For the purposes of this code, the following words and phrases mean:
ABANDON: To give up by leaving one's responsibility; to cease construction or repair of a structure, equipment or real property.
ACCESSORY BUILDING: A subordinate building customarily incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the main use or building, such as a detached garage.
ACCESSORY LIVING QUARTERS: An accessory building used solely as the temporary dwelling of guests of the occupants of the premises; such dwelling having kitchen facilities and used as a separate dwelling unit. (Shall have the same owner as the principal building.)
ACCESSORY USE: A use conducted on the same lot as the primary use of the structure to which it is related; a use that is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with such primary use.
ADULT USE: A business restricted to and appropriate only for persons over twenty one (21) years of age, such as, but not limited to, adult bookstore, adult entertainment, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, adult novelty store.
ALLEY: Any public way or thoroughfare less than sixteen feet (16') in width that has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.
ALTERATION: Any change, addition, or modification in construction, occupancy or use.
ANIMAL CARE/VETERINARY: A business devoted to the care of domestic animals without kennels.
ANTENNA: Any exterior device for transmitting and receiving wireless communication that is mounted on a tower, building or structure and that is used to send and receive signals for cellular telephones, personal communications service (PCS), mobile radio, paging, wireless internet access, and similar communication services. Antennas may include panels, microwave dishes, satellite dishes, whip antennas, or other devices that may be affixed to a tower, pole or other structure.
ANTENNA, ATTACHED: An antenna mounted on the exterior of an existing building, chimney, smokestack, water tower, utility or power pole, existing wireless communication tower, or an alternative support structure.
ANTENNA, CONCEALED (STEALTH): An antenna with a support structure that screens or camouflages the presence of antennas and/or towers from public view in a manner appropriate to the site's context and surrounding environment. Examples include bell towers, clock towers, flagpoles, utility poles, light poles, water tanks, architectural and facade features.
ARCHITECTURAL APPROPRIATENESS: The architectural review of zoning permit applications as it pertains to the requirements of this code.
ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE: The committee appointed to enforce the declaration of restrictive covenants of a subdivision.
ATTACHED SIGN: Any type of sign physically attached to a building, including projecting signs, hanging signs, and wall signs.
BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY: A commercial activity conducted within a structure, which includes dining and bathroom facilities with sleeping rooms for short term guest lodging.
BUILDABLE AREA: That portion of a lot upon which buildings, structures or other development may be placed, limited by floodplain, slope or other terrain constraints, required setbacks, minimum open space standards or other design and development standards set forth in this zoning code.
BUILDING: Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
BUILDING CODE: The building code as adopted by the village 1
BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance above the highest existing grade measured to the highest point of the building roofline.
BUILDING INSPECTOR: Will have qualifications certified by the state and a national certification agency to inspect residential and commercial projects to ensure compliance with the local building codes.
BUILDING LINE: The perimeter of that portion of a building or structure nearest a property line.
BUILDING OFFICIAL: The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the building code, or the building official's duly authorized representative.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL: A building in which the principal use of the site is conducted.
BUILDING SITE: The lot area required or used for the construction or location of buildings.
BUSINESS COMPLEX: A business or commercial complex of two (2) or more separate businesses located in separately secured spaces, under separate ownership/leases and operating under separate business licenses and zoning certificates.
CC&Rs, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Regulations governing the use of land within a specific subdivision.
CALIPER: The circumference of a tree trunk measured one foot (1') above the ground excluding knots, branches, and other irregularities in the trunk.
CANNABIS MANUFACTURING: A use limited to the extracting, labeling or relabeling, packaging or repackaging, or testing of cannabis products. Extraction methods are limited to mechanical methods or nonvolatile solvents. This use must be conducted within a fully enclosed building. This use shall not be considered a home occupation use.
CARPORT: A roofed structure open on at least two (2) sides and used for the storage of private or pleasure type vehicles.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: A statement that the described portion of the building has been inspected for compliance with the requirements of this zoning code for the group and division of occupancy and the use for which the proposed occupancy is classified.
CHARTER SCHOOL: An educational institution granted a special charter from the New Mexico public education department.
CHURCH: A building or group of buildings used primarily as a place of communion or worship and includes convents, religious education buildings and parish houses, but not parochial schools.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE: A triangular area of unobstructed vision at a street intersection or a point of ingress/egress to a parking lot. It is measured beginning at the point where two (2) perpendicular rights of way meet, then measuring fifteen feet (15') away from the intersection in each direction of the two (2) rights of way. These two (2) points are then connected to form a triangle. Within this triangle, there is a clear zone between three feet (3') and eight feet (8') measured from any point within the clear sight triangle.
CLINIC: An establishment in which patients are not lodged overnight but are treated and examined by one or more members of the healing profession.
CLUSTER HOUSING: The location of houses in close proximity to each other so there will be large areas of open land contiguous to the built up areas.
CODE OFFICIAL: Enforces this zoning code for the village, but does not adopt and promulgate rules and procedures.
COLOCATE: Use by two (2) or more wireless communication providers on the same tower or other alternative structure.
COMMERCIAL, GENERAL: An establishment or business which generally uses open sales yards, outside equipment storage, or outside activities that generate noise, or other impacts considered incompatible with less intense uses. Typical businesses in this definition are lumberyards, construction specialty services, heavy equipment suppliers or building contractors.
COMMISSION: The planning and zoning commission of the village.
COMMON AREA: An open area for the use of a specific group, such as members, owners, tenants, etc. In condominiums, it is owned in common; in subdivisions, it is owned by the developer and set aside for common use, commonly known as greenbelts.
COMMUNITY EVENT SIGNS: On premises or off premises signs, primarily attached to or hung from light poles or on buildings. These signs are solely decorative, festive and of an informative nature announcing activities, promotions or events with seasonal or traditional themes having broad community interest, and which are sponsored or supported by a jurisdiction based organization.
COMPANION ANIMALS (PETS): Those small mammals and birds not used for business purposes, most commonly, cats and dogs.
CONDITIONAL USE: A use that would become harmonious or compatible with neighboring uses through the application and maintenance of qualifying conditions established by the council.
CONDOMINIUM: A single dwelling unit in a multi-unit dwelling or structure, which is separately owned, and which may be combined with an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the property.
CONGREGATE RESIDENCE: Any building or portion thereof that contains facilities for living, sleeping and sanitation as required by this zoning code, and may include facilities for eating and cooking, for occupancy by other than a family. A "congregate residence" may be a shelter, convent, monastery, dormitory, and fraternity or sorority house, but does not include jails, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, hotels, or lodging houses.
CONTIGUOUS: Being in actual contact with or touching along a boundary or point.
COUNCIL: The village council of the village of Angel Fire, New Mexico.
COURT: A space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three (3) or more sides by walls of a building.
DENSITY: The number of dwelling units which is allowed on an acre of land.
DRIVEWAY: A private access road, the use of which is by persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel in which it is located.
DRIVING AISLE: The driving portion of the parking lot providing access to each space.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY: A detached dwelling unit with kitchen and sleeping facilities, designed for occupancy by one family.
DWELLING UNIT: Any building (including manufactured homes) or portion thereof which contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, as required by this zoning code, for not more than one family, or a congregate residence for six (6) or fewer persons. The term dwelling shall not include hotels, motels, RVs, tents, or other structures designed or used primarily for temporary occupancy. Any dwelling shall be deemed to be a principal building.
EASEMENT: That portion of a lot or lots reserved for present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s) of the property. The "easement" may be for use under, on or above said lot or lots.
ENCROACHMENT PERMIT: A permit issued to a private party, corporation, or utility company for the purpose of excavating a trench or pit, or boring under, or within a village right of way for the installation of utility lines, conduits, or drainage structures.
ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT: The state of New Mexico environment department.
ERECT: To build or construct any structure.
EXCESSIVE SLOPE: Any slope greater than twenty percent (20%).
FAMILY: A. An individual; or
B. Two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or
C. A group, not to exceed six (6) unrelated persons, living together as a single housekeeping unit as permitted by law.
FARM ANIMALS: Animals other than household pets that may, where permitted, be kept and maintained for commercial production and sale and/or family food production, education or recreation. "Farm animals" are identified by these categories: large animals, e.g., horses and cattle.
FENCE: A fence, wall, hedge, or other structure forming a boundary or enclosing an area.
FLEA MARKET: A market conducted occasionally or periodically by an operator, held in an open area or structure, where groups of individual vendors offer goods for sale to the public.
FLOOR AREA: The sum of the horizontal areas of floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or, if appropriate, from the centerline of dividing walls; this includes courts and decks or porches when covered by a roof.
FRONT: The side of the business facing the major road.
FRONT YARD: A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto.
FRONTAGE: The width of a lot or parcel abutting a public right of way measured at the front property line.
GARAGE, PRIVATE: An enclosed secure structure, either attached or detached to a building in which only private or pleasure type motor vehicles used by the tenants or owners of the building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept.
GRADE: The highest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground within the area of the building.
GRADE (ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION): The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than five feet (5') from the building, between the building and a line five feet (5') from the building.
GRAZING: The feeding primarily of native or introduced plants growing in place on the ground by domestic livestock on an open range or fenced pasture for commercial purposes and uses commonly incidental thereto, but not including commercial feed pens, stockyards, bone yards, fertilizer yards, slaughterhouses, or plants for the reduction of animal matter. The number of said livestock shall not exceed the natural carrying capacity of the land as determined by prudent conservation practices.
GREENBELT: An area within a subdivision set aside to remain undeveloped and used for the recreational use of the subdivision owners (see definition of Common Area).
HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY: Any use or activity that results in a significant risk to the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the village of Angel Fire as determined by the village council, or by state or federal regulatory agencies. (Some examples of hazardous activity are, but are not limited to: noise, dust, vapor, fumes, odors, smoke, vibration, glare, industrial waste.)
HEIGHT OF ANTENNA: The vertical distance from the preexisting grade at the base of the tower to the highest point of the tower including antennas.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING: The vertical distance on each side of the building shall be measured from the ridgeline to the highest point of finished grade.
HIGH WATER TABLE: Ground water, either seasonal or perennial, that may affect the structural stability and integrity of any building or structure or the construction thereof.
HOME OCCUPATION: The partial use of a dwelling unit for commercial or nonresidential uses by a resident thereof which is subordinate and incidental to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.
HOSPITAL: An institution designed for the diagnosis, treatment and care of human illness or infirmity and providing health services, primarily for inpatients, and including, as related facilities, laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities and staff offices, but not including clinics or healthcare centers.
HOTEL OR MOTEL: A building containing as its principal use, sleeping rooms designed to be rented for short term occupancy and which may or may not have eating or drinking facilities as an accessory use.
ILLUMINATION/LIGHTING: Lighting used for any purpose.
IMPROVEMENT: Any building, structure, or other object constituting a physical betterment of real property or any part of such betterment.
INTENSITY OF USE: Number of buildings or families per acre.
JUNKYARD: See definition of Salvage Yard, Junkyard.
KENNEL: Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more adult dogs or cats (not including livestock or farm animals) are kept, for compensation. (Not a veterinary establishment.)
KITCHEN: Any room or portion of a room within a building designed and intended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food.
LANDSCAPING: The finishing and adornment of unpaved yard areas. Materials and treatment generally include naturally growing elements such as grass, trees, shrubs and flowers. This treatment may also include the use of logs, rocks, fountains, water features and contouring of the earth.
LIGHT POLLUTION: The light that escapes the intended area of illumination, i.e., light pointing up or reflecting into the night sky.
LIGHT REFLECTIVE VALUE: A measurement of the percentage of the total visible light that is reflected from a surface. The LRV of paint, stucco, or a roof material is available from the manufacturer or at retail outlets; the LRV measures the amount of light reflected by a certain material and color.
LIVESTOCK (FARM ANIMALS): Includes, but is not limited to, horses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, poultry, swine, reindeer, donkeys, mules, any other hoofed animals, and animals domesticated and useful to man.
LOT: A single parcel of land.
MANUFACTURED HOME: As defined by New Mexico Statutes Annotated section 3-21A-2, is a home that is a single-family dwelling with a heated area of at least thirty six feet by twenty four feet (36' x 24') and at least eight hundred sixty four (864) square feet constructed in a factory to the standards of the United States department of housing and urban development, the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974, and the housing and urban development zone code II or the building code, as amended to the date of the unit's construction and installed consistent with the manufactured housing act, New Mexico Statutes Annotated chapter 60, article 14.
METEOROLOGICAL TOWER (MET TOWER): Is defined to include the tower, base plate, anchors, guy cables and hardware, anemometers (wind speed indicators), wind direction vanes, booms to hold equipment, anemometers and vanes, data logger, instrument wiring, and any telemetry devices that are used to monitor or transmit wind speed and wind flow characteristics over a period of time for either instantaneous wind information or to characterize the wind resource at a given location.
MIXED USE: A zoning district including multiple zone types such as residential and commercial on the same lot.
MOBILE HOME: As defined by New Mexico Statutes Annotated section 3-21A-3, is a movable or portable housing structure larger than forty feet (40') in body length, eight feet (8') in width and eleven feet (11') in overall height, designed for and occupied by no more than one family for living and sleeping purposes but does not include structures built to the standards of any municipal building code and other technical codes.
MOBILE HOME PARK: A tract of land developed and operated as a unit with individual sites and facilities to accommodate two (2) or more mobile homes.
MORTUARY (FUNERAL HOME): An establishment in which dead persons are prepared for burial or cremation. The facility may include a chapel for the conduct of funeral services and space for funeral services and informal gatherings and/or display of funeral equipment.
MOTEL (HOTEL): Any building containing six (6) or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.
MOVING: Any change in the location of a structure, including the relocation of a structure to a new location on the same lot or lots.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING: A building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the effective date hereof, which was designed, erected or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to this zoning code.
NONCONFORMING LOT: A lot whose width, area, or other dimension that existed at the effective date hereof, which does not conform to this zoning code.
NONCONFORMING SIGN: A sign or sign structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the effective date hereof, which does not now conform.
NONCONFORMING USE: See definition of Use, Nonconforming.
OFF PREMISES SIGN: A sign or billboard that advertises a business, product, or event that is not located on the same lot where said business, product, or event is located.
OPEN SPACE: Land area not occupied by buildings, structures, parking areas, streets, alleys or required yards. Unless otherwise prohibited, "open space" may be devoted to landscaping, preservation of natural features, patios, and recreational areas and facilities.
PARK: A public or private area of land, with or without buildings, intended for outdoor active or passive recreational uses.
PARKING, OFF STREET: Any parking space located wholly within the limits of one or more lots.
PARKING SPACE: An area, exclusive of drives, turning areas, or loading space, devoted to the parking of a vehicle, unless otherwise defined in this title, a minimum of nine feet (9') by eighteen feet (18') by seven feet (7') high. Parking spaces may also be defined as parking stalls.
PERMITTED USE: A use of land within any particular zoning district that is authorized as a matter of rights so long as all other requirements of this zoning code are met.
PERSON: A natural person, heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, or its successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD): A residential or commercial development guided by a total design plan in which one or more of the zoning, other than use, regulations may be waived or varied to allow flexibility and creativity in site and building design and location, in accordance with general guidelines.
PLANS: All plans, specifications, sketches, renditions and other materials depicting and describing a building or structure in sufficient enough detail and clarity that a determination can be made by the building official and the commission that said building or structure is in full compliance with all applicable village, state, and federal codes pertaining to such building, structure or use.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVE: Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky that is privately owned and not dedicated or maintained by the village.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE: An office that is devoted to such professions as doctors, lawyers, dentists, architects, veterinarians and other similar professional activities and office space.
PROJECT: A proposal or organized undertaking, such as a building that is under construction or to be constructed.
PUBLIC BUILDING: Any building open to general use, participation, or enjoyment by the public.
PUBLIC ROAD OR WAY: Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky that is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.
PUBLIC UTILITY: Any physical facility designed for:
A. The storage, production, treatment or transportation of electricity, petroleum products, natural gas and other forms of energy; or
B. The storage and transportation of telephone, cable television and other forms of communication; or
C. The storage, production, treatment, or transportation of both potable and nonpotable water and for the collection, transportation, treatment and final disposal of domestic and nondomestic wastewater.
PUBLIC UTILITY STATION: A structure or facility used by a public or quasi-public utility agency to store, distribute, or generate electricity, gas, telecommunications, and related equipment, or to pump or chemically treat water. This does not include storage or treatment of sewage, solid waste or hazardous waste.
QUASI-PUBLIC: Essentially a public use, although under private ownership or control.
QUORUM: A majority of the voting members of the commission.
RECONSTRUCTION: The work of rebuilding a structure.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: A vehicular unit, other than a mobile home, whose gross floor area is more than thirty two (32) square feet, which is designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use, and which is either self- propelled, mounted on or pulled by another vehicle. Examples include, but are not limited to, a travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, motor home, fifth wheel trailer or van.
REMODELING: See definition of Alteration.
RENOVATION: Interior or exterior remodeling of a structure, other than ordinary repair.
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE: Work done to maintain a structure in good condition.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT: One or more rooms, in addition to kitchen and bath facilities, intended or designed for occupancy by a family.
RESTAURANT: An establishment that provides food for on premises consumption.
ROTOR DIAMETER: The cross sectional dimension of the circle swept by the rotating blades.
SALVAGE YARD, JUNKYARD: Any location whose primary use is where waste or scrap materials are stored, bought, sold, accumulated, exchanged, packaged, disassembled or handled, including, but not limited to, materials such as scrap metals, paper, rags, tires and bottles.
SCHOOL: A group of teachers and students formed for the purpose of education.
SERVICE YARD: Any yard in which fuel, materials or other supplies are stored.
SETBACK: The minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the nearest ground point on the principal building including, but not limited to, steps, chimney chases, porches and decks.
SHALL OR MAY: The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
SIGN: An advertising message, announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia, surface or space erected or maintained in view of the observer thereof for identification, advertisement or promotion of the interests of any person, entity, product or service, including the sign structure, supports, lighting system and any attachments, ornaments or other features used to draw the attention of observers.
SIGN, CANOPY: An open air structure associated with gasoline pumps protecting said pumps from rain, snow and sun.
SIGN FACE AREA: The total exterior surface of all faces of any sign. Odd shaped signs shall be squared off for the purpose of measuring and determining the sign face area.
SIGN, FREESTANDING: A sign erected upon its own support and not attached to a building.
SIGN, PROJECTING: Any sign supported by a building and projecting therefrom.
SIGN, WALL: Any sign painted on, incorporated in, or affixed to a building wall or window; or any sign consisting of cutout letters or devices affixed to a building wall or window with no background defined on the building wall or window.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE: Shall be construed to have its ordinary generally accepted meanings and shall be limited to a single housekeeping unit, operating on a noncommercial basis between its occupants, cooking and eating with a common kitchen and dining area.
SITE PLAN: A plat of a lot, drawn to scale, showing the actual measurements, the size and location of any existing buildings or buildings to be erected, the location of the lot in relation to abutting streets, and other such information.
SLOPE: The vertical change in a land surface calculated as follows:
H - L x 100 = % slope
D
Where H is the highest elevation of the area for which slope is being determined; L is the lowest elevation of the area for which slope is being determined; and D is the horizontal distance between H and L measured perpendicular to the contour lines.
STABLES: An area where horses are kept for the purpose of recreational riding or boarding.
STACKING LANE: A one-way driving lane where vehicles line up for services from a drive-up window.
STORY: That portion of building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above; except, that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under floor space is more than six feet (6') above "grade", as defined herein, for more than fifty percent (50%) of the total perimeter, or is more than twelve feet (12') above "grade", as defined herein, at any point, such usable or unused under floor space shall be considered as a story.
STORY, FIRST: The lowest story in a building that qualifies as a "story", as defined herein; except, that a floor level in a building having only one floor level shall be classified as a first story, provided such floor level is not more than four feet (4') (1,219 mm) below "grade", as defined herein, for more than fifty percent (50%) of the total perimeter, or not more than eight feet (8') (2,438 mm) below "grade", as defined herein, at any point.
STREET: Any thoroughfare or public way not less than sixteen feet (16') in width that has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use, whether accepted for maintenance or not.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION: Any change to a structure, or subtraction of parts from a structure, including changes to walls, columns, beams, girders, foundations, doors, windows, or other similar component parts of a structure.
STRUCTURE: That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
SUBDIVISION: For the purpose of approval by the village council:
A. For the area of land within the corporate boundaries of the village, the division of land into two (2) or more parts by platting or by metes and bounds description into tracts for the purposes set forth in subsection C of this definition; and
B. For the area of land within the village's extraterritorial platting jurisdiction, the division of land into two (2) or more parts by platting or by metes and bounds description into tracts of less than five (5) acres in any one calendar year for the purposes set forth in subsection C of this definition.
C. The division of land pursuant to subsections A and B of this definition shall be for the purpose of:
1. Sale for building purposes;
2. Laying out the village or any part thereof;
3. Adding to the village;
4. Laying out suburban lots; or
5. Resubdivision.
TEMPORARY BUILDING: Any building not placed on a permanent foundation, except trailers or other structures used for the storage and safekeeping of equipment and supplies during a construction project.
TOWER: A self-supporting structure such as a lattice tower or monopole, a guyed tower, or a structure affixed to or mounted on an existing or newly constructed building or other permanent structure, together with associated equipment, designed to support one or more antennas.
USE: The activity occurring on a lot or parcel for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which land or a building is or may be occupied, including all accessory uses.
USE, CHANGE OF: The change of a structure's or premises' uses.
USE, NONCONFORMING: A use which lawfully occupied a building or land at the effective date hereof, which has been lawfully continued and which does not now conform with this zoning code.
VARIANCE: The means by which an adjustment is made in the application of the specific regulations of this zoning code to a particular piece of property, which property, because of special circumstances applicable to it, is deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone.
VETERINARY ESTABLISHMENT: An animal care facility operated by a licensed veterinarian for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment, prevention, and welfare of sick, injured, or healthy companion animals.
VIEWSHED: The area designated for public enjoyment of distant views from a public right of way.
VILLAGE: The village of Angel Fire, Colfax County, New Mexico.
WALL: See definition of Fence.
WAREHOUSE, WHOLESALE OR STORAGE: A building or premises in which goods, merchandise or equipment is stored.
WATER, ACRE-FOOT: An area of land containing forty three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet covered by water to a depth of one foot (1') equals one acre-foot of water, or three hundred twenty five thousand eight hundred fifty one (325,851) gallons of water.
WATER RIGHT: For the purposes of this code, a water right is a priority first water right within the Canadian River ground water basin.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM: Equipment that converts and then stores or transfers energy from the wind into usable forms of energy, any base, blade, foundation, generator, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, vane, wire, inverter, batteries or other component used in the system.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM, SMALL RESIDENTIAL: A wind energy system that is used to generate electricity and has a nameplate capacity of ten (10) kilowatts or less.
WIND ENERGY TOWER: The monopole, freestanding, or guyed structure that supports a wind generator.
WIND GENERATOR: Blades and associated mechanical and electrical conversion components mounted on top of the tower.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES: Any combination of one or more antennas, towers and/or structures with equipment used for the transmission of wireless communication.
YARD: An open, unoccupied space on a lot, other than a court, which is unobstructed from the ground upward by buildings or structures except as otherwise provided in this zoning code.
ZONING CERTIFICATE: The certificate issued by the village in accordance with this zoning code and certifying compliance with the applicable district and this zoning code. (Ord. 2002-02, 1-17-2002; amd. 2003 Code; Ord. 2004-10, 11-4-2004; Ord. 2005-01, 1-20-2005; Ord. 2005-04, 7-18-2005; Ord. 2006-09, 8-17-2006; Ord. 2008-05, 7-15-2008; Ord. 2008-11, 11-4-2008; Ord. 2024-04, 12-24-2024)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 8-1-1 of this code.1. The purpose of the building code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, and quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the village. |