Hales v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal by the landowners (Michael S. Hales and Marlene S. Hales) from the entry of summary judgment in favor of The City of Kansas City, Kansas (The City). The trial court held the limitation of access to one-half of the landowners’ property is an exercise of police power for which no compensation is payable.

This matter arose as the result of The City preventing northbound traffic on Rainbow Boulevard from making a left turn into the south parking lot of the landowners’ apartment complex and preventing traffic leaving the same…