Planning board backs city-initiated zoning text changes to clarify notifications, façade definition and setbacks

Jul 9, 2024

City planners presented a package of text amendments to Title 15 (Land Use) to correct inconsistencies, add a definition for 'façade', clarify mailing notifications and restore a setback footnote to estate residential districts; the board recommended approval and forwarded the package to the governing body.

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City planner Chris Benson presented a city-initiated text amendment package to Title 15 (Land Use) aimed at correcting errors and providing clarity in Rio Rancho’s planning and zoning code. Benson told the board the amendments update application types and notification procedures, add a definition for "façade," correct a side-setback footnote to apply only to estate residential districts, and add a Transitional Zoning (TZ) designation into the zoning tables.

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