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Hearing officer to recommend on Baca request to split 0.77-acre Agua Fria parcel into three lots

5815610 · September 12, 2025
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Hearing officer Taylor Hartstein will issue written findings and a recommendation to the planning commission after a Sept. 10 hearing on a variance request from Gilbert and Rosalba Baca to divide a 0.77-acre parcel in the Agua Fria community into three residential lots.

Hearing officer Taylor Hartstein will issue written findings and a recommendation to the planning commission after a Sept. 10 hearing on a variance request from Gilbert and Rosalba Baca to divide a 0.77-acre parcel in the Agua Fria community into three residential lots.

The Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) allows one dwelling per 0.75 acres in the base zone and permits increased density—one dwelling per 0.33 acres—within the Agua Fria Community District overlay if lots are served by public water and sewer. Destiny Romero, building and development review specialist senior for Santa Fe County, told the hearing that the applicants have letters from the City of Santa Fe and the Agua Fria Community Water Association confirming the property would be served by public sewer and water if subdivided. Romero said staff’s review found code violations on the site and concluded that “the facts presented do not support the request for a variance.”

Nut graf: The hearing centered on whether extraordinary circumstances tied to the property and family…

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