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Planning board rejects request to add townhomes at Plaza Rio Lot B

City of Rio Rancho Planning and Zoning Board · November 18, 2025
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Summary

The Rio Rancho Planning & Zoning Board voted to deny a proposed amendment that would have added multifamily townhomes as a permissive use at Plaza Rio Lot B (approx. 1.51 acres). Staff had recommended approval with conditions, but the motion to approve failed on a roll-call vote.

Ben Isaacs, a municipal planner with the City of Rio Rancho, briefed the Planning and Zoning Board on a request to amend the zoning for Plaza Rio Lot B to allow multifamily townhomes as a permissive retail-commercial use. The parcel is about 1.51 acres at the corner of Golf Course Road and Gay Circle, near Southern Boulevard, and staff proposed ordinance language permitting up to 32-foot (two‑story) buildings and updated…

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