CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-23-73 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis by request
ORDINANCE
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Adopting A Text Amendment To The Integrated Development Ordinance For The Northwest Mesa Escarpment View Protection Overlay Zone (VPO-2) Small Mapped Area Related To The Applicability Of Height Restrictions Applied To Structures That Exist Outside Of The VPO-2 Boundary (Lewis by request)
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WHEREAS, in 2017 all of the City's sector development plans were rescinded with the adoption of the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO); and
WHEREAS, the regulations from the Northwest Mesa Escarpment Plan (NWMEP) were incorporated into the IDO as the Northwest Mesa Escarpment View Protection Overlay Zone (VPO-2); and
WHEREAS, one purpose of VPO-2 is to protect views looking to and from the Petroglyph National Monument; and
WHEREAS, the NWMEP established a "Conservation Area" boundary that represented the area of the monument to be protected; and
WHEREAS, the NWMEP established an "Impact Area" boundary in which a 15-foot height restriction was imposed. That boundary extended 350 feet out from the Conservation Area; and
WHEREAS, VPO-2 contains the height restriction of 15 feet applicable to all properties within a sub-area of VPO-2 known as the "height restrictions sub-area", which was derived from the "Impact Area" boundary; and
WHEREAS, the definition of "Small Area" in the IDO specifies that "where any small area boundary crosses a lot line, the entire lot is subject to applicable small area standards unless specified otherwise in this IDO"; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, the pattern of lots suitable for commercial development in and around the VPO-2 bounded area contains parcels that are large, some of which are 60+ acres; and
WHEREAS, the definition of "Small Area" in the IDO applies the 15-foot height restriction to the entirety of these parcels where the VPO...
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