City of Albuquerque - File #: O-23-73

• File #: O-23-73
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/22/2023
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/3/2023
• Enactment date: 4/18/2023
• Enactment #: O-2023-013
• Title: 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)
• Sponsors: Dan Lewis

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/21/2023	City Clerk	Published
4/17/2023	Mayor	Not Signed by the Mayor
4/7/2023	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
4/3/2023	City Council	Passed	Pass
3/20/2023	City Council	Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Amended
3/15/2023	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
3/15/2023	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Amended	Pass
2/22/2023	City Council	Received and Referred
2/22/2023	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-23-73 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis by request


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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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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.
WHEREAS, in 2017 all of the City's sector development plans were rescinded with the adoption of the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO); and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, the pattern of lots suitable for commerc...