(A) MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVATION DISTRICT means the district formed in the State of New Mexico for administration of rivers and waters and conservation and will be abbreviated in this Article by the phrase “MRGCD.”
(B) MRGCD. Tract(s) as used herein shall mean those tracts shown on the MRGCD maps which Tracts were not either created by or subsequently platted in a Subdivision Plat and which were designated by MRGCD prior to 1967.
(C) SUBDIVISION PLAT shall mean a Plat prepared by a licensed surveyor or engineer creating or incorporating lots or parcels, which Plat has been approved through the administrative subdivision and platting process under the platting jurisdiction of the Village, Bernalillo County, or the City of Albuquerque, and further, has been recorded in the real property records of Bernalillo County, or the City of Albuquerque, and further, has been recorded in the real property records of Bernalillo County after receipt of all necessary approvals.
(D) LOT OR LOT OF RECORD as used herein shall mean a lot or parcel created by a Subdivision Plat.
(E) SUBDIVISION CODE as used herein shall mean the currently adopted Subdivision provisions as set out in Chapter 9, Article 1 of the 2013 Codified Ordinances of the Village of Los Ranchos.
(F) ZONING CODE shall mean the Zoning provisions as set out in Chapter 9, Article 2 of the 2013 Codified Ordinances of the Village of Los Ranchos or subsequent Codification of the Ordinances.
(G) PLAT means a map created by a licensed engineer or surveyor, prepared in accordance with the survey requirements of the State of New Mexico, showing thereon one or more separate parcels of land, identified by metes and bounds descriptions and any identifiable monuments and other requirements of the governmental authority having jurisdiction over platting and subdividing real property.
(H) CLASS 1 MRGCD TRACT means an MRGCD Tract designated as a separate parcel on an official MRGCD map and which is 0.25 acres or more in net area.
(I) CLASS 2 MRGCD TRACT means an MRGCD Tract designated as a separate parcel on an official MRGCD map and which is less than 0.25 net acres.
(J) EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE shall mean a house or structure occupied or historically used as a single-family residence which house was constructed on an MRGCD Tract in accordance with ordinances and regulations in effect at the time the structure was completed.
(K) APPLICABLE ZONE shall mean the zoning designation for an MRGCD Tract under the Zoning Code.
(L) BUILDING PERMIT shall mean a permit issued by the Village or its designee for construction on an MRGCD Tract pursuant to the applicable ordinances in effect at the time a zone review and a Building Permit are applied for. Bernalillo County is currently the designee for the Village for the purpose of issuing Building Permits.
(M) NET ACRES as used herein shall mean the acreage of the MRGCD Tract determined in the same manner minimum lot sizes are calculated under the Subdivision Code.
(N) MRGCD TRACTS NOT LOTS. For purposes of the Ordinances of the Village, an MRGCD Tract shall not be deemed to be a Lot or Lot of Record.
(O) COMMERCIAL BUILDING means any building or group of buildings used for office, wholesale or retail purposes in which the owner or lessee and/or employees are engaged in work for which it is intended that compensation be received for goods or services which building(s) was constructed in accordance with applicable building and zoning codes at the time of construction. Hotels, motels and apartment buildings as well as residential rental property are considered Commercial Buildings.