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Rezoning & Density Watch
Rezonings, apartment and townhome plans and zoning rule changes across the metro, newest first. Updated November 11, 2026 from the 43 items on our city pages.
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Clear Creek Townhomes site plan heads to Planning & Zoning Nov. 9
Hite Development’s site plan for Clear Creek Townhomes at 102 West Lawrence Street is on the Nov. 9 Planning & Zoning agenda: five buildings with about 19 townhome units on 1.74 acres at Jefferson and Lawrence streets. The plan includes a private drive linking Lawrence and Jefferson (Jefferson access needs MoDOT approval) and a 35-foot landscape buffer on the west side. Staff recommends approval with 13 conditions, including a final plat before building permits.
Croft Trailer Supply site rezoning heads to planners, then aldermen Nov. 17
The former Croft Trailer Supply property at 632 S. 169 Hwy is asking to move from B-2 (non-retail business) to B-3 (general business) so the building can be leased or sold to retail tenants. City staff recommend approval, saying the change fits the Comprehensive Plan’s call to keep the area commercial. The request is on the Planning and Zoning Commission’s Nov. 10, 2026 agenda for a public hearing and vote, and the draft ordinance (Bill No. 3102-26) lists a first reading before the Board of Aldermen on Nov. 17, 2026 and a second reading on Dec. 15, 2026.
Smithville Plaza Apartments rezoning gets its second reading
The Board of Aldermen took up the second reading of Bill No. 3132-26, the rezoning for Smithville Plaza Apartments at 119 N. 169 Highway, on Nov. 3, and the city’s Nov. 6 newsletter lists it among the meeting’s actions. The plan the Planning Commission endorsed 6-0 on Oct. 13 calls for 176 units in two four-story buildings with 300 parking spaces on about 8.5 acres, cut from an earlier 200 units. The newsletter does not give vote counts, and official minutes are not yet posted.
Data center rezoning heads to Nov. 30 public hearing
A public hearing is set for 5 p.m. Nov. 30, 2026, on a request to rezone five parcels, two of them owned by the city, from R-1 residential to I-1 industrial for a proposed data center. The Planning Commission will be asked to recommend a Digital Infrastructure Overlay District for them, and related code changes would allow data centers in I-1 only where that overlay is approved.
Commercial rezoning next to Westlake Hardware still awaits a final vote
A request to rezone 4726 NW Buckner Tarsney Road from agricultural (A) to general business (C-2) for a commercial development was approved 6-0 by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 12, 2026. The plan shows a driveway lined up with the Westlake Hardware entrance, and MoDOT is still reviewing road improvements, including a possible traffic light. The Board of Aldermen held its public hearing Oct. 12 with no comments, but no rezoning ordinance appears on the Oct. 26 or Nov. 9 agendas.
8th Street townhome rezoning goes to public hearing Nov. 5
The Planning Commission holds a public hearing Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at the council chambers, 303 Bury Street, on rezoning 0.9 acres at 104 E. 8th Street from R-DT-1 to R-DT-2 (case 2026-007P, GM Investment Properties). The concept plan shows two four-unit townhouse buildings, eight units in all. Staff recommends approval on conditions: a future site plan meeting R-DT-2 standards, a single access from 8th Street, and fixes for water, sewer and stormwater drainage noted in the City Engineer’s Oct. 13 report.
Infill housing rules and Crysler Avenue, Osage Street rezonings get first reading Nov. 16
The Nov. 16 council agenda has first readings of Unified Development Ordinance amendments on residential infill standards, plus rezonings at 1223 W. Truman Road (to C-2) and 211, 203, 123 and 119 N. Crysler Avenue (to R-6), and 1509 S. Osage Street (R-6 to R-6/PUD with a preliminary development plan). The council will also consider an agreement with Community Services League to administer $931,232.73 in HOME funds for affordable housing development. These are first readings, so final votes come at a later meeting.
Source: City of Independence (Nov. 16, 2026 council agenda) →
Council approves two-family rezonings on S. Fuller Ave. and E. 23rd St. S
On Nov. 2, 2026, the City Council voted 6-0 to rezone six lots on S. Fuller Avenue from R-6 single-family to R-12 two-family residential (Ordinance No. 19864). In a second 6-0 vote, it rezoned three lots on E. 23rd Street S from C-1 neighborhood commercial to R-12/PUD two-family residential and approved a preliminary development plan (Ordinance No. 19865).
Source: City of Independence (Nov. 2 council action agenda) →
Developer pulls Pryor and Longview rezoning before council hearing
The applicant withdrew the plan to rezone about 143.9 acres at the southwest corner of SW Longview Road and SW Pryor Road (900 SW Pryor Road) from agricultural to RP-3 residential and CP-1 commercial on Nov. 3, 2026, according to city records. The Planning Commission had voted down a motion to recommend approval on Oct. 22, after residents raised stormwater, density and traffic concerns. The council public hearing that had been set for Nov. 17 will not go forward on this application.
Source: City of Lee’s Summit (council and Planning Commission records) →
Chestnut Villas: 34 townhomes and 12 houses up for final approval
Chestnut Villas, a planned residential project on 9.6 acres south of Parallel Road and west of N. 152nd Street, is on the Planning Commission’s Nov. 10, 2026 agenda for its final development plan and final plat. The plan calls for nine townhome buildings with 34 units, 12 single-family homes facing N. 152nd Street, and one existing house that stays, for 47 homes in all, with about 68% of the site left as open space. Staff recommends approval with conditions, including no-parking signs on both sides of N. 152nd Street between Parallel Road and Chestnut Street; the City Council approved the rezoning and preliminary plan 4-0 on Sept. 9, 2026.
210-acre Missouri River site proposed for industrial and port rezoning
An ordinance on the Nov. 12 council agenda would rezone about 210 acres from M1-5 and R-80 to M3-5 to allow advanced manufacturing and other industrial and port uses (Ordinance 260982). The land is bounded by the Missouri River on the north, rail lines on the south, the city limits on the east and I-435 on the west. It goes to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee before a final vote.
Rezoning for five new single-family homes at Vine and 21st heads to council
The City Plan Commission on Nov. 4 recommended rezoning about 0.3 acres at the northeast corner of Vine Street and East 21st Street from UR to DR-1. The applicant plans five single-family homes on the site. The case (CD-CPC-2026-00151) now goes to the City Council.
Final plan approved for two apartment buildings at Linwood and Troost
The City Plan Commission approved the final development plan for Linwood & Troost MPD Residential at 3200 Troost Ave. on Nov. 4. The roughly 3-acre site will have two apartment buildings on two lots. The plan was approved on the consent agenda with one minor condition.
1923 Broadway apartment tax plan held again, now set for Nov. 12
An amended industrial development plan for an apartment complex and parking garage at 1923 Broadway Boulevard would revise its payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) schedule with Denali III, LLC (Ordinance 260940). The council held it on the docket on Oct. 29 and again on Nov. 5, 2026, and it is now set for Nov. 12. No final vote has been taken.
Commission approves tax incentives for Nottingham apartments and retail
The Eudora Times reports the City Commission approved tax incentives for the next phase of the Nottingham development at its Nov. 9 meeting. The package covers Project Areas 2 and 3 on the former elementary school land: 140 apartments, 10 townhomes and about 52,500 square feet of retail, at a little more than $30 million per area. Financing tools on the table were tax-increment financing for infrastructure, a 1.85% Community Improvement District sales tax inside the development, and a sales tax exemption through Industrial Revenue Bonds.
Staff backs 150-acre industrial rezoning at 175th and Lone Elm; council vote set for Dec. 10
City staff recommend approving case Z-26-5, which would rezone about 149.5 acres of farmland at the southeast corner of 175th Street and Lone Elm Road from R-R (Rural Residential) to M-1 (Light Industrial). The staff report says no end user or specific use has been identified, WaterOne would supply water, and sewer would come from the city’s Northwest Sanitary Sewer line, which is still being designed. A traffic study would be required only when site plans are filed. The Planning Commission public hearing is Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 401 N. Madison, and the City Council is scheduled to consider the case Dec. 10, 2026.
Mission Beverly apartments move ahead with final plat and city easements
After final plat approval for the Mission Beverly project by Milhaus near Martway and Beverly, the City requested storm sewer, maintenance, sidewalk access and Rock Creek channel access easements. Accepting the four easements is on the Community Development Committee agenda for Nov. 4, 2026.
Dillons-anchored center with apartments pitched for 58 Highway and Foxridge
At a Nov. 2 council work session, Phillips Edison & Company presented a grocery-anchored plan for the land at 58 Highway and Foxridge: a 99,915-square-foot Dillons store, about 12,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, fuel and standalone commercial pads, and multifamily housing on two parcels. The company asked the council for horizontal instead of vertical mixed use and multifamily zoning, and said a commercial incentive request will follow once concept design and budget are set. No applications or votes have been filed yet.
31 rental townhomes near Leavenworth Road and I-435 move toward bond approval
The UG Economic Development and Finance Committee voted 7-0 on Nov. 2, 2026, to recommend a resolution of intent for up to $8.5 million in industrial revenue bonds for Crystal Ridge, a $7.4 million, 31-unit rental townhome project at Leavenworth Road and I-435. The bonds would exempt construction materials from sales tax only, with no property tax abatement, and annual property tax on the site would rise from about $3,300 to about $78,000. The recommendation goes to the full commission next.
216-unit Ascent Apartments plan pushed to Nov. 30
The rezoning (RZ26-07) and concept plan (PL26-06CP) for Ascent Apartments, a 216-unit multifamily development at the northeast corner of Prairie Star Parkway and Ridgeview Road, were continued at the Planning Commission’s Nov. 2, 2026 meeting. Both items, which include public hearings, are now set for the commission’s Nov. 30, 2026 meeting.
Source: City of Lenexa (Nov. 2 Planning Commission action agenda) →
Mixed-use rezoning for Hedge Lane Terrace land heads to planners Nov. 16
The Shawnee Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on PUD26-03, a request to rezone land at 6000 Hedge Lane Terrace from AG (agricultural) to PUD-MX (planned unit development, mixed use). The hearing is set for Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive. The published notice does not list unit counts or a site plan; the request is on the agenda, with no vote yet.
Oak Park Mall rezoning heads to the Planning Commission Nov. 9
The rezoning request for Oak Park Mall at 95th Street and Quivira Road (case REZ2026-00010), which would add apartments, a hotel and an expanded theater to the mall property, is on the regular agenda of the Overland Park Planning Commission on Nov. 9, 2026. The commission’s recommendation then goes to the City Council for a final vote.
Source: City of Overland Park (Planning Commission agenda) →
Aldermen give final OK to Creekside Village cul-de-sac rezoning
The Board of Aldermen voted 5-0 on Oct. 26 to adopt Ordinance 2497, rezoning about 0.19 acres at the northwest corner of NE Deer Creek Drive and NE Wolf Creek Drive in Creekside Village from light industrial (M-1P) to single-family residential (R-1P). The change clears the way to correct a cul-de-sac that was not built wide enough for fire trucks to turn around. The vote is recorded in draft Oct. 26 minutes that were up for approval on the Nov. 9 consent agenda.
Source: City of Grain Valley (Nov. 9, 2026 Board of Aldermen packet) →
Land can now be rezoned at the same time it is annexed into Grain Valley
Aldermen voted 5-0 on Oct. 26 to adopt Ordinance 2498, replacing city code Section 400.350 on annexed territory. Annexed land keeps its prior zoning (or stays unzoned) until rezoned, but the city may now process a rezoning alongside the annexation, with the rezoning taking effect only when the annexation does and becoming void if the annexation fails. Staff said the change mirrors current state law and speeds up the process; Planning and Zoning recommended it Sept. 9.
Source: City of Grain Valley (Oct. 26 agenda packet; vote in draft minutes, Nov. 9 packet) →
Two duplex lots near 155th Street seek R-2 zoning
Lynch Residential asked to rezone two 0.40-acre parcels near 155th Street and Parallel Road from R-1 single-family to R-2 two-family zoning. Each parcel already has a duplex that does not conform to R-1 zoning. The requests had public hearings on the Oct. 13 Planning Commission agenda with a staff recommendation to approve, and they go to the City Council next.
Council rezones 551 E. Highway 24 to general commercial
The City Council adopted Ordinance 879 on October 5, 2026, rezoning 551 E. Highway 24 Trafficway from C-1 Central Business District to C-2 General Commercial District and amending the zoning map, as the Planning Commission recommended. The same night, the council approved a demolition permit for 105-111 W. Pottawatomie Street.
Bonds approved for Paschal’s Landing apartments
On Oct. 26, the City Commission passed Ordinance 1197, authorizing up to $13.3 million in industrial revenue bonds for the Paschal’s Landing apartment project near the elementary school. The package includes a 10-year, 75% property tax abatement and a sales tax exemption on construction materials. The city manager said the bonds are not backed by the city and the developer is responsible for repayment.
Council approves Ozark Ready Mix rezoning and permit on Webster Street
At its Oct. 22 meeting, the City Council approved Ordinance 2026-28, rezoning Ozark Ready Mix’s site at 18430 Webster St. from M-1 to MP-1 planned industrial with an amended preliminary plat. The council also passed Ordinance 2026-29, amending the company’s conditional use permit with a new site plan. The Planning Commission had recommended both 5-0.
Westwood Reserve rezoning heads to City Council in November
The Planning Commission considered Hunt Midwest’s rezoning, preliminary development plan and preliminary plat for Westwood Reserve, on the former Westwood View Elementary site, on Oct. 5, 2026. City staff reported on Oct. 8 that the City Council will take up the Planning Commission’s recommendations at its November meeting, scheduled for Nov. 12, 2026. The commission’s vote has not been published in the materials we reviewed.
Mission Vale Phase II townhomes approved at Nall and 58th
Mission Vale Phase II, nine townhouse units at the southeast corner of Nall Avenue and 58th Street, has City Council approval. As of the city’s current-projects list updated October 20, 2026, construction had not begun. The same list shows the 180-unit Encore apartments approved but not yet under construction.
Seven-unit Darby Townhomes plat goes to Planning Commission
A final plat for Darby Townhomes, a seven-unit townhome development on one 1.625-acre lot along a new private street near NW Tullison Road and Missouri Highway 9, was on the October 22, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda. The site is zoned R-3 Multi-Family Residential, and city staff recommended approval with six conditions, including a 5-foot sidewalk and adequate fire flow. The commission’s vote has not yet been published in minutes.
Larry’s Nursery and former Red X tract replatted for The Charles apartments
A final plat for about 14.24 acres on NW Platte Road was on the October 22, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda. It moves part of the former Red X tract to Larry’s Nursery and creates two lots, with Lot 2 planned for The Charles, a multi-family development by Briarcliff Development Company. Staff recommended approval with conditions covering easements and stormwater detention; the vote result has not yet been published.
Commissioners keep neighborhood meetings for every KCK rezoning
At its Oct. 29, 2026 meeting, the UG Commission voted 9-1 to adopt Option B of its ordinance responding to the state’s by-right housing law (SB 418), which keeps the neighborhood meeting requirement for all rezoning requests. Option A would have dropped those meetings. The state law, in effect since July 1, 2026, removes residents’ right to file protest petitions against rezoning to single-family districts, and covers single-family homes and townhome projects of up to 12 units, not large apartment complexes.
Final approval for 10 townhomes at 57th and Barton downtown
On Sept. 21, 2026, the Shawnee Planning Commission voted 6-0 to approve final plans for 10 two-story attached townhomes on a vacant lot at 57th and Barton, near the Shawnee 1929 Museum. Each unit gets a garage space and a surface space, and the developer expects rents of $2,200 to $2,400 a month. The council had already approved the rezoning, so this was the last required approval.
Construction starts on Canvas, apartments and shops on the old Winstead’s site downtown
Hunt Midwest broke ground in October 2026 on Canvas, a mixed-use building with ground-floor retail and apartments above near 80th Street and Metcalf Avenue, where a Winstead’s restaurant once stood. It joins Hunt Midwest’s nearby The Vue and the Edison District in downtown Overland Park. Unit counts and an opening date were not published.
Planners approve final plat for The Rio Apartments
On Oct. 27, 2026, the De Soto Planning Commission voted 6-0 (one member recused) to approve the final plat for The Rio Apartments, filed by Rio Vista LLC. The plat now goes to the City Council to accept its easements and right-of-way. The minutes do not list the site, unit count or a construction timeline.
Council OKs Limestone rezonings at K-10 and Kill Creek
On Oct. 15, 2026, the De Soto City Council approved four rezonings at K-10 and Kill Creek Road for GRATA Development’s Limestone project. The $225 million plan at the northeast corner of the interchange calls for 102 single-family homes, 350 apartments and a hotel site, and the city previously approved incentives for it, including 10-year 75% tax abatements on the hotel and apartments and a Rural Housing Incentive District for the homes. Groundbreaking had been expected in 2026, with construction in phases.
Woodland Meadows townhomes platted
The final plat for Phase 1 was approved: 61 townhomes at 2200 Wornall Rd. by Warger Associates. Phase 2 would add 37 single-family homes.
Zoning rewrite about 75% complete
At the September 14, 2026 council meeting, the mayor reported that updates to the City’s zoning regulations are about 75% complete. The Planning Commission and City Attorney will review the proposed revisions before they go to the City Council for adoption, with completion expected by the end of 2026.
Council approves 168-unit Overlook at Midland apartments
On Sept. 14, 2026, the Shawnee City Council voted 7-0 to rezone about 17 acres at 20920 Midland Drive, near Shawnee Mission Parkway, from Commercial Highway to Planned Unit Development Mixed Residential, and approved the preliminary plan. TWG Development plans 168 apartments in five two- and three-story buildings, with 88 one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom and 64 three-bedroom units, plus a clubhouse. No construction timeline has been announced.
More East Village buildings finished as ICON townhomes expand
The city’s building and codes official reported on July 29, 2026 that two more East Village buildings had passed final inspection, with occupants moving in that weekend. Additional construction was starting at the ICON townhomes, a pad had been set at Casper’s Crossings (the former trailer park) and clearing was underway at Fairview.
Heritage at Grandview apartments approved for Belvidere
On July 14 the Board of Aldermen voted 5-1 to approve Kittle Property Group’s development plan and rezoning for Heritage at Grandview, a 204-unit, four-building apartment community at 14925 S. US 71 Highway, a site that has sat vacant since 2005. The plan includes new sidewalks and a sewer connection to the Little Blue Valley lines.
Setback questions head toward Planning and Zoning
In April the council discussed holding a Planning and Zoning hearing on building setbacks and the need to seat a new Planning and Zoning committee. In August, the city attorney noted that any change to home size or setback rules must go through the zoning commission, which would hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to the Board.
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