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Trustees adopt major Village Center rewrite and new Core Commercial rules
Summary
Trustees approved three linked ordinances that rewrite Village Center rules, create a new Core Commercial (CC) district, and change conditional‑use and variance procedures. The package includes new design standards (shade, glazing, landscape), debate over drive‑throughs and material rules, and a map update converting many VC parcels to CC.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque trustees adopted a package of zoning measures Dec. 16 that rework the Village Center regulations and create a new Core Commercial (CC) district intended to shape walkable, mixed‑use development in the village center.
The package comprised three principal ordinances: a text amendment establishing the Core Commercial district and a set of development standards (Ordinance 306), a zoning‑map amendment converting many VC parcels into CC (Ordinance 307), and targeted changes to the conditional‑use and variance code (Ordinance 308). Together the changes add or tighten rules on landscaping, shade, glazing,…
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