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Alamogordo lot owners, city clash over Quail Hollow permit denials, drainage and bonding
Summary
Lot owners and developers asked the city to release building permits for four remaining Quail Hollow lots, saying past inspections and bonding failures left owners unable to build; city staff said drainage is the outstanding safety issue and legal counsel urged enforcement even if prior administrations tolerated noncompliance.
Dusty Wright of Arrowhead Investment Group told the Alamogordo City Commission on Nov. 18 that his firm and other lot owners face prolonged permit denials in Quail Hollow Subdivision No. 2 after the city determined the subdivision has not been formally accepted. Wright said utilities and roads were completed and that 40 of 44 lots previously were permitted; four lots are now unbuildable pending punch-list corrections the city says remain outstanding.
The dispute centers on a city-issued punch list that Wright summarized for commissioners: drainage work and creation of a drainage channel on the east side of the property, sidewalk tie-ins where private property meets a city walk path, fire-hydrant grade issues, valve collars, and…
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