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Planning Commission

Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
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Meeting Documents (3)

Amended Agenda

AgendaPosted 10/10/2025

Agenda Packet 2

Agenda PacketPosted 10/16/2025

10-16-25 Planning Commission FINAL

MinutesPosted 12/3/2025

Agenda Items (20)

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. Approval of Agenda

5. Approval of Consent Agenda

6. Approval of Minutes

6-a. September 18, 2025 (POSTPONED FROM OCTOBER 2, 2025)

6-b. October 2, 2025

7. Approval of Findings/Conclusions

8. Consent

9. Old Business

10. Staff Communications

10-a. Presentations on Governmental Ethics and Procedure by Assistant City Attorney Rebecca Mnuk-Herrmann ramnukherrmann@santafenm.gov

Ethics and IPRA - Planning Commission 2025

Open Meetings Act - Planning Commission 2025

11. New Business

11-a. CONSIDERATION OF BILL NO. 2024-17. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2025 (Mayor Alan Webber and Councilor Jamie Cassutt)A Bill Repealing and Replacing SFCC 1987 Chapter 14 ("Land Development Code"); Clarifying and Consolidating Various References to Code Violations Into One Violations Section; Specifying that the Applicant or the Property Owner Have the Burden of Proof for Establishing Legal Non-Conformities; Reducing the Early Neighborhood Notification Requirement For City Capital Improvement Projects To Those Exceeding Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars; Renaming "Special Use Permit" To "Conditional Use Permit"; Removing Historic District Review Board's ("HDRB") Authority To Recommend Personal Property Acquisitions; Requiring Archaeologists To Hold A New Mexico State Burial Excavation Permit For Certain Work; Removing Waivers Of Qualifications For Archaeologists By Archaeological Review Committee; Increasing Permitted Building Heights For Residential Districts And Non-Residential Development; Establishing Densities And Height By Right For Certain Residential Zones Exceeding Ten Units Per Acre; Creating A Parks And Open Space Zoning District; Permitting Additional Flexibility For Certain Structures And Situations Regarding Setbacks; Eliminating Residential Suite Hotel/Motel And Ecological Resource Protection Overlay Zoning Districts; Reducing The Length At Which An Archaeological Clearance Permit Is Required For Sewer And Utility Main Construction; Removing Alcohol Sale Regulations In The Airport Road Overlay; Identifying A Strategy To Review And Approve Land Uses Not Specifically Listed In The "Summary Table Of Allowed Uses"; Clarifying That Duplexes, Triplexes, Townhomes, And Residential Complexes Are Permitted Uses; Creating Use Categories And Subcategories And Reorganizing Some Existing Uses Into New Categories Within The Table Of Allowed Uses; Requiring Trees To Be Integrated Into Stormwater Infrastructure In The Airport Road Overlay District; Removing Certain Prohibitions For Vehicle Parking At Residences; Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units To Be The Maximum Allowable Height Of The Zoning District; Establishing Design And Dimensional Standards For Residential Compound Development; Regulating In-Ground And Above-Ground Pools; Regulating Agricultural Home Occupations; Reassigning The Use, "Laboratory, Research, Or Testing" From Industrial To Commercial; Regulating Outdoor Dining; Updating Telecommunication Facilities Code To Be Consistent With Federal Standards; Establishing New Subdistrict Regulations In The Historic District Overlays; Specifying Primary Facades For Significant Structures And The Strategy For Identifying Primary Facades On Contributing Structures; Updating Definitions For Facade And Elevation; Prohibiting Enclosure Of Existing Porches And Portals On Primary Facades Of Contributing Structures; Requiring Window Depth And Other Characteristics Of Windows And Doors Be Preserved In Historic Districts; Increasing Affordability Incentives, Including Administrative Review And Density Bonuses; Specifying That Open Space Requirements In The C-2 District Are Per Dwelling Unit; Expanding Options To Reduce On-Site Parking And Exempting The Business Capital District From Parking Requirements In Table 7-4; Reducing Required Off-Street Parking Spaces; Requiring Electric Vehicle Charging Stations For All New Developments; Distinguishing Parking Regulations Applicable To Bicycles From Those Applicable To Vehicles, And Requiring Long-Term Bicycle Storage And Parking; Eliminating Content-Based Sign Restrictions; Imposing A Variety Of New Regulations Protecting The City's Terrain And Stormwater Management; Imposing New Landscaping Standards For Plants And Trees; Eliminating Allowance For High-And Low-Pressure Sodium Lamps And Mercury Vapor, Adding Led As The Permitted Lamp Type, And Decreasing The Permitted Incandescent Watts From 160 To 150; Sunsetting The Business Capitol District Design Review Committee And Long Range Planning Subcommittee; Defining Numerous Terms; Imbedding Graphical Depictions Of Processes; And Making Non-Substantive Chapter Organizational Changes.

Maggie Moore, Assistant Land Use Directormrmoore@santafenm.gov
mrmoore@santafenm.gov

Chapter 14 Rewrite - Phase I (memo)

Memo Attachment - Disposition Report

Memo Attachment - Land Development Code Assessment Report

Memo Attachment - Enhanced Affordability Incentives Report

Chapter 14 Rewrite- Phase 1 (bill)

Chapter 14 Rewrite - Phase I (FIR)

11-b. Case #2025 – 11164. 1372 Boylan Lane, 2743 Boylan Circle, and 2745 Boylan Circle, General Plan Amendment.

NM Land Solutions, LLC, Agent, for Larry Boylan, Owner, requests approval for a General Plan Amendment of a 5.96-acre lot located at 1372 Boylan Lane, 2743 Boylan Circle, and 2745 Boylan Circle. The General Plan Amendment is requested from Transitional Mixed Use (TMXU) to Communi...

Nathan Lindquist, Case Managernjlindquist@santafenm.gov
njlindquist@santafenm.gov

Indefinite Postponement Memo - Boylan Rezoning

Applicant email - Appendix A - Boylan Rezone Indefinite Postponement

11-c. Case #2024 – 9461. 1372 Boylan Lane, 2743 Boylan Circle, and 2745 Boylan Circle, Rezoning.

NM Land Solutions, LLC, Agent, for Larry Boylan, Owner, requests approval for a rezoning of a 5.96-acre lot located from R1 (Residential- one dwelling unit per acre) to C-2 (General Commercial). The property is located within the River and Trails Archaeological Review district an...

Nathan Lindquist, Case Managernjlindquist@santafenm.gov
njlindquist@santafenm.gov

11-d. Case #2024-9320. 7205 Plaza Central Development Plan.

Pax Consulting., Agent, for Zydeco LLC., owner and applicant (“Applicant”) requests approval of a Development Plan for up to 165 units, a clubhouse, swimming pool and neighborhood coffee shop a property address located at 7205 Plaza Central and is zoned C-1 (office and related co...

Alexa Hempel, Case Manageranhempel@santafenm.gov
anhempel@santafenm.gov

2024-9320 Zorro Blanco DP Staff Report-October

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12. Matters from the Commission

13. Adjourn