A shelter designed to withstand 250 miles per hour winds …that’s exactly what the City of Kansas City, Kansas (Unified Government of Wyandotte County) had in mind when they adopted their new municipal code Section 27-411 (Storm Protection Area Required) that multi-family residential developments be designed to comply with Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication 320 (“Taking Shelter from the Storm”) or Publication 361 (“Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelter”). This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Shelter is “an area of storm protection.”
Designed by Rosemann & Associates, the first project of this type in the greater
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