On what are now empty grass lawns just east of Riverfront Stadium, the city hopes to more easily attract new commercial development surrounding the ballpark with a change in building height requirements. On Thursday, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted to approve a request to amend the maximum building heights that are allowed on two oddly shaped parcels within the existing Ballpark Village Planned Unit Development. The request still has to go in front of the District 4 Advisory Board and City Council, but the change is expected to increase the allowed building heights from 50 to 85 feet on the L-shaped property at the northwest corner of Maple and McLean, and from 50 to 95 feet on the vertical sliver of land at the northeast corner.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
