CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
O-24-11 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis, by request
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Adopting A Small Area Text Amendment To The Integrated Development Ordinance For The Volcano Heights Urban Center To Allow Drive-Throughs In Mixed-Use Zone Districts (Lewis, by request)
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WHEREAS, the City Council adopted an update to the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan ("Comp Plan") in 2017 via R-16-108 (Enactment No. R-2017-026); and
WHEREAS, the Comp Plan designated and mapped the Volcano Heights Urban Center (VHUC) in an area surrounding the intersection of Paseo del Norte and Unser Boulevard and west of the Petroglyph National Monument; and
WHEREAS, the Comp Plan adopted goals and policies that establish Urban Centers as walkable, pedestrian-oriented, and mixed-use areas of the city; and
WHEREAS, the Comp Plan adopted goals and policies that acknowledge the significance of the Petroglyph National Monument as a cultural and natural landscape; and
WHEREAS, the Comp Plan adopted goals and policies that encourage context-sensitive development that respects the unique landscape surrounding the Petroglyph National Monument; and
WHEREAS, the Comp Plan adopted goals and policies that encourage economic development, providing more services and jobs near residents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) to implement Comp Plan Goals and Policies; and
WHEREAS, the VHUC includes properties zoned Non-residential Business Park (NR-BP), Mixed-use Medium Intensity (MX-M), and Mixed-use High Intensity (MX-H); and
WHEREAS, the IDO currently prohibits drive-through and drive-up uses in Mixed-use zone districts within the VHUC; and
WHEREAS, the IDO allows drive-through and drive-up uses in Non-residential zone districts within the VHUC; and
WHEREAS, Councilor Lewis proposed a small area text amendment f...
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