CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIRST COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-14-23 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, by request
RESOLUTION
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Adopting A Rail Yards Master Development Plan And Accompanying Site Development Plan For Subdivision To Provide The Appropriate Policy Framework And Regulations To Guide The Redevelopment Of The Rail Yards Site (Benton, by request)
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ADOPTING A RAIL YARDS MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SUBDIVISION TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND REGULATIONS TO GUIDE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RAIL YARDS SITE.
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards site is located on Tract A of the Plat of Tract A of AT&SF Railway Co. Machine Shop, located on 2nd Street SW between Cromwell Avenue and Hazeldine Avenue SW and contains approximately 27.3 acres; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards site is zoned SU2-HLS (Historic Locomotive Shops) per the Barelas Sector Development Plan (SDP); and
WHEREAS, the SU2-HLS zone Section A allows for a wide range of permissive uses, including multifamily residential (R-3), community commercial uses such as retail, restaurants, services (C-2), and light industrial (I-P) each with some limited exceptions; and
WHEREAS, the Barelas SDP SU-2/HLS zone Section K provides specifically for a Master Development Plan review by the EPC and approval by the City Council prior to the issuance of a building permit for the site (with very limited exceptions); and
WHEREAS, the Master Development Plan (MDP) as submitted contains a site development plan for subdivision with an accompanying Master Development Plan document that will guide redevelopment of the City-owned Albuquerque Rail Yards site; and
WHEREAS, the Rail Yards Advisory Board was established in March 2008 pursuant to City Council Resolution F/SR-08-47 and the responsibilities of the Rail Yards Advisory Board included the creation of a Request for Propos...
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