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Bayard council unanimously adopts Ordinance No. 892 setting floodway and flood-fringe rules
Summary
The Bayard City Council on Jan. 13 unanimously passed Ordinance No. 892 to amend zoning regulations by creating defined floodway and flood fringe districts and related regulations; the council waived the normal three-reading rule to consider final passage immediately.
The Bayard City Council on Jan. 13, 2026, adopted Ordinance No. 892, a zoning change that creates defined floodway and flood-fringe districts and establishes regulations for those zones.
Council member Chris Baird moved for final passage of the ordinance after the council voted to suspend the three-reading requirement. The motion for final passage was seconded by Council member Garrett Schukei. A roll-call vote recorded Baird, Tanner Henkel, Diane Kraus, Marty Marquez and Garrett Schukei voting aye; there were no nays. Council President Marty Marquez declared the ordinance passed, adopted and ordered it published.
The ordinance text presented at the meeting describes an update to the city’s zoning regulations ‘‘creating floodway and flood fringe districts, defining the same and setting forth regulations thereof’’ and provides for repeal of conflicting ordinances and an effective date. The minutes do not specify the ordinance’s effective date or further implementation steps.
The council’s action followed procedural motions recorded in the meeting minutes: first to suspend the statutory three-reading requirement and then to consider and adopt the ordinance on final passage. The minutes do not record staff discussion of technical flood maps, a public hearing on the ordinance at this meeting, or specific implementation deadlines.
The council meeting record indicates the measure passed unanimously by the five council members present. The ordinance will be published as ordered by the council; the published ordinance text or subsequent council minutes should be consulted for the ordinance’s effective date and administrative details.
