AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
ALLEY: A minor public way, having a right of way width sufficient for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
COMMISSION: The planning and zoning commission of the village of Angel Fire, New Mexico.
CONTIGUOUS: Refers to adjacent lots sharing a boundary line or separated only by a road, right of way or easement.
COUNCIL: The four (4) at large elected representatives of the village who, along with the mayor, make up the governing body of the village of Angel Fire, New Mexico.
COVENANTS: An agreement between or among private property owners within a common subdivision or area typically outlining architectural guidelines and property maintenance provisions.
CUL-DE-SAC: A local street with only one outlet and having a terminus with a radius of fifty feet (50') for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
DEVELOPER: The property owner(s) who is engaged in the process of subdividing their property for development purposes. This term is interchangeable with "subdivider".
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: A statement given to a person acquiring an interest in subdivided land regarding the conditions of the land, including any encumbrances on the land.
DRIVEWAY: A private access road used by persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel on which said driveway is located.
EASEMENT: An acquired or granted right from a property owner for a specific use by the general public, a corporation, or certain person(s).
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 1
LOT: A unit of land capable of being described by location and boundaries and not dedicated for public or common use; intended as a unit for transfer of ownership, for development, or both.
LOT DEPTH: The depth of a lot is the dimension measured from the front of the lot to the extreme rear line of the lot. The depth will be averaged if the lot is trapezoidal in shape.
LOT WIDTH: Dimension between side property lines measured parallel to the street right of way line. The width will be averaged if the lot is trapezoidal in shape.
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 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.
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 or 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 SUBDIVISION: A subdivision designed specifically for mobile homes.
NMDOT: New Mexico department of transportation.
NMED: The New Mexico environment department.
OWNER: A person or successor in interest having a legal or equitable interest in a given property.
PERSON: Any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or other entity.
PLAT: A map, chart, survey, plan or replat certified by a licensed land surveyor containing a description of the subdivided land with ties to permanent monuments.
PLAT, FINAL: A map, survey, plat, or replat certified by a New Mexico registered land surveyor which contains a description of the subdivided land with ties to permanent monuments prepared in a form suitable for recording at the Colfax County clerk's office.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY: A map of a proposed subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it.
PUBLIC HEARING: Any hearing open to the public or any hearing or such thereof as to which testimony or other evidence is made available or disseminated to the public.
RECREATIONAL TRAIL EASEMENT: An easement designated for the purpose of developing a nonmotorized trail. A recreational trail easement can be overlaid over a utility easement.
REPLAT: The act of reconfiguring a subdivision or portion of a subdivision by abandoning and removing existing lot lines, rights of way, easements of a previously platted subdivision and replacing them with new lot lines, rights of way, and easements as part of a new subdivision.
RIGHT OF WAY: Land area, property or interest therein, usually a strip, for or devoted to transportation, drainage and/or utility purposes which are dedicated to or acquired by the village, county, state, or federal government for public use.
SITE PLAN: A map or drawing showing the general features or concept of a development including property boundaries of the tract proposed for development; location and arrangement, size, use and design of all structures; existing and proposed utility rights of way and easements; vehicular and pedestrianways; on site parking areas; open spaces; landscaped areas; size and design of exterior signs.
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS: Those areas of the village identified on the special development areas map as having particular topographical and/or hydrological features or conditions, including steep slopes, high water table and wetlands, ridgelines, and specified viewsheds.
STREET: A public way for vehicular and pedestrian traffic whether designated as a street, drive, highway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, way, or however otherwise designated.
STREET, ARTERIAL: A street designed to carry large volumes of traffic and provide for efficient vehicular movement between large areas of the village or through the village as designated on the village street and thoroughfare map.
STREET, COLLECTOR: A street designed to carry moderate volumes of traffic and provides for efficient vehicular movement between local streets and arterial streets or from arterial to arterial streets as designated on the village street and thoroughfare map.
STREET, LOCAL: A street of limited continuity designed to carry low volumes of traffic used primarily for access to abutting properties and the local needs of a neighborhood as designated on the village street and thoroughfare map.
SUBDIVISION: As defined by the New Mexico Statutes Annotated section 3-20-1, means:
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 subdivision and 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.
SUBDIVISION BOND: A security bond, letter of credit, or some other instrument of financial guarantee of infrastructure improvements.
SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT: A contractual agreement between the subdivider and the village that allows the subdivision plat to be filed with the county clerk prior to completing required infrastructure improvements. This agreement is to be secured by a subdivision bond.
SUMMARY SUBDIVISION: An administrative subdivision process that creates a maximum of two (2) lots, parcels, or tracts.
TERRAIN MANAGEMENT: The control of floods, drainage, and erosion, and all measures necessary to adapt proposed development to existing soil characteristics and topography.
TERRAIN MANAGEMENT PLAN: A land management plan that includes, and is based upon a geotechnical report, a drainage report and an archeological survey of the land proposed to be subdivided.
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS: A study designed to analyze the amount of traffic on existing or proposed roads and streets which will be generated by a proposed development or subdivision.
TRAIL: A strip of developed or undeveloped land for the use of transportation or recreation by nonmotorized modes of travel. A trail can be built on a right of way or on a recreation trail easement.
VACATION: The act of rescinding (canceling) all or part of legal dedications and grants of easement.
VILLAGE ENGINEER: The individual designated to represent the village in the review of subdivision and other construction projects and drawings.
WATERCOURSE: Any perennial, intermittent or ephemeral surface water conveyance channel including, but not limited to, a river, creek, arroyo, draw, canal or wash, or any other channel having definite banks and beds with visible evidence of the flow of water.
WETLANDS: Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions in New Mexico; constructed wetlands are not included in this definition. (Ord. 2002-03, 2-2002; amd. Ord. 2003-11, 11-20-2003; Ord. 2004-10, 11-4-2004; Ord. 2006-04, 1-19-2006; Ord. 2006-11, 10-19-2006; Ord. 2013-07, 8-13-2013)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 7, chapter 2 of this code.1. |