The reviewing agency shall review the subdivision for compliance with § 151.099, which reads as follows:
(A) Review form.
(1) All owners/ developers proposing to subdivide lands in Valencia County shall submit a review form outlining cultural properties, archaeological sites, and unmarked human burials within the boundaries of the proposed subdivision.
(2) This review form shall be adopted by the Board of County Commissioners as part of the supplemental guidelines.
(3) The completed review form shall be approved or disapproved by the Board of County Commissioners or its designees as part of the subdivision review process.
(B) Unmarked human burials.
(1) According to state policy, any human burial in the state in any unmarked burial ground is accorded the protection of law and shall receive appropriate and respectful treatment and disposition.
(2) All subdivisions shall comply with the requirements of NMSA § 18-6-11.2, which prohibits the knowing, willful and intentional excavation, removal, disturbance or destruction of any human burial, buried, entombed or sepulchered in any unmarked burial ground except by authority of a permit issued by the state medical investigator or by the state cultural properties review committee with the concurrence of the state archaeologist and state historic preservation officer.
(C) Registered cultural properties.
(1) Any person desiring to subdivide land in the county shall comply with the Cultural Properties Act NMSA §§ 18-6-1 et seq.
(2) The applicant for preliminary plat approval shall submit the following form as part of the application.
VALENCIA COUNTY REVIEW FORM
Cultural Properties, Archaeological Sites, Unmarked Human Burials
As required under New Mexico Subdivision Act NMSA §§ 47-6-1 through 47-6-29
Date:____________________
Name of proposed Subdivision:_________________________________
Name of Developer / Owner:___________________________________
Address of Developer / Owner:_________________________________
Location of project: Attach copy of vicinity map showing site (acres) and location (Township, Range, Section) of proposed subdivision.
Cultural Properties and Archeological Sites:
Proponent review of State Register of Cultural Properties has determined that proposed project:
Is not listed on the State Register________________
Is listed on the State Register___________________
Name of Reviewer for Proponent:________________________________
Signature of reviewer conducting review and stating results of the review of the State Register of Cultural Properties:
Unmarked Burial Sites:
Proponent review has determined that proposed project:
Has no visible signs of unmarked burial sites___________________
Has visible signs of unmarked burial site_______________________
Name of Reviewer for unmarked burial sites:________________________
Signature of Reviewer conducting review and stating results of the review for unmarked burial sites:
Above information has been reviewed and accepted under the authorization of the Valencia County Board of County Commissioners:
County Reviewer
(Ord. passed 5-1-2000) Penalty, see § 151.999