A. Upon the initiative of any municipal governing body or of the board of county commissioners of any county wherein any portion of the extraterritorial zoning area of the municipality lies, the municipality and the county may enter into an agreement providing for the zoning of that portion of the extraterritorial zoning area lying within […]
In addition to the powers authorized in Sections 3-21-2, 3-21-3 and 3-21-4 NMSA 1978, any county and any municipality may agree to authorize a joint municipal-county zoning authority to enact ordinances, regulations, or both, relating to approval and regulation of subdivisions within the extraterritorial zoning area as defined by the agreement creating the joint municipal-county […]
A. In a class A county in which a municipality is located that has a population of: (1) more than three hundred thousand persons according to the last federal decennial census, there shall be no extraterritorial zoning; or (2) three hundred thousand or fewer people, concurrent extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction between that municipality and the county […]
A class A county with a population, as shown by the most recent federal decennial census, of greater than one hundred fifty thousand and less than four hundred thousand and a municipality within that county may exercise concurrent authority pursuant to an extraterritorial zoning authority created under Section 3-21-3 or 3-21-3.2 NMSA 1978 or pursuant […]
A. A zoning ordinance adopted by a joint municipal-county zoning authority shall be an ordinance of the municipality and an ordinance of the county joining in the agreement pursuant to Subsection A of Section 3-21-3 NMSA 1978 and may be enforced by appropriate procedures of either the municipality or the county. The agreement entered into […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all zoning ordinances adopted by class A counties pursuant to Section 15-36-26 NMSA 1953 (being Laws 1961, Chapter 21, Section 1, as amended) are valid and enforceable as of their effective dates and as they may have been amended from time to time. Such ordinances may […]
A. The regulations and restrictions of the county or municipal zoning authority are to be in accordance with a comprehensive plan and be designed to: (1) lessen congestion in the streets and public ways; (2) secure safety from fire, flood waters, panic and other dangers; (3) promote health and the general welfare; (4) provide adequate […]
A. The zoning authority within its jurisdiction shall provide by ordinance for the manner in which zoning regulations, restrictions and the boundaries of districts are: (1) determined, established and enforced; and (2) amended, supplemented or repealed. B. No zoning regulation, restriction or boundary shall become effective, amended, supplemented or repealed until after a public hearing […]
The zoning authority, within its jurisdiction, may: A. act as a zoning commission; B. designate the planning commission to act as a zoning commission; or C. appoint a zoning commission, which shall recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and the regulations necessary to enforce the zoning restrictions. The zoning commission shall make a […]
A. The zoning authority shall provide by resolution the procedure to be followed in considering appeals allowed by this section. B. Any aggrieved person or any officer, department, board or bureau of the zoning authority affected by a decision of an administrative officer, commission or committee in the enforcement of Sections 3-21-1 through 3-21-14 NMSA […]
A person aggrieved by a decision of the zoning authority or any officer, department, board or bureau of the zoning authority may appeal the decision pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-20-7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1998, ch. 55, § 7; 1999, ch. 265, § 7. […]
