Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1442

67.1442. Certain cities, removal of real property from district or change in class designation, purpose, procedure (Springfield). — Upon the written request of any real property owner within any home rule city with more than one hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred but less than one hundred fifty-one thousand six hundred inhabitants, the governing body of the municipality may hold a public hearing for the removal of real property from such district or a change in designation of the class of real property for the purpose of the types of services to be received or fees, taxes, or assessments to be levied, and such real property may be removed from such district or have its class designation changed to another class of the same district, provided that:

(1) The board consents to the removal of such property;

(2) The district can meet its obligations without the revenues generated by or on the real property proposed to be removed from the district or proposed to have its class designation changed; and

(3) The public hearing is conducted in the same manner as required by section 67.1431 with notice of the hearing given in the same manner as required by section 67.1431 , except that postage prepaid first class mail shall be sufficient notice by mail for purposes of this section, and such notice shall include:

(a) The date, time, and place of the public hearing;

(b) The name of the district;

(c) The boundaries by street location or other readily identifiable means if no street location exists of the real property proposed to be removed from the district or proposed to have its class designation changed, and a map illustrating the boundaries of the existing district and the real property proposed to be removed; and

(d) A statement that all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing.

(L. 2003 H.B. 277 merged with S.B. 379)