Board of Zoning Adjustment
Development Management Division
City Planning & Development Department
The Board of Zoning Adjustment is a quasi-judicial body of eight
citizens of Kansas City, Missouri appointed by the Mayor. Each member serves without pay or remuneration. The authority
and powers of the Board of Zoning Adjustment are authorized by the Statutes of the State of Missouri, the City
Charter and the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri. The Board of Zoning Adjustment's role and function
is to consider appeals from any order, decision or determination of the Codes Administrator, applications for special
exceptions and conditional uses, and actions authorized by the City Council. The Board of Zoning Adjustment has
the power to vary or modify any requirement of the Zoning Ordinance based on a determination by the Codes Administrator.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment conducts public hearings in the Council
Chamber on the 26th Floor of City Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month. View a link to the Board of Zoning Adjustment
Docket.
The Board receives a report of the application from the staff of the
City Planning and Development Department, receives information from the applicant regarding their request and hears
testimony from other persons that may express concerns, opposition or support of the application. The Board considers
all of the information presented to them and votes whether to approve or deny a request, uphold or overturn the
Codes Administrator based on the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, adopted land use plans and other planning
documents and policies which are all intended to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the City.
