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Planning commission approves final plat for Trailhead at Chamizal, limited to tracks 1–3
Summary
The Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Planning & Zoning Commission on March 10 approved a final plat for the Trailhead at Chamizal subdivision limited to tracks 1–3, consistent with a prior Board of Trustees condition. Staff said the plat meets technical requirements; commissioners added a finding confirming the final plat conforms with the previously approved preliminary plat.
The Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved a final plat for the Trailhead at Chamizal on March 10, but limited its approval to tracks 1, 2 and 3 in keeping with a prior Board of Trustees condition.
Director Schultz told the commission staff had reviewed the final documents and found them in substantial conformance with the subdivision ordinance and the board's April 2025 notice of decision. "Staff recommends that you approve the final plat tonight subject to the two findings in the staff report," she said, and added that a third finding could be added to explicitly state that the final plat conforms to the previously approved preliminary plat.
Agent Rebecca Velarde and applicant agent Jessica Lawless said the final plat establishes legal parcel boundaries, easements and rights-of-way and does not itself approve future land uses. "We respectfully request your consideration of this document that is really very much focused on boundaries and lines and easements rather than uses or future development," Velarde said. Lawless reiterated the applicant was seeking formal recordability for tracks 1–3 only; tracks 4–6 would require separate future approvals.
The commission voted to add a finding that the submitted final plat is in conformance with the preliminary plat approved earlier by the board of trustees, then moved and seconded a motion to approve S2601 for tracks 1–3 with the staff findings. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with all members voting yes.
The approval closes the quasi-judicial matter before the commission; Lawless and Velarde noted that any development on tracks 4–6 would later need separate site-plan and architectural review before the planning commission and the board of trustees.
Why it matters: the decision clears the path for the applicant to record the approved tracks and proceed with permitting for future site-specific development on those parcels; it also preserves the board-imposed limitation on the remaining tracks, ensuring additional review before development proceeds there.
