Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) Update – Effective 5/17!

City Council Hearing

City Council will hear proposed amendments to the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) for residential garage standards and the Sawmill Character Protection Overlay.
Council will also consider a new Resolution for the follow-up zoning conversion process to replace R-17-240 that makes clear that the zoning conversions will be a legislative action by Council, not the typical zone map amendment process for individual properties.
WHEN: Monday, May 7 at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Vincent E. Griego Chambers, City Hall
Parking beneath Civic Plaza will be validated. Sign up begins at 4:30 p.m. to speak during general comment or during the agenda item.
View proposed amendments here.
 

IDO – Effective Soon!

The IDO goes into effect in less than two weeks.

• Submittals of complete applications through Wednesday, May 16 will be reviewed and decided under existing policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Submittals of complete applications on or after Thursday, May 17, will be reviewed and decided under the new IDO regulations and procedures.

New application forms, checklists, and fee schedule will be posted to the Planning Department webpage soon. Check back often for updates.
Development Review Services
Trainings & Frequently Asked Questions
Still getting up to speed on all the changes and what they mean to you?

• See videos, presentation PDFs, and handouts from recent trainings here.

Read answers to Frequently Asked Questions here
 

Zoning Conversions

Did you know that all zoning in Albuquerque will change on May 17, 2018 when the IDO becomes effective?
The City is going from 1200+ zones today to a set of about 20 zones in the IDO. You can check your zoning in this Zoning Conversion Map.

Phase I Zoning Conversion   The first phase of zoning conversions matched existing permissive uses with the closest set of permissive uses in one of the IDO zones. The complexities of our existing zoning system made that conversion challenging, and the results were not always a perfect match. ·     Read about zoning conversion rules here To make things more complicated, the IDO also updated permissive uses allowed in the new set of zones, which hadn’t been done since the 1970s, so some existing uses that were permissive before will now become nonconforming under the IDO. ·     Read about how to look up what uses are allowed in your zone here That means they are allowed to continue, but expansion may be limited, and the use may be lost if it isn’t used for a continuous 24 months. ·     Read more about nonconforming uses in the IDO Section 6-8 The Resolution for the Phase II Zoning Conversion directs the Planning Department not to enforce on nonconforming uses on properties that are part of the Phase II Zoning Conversion process.

Phase II Zoning Conversion   The follow-up phase of zoning conversions will try to better match existing land uses to the most appropriate IDO zone. City Council adopted a Resolution directing the Planning Department to work with property owners who want to opt in to this Phase II Zoning Conversion for the following reasons: ·     To remedy nonconforming uses (i.e. convert to the first IDO zone that allows the existing use permissively) ·     To downzone a property (for example a property owner with multi-family zoning but a single-family house who wants to have R-1) ·     To fix a floating zone line (i.e. a single property with two zones) ·     To remedy a nonconforming lot in NR-BP or PD (because these zones have size thresholds for lot size) Long Range staff in the Planning Department will be doing a lot of outreach and working with property owners over the next year, so opt in now by adding a pin to your property on the Zoning Conversion Map and leaving your contact information.