City of Albuquerque - File #: R-16-137

• File #: R-16-137
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/5/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/4/2017
• Enactment date: 1/13/2017
• Enactment #: R-2017-003
• Title: C/S Amending The Rio Bravo Sector Development Plan Zone Map From R-LT To R-2 For Tracts RR-3-A And RR-3-B For Two Parcels Of Approximately 27-Acres Abutting The South Side Of Dennis Chavez Blvd, Just North Of 98th Street (Peña, by request)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/13/2017	City Clerk	Published
1/13/2017	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
1/12/2017	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
1/4/2017	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/19/2016	City Council	Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Substituted
12/14/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as Substituted	Pass
12/14/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Substituted	Pass
12/5/2016	City Council	Introduced and Referred
12/5/2016	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY- SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. C/S R-16-137 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Klarissa Pe?a, by request


RESOLUTION
AMENDING THE RIO BRAVO SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN ZONE MAP FROM R-LT TO R-2 FOR TRACTS RR-3-A AND RR-3-B FOR TWO PARCELS OF APPROXIMATELY 27-ACRES ABUTTING THE SOUTH SIDE OF DENNIS CHAVEZ BLVD, JUST NORTH OF 98TH STREET.
WHEREAS, the Council, the Governing Body of the City of Albuquerque, has the authority to adopt plans for the physical development of areas within the planning and platting jurisdiction of the City authorized by statute, ?3-19-5, NMSA 1978, and by its home rule powers; and
WHEREAS, the Council has the authority to adopt, amend, or repeal such a sector development plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque adopted the Rio Bravo Sector Development Plan, a Rank III Sector Development Plan, (RBSDP) in 1988 (Enactment No. 215-1988) and amended the plan in 1999 (Enactment No. 4-2000) and in 2009 (Enactment No. R-2009-035); and
WHEREAS, the Rio Bravo Sector Development Plan establishes R-LT as the predominant residential zone as well as R-2, with the intent to encourage a variety of housing types, but has developed mostly as single-family housing; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Planning Commission found that the residential areas within the Rio Bravo Sector Development Plan have primarily developed as single-family units with little variation; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Planning Commission found that the allowance of residential development under R-2 zoning will provide a new housing choice for the southwest side of the City that it lacks; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Planning Commission found that the applicant justified the zone change request through the R-270-1980 criteria by exhibiting there are changed community conditions through the designation of new activity centers, the County's adoption of the Ceja Vista Master Plan, and the constructio...