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Rio Rancho council rejects rezoning request for Paseo Gateway West, citing missing master plan
Summary
The council voted unanimously to deny O‑28, a zone map amendment that would have changed parts of Paseo Gateway West from TZ/R3 to R4. Staff and the planning board had recommended denial because a master plan was not in place and multiple councilors raised concerns about infrastructure, ownership of holdout lots and parkland.
Rio Rancho's governing body voted against Ordinance O‑28, a request to reclassify multiple parcels within the Paseo Gateway West area from TZ and R3 to R4 single‑family residential.
Director of Development Services Amy Rincon described the ordinance and recounted its history: the item failed previously at a council meeting on Aug. 14 and PZB (planning and zoning board) subsequently recommended denial (0–5). Applicant Nikosha Shuttlebauer, representing Bonita Development,…
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