HomeMy Public PortalAbout2040 Parkville Master Plan - Section 1 IntroductionAdopted May 2021
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Parkville Board of Aldermen
• Nan Johnston, Mayor
• Phillip Wassmer, Ward 1
• Tina Welch, Ward 1
• Brian T. Whitley, Ward 2
• Dave Rittman, Ward 2
• Douglas Wylie, Ward 3
• Robert Lock, Ward 3
• Marc Sportsman, Ward 4
• Greg Plumb, Ward 4
Parkville Planning Commission
• Dean Katerndahl, Chairman
• John T. Delich
• Michael Wright
• Walt Lane
• R. Douglas Krtek
• Barbara Wassmer
• Michael Lee
• Allyson Berberich
Master Plan Advisory Committee
• Allyson Berberich
• Alysen Abel
• Anna Mitchell
• Barbara Wassmer
• Brad Stanton
• Brian Whitley
• Chris Ashley
• Christina Aurich
• Dave Rittman
• Dean Katerndahl
• Doug Wylie
• Greg Plumb
• Joe Parente
• John Delich
• John Zimmermann
• Kim Verhoeven
• Marc Sportsman
• Michael Lee
• Miachael Wright
• Nan Johnston
• Phillip Wassmer
• R. Douglas Krtek
• Robert Lock
• Tina Welch
• Walt Lane
Parkville City Staff
• Stephen Lachky
• Melissa McChesney
• Shakedra Knight
Consultant Team
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Table of Contents 1
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PARKVILLE TODAY AND TOMORROW
OUR VOICE
INTRODUCTION
OUR PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
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INTRODUCTION1Section
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I. MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW...................................................................
II. GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND VISION STATEMENT...............................
III. EXISTING PLANS REVIEW.................................................................
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MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW
The purpose of this master plan is to help guide the
growth and development for Parkville through the
year 2040. This plan will assist the city in decision-
making as it relates to issues including land use
and zoning, housing, commercial and industrial
development, sustainability and the environment,
transportation and mobility, parks and recreation,
and community facilities and services.
Master Plans are an inventory of the existing
conditions of a community that can act as an
information management tool for a city. The
process for creating a new master plan is an
opportunity for a city to gain feedback from
residents, local business owners, city officials
and various other stakeholders on a wide range
of topics. The engagement exercises can help to
identify what aspects of the community help best
define the community’s character, strengths and
weaknesses.
The engagement exercises and existing conditions
analysis help identify goals, strategies, and action
items that create a pathway to implementing the
vision of the community. While master plans are
thorough and detailed documents, they should
not remain stagnant and should be regularly
referenced by the city when making decisions about
development proposals, rezoning efforts, code
updates, capital improvement planning, budgeting,
and policy formation.
Every year, the city should review the entire plan
to identify conditions that have changed since the
initial drafting. These efforts will help ensure the
community vision is being implemented.
Figure 1.00 Parkville Master Plan Logo
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PLAN PROCESS
The Parkville 2040 Master Plan development process was
completed over 7 total tasks:
• Task 1 - Project Kick-Off
• Task 2 - Information Gathering + Review
• Task 3 - Public Outreach + Vision
• Task 4 - Scenario Analysis + Refined Options
• Task 5 - Draft Master Plan Evaluation + Public Comment
• Task 6 - Master Plan Hearings + Adoption
• Task 7 - Master Plan Product Delivery
5Project Kick-off Information
Gathering + Review
Public Outreach +
Vision
Scenario Analysis
+ Refined Options
Draft Master Plan
Evaluation + Public
Comment
Master Plan
Hearings + Adoption
Master Plan
Product Delivery
• Review project
scope, schedule and
key meeting dates
• Communication plan
• Determine initial
data needs
• Review project name
and logo
• Identify key
stakeholders
• Data assembly and
analysis
• Analysis Review
Workshop
• Communication Plan
and Project Brand
• Public involvement
and participation:
• Project Survey
• Public Open House
• Key Stakeholder
Interviews
• Additional Public
Workshops / Open
House Events
• Market analysis
• Land use analysis
• Transportation and
utility analysis
• Analysis Review
Meetings
• Draft Plan
Presentation Review
Sessions
• Draft Plan Public
Presentation Open
House
• Draft Plan Review
Work Session
• Public Review and
comment period
• Final Draft Plan
Review and Public
Hearings
• Digital files of the
Master Plan draft with
all inserts for review
• Digital files of the final
Master Plan
• One set of Master Plan
maps in digital format
compatible with the
City’s GIS and map
layers
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PLAN SCHEDULE
The Parkville 2040 Master Plan took just over
one-year in total to complete starting in February
2020. There were a series of delays in the overall
project timeline, primarily in Tasks 2 and 3, due
to unforeseen challenges related to the COVID-19
pandemic. Several in-person public engagement
activities had to be rethought or cancelled all
together due to the health concerns associated
with gathering in large groups. However, the
planning team was able to adapt to social
distancing restrictions and with the help of city
staff and the steering committee, the overall
delay in the project timeline was minimal and a
strong level of public input was still realized.
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PLAN OUTLINE
The Parkville 2040 Master Plan is composed of five
main sections: (1) Introduction, (2) Parkville Today
and Tomorrow, (3) Our Voice, (4) Our Plan, and (5)
Implementation.
Introduction
Section 1 of the Parkville 2040 Master Plan is the
introduction. This section describes the intent
of the plan and lays out the key goals and vision
statement that was created to guide the plan’s
development and implementation over the next
20 years. The vision statement and goals, included
in this chapter, will be referenced throughout the
entire plan. This section will also describe the
previous planning efforts in Parkville that this
plan refers to. An overview of the community
engagement timeline and efforts is also included in
this introductory section.
Parkville Today and Tomorrow
In the Parkville Today and Tomorrow section focus
on the existing conditions of the community.
Within this section is located the economic profile,
physical place profile and market analysis.
Our Voice
A detailed and thorough review of the public
engagement process and the feedback received
is laid out in the ‘Our Voice’ section. Elements
that are described include the input received via
the project’s interactive website, an overview of
all events and meetings, including the numerous
steering committee meetings held over the course
of the plan’s development.
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FOCUS AREA
Growing with a Purpose
Our Plan
The ‘Our Plan’ section is the most robust and will
likely be the most referred over the plan’s 20-year
life. This section will contain five focus areas. For
each, the plan will discuss the particular focus
area’s relationship to the vision statement and
overall goals. Each focus area will also contain a list
of action items associated with each goal for the
city’s consideration and reference. The five focus
areas are shown to the right.
The focus areas were developed after reviewing
the guiding principles from the 2009 plan and
working with the Master Plan Steering Committee
to develop the guiding principles for this plan.
After that process, the guiding principles were
categorized into the focus areas shown to the
right as a way to organize this plan into the main
discussion themes.
Implementation
The final section of the Parkville 2040 Master Plan
is implementation. This chapter takes all of the
goals and action items identified in Section 4 and
organizes them into an understandable chart that
the city can and should reference annually.
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3
4
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FOCUS AREA
Strategic Development
FOCUS AREA
Transportation and
Infrastructure
FOCUS AREA
Sustainability and the
Environment
FOCUS AREA
Community Character
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PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Early in the planning process, the steering
committee and the consultants developed a set
of guiding principles for the Parkville 2040 Master
Plan. This process began with a review of the
city’s previous master plan during the Kick-off
meeting. The guiding principles described in the
prior Parkville Master Plan related to the following
topics: Community Sustainability, Community
Character, Environmental Stewardship, Civic and
Open Spaces, Integrated Land Use, Downtown
- Old Town District, and Transportation. These
guiding principles and their related descriptions
were discussed as a group and a brainstorming
session was conducted where these same guiding
principles were determined to still be relevant for
the 2040 Master Plan. Minor wording and statement
changes were made but the largest change was the
addition of a guiding principle related to Housing.
Out of this process, eight guiding principles were
developed for the Parkville 2040 Master Plan:
1. Community Sustainability
2. Community Character
3. Environmental Stewardship
4. Civic and Open Spaces
5. Integrated Land Uses
6. Downtown Old-Town District
7. Transportation
8. Housing
Throughout this plan, the graphic to the right will
be used to articulate which guiding principles are
being discussed in the specific plan sections.
Community
Sustainability
Community
Character Environmental
Stewardship
Civic and
Open Spaces
Integrated
Land Uses
Downtown
Old-Town
District Transportation Housing
2040
GUIDING
PRINCIPLES
PARKVILLE MASTER PLAN 2040 GOALS
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PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITYABuild resiliency through decision-
making that is respectful of our natural
features, fiscally responsible for our
residents, and equitably distributed
to meet the diverse needs of our
community, now and in the future.
COMMUNITY CHARACTERBMaintain Parkville’s identity as a
forward-thinking community with
a historic ambiance that values
thoughtful community design and
civic engagement.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPCPreserve and protect open space, clean
air and water, and Parkville’s natural
features as it develops using methods
that provide open space for recreation
and natural stormwater management.
CIVIC AND OPEN SPACESDProvide a variety of civic and open
spaces, connected through low-
impact multi-use trails, that preserve
the natural features of Parkville while
allowing opportunities for active and
passive recreation to promote the
health and wellness of residents.
INTEGRATED LAND USESEProvide a thoughtful mix of
vibrant neighborhoods, parks and
greenspace, schools and civic
institutions, and business and
employment land uses connected
through a multi-modal transportation
system.
F DOWNTOWN OLD-TOWN
DISTRICT
G Provide a balanced transportation
system that has a context sensitive
design and promotes multi-modal
connectivity to reduce overall reliance
on the automobile.
TRANSPORTATION
H Provide a mix of housing options
and neighborhoods that meet
the needs of a variety of age and
income levels and creates a secure,
welcoming sense of place.
HOUSING
Improve downtown Parkville through
strategic investments in streetscapes
for enhanced pedestrian access,
strengthened connectivity with riverfront
and surrounding neighborhoods, and
through expanded downtown housing
options to help support downtown
businesses.
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VISION STATEMENT
In addition to developing the 2040 guiding
principles, a new vision statement was crafted to
shape the overall direction and implementation
of the master plan. The 2009 master plan did not
contain a vision statement, but it was felt this time
around that it was an important element to include.
Vision statements are intended to identify the
overriding aspirations of a community in a way that
distinguishes it from any other community. Vision
statements should be distinctive, written in the
present tense, specific, and be used as a criterion
for decision-making and other frameworks. Based
on this baseline understanding, an updated vision
statement was created, shown below. This new
vision statement embodies the guiding principles of
the Parkville 2040 Master Plan and should be viewed
as a statement that remains constant for the next 20
years.
Parkville is a distinctive community that successfully blends the charm of our
historic downtown with a vibrant mixture of residential neighborhoods,
commercial services, parks and trails, and natural landscapes.
We benefit from major assets including our downtown, Park University, and our
many community parks, trails, and conservation areas. We value our connection
to the Missouri River and aspire to strengthen this relationship through
thoughtful conservation and park design. We build on our unique history to
enhance downtown’s character and provide equitable housing choices and
economic development opportunities throughout our community.
We can accomplish this vision by maintaining a welcoming environment for
residents and visitors, promoting environmental stewardship, and delivering
a balanced growth of residential and commercial development with quality,
scale and design that complements Parkville’s sense of place.
PARKVILLE MASTER PLAN 2040 VISION STATEMENT
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SmartMoves 3.0 Regional Transit
Vision (2017)
Developed by the Mid-America Regional
Council, the plan envisions a cohesive
regional network of bikeways across city,
county, and state boundaries to promote
active transportation. Proposed regional
corridors include segments of Highway 45,
Highway 9, River Road (Route FF), Hampton
Road, and Union Chapel Road. The plan also
emphasizes MetroGreen corridors, which
focus on protecting and restoring streamways
for multimodal use. Identified MetroGreen
corridors within Parkville include the Missouri
River and Brush Creek with the greater focus
of providing a Lewis & Clark route to connect
Kansas City, Riverside, Parkville, and Weston.
The Platte County Park System Master Plan
(2009) also focuses on completing the bike
“loop” by connecting the Missouri Riverfront
Trail, Southern Platte Pass Trail, Brush Creek
Greenway, and Line Greek Greenway.
Greater Kansas City Regional
Bikeway Plan (2017)
EXISTING PLANS + POLICIES
SmartMoves 3.0 is the Kansas City region’s
20-year plan for transit and mobility. The
main goals of the plan are to create a series
of 15-minute (fast and frequent), 30-minute
(supporting), and local and express bus routes
to support a network of mobility hubs. Focus
areas also include improving job access and
bolstering transit-oriented development. The
plan notes that transit propensity in Platte
County is generally much lower than other
areas in the Kansas City region. Currently,
Route 229: Boardwalk-KCI is the only route
in proximity to Parkville as it generally travels
along I-29 to connect downtown Kansas City,
Missouri to the Kansas City International
Airport. However, the plan identifies
downtown Parkville as a long-term potential
mobility hub with a route connecting the
Boardwalk Square Metro Center to Parkville
via Highway 9.
Route 9 Corridor Study (2016)
Highway 9 serves as the “Main Street” of the
community. As such, this plan aims to preserve
the character of downtown while capitalizing on
opportunities to enhance commerce, economic
activity, and community interaction by
providing safe access and mobility for all modes
of transportation. Recommendations include:
• Construct a two-lane roadway section (left-
turn lane as needed) with a multi-use path
and sidewalk
• Address congestion concerns at the
intersection with 1st Street/East Street via a
traffic signal or roundabout
• Improve visibility and access at intersections
with Main Street and 12th Street
• Enhance access to English Landing Park via
an improved at-grade connection through
downtown
• Maintain access to existing driveways and
intersections while limiting new uncontrolled
access points
• Provide stormwater infrastructure to capture,
treat, and convey stormwater runoff
Highway 45 Corridor Plan (2016)
Highway 45 is a regional generator between I-29
and I-435 that serves as a primary gateway to
southern Platte County. The corridor generally
has two lanes in each direction, limited
access with a center median and protected
left-turn lanes at primary intersections, and
the multi-use Southern Platte Pass Trail. The
joint plan between Platte County and the City
of Parkville encourages a physically, socially,
and economically connected southern Platte
County community by balancing the provision
of efficient access, preserving natural and
scenic character, and encouraging quality
development. Recommendations include:
• Improve beautification efforts and
amenities to provide a cohesive identity
• Advance bicycle and pedestrian
accommodations beyond the existing
Southern Platte Pass Trail
• Enhance natural features such as rolling
topography and wooded areas by reducing
visual clutter
• Explore implementation opportunities such
as a Corridor Capital Fund or overlay district
The following plans were reviewed by the planning team to gain an understanding of the prior planning efforts initiated in the City of Parkville. The 2040 Parkville Master Plan
builds off these prior studies and efforts. The plans are organized by date of completion, with the most recent studies shown below. A review of the 2009 Parkville Master
Plan can be found on page 13.
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EXISTING PLANS + POLICIES
Parks Master Plan (2016)
The 2016 Parks Master Plan looked at the
entire system of parks and open spaces
within Parkville and provided a long-term
action plan for maintaining and improving the
system and its operations. More specifically,
this plan explored different options for the
riverfront parks, discussed the creation of a
standalone parks department, recommended
establishing a dedicated funding source
through a sales tax for operating costs and
capital improvements, and recommended
extensive programming in the riverfront parks
to maintain them as vibrant spaces within the
community.
As an addendum to the previous Parkville
Master Plan (2009), the plan guides decision-
making specifically for the downtown
area. The overall vision is the preservation
of the small town, historic, and charming
character of downtown while capitalizing
on opportunities to enhance commerce,
economic activity, and community interaction.
While some recommendations in the plan have
gradually been implemented, other relevant
recommendations include:
• Improve multimodal traffic patterns on
Highway 9 while creating a gateway to
downtown Parkville
• Protect vehicular flow within downtown
and use design features to preserve the
posted speed limit
• Improve connectivity by enhancing the
pedestrian environment within and near
downtown Parkville
• Enhance the historic character of
downtown Parkville through streetscape
improvements
• Proactively address parking needs
(vehicular and bicycle parking)
• Minimize the railroad as a barrier between
downtown parking and nearby parks
• Preserve the ability to make truck
movements without impeding multimodal
mobility
Vision Downtown Parkville (2014)Market Feasibility & Economic Impact
Analysis for Sports Complex and/or
Commercial Development (2014)
This report studied the feasibility for a
new sports complex and/or commercial
development at the SE corner of I-435 and
45 Highway. The study determined that a
sports complex is unlikely to attract large-
scale national or regional tournaments. As
an alternative, 300 upscale rental units were
recommended. The study found that the
market would not support retail because of
the lack of traffic and persons nearby.
Parkville Regional Multimodal Access
and Liveable Comunity Study (2013)
With the addition of a new regional park,
trails along Route 9, and development near
downtown Parkville, the study aims to identify
enhancements to increase multimodal access
in the city. While some recommendations in the
plan have gradually been implemented, other
relevant recommendations include:
• Continue trail improvements along the
Missouri River, White Alloe Creek, and
between Highway 9/Bell Road
• Address sidewalk gaps in downtown
Parkville, particularly crossing the railroad
tracks
• Install downtown curb extensions and/or
raised intersections to control safety and
speed
• Improve wayfinding and signage to assist
with downtown parking and navigation
• Explore a potential roundabout at the
Highway 9, 1st Street, and East Street
intersection
• Explore a potential “squareabout” utilizing
1st Street, Main Street, McAfee Street, and
East Street
• Consider establishment of a railroad Quiet
Zone
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Chapter Three:
Community Character
Master Plan
Primary Gateways
Secondary Gateways
Public streetscape can serve as a distinctive entry
to Parkville. Plans for such areas could incorporate
attractive street lighting, median plantings, and
monument features.
Improvements to bridges and
highway interchanges should provide
safe crossings and distinctive bridge
enhancements
Public art and
entrance features
will help identify
focal points.
The 45 Hwy roundabout at National Drive is distinctly
recognizable and serves as a focal point for the area.
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Chapter One:
Community Planning Overview
Planning Area
Parkville is located in the southeastern corner of
Platte County, Missouri along the north bank of the
Missouri River. Interstate Highways 29, 435 and 635,
and State Highways FF, 9 and 45 connect Parkville to
the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan region.
The planning area is conveniently centered between
three major regional activity and employment centers
– the Kansas City International Airport located to
the north, downtown Kansas City, Missouri to the
southwest and the Kansas Speedway and surrounding
development in Kansas City, Kansas to the southwest.
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Chapter One:
Community Planning Overview
Planning Area
Parkville is located in the southeastern corner of
Platte County, Missouri along the north bank of the
Missouri River. Interstate Highways 29, 435 and 635,
and State Highways FF, 9 and 45 connect Parkville to
the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan region.
The planning area is conveniently centered between
three major regional activity and employment centers
– the Kansas City International Airport located to
the north, downtown Kansas City, Missouri to the
southwest and the Kansas Speedway and surrounding
development in Kansas City, Kansas to the southwest.
EXISTING PLANS + POLICIES
2009 Parkville Master Plan
The prior Parkville Master Plan, adopted in 2009,
was the last comprehensive look at all of Parkville’s
planning initiatives. Through a robust public
engagement process, this plan had a series of
guiding principles including:
• Community Sustainability
• Community Character
• Environmental Stewardship
• Civic and Open Spaces
• Integrated Land Use
• Downtown - Old District
• Transportation
Chapter 1 - Community Planning Overview
Chapter 1 discusses the purpose of the plan, the
extent of the planning area, an overview of the
planning process and the public engagement
strategies, as well as identifies the key community
planning issues that the plan addresses. This
section also lays out the guiding principles
mentioned above.
Chapter 2 - Community Sustainability
The community sustainability chapter identifies
strategies the City of Parkville can implement
to commit themselves to a sustainable future.
These strategies include adopting green building
standards for both private and public structures,
implementing best management practices for
green stormwater infrastructure, looking at more
sustainable neighborhood development practices,
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Chapter Two:
Community Sustainability
Master Plan
Gold, and Emerald provide builders with a means to
achieve basic, entry-level green building, or achieve
the highest level of sustainable “green” building
that incorporates energy savings of 60 percent or
higher. The Standard can be used by any builder for
their individual projects, or be the basis for a local
community or state green building program.
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Site sustainability should be enhanced by integrating
BMPs as a part of development design. BMPs and
other environmental stewardship approaches suitable
to Parkville are outlined in Chapter Four.
Neighborhood Development
LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-
ND) and Low-Impact Development (LID)
integrate the principles of smart growth, urbanism,
and green building into a national standard for
neighborhood design that promotes high standards
for environmentally responsible, sustainable,
development. These principles include design
practices that reduce automobile dependence, locate
jobs and services in close proximity to residences
and often make them accessible by foot or transit
options, promote pedestrian activity, improve air
quality, decrease polluted storm water runoff, and
promote more efficient energy and water use.
Building Reuse
Most new corporate architecture building models
have limited life cycles and are not well adapted
to reuse. Instead, sustainability and development
planning in Parkville should consider the entire
building life cycle and not just the first user.
Sustainable buildings should be designed to be reused
for a variety of purposes overtime with the benefit of
extending the life cycle of the existing building stock,
conserving resources, retaining cultural resources,
reducing waste and environmental impacts of new
buildings as they relate to materials manufacturing
and transport.
Buildings in downtown Parkville are good examples
of sustainable buildings – architecture design and
floor plans allowed for commercial, office and
residential uses over time. Local design guidelines,
regulations, and development plan approvals should
require consideration of potential reuse.
New sustainable development should include a mix of uses in a
walkable environment.
These two-story buildings in Downtown Parkville have accommodated
a variety of uses over their lifetime. Reinvestment in the first floor of
the buildings returned them to a more historic appearance, improved
the street appeal, and prolonged their usable life.
the reuse of buildings as a means of
sustainable practices, transportation,
housing choices, food production
and agriculture. The chapter lists out
goals, policy items and action items to
accomplish the items discussed.
Chapter 3 - Community Character
The overall goal of Chapter 3 is to
preserve the unique, historic and
quaint character of Parkville while
also celebrating the community with
gateways and allowing for future
development.
Figure 1.01 Execerpts from 2020 Parkville Master Plan
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Chapter Six:
Land Use
Master Plan
Development / Reinvestment Nodes
Node (1) – Park University Endowment
Grounds
This approximate 500-acre property represents one
of Parkville’s largest development opportunities,
generally bounded by the Park University Campus
to the west, Riss Lake Subdivision to the north and
the City of Kansas City to the east. The property
contains undeveloped land, as well as the active
mining operations of Hunt Martin’s Parkville quarry.
The property is currently zoned for light and heavy
industrial, general commercial and multifamily
residential development. However, the Parkville
Master Plan identifies uses more compatible with the
wooded, sloped setting abutting the University and
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The Future Land Use Map is but one means of
conveying future development projections and is
not intended to function alone. Several of the land
uses on the Future Land Use Map were projected
conditionally with expectations of sequencing,
coordination, redevelopment objectives, and other
factors. The following is a brief background and
summary of expectations for specific development
and reinvestment nodes. These expectations
must be considered in addition to other subarea
recommendation, and other goals and objectives of
the Master Plan.
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Chapter Seven:
Transportation
Master Plan
Introduction
The transportation system in Parkville involves
different modes of transportation to achieve the
safe, efficient and convenient movement of persons
and goods. The ability to transport people and
goods from one place to another is one of the basic
components on which the community’s economic
and social systems depend. Long range planning
helps ensure the street system is able to expand
efficiently to manage future growth and remain
consistent with the Future Land Use Plan, and
provide for a sustainable future.
Important planning priorities identified by the citizens
of Parkville for the community’s transportation
system include the call for action to:
provide a connected street network;
upgrade and construct new street systems
sensitive to the context and terrain in which they
are located; and
provide multi-modal choices.
A multi-modal transportation network provides both on-street and
off-street accommodations for bikers, pedestrians and other non-
vehicular transportation options.
Future improvements to state highways should be constructed with a boulevard character sensitive to the context of the adjoining land uses.
These characteristics should include enhanced streetscape and aesthetic treatments such as colorful landscaping.
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Chapter Eight:
Planning Beyond Our Boundaries
Master Plan
As southern Platte County grows it is crucial to protect undeveloped areas outside of Parkville
from quasi-rural development (e.g. large lot 1-20-acre parcels) that force future growth into
areas that should remain rural.
Annexation Priority Areas Map
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Chapter Four:
Environmental Stewardship
Master Plan
Environmental Stewardship
Design Expectations
Intent: Environmental Management protects natural
resources such as floodplains, stream corridors,
woodlands, and steep slopes, and ensures future
development occurs in harmony with existing
environmental assets.
Design Expectations: The design expectations
act as guidelines and provide direction as to how
the goals and policy statements may be achieved.
Expectations use the term “should” to denote that
they are considered pertinent to achieving the stated
intent but allow discretion based on site and project
conditions.
Limit encroachment into protection zones through the use of cluster
development with smaller lots and transferring density to more
suitable development locations
Establish no-build areas through the development design and platting
process for slopes that exceed 15 percent adjacent to stream
setback zones
Whenever possible, use non-structural site design practices and non-
structural storm water treatment to preserve and connect natural
open space. Use Best Management Practices to treat storm water
runoff and reduce the total suspended solids (TSS) load from storm
water exiting new developments
Existing trees and vegetation should be saved and integrated into
development design. Mitigation should be provided for trees over
10-inches in caliper if removed during construction.
Establish minimum protection zones around trees and vegetation to
be saved by installing temporary fencing to protect from construction
activities, earthwork operations and the movement and storage of
equipment and materials.
Chapter 4 - Environmental Stewardship
Chapter 4 analyzes ways for future development
to occur in Parkville while retaining the natural
infrastructure and visual character that makes
Parkville unique. This chapter stresses a proactive
approach to development that seeks to protect
environmental assets by incorporating natural
stormwater treatment practices and preserves
woodlands, steep slopes and stream buffers.
Chapter 5 - Park, Civic and Open Spaces
The Park, Civic and Open Spaces chapter states
how these types of facilities enhance the quality of
life for Parkville’s residents and how these spaces
should be viewed as a way to connect different
neighborhoods by ensuring safe and comfortable
access for pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles. This
chapter emphasizes link these spaces through the
use of trails and pathways and providing spaces
that encourage social interaction.
Chapter 6 - Land Use
The major component of the Land Use chapter is
the Future Land Use Plan. This document indicates
the desired land uses of the community for the
next 20 years and where those land uses are most
appropriate. The 2020 Land Use Plan provided the
foundation for the development of the updated
Future Land Use Plan found in this Master Plan
update.
EXISTING PLANS + POLICIES
Chapter 7 - Transportation
Chapter 7 discusses all things related
to transportation and focuses on
providing a connected street network,
upgrading and constructing new
terrain-sensitive street systems and
providing multi-modal choices. There
was a major emphasis on connectivity
from the perspective of all different
modes of transportation.
Chapter 8 - Planning Beyond our
Boundaries
The main focus of Chapter 8 is
annexation priorities and expectations.
The chapter provides a map indicating
near-term annexation areas, priority
annexation areas, annexation by
petition areas and conservation areas.
The chapter provides the relevant
factors that should be considered by
the city when analyzing annexation
opportunities.
Figure 1.02 Execerpts from 2020 Parkville Master Plan
INTRODUCTION