New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB554 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 554
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Andrea Romero and Cristina Parajón
32	32	AN ACT
33	33	RELATING TO HOUSING; ALLOWING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN
34	34	RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS; ALLOWING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN
35	35	COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND AREAS NEAR TRANSIT.
36	36	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
37	37	SECTION 1. Section 3-21-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
38	38	Chapter 300, Section 14-20-1, as amended) is amended to read:
39	39	"3-21-1. ZONING--AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.--
40	40	A. For the purpose of promoting health, safety
41	41	[morals] or the general welfare, a county or municipality is a
42	42	zoning authority and may regulate and restrict within its
43	43	jurisdiction the:
44	44	(1) height, number of stories and size of
45	45	buildings and other structures;
46	46	(2) percentage of a lot that may be occupied;
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74	74	(3) size of yards, courts and other open
75	75	space;
76	76	(4) density of population; and
77	77	(5) location and use of buildings, structures
78	78	and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.
79	79	B. The county or municipal zoning authority may:
80	80	(1) divide the territory under its
81	81	jurisdiction into districts of such number, shape, area and
82	82	form as is necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections
83	83	3-21-1 through 3-21-14 NMSA 1978; and
84	84	(2) regulate or restrict the erection,
85	85	construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of
86	86	buildings, structures or land in each district. All such
87	87	regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of
88	88	buildings within each district, but regulation in one district
89	89	may differ from regulation in another district.
90	90	C. All state-licensed or state-operated community
91	91	residences for persons with a mental or developmental
92	92	disability and serving ten or fewer persons may be considered a
93	93	residential use of property for purposes of zoning and may be
94	94	permitted use in all districts in which residential uses are
95	95	permitted generally, including particularly residential zones
96	96	for single-family dwellings.
97	97	D. A board of county commissioners of the county in
98	98	which the greatest amount of the territory of the petitioning
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127	127	village, community, neighborhood or district lies may declare
128	128	by ordinance that a village, community, neighborhood or
129	129	district is a "traditional historic community" upon petition by
130	130	twenty-five percent or more of the qualified electors of the
131	131	territory within the village, community, neighborhood or
132	132	district requesting the designation. The number of qualified
133	133	electors shall be based on county records as of the date of the
134	134	last general election.
135	135	E. Any village, community, neighborhood or district
136	136	that is declared a traditional historic community shall be
137	137	excluded from the extraterritorial zone and extraterritorial
138	138	zoning authority of any municipality whose extraterritorial
139	139	zoning authority extends to include all or a portion of the
140	140	traditional historic community and shall be subject to the
141	141	zoning jurisdiction of the county in which the greatest portion
142	142	of the traditional historic community lies.
143	143	F. Zoning authorities, including zoning authorities
144	144	of home rule municipalities, shall:
145	145	(1) accommodate [multigenerational ] housing by
146	146	creating a mechanism to allow up to two kitchens within a
147	147	single-family zoning district, such as conditional use permits;
148	148	[G. For the purpose of this section,
149	149	"multigenerational" means any number of persons related by
150	150	blood, common ancestry, marriage, guardianship or adoption. ]
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180	180	residential zoning districts as a permitted use; and
181	181	(3) accommodate multifamily residential
182	182	housing in commercial zoning districts and areas near transit
183	183	as a permitted use."
184	184	SECTION 2. A new section of Chapter 3, Article 21 NMSA
185	185	1978 is enacted to read:
186	186	"[NEW MATERIAL] ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.--
187	187	A. As used in this section, "accessory dwelling
188	188	unit" means a single habitable living unit that is a complete
189	189	and independent living unit, provides separate ingress and
190	190	egress, is built on a property with a residential use and
191	191	includes permanent provisions for sleeping, cooking and
192	192	sanitation.
193	193	B. A zoning authority, including a zoning authority
194	194	of a home rule municipality, shall accommodate as a permitted
195	195	use the construction of at least one accessory dwelling unit
196	196	for each lot within zoning districts that allow residential
197	197	uses regardless of the size of the lot.
198	198	C. An accessory dwelling unit shall:
199	199	(1) be permitted as either attached to or
200	200	detached from an existing residential structure;
201	201	(2) have side and rear setbacks that are no
202	202	more than five feet from the property line and ten feet from
203	203	any other structure on the property;
204	204	(3) be permitted as an existing dwelling unit;
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233	233	provided that the unit complies with the provisions of this
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235	235	is constructed;
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237	237	separate driveway serving the other residential uses on the
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244	244	residential or accessory structure which has been deemed
245	245	legally nonconforming to zoning regulations; provided that the
246	246	size of the nonconformity is not expanded and the occupation
247	247	shall not diminish health and safety standards.
248	248	D. The owner of an accessory dwelling unit shall
249	249	obtain approval from the appropriate health officer prior to
250	250	any installation of a private liquid waste disposal system.
251	251	E. A zoning authority, including a zoning authority
252	252	of a home rule municipality, shall not:
253	253	(1) impose single-family or owner-occupancy
254	254	requirements on an accessory dwelling unit;
255	255	(2) charge additional impact fees if the
256	256	existing utility infrastructure is sufficient to accommodate
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286	286	(3) limit the maximum size of an accessory
287	287	dwelling unit to less than one thousand gross square feet;
288	288	(4) require more than one parking space per
289	289	accessory dwelling unit; or
290	290	(5) require additional development, review or
291	291	aesthetic standards more restrictive than for other residential
292	292	construction permitted on the property, except that a zoning
293	293	authority may require that the accessory dwelling unit shall be
294	294	used for rentals of terms longer than thirty days.
295	295	F. A local ordinance, policy, regulation or
296	296	neighborhood or homeowner association restriction shall not be
297	297	a basis for a delay or a denial of a building permit for an
298	298	accessory dwelling unit.
299	299	G. An accessory dwelling unit that conforms to this
300	300	section shall not be deemed to exceed the allowable density of
301	301	dwellings for the lot on which it is located and is considered
302	302	a permissive, residential use that is consistent with the
303	303	existing general plan and zoning designations for the lot."
304	304	SECTION 3. A new section of Chapter 3, Article 21 NMSA
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306	306	"[NEW MATERIAL] MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS.--
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308	308	(1) "major public transit location" means a
309	309	property with a passenger rail station, a public transit stop
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339	339	least fifteen minutes or park and ride locations managed by the
340	340	department of transportation; and
341	341	(2) "multifamily housing" means a residential
342	342	property that contains more than one household and includes
343	343	duplexes and townhouses.
344	344	B. A zoning authority, including a zoning authority
345	345	of a home rule municipality, shall accommodate as a permitted
346	346	use the construction of multifamily housing in all residential
347	347	and commercial zoning districts and areas within one-fourth
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349	349	C. Multifamily housing may be constructed with:
350	350	(1) a minimum density of ten dwelling units
351	351	per acre;
352	352	(2) a minimum height of thirty-six feet; and
353	353	(3) at least one off-street parking space for
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