CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-21-140 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Brook Bassan
RESOLUTION
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Declaring A Stay Of Enforcement On Section 6-4(L)(2) Of The Integrated Development Ordinance Related To The Delay Of A Final Decision By The Planning Department On Applications For Administrative Decisions (Bassan)
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DECLARING A STAY OF ENFORCEMENT ON SECTION 6-4(L)(2) OF THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE DELAY OF A FINAL DECISION BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON APPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS.
WHEREAS, the ability to request a post-application
facilitated meeting was adopted during the 2019 Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) update; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this amendment to the IDO was to allow for more neighborhood participation in certain administrative decisions if requested; and
WHEREAS, the IDO today requires that after an application has been submitted for a Site Plan - Administrative decision that there is a 15-day period in which property owners within 330 feet of the subject site or Neighborhood Associations within 660 feet of the subject site may request a post-application
facilitated meeting; and
WHEREAS, a Site Plan - Administrative is the "zoning check" for applications that don't meet the threshold for an approval by the Development Review Board or Environmental Planning Commission where the request is determined to be in compliance with the IDO or not and an application can't move on to other relevant reviewers until the Site Plan - Admin has been approved by the Planning Department; and
WHEREAS, Site Plan - Administrative is applicable to small-scale development that may not have as big of an impact on the surrounding community as applications that are required to go before the Development Review Board or the Environmental Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the requirements of Section 6-4(L)(2) of the IDO require...
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