44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

REQUESTING THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO STUDY REVISIONS TO THE LAND USE PLANNING ENABLING STATUTES.

WHEREAS, there exist a multitude of statutes dealing with planning, zoning, land use and subdivisions enabling local political subdivisions to act in these areas; and

WHEREAS, the planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes in New Mexico are intricately intertwined and affect all political subdivisions and their relationships; and

WHEREAS, the planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes in New Mexico are based upon a model developed in the 1920s and have been enacted over the last fifty years independent of each other; and

WHEREAS, there are inconsistencies in the planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes; and

WHEREAS, an integrated statewide land use regulation model is needed to accommodate development in the state and to maximize the use of available resources in the next century; and

WHEREAS, state government must examine overall land use regulation on matters that affect more than one jurisdiction; and

WHEREAS, planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes must be revitalized to be more efficient and flexible, encouraging new approaches to land development and conservation and to foster cooperation among governmental entities and the private sector to effect these goals; and

WHEREAS, involving representatives from both the public and private sectors is vital to the process of revising existing planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council assign the appropriate interim committee to study and evaluate current planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interim committee provide a forum for state, county and municipal elected and appointed officials, along with representatives of the private sector and public interest groups, including the New Mexico chapter of the American planning association, 1000 friends of New Mexico, the New Mexico home builders' association and the national association of industrial and office property managers, to express their concerns, provide testimony and information and make recommendations concerning revisions to planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interim committee report its findings and recommended statutory changes to the forty-fifth legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the New Mexico legislative council for assignment to the appropriate interim committee.