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Planning Commission approves variance allowing three dwellings at Sunlit Hills property
Summary
The Santa Fe County Planning Commission voted to approve a density variance for case 24-5310, allowing three dwelling units on a 5.033-acre parcel at 23 Saddle Road in the Sunlit Hills area. The decision follows staff findings that the two-story duplex on the parcel was constructed without permits and does not meet ADU standards.
The Santa Fe County Planning Commission on Feb. 20 approved a density variance for case 24-5310, Christine Stryker, allowing three dwelling units on a 5.033-acre parcel at 23 Saddle Road in Sunlit Hills.
The variance permits the existing single-family residence plus a two-story duplex (counted as two dwellings) to remain as three dwelling units after the commission motioned and voted to approve the final order, subject to staff conditions. The applicant, Christine Stryker, told the commission she bought the property in 2022 “the way it was” and said the upstairs unit that currently has temporary short-term rental approval “is the only source of income that we have.”
The request drew extensive technical review and commissioner questions because the duplex was built…
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