Torrance County Planning and Zoning Meeting Agenda September 6, 2011

Torrance Count Planning & Zoning Board Agenda
Regular Meeting
September 6, 2011
9:30am

Call To Order
    
     9:30am
     Pledge of Allegiance
     Approval of Agenda
     Approval of Minutes:  Regular meeting of August 2, 2011

Special Discussion Item:

    Topic:  Recusals
    Speaker:  Adolfo Mendez II

Action Items:

     1.  Claim of Exemption
Applicant:  David & Patricia Smith
Agent;  Rusty Ellitot, Elliott Land Surverying
Request:  Exemption #13 -- 5 year holding
Site:  NE4 Section 7, T9N, R8E, NMPM
Zone:  RR--Rural Residential

     2.  Claim of Exemption
Applicant:  John & Hallie McFadden
Agent:  Tim Oden, Oden & Associates
Request:  Exemption #1 -- 40 Acre Agricultural
Site:  Tracts A & B, Lands of Easly, NE4 Section 19, T6N, R8E, NMPM

     3.  Conditional Use Permit
Applicant:  Celina & Frank Encinias
Agent:  Anthony Encinias
Request:  Home occupation of equine-assistaed physical therapy
Site:  Lot 35, Unit 1, Sweet Water Hills Subdivision
Zone:  PL -- Preplatted Lands

     4.  Conditional Use Permit/Variance
Applicant:  Valencia Hills Wind
Agent:  Joel Johnson
Request:  Construction of a Meteorological Tower/Variance for a Height Exceeding 80'
Site:  NW4 Section 33, T3N, R15, NMPM
Zone:  A -- Agricultural

     5.  Conditional Use Permit
Applicant:  Charles & Scarlette King
Request:  2nd dwelling on single parcel for caretaking purposes
Site:  47 Lucas Road (Lot 21, Tract F, Block 1, Bella Vista Estates)
Zone:  PL -- Preplatted Lands

     6.  Billboard Moratorium
Speaker:  Steve Guetschow
Request:  Extnension of moratorium
Zone:  D-1 -- Minor Development (low intensity/small scale development)

Disccussion Items:

     Pursuant to New Mexico State Statute Section 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 (NMSA 1978), these issues can be addressed in general.  No decision can be rendered at this meeting.

Executive Session: 

     As per Motion and Roll Call Vote, pursuant to New Mexico State Statute Section 10-15-1 (NMSA 1978), the following matters will be discussed in Closed Session:

     1.  Personnel Matters:  10-15-1 (h)(2)
     2.  Threatening and Pending Litigation:  10-15-1 (h)(7)
    
     Reconvene from Executive Session

Adjourn:


NOTE:  THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL AGENDA - PLEASE CONTACT TORRANCE COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING FOR OFFICIAL ZONING NOTICES AT 505-246-4759 OR EMAIL lolivas@torrancecountynm.org. 

Torrance County Planning & Zoning Board Meeting Schedule for 2011

[Meeting Date Followed by Completed Appilcation Submission Deadline Date] 

• January 4, 2011 (Completed Application Due, December 14, 2010)
• February 1, 2011 (Completed Application Due, January 11, 2010)
• March 1, 2011 (Completed Application Due, February 8, 2010)
• April 5, 2011 (Completed Application Due, March 15, 2010)
• May 3, 2011 (Completed Application Due, April 12, 2010)
• June 7, 2011 (Completed Application Due, May 17, 2010)
• July  5, 2011 (Completed Application Due, June 14, 2010)
• August 2, 2011 (Completed Application Due, July 12, 2010)
• September 6, 2011 (Completed Application Due, August 16, 2010)
• October 4, 2011 (Completed Application Due, September 13, 2010)
• November 1, 2011 (Completed Application Due, October 11, 2010)
• December 6, 20100 (Completed Application Due, November 15, 2010) 

Please Note: 

• If there are not enough action items on the agenda, or if there is failure to draw a quorum, the meeting may be cancelled;  cancellation notification will appear in the Mountain View Telegraph. 
• In order to be heard by the Torrance County Planning and Zoning Board, you must submit complete applications 21 days prior to the subsequent meeting date to be placed on an agenda.   

These dates are being provided as a service by Central New Mexico News & Information - Based on the serious nature of matters involving Torrance County Planning and Zoning, please be sure and double check meeting and submission dates directly with the Torrance County Planning and Zoning office at 505-246-4759.

PUBLIC NOTICE - P&Z AREA WIDE INSPECTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS UNDERWAY

Public Notice:


As part of our efforts to promote health, general welfare, and conserve property values for it's citizens, the Torrance County Planning and Zoning Department is conducting area wide inspections for zoning and property violations.

Currently the Department is working in the central area of the County and after January 1, 2011 will progress to the western areas of the County. The Department encourages voluntary property clean up before having to issue a Notice of Violation and has limited information on resources to help people comply with the Ordinances.

Questions or information call (505) 246-4760 or (505) 246-4761.

We appreciate your cooperation.

Mountain View Telegraph: December 30, 2010
See http://www.publicnoticeads.com/NM/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=/3063/12302010_15336903.htm from New Mexico Press Association - Public Notice Ads

Manzano Mountain Gun Club Seeks Special Use District from Torrance County Planning & Zoning Board



Manzano Mountain Gun Club
Signing Lease w/Bill Pohl

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Members of the Manzano Mountain Gun Club recently signed a 15 year lease with Bill Pohl for location of the clubs the proposed gun range.  The site selected is located just off US 60 close to mile marker 194.  According to an email issued by the club, they describe the proposed shooting range as, ". . . a U-shaped bowl, with hills on three sides that rise much more than 100 feet from our planned shooting positions".   Additional information from the email, updates to range lay design includes a directional change for the 300-yard rifle range, "While the original layout for the 300-yard rifle range aimed toward the Abo Ruins (about 1.25 miles away), the plans have been updated so that no proposed range faces directly toward the Abo Ruins".

The Club has requested a zoning change from Torrance County Planning and Zoning to facilitate the use of leased land for creation and operation of the shooting range.  The Club's request will will be considered by Torrance County Planning and Zoning at their next regularly scheduled meeting set on October 5, 2010.

Those for or against the proposed gun range are invited to attend the Planning and Zoning meeting, should you be unable to attend the meeting, you can email your comments Steve Guetschow, Torrance County Planning & Zoning Coordinator at sguetschow@torrancecountynm.org or you can attend the meeting in person. 

Meeting Information:

Date:  October 5, 2010
Time:  9:30am
Location:  Old Torrance County Courthouse, 205 9th Street, Estancia, NM
Room:  County Commission Meeting Room

For copies of meeting agendas, please call or email Leslie Olivas , Torrance Planning & Zoning Clerk at 505-246-4759 or lolivas@torrancecountynm.org

News : City pursuing eminent domain - Rio Rancho Observer

News : City pursuing eminent domain - Rio Rancho Observer

Rio Rancho Mayor Swisstack announced that Rio Rancho will seek eminent domain to acquire small individually owned parcels of land to allow the city to create large tracts of land for commercial development. 

 

In this writers opinion, the exercise of eminent domain is statutory theft of private property by government.  Instead of applying eminent domain, perhaps Rio Rancho's government should consider buying the "small individually owned parcels of land" first in an open and equitable manner instead of wearing the statutory mask of eminent domain.   

Manzano Mountain Gun Club - Requests Special Use District from Torrance County

Manzano Mountain Gun Club, Mountainair, New Mexico, has made application to the Torrance County Planning and Zoning board requesting the creation of a Special Use District (Special Use District - See pg 42 in the Zoning Ordinance) to allow placement of the new gun range. 

Consideration of the Special Use District request will be on the October 5, 2010 agenda of the Torrance County Planning and Zoning Board - meeting begins at 9:30 am.  Club president Jim Greene will speak on behalf of the project and the club is asking any one that would like to speak in favor or against the gun range to attend the meeting to voice their opinions.  Those wishing to speak please arrive before 9:30am so that you can add your name to the list.  Additionally, you do not have to speak - just be at the meeting will help show Planning and Zoning Board members your support.  The meeting takes place in the Torrance County Commission chambers located in Estancia, New Mexico. 

(For those unable to attend the Torrance County Planning and Zoning Board meeting please contact Steve Guetschow, Planning & Zoning Coordinator at 505-246-4761 Monday - Thursday or email Steve at:  sguetschow@torrancecountynm.org with your comments, questions, and/or concerns).

Torrance County Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting Agenda

The Torrance County Planning & Zoning board will hold it's next regular meeting on:

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Call To Order:  9:30am
Agenda Summary Below - (Full Agenda - Click Here)

• Claim of Exemption fo rthe Lands of Villanueva - Tim Oden, Agent.
• Summary Plat Approval for the Lands of Ernie Dean Manker & Lawrence F. Menker - Kathleen & Vincent De Geroge, Applicants.
• Change in Zoning, Valentine Ranch Subdivision - Dainn Bradshaw, Agent.
• Annual Review Conditional Use Permit - TJK Martial Arts. Timoth & Kimberly Neyers, Applicants.

For questions, additional information, or to be added to an agenda, please contact:

Steven J. Guetschow, Planning & Zoning Coordinator
505-246-4761
Email Steve at:  sguetschow@torrancecountynm.org

Planning & Zoning to Hear 1st County Animal Control Ordinance Request

On September 1, 2009 the approved Torrance County Animal Control ordinance will be put to the test.  On the agenda is a request for a rescue facility within a residential neighborhood.   The approved version of the new ordinance is still not uploaded on Torrance Counties web site - anyone interested in the approved copy or who would like to receive meeting agendas via email, please contact: 

Arthur Foust, Planning and Zoning Coordinator
Phone:  505-246-4759
Email:   afoust@torrancecountynm.org