NNVNA E-Bulletin, August 2025
North Valley Coalition
NNVNA E-Bulletin, August 2025
The agenda is packed with discussion and likely decision-making about legislation being heard by the City Council’s Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee (LUPZ) next Wednesday, August 13, including the following proposals.
(1) R-25-167, the proposed resolution to allow a temporary opt-in period for property owners on various streets—local, collector, and arterial—throughout the City to upzone single-family and other residential properties to various higher density residential and commercial zoning. The general approach in the legislation is to allow a step up in all residential zoning.
Find the proposed legislation here:
Matt Cox, Council Services Principal Planner, kindly gave a presentation on R-25-167 at our July 16, 2025, Board meeting. The link to Matt’s presentation is below. (There is some brief chatting at the start of the video—with us trying to figure out how to record properly.) Matt’s power point is attached. And, after the meeting, Matt provided this link to an updated interactive map of our area: https://arcg.is/0SX9DL0.
You can find details about the various residential and commercial zones) here, in the zoning code: https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/IDO/2023_IDO_AnnualUpdate/IDO_2023_AnnualUpdate_Effective.pdf. There is a table of what uses are permitted in which zones starting at Page 149 of the IDO (page numbers are in the lower righthand corner of the page); the table is “Table 4-2-1: Allowable Uses.”
(2) R-25-175, the proposed resolution to amend the Comprehensive Plan to redesignate the Menaul Corridor (Menaul Blvd/Indian School Road/Rio Grande Blvd south to I-40) from “multi-modal” to “major transit.”
Find the legislation here: https://cabq.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7499878&GUID=F9564808-29E6-4A48-9B28-2B1BA20F170A&Options=ID|Text|&Search=R-25-175.
At the June 26, 2025, Environmental Planning Commission hearing, NNVNA opposed the redesignation of the Menaul Corridor west of I-25. Find the EPC decision here: https://www.cabq.gov/planning/boards-commissions/environmental-planning-commission/epc-agendas-reports-minutes.
3) O-25-89 and O-25-90, two proposed ordinances meant to make it easier for non-profits and others to establish and operate Safe Outdoor Spaces. Under the committee substitute for O-25-90, the limit on SOSs would remain at 2 per Council district.
Find O-25-89 (SOS permitting) as introduced along with a committee substitute here: https://cabq.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7438253&GUID=280F7756-1B9E-4C6B-9DA4-B301F7CCD9E8&Options=ID|Text|&Search=O-25-89.
Find O-25-90 (SOS zoning) as introduced along with a committee substitute here: https://cabq.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7438254&GUID=03DB692A-EFA8-4FB1-88C4-B0B6A0E06DBD&Options=ID|Text|&Search=O-25-90.
The LUPZ hearing is scheduled to start at 5 pm, Wednesday, August 13. The agenda, with a Zoom link, is expected to be published this Friday. Find it here: https://cabq.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. A summary about LUPZ is here: https://www.cabq.gov/council/committees.
This is a lot of proposed legislation all at once. If nothing else, listen to Matt Cox’s presentation on R-25-167. If you have any questions or comments with respect to the proposed legislation, please email NearNort...@gmail.com. Please put the legislation number in the subject line.
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Matt Cox Presentation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mvELDhPZTOzZbBiJNc-pFRPLYGzSiQB/view?usp=drive_web
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