-007	2, 5, 6	M-150 Corridor Overlay — Created 4 new districts — CDO Residential Mixed Density (RMD), CDO Mixed Use Residential (MR), CDO Mixed Use Commercial (MC), and CDO Mixed Use Employment (ME), and development standards including sustainability point system in the overlay area; added solar definitions.
7161	43	03-22-12	2012-020	11	Added mobile food vending regulations to Special Events article.
7274	44	12-20-12	2012-133	15	Amend regulations for nonconforming billboards to be upgraded to digital.
7305	45	03-14-13	2012-146	7	Added Downtown Design Standards.
7295	46	02-07-13	2012-157	6	Amend M-150 Sustainable Point System.
7349, 7350	47	08-01-13	2013-078	9, 13	Delete distance requirement between bar/tavern and residential use in CBD and loft dwellings in CP-2; amend entire sign ordinance (Article 13).
7477	48	06-19-14	PL2014-039	1, 3, 4, 6, 7	Miscellaneous; allows mailing of public hearing notices as regular mail v. certified mail; allows roof-top mechanical equipment to be screened with individual screens on existing buildings and building additions.
7518	49	09-4-14	PL2014-060	8	Miscellaneous; accessory dwelling units allowed in agricultural; increases fence height in front yard to 4'; allows detached garage or storage shed for churches and schools in residential districts; baseball/softball fields as accessory use with conditions in agricultural and residential districts; reduce side and rear setback for sheds from 10' to 3'.
7551	50	Vetoed by Mayor on 12-24-14	PL2014-117	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7596	51	03-05-15	PL2015-010	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7597	52	03-05-15	PL2015-011	8	Established outdoor patios/decks are accessory uses in commercial and industrial zoning districts.
Withdrawn	53	—	PL2015-063	13	Murals—Moved from UDO to Code of Ordinances.
7733	54	10-15-15	PL2015-072	5, 10, 12	Amended Indoor Recreation uses for the PI district to allow as a conditional use. Amended paving details in Article 12 — Parking.
7831	55	03-10-16	PL2015-209	5, 12, 13	Amended Article 5, Zoning Districts to create the "AZ" (Airport Zone) zoning district; Article 12 Parking, regarding recreational vehicle (RV) and trailer parking regulations; and Article 13 Signs, amending sign ordinance language to comply with Supreme Court's decision on content neutrality for sign regulations.
7832	56	03-10-16	PL2016-008	5, 8	Amended Article 5 Zoning District to add civil and fraternal organization as a permitted use in CS and PI and conditional use in PO, CP-1, CP-2 and CBD. Amended Article 8, Accessory Uses and Structures regarding encroachment into easements and right-of-way. Setback requirement for play houses and play equipment in AG, RDR and RLL is also amended.
7972	57	09-15-16	PL2016-094	10, 13	Telecommunication towers.
8014	58	11-03-16	PL2016-171	5, 8, 9, 13	Pet motels with outdoor training areas.
8039	59	12-08-16	PL2016-200	6	Floodplain Ordinance.
8104	60	03-02-17	PL2017-002	8	Tattoo and body piercing as accessory use in PO District.
8159	61	05-18-17	PL2017-070	10	Telecommunication towers.
8223	62	08-10-17	PL2017-121	8	Photo studios as home occupations.
8280	63	12-07-17	PL2017-177	5 and 6	Amending M-150 corridor related zoning districts and overlay district regulations.
8352	64	03-01-18	PL2017-260	2, 9, 10	Establishing regulations for short term rentals.
8355	65	03-15-18	PL2018-012	7	Amendments to the downtown design standards, lighting standards and trash enclosure gate requirements.
8481	67	10-04-18	PL2018-088	5, 8, 9, 10	Allow in-home massage therapy as a conditional use in the R-1 (single-family residential) zoning district.
8443	69	09-06-18	PL2018-106	All	Re-codification of the UDO with a new numbering system.

Lees Summit City Zoning Code

TABLE OF

ORDINANCES

Contained here is a chronological list of ordinances establishing and amending the Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Lee's Summit.

Ord. No.	Amendment No.	Date Adopted	Appl. No.	Articles Affected	Summary of Changes
5209		09-06-01 (effective 11-01-01)	2001-097	Established entire ordinance	First Unified Development Ordinance, replaces Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 715 and Subdivision Ordinance No. 850, as amended.
5268	1	01-17-02	2001-198	3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5276	2	02-21-02	2001-227	4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous.
5419	3	11-07-02	2002-205	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17	Miscellaneous.
5501	4	03-13-03	2003-020	5, 10	Allows indoor/commercial recreational facility or use in industrial districts with special use permit.
5520	5	04-17-03	2003-069	4, 5, 12, 13	No PDP required in AG, RDR or R-1; RDR should have sewers; prohibits storage on driveways; regulates signs on state ROWs.
5676	6	01-08-04	2003-237	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16	Miscellaneous; materials requirements for industrial buildings; moves various permits from Article 3 to their respective sections (special event, airport, floodplain, or parking lot permits, and historic preservation certificates).
5738	7	05-06-04	2004-041	4, 7, 8, 13	Requires proof of notification; regulates airport hangar materials; prohibits roof signs.
5802	8	09-02-04	2004-161	3, 5, 9, 13	Moves all sign regulations from Sec. 3 to Sec. 13; adds regulations on drive-up businesses.
5828	9	10-21-04	2004-191	5, 8, 17	Removes 20 acre min. for PI-2; allows chiropractors and photo studios as home occupations; allows 10% admin. variance.
5915	10	03-17-05	2004-307	2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12	Adds nursery school definition; clarifies appeals for various permits; moves SUP regulations from Article 4 to Article 10; clarifies legal protest requirements; changes garage setbacks in RP-1; adds regulations on downtown parking.
5907	11	03-03-05	2004-308	5	Creates NFO and TNZ zoning districts.
5952	12	05-19-05	2005-142	2, 5, 8, 9, 15	Amends and adds several definitions; adds fabricated metal products as a permitted use in PI-1; adds swimming pool definitions and regulations, including subdivision pools; amends nonconforming use section.
6006	13	07-28-05	2005-182	8, 10, 13	Amends vehicle capacity for home occupations; adds and amends provisions relating to special use permits; and amends lighting provisions of signs.
6024	14	08-14-05	2005-245	5, 9	Changes liquor stores to permitted instead of conditional use in CP-2.
6061	15	10-13-05	2005-246	2, 4, 5, 16	Adds regulations for common property.
6099	16	01-05-06	2005-321	2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Definitions for day care facilities; limits size of plans; removes retail uses in PRO; allows vertical mixed uses and parking structures in CBD; adds laundromat in CP-1; requires SUP for in-home massage therapist; amends standards for approval, revocation and vesting of rights for SUPs; reduces density threshold for sidewalks in residential subdivisions.
6123	17	01-19-06	2005-384	4, 8, 16	Adds regulations related to stormwater management; permits pet grooming as a home occupation.
6282	18	09-21-06	2006-182	6	Amends floodplain overlay district to reference new FIRM maps dated 3/16/06 and 9/29/06, as approved by FEMA.
6371	19	04-05-07	2006-244	2, 5, 8, 16	Article 2 — Adds 2 definitions; Article 5 — Restricts uses in AG; adds RLL (residential large lot) with min. lot size of ½ acre, replaces BP with CS (commercial services); Article 8 — Adds language relative to loft units above detached garages; Article 16 — Adds minor plat regulations to ensure compatibility.
6324	20	12-21-06	2006-268	13, 15, 16	Amends regulations for billboards, and easements.
Withdrawn	21	—	2006-269	8	Accessory uses — Combined with Amendment 19.
6355	22	03-01-07	2006-299	1, 3, 4	Cleans up numbering and cross-referencing, and codifies current procedures — No substantive changes.
6451	23	07-19-07	2007-094	10	Amends telecommunication tower section of the SUP article.
6449	24	07-19-07	2007-122	6, 8, 10	Establishes Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay (NSO) District as an overlay within R-1; requires SUP for loft dwellings in R-1 in Old Lee's Summit Area (as defined).
6465	25	08-09-07	2007-141	2, 4, 5, 9, 16	Adds martial arts and yoga studios as conditional uses in CBD; adds final plat extensions and amends street sign language in Article 16.
6555	26	12-20-07	2007-251	13	Adds directional banners and other temporary signs for businesses affected by major street construction.
6590	27	03-06-08	2007-290	4, 16	Complete revision of Subdivision article; limits cul-de-sacs to 10% or 20% of total lots; provides for cul-de-sac length up to 1,000 feet.
6633	28	06-05-08	2008-037	16	Requires security to be posted prior to approval of a final plat, if plat is approved prior to construction of public improvements.
6668	29	08-21-08	2008-118	2, 5, 9, 10, 13	Adds definitions and regulations for unsecured and title loan businesses; allows concrete batch plants with SUP in PI-1.
6748	30	01-08-09	2008-184	7	Amends and expands lighting standards.
6733	31	12-04-08	2008-145	1, 4, 6, 17	Adds and clarifies regulations for public facilities (incl. public schools and CIP projects); amends Historic Overlay District and HPC section of Admin. article.
6809	32	07-23-09	2008-194	17, 18	Adds new Article 17 "Renewable Energy and Green Development Standards" specifically adding regulations for wind turbines; renumbers Article 17 to Article 18 (Administration).
6796	33	06-04-09	2009-024	1, 4, 5, 7, 9	Adds CPTED regulations; amends fines for violations of UDO.
6823	34	09-03-09	2009-049	4, 5, 8, 13, 14	Combines PI-1 and PI-2 into PI, Planned Industrial District, requires SUP for heavy industrial uses, and changes references to PI throughout UDO.
6912	35	04-08-10	2009-055	12	Complete revision of Parking Article; increases parking ratio for restaurants to 14 per 1,000 sq. ft.
6959	36	07-22-10	2010-009	11	Complete revision of Special Events article.
6925	37	05-06-10	2010-010	4, 5, 8, 10, 16	Article 4 —Require certified mail for notices, simplify street name change process, revise conceptual plan requirements; Article 5 — Allow office uses in industrial; Article 8 — Allow greenhouses up to 250 sq. ft.; Article 10 —- Update cross-references; Article 16 — Plat size 24 x 36, delete Affidavit of Minimum Improvements.
6991	38-A	11-04-10	2010-057	4, 8, 13, 15	Article 4 —Protest petitions to be filed with City Clerk; Article 8 — Add impervious coverage of 60% in res.; Article 13 — Allow neighborhood garage sale signs; Article 15 — Allow detached accessory structures for nonconforming single family uses.
7011	38-C	01-20-11	2010-057	8	Increase size of detached garages to 2,000 sq. ft. with 4 acres or more.
7104	39	11-03-11	2011-072	8	Subdivision sales trailers and temporary relocatable classrooms.
7119	40	12-15-11	2011-112	10	Regulating and restricting SUPs for vehicle sales as accessory uses to auto-related businesses.
7155	41	03-15-12	2012-004	10	Revised restrictions for in-home massage therapy businesses.
7219	42	08-16-12	2012-007	2, 5, 6	M-150 Corridor Overlay — Created 4 new districts — CDO Residential Mixed Density (RMD), CDO Mixed Use Residential (MR), CDO Mixed Use Commercial (MC), and CDO Mixed Use Employment (ME), and development standards including sustainability point system in the overlay area; added solar definitions.
7161	43	03-22-12	2012-020	11	Added mobile food vending regulations to Special Events article.
7274	44	12-20-12	2012-133	15	Amend regulations for nonconforming billboards to be upgraded to digital.
7305	45	03-14-13	2012-146	7	Added Downtown Design Standards.
7295	46	02-07-13	2012-157	6	Amend M-150 Sustainable Point System.
7349, 7350	47	08-01-13	2013-078	9, 13	Delete distance requirement between bar/tavern and residential use in CBD and loft dwellings in CP-2; amend entire sign ordinance (Article 13).
7477	48	06-19-14	PL2014-039	1, 3, 4, 6, 7	Miscellaneous; allows mailing of public hearing notices as regular mail v. certified mail; allows roof-top mechanical equipment to be screened with individual screens on existing buildings and building additions.
7518	49	09-4-14	PL2014-060	8	Miscellaneous; accessory dwelling units allowed in agricultural; increases fence height in front yard to 4'; allows detached garage or storage shed for churches and schools in residential districts; baseball/softball fields as accessory use with conditions in agricultural and residential districts; reduce side and rear setback for sheds from 10' to 3'.
7551	50	Vetoed by Mayor on 12-24-14	PL2014-117	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7596	51	03-05-15	PL2015-010	9	Amended the setback requirements for restaurants from residential districts or uses.
7597	52	03-05-15	PL2015-011	8	Established outdoor patios/decks are accessory uses in commercial and industrial zoning districts.
Withdrawn	53	—	PL2015-063	13	Murals—Moved from UDO to Code of Ordinances.
7733	54	10-15-15	PL2015-072	5, 10, 12	Amended Indoor Recreation uses for the PI district to allow as a conditional use. Amended paving details in Article 12 — Parking.
7831	55	03-10-16	PL2015-209	5, 12, 13	Amended Article 5, Zoning Districts to create the "AZ" (Airport Zone) zoning district; Article 12 Parking, regarding recreational vehicle (RV) and trailer parking regulations; and Article 13 Signs, amending sign ordinance language to comply with Supreme Court's decision on content neutrality for sign regulations.
7832	56	03-10-16	PL2016-008	5, 8	Amended Article 5 Zoning District to add civil and fraternal organization as a permitted use in CS and PI and conditional use in PO, CP-1, CP-2 and CBD. Amended Article 8, Accessory Uses and Structures regarding encroachment into easements and right-of-way. Setback requirement for play houses and play equipment in AG, RDR and RLL is also amended.
7972	57	09-15-16	PL2016-094	10, 13	Telecommunication towers.
8014	58	11-03-16	PL2016-171	5, 8, 9, 13	Pet motels with outdoor training areas.
8039	59	12-08-16	PL2016-200	6	Floodplain Ordinance.
8104	60	03-02-17	PL2017-002	8	Tattoo and body piercing as accessory use in PO District.
8159	61	05-18-17	PL2017-070	10	Telecommunication towers.
8223	62	08-10-17	PL2017-121	8	Photo studios as home occupations.
8280	63	12-07-17	PL2017-177	5 and 6	Amending M-150 corridor related zoning districts and overlay district regulations.
8352	64	03-01-18	PL2017-260	2, 9, 10	Establishing regulations for short term rentals.
8355	65	03-15-18	PL2018-012	7	Amendments to the downtown design standards, lighting standards and trash enclosure gate requirements.
8481	67	10-04-18	PL2018-088	5, 8, 9, 10	Allow in-home massage therapy as a conditional use in the R-1 (single-family residential) zoning district.
8443	69	09-06-18	PL2018-106	All	Re-codification of the UDO with a new numbering system.