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Geralyn Cardenas
Interim City Clerk
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200 Lincoln Avenue, Room 215
PO Box 909
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0909
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2025 Ordinances
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An Ordinance repealing and replacing SFCC 1987 Chapter 14 (“Land Development Code”); clarifying and consolidating various references to code violations into one violations section; specifying that the applicant or the property owner bears the burden of proof for establishing legal nonconformities; reducing the early neighborhood notification requirement for City capital improvement projects to those exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars; renaming “Special Use Permit” to “Conditional Use Permit”; removing the Historic District Review Board’s authority to recommend personal property acquisitions; requiring archaeologists to hold a New Mexico state burial excavation permit for certain work; removing waivers of qualifications for archaeologists by the Archaeological Review Committee; increasing permitted building heights for residential districts and non-residential development; establishing densities and height by right for certain residential zones exceeding ten units per acre; creating a parks and open space zoning district; permitting additional flexibility regarding setbacks for certain structures and situations; eliminating the residential suite hotel/motel and ecological resource protection overlay zoning districts; reducing the length at which an archaeological clearance permit is required for sewer and utility main construction; removing alcohol sale regulations in the Airport Road Overlay; identifying a strategy to review and approve land uses not specifically listed in the “Summary Tables of Allowed Uses”; clarifying that duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, and residential complexes are permitted uses; creating use categories and subcategories and reorganizing certain existing uses within the table of allowed uses; requiring trees to be integrated into stormwater infrastructure in the Airport Road Overlay District; removing certain prohibitions for vehicle parking at residences; allowing accessory dwelling units to reach the maximum allowable height of the zoning district; establishing design and dimensional standards for residential compound development; regulating in-ground and above-ground pools; regulating agricultural home occupations; regulating outdoor dining; updating the telecommunications facilities code to be consistent with federal standards; specifying primary façades for significant structures and the strategy for identifying primary façades on contributing structures; updating definitions for façade and elevation; prohibiting enclosure of existing porches and portals on primary façades of contributing structures; requiring window depth and other characteristics of windows and doors to be preserved in historic districts; increasing affordability incentives, including administrative review and density bonuses; specifying that open space requirements in the C-2 District are per dwelling unit; expanding options to reduce on-site parking and exempting the Business Capital District from parking requirements in Table 7-4; reducing required off-street parking spaces; requiring electric vehicle charging stations for all new developments; distinguishing bicycle parking regulations from vehicle parking regulations and requiring long-term bicycle storage and parking; eliminating content-based sign restrictions; imposing new regulations to protect the City’s terrain and stormwater management; imposing new landscaping standards for plants and trees; eliminating the allowance for high- and low-pressure sodium lamps and mercury vapor, adding LED as the permitted lamp type, and decreasing permitted incandescent watts from 160 to 150; sunsetting the Business Capital District Design Review Committee and Long Range Planning Subcommittee; defining numerous terms; embedding graphical depictions of processes; and making non-substantive and technical corrections.
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A Bill rezoning approximately 1.49 acres of land located at 3439 Cerrillos Road, from R-3 (Residential Three Units per Acre) to C-2 (General Commercial) (Case No. 2025-10276).
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An Ordinance amending SFCC 1987, Section 5-2, to define Section 5-5.4 to prohibit keeping an animal on any median; amending Section 5-8.4 to specify that abandoning an animal will incur a fine; creating a new Section 5-8.14 prohibiting unattended animals and imposing a fine; and amending Table 15-12.1 to increase the fine for abandoning an animal from $200 to $500, impose a $200 fine for a first unattended animal offense and a $500 fine for subsequent offenses, and impose a $50 fine for keeping animals on medians.
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An Ordinance relating to the Santa Fe Traffic Operations Program; amending Section 24-4 to remove the requirement for Police Department oversight; providing for the use of cameras that detect vehicle noise violations using an automated compliance enforcement system; and imposing a fine for system-detected vehicle noise violations.
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An Ordinance amending SFCC 1987, Section 28-1.5 to increase the minimum wage and update the formula for calculating the minimum wage annually.
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An ordinance establishing a ten (10) year Plaza pushcart vendor license for which vendors who have completed twenty-five (25) consecutive years of vending are eligible to apply.
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An ordinance amending SFCC 1987, Section 25-1.8(a) to require the City of Santa Fe ("City") to continue to monitor the naturally occurring fluoride levels in its water system at representative sample locations and to end the requirement to add fluoride to the system.
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An ordinance amending Chapter 22, Exhibit A, by removing location of service as a criterion for determining sewer service charges.
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An ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a Water Project Fund loan/grant agreement by and between the New Mexico Finance Authority and the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico (the “Borrower/Grantee”), in the total amount of $2,000,000, including a loan in the amount of $800,000, evidencing an obligation of the Borrower/Grantee to utilize the loan/grant amount solely for the purpose of financing the costs of designing a new pipeline and pump to return San Juan-Chama Project source effluent water for reuse via return flow credits and increased diversions, including related work and revisions, and solely in the manner described in the loan/grant agreement; providing for the pledge and payment of the loan amount and an administrative fee solely from the net revenues of the water utility system of the Borrower/Grantee; certifying that the loan/grant amount, together with other funds available to the Borrower/Grantee, is sufficient to complete the project; approving the form of and other details concerning the loan/grant agreement; ratifying actions heretofore taken; repealing all action inconsistent with this ordinance; and authorizing the taking of other actions in connection with the execution and delivery of the loan/grant agreement.
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An ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, tax-exempt general obligation improvement bonds, Series 2025, in the principal amount of $25,000,000, payable from ad valorem taxes levied on all taxable property within the city, levied without limit as to rate or amount; providing for the form, certain terms and conditions of the bonds, the manner of their execution, and the method of and security for payment thereof; delegating authority to each of the mayor, city manager and city finance director to approve a form of notice of competitive sale of the bonds or, if deemed advisable, the selection of underwriters to sell the bonds in a negotiated sale, and to determine the maturity dates and amounts, interest rates, prices, redemption features and other final terms of the bonds in an award certificate; approving the form of an agreement for registrar and paying agent services to be provided by BOKF, NA and authorizing its execution and delivery; and providing for other details concerning the bonds.
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An ordinance amending section 2-4.6 to remove the sixty (60) day timeline for the city manager to hire a deputy city manager and update the section consistent with the charter.
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An ordinance be it ordained by the governing body of the City of Santa Fe: authorizing the execution and delivery of a water project fund loan/grant agreement by and between the New Mexico Finance Authority ("NMFA") and the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico (the "Borrower/Grantee"), in the total amount of $5,500,000, including a loan in the amount of $2,200,000; evidencing an obligation of the Borrower/Grantee to utilize the loan/grant amount solely for the purpose of financing the costs of repairs to the Nichols Dam outlet conduit, including sealing of conduit joints, conduit lining, installation of filter diaphragm around outlet conduit, including related work and revisions, and solely in the manner described in the loan/grant agreement; providing for the pledge and payment of the loan amount and an administrative fee from the net revenues of the water utility system of the Borrower/Grantee; certifying that the loan/grant amount, together with other funds available to the Borrower/Grantee, is sufficient to complete the project; approving the form of and other details concerning the loan/grant agreement; ratifying actions heretofore taken; repealing all action inconsistent with this ordinance; and authorizing the taking of other actions in connection with the execution and delivery of the loan/grant agreement.
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An ordinance updating the rates and fees for wastewater utility services.
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An ordinance rezoning an approximately 2.50-acre tract of land located at 214 Camino de Los Marquez, from R-21 PUD (Residential Twenty-One [21] Dwellings per Acre, Planned Unit Development) to R-29 (Residential Twenty-Nine [29] Dwellings per Acre) (Case No. 2024-8898).
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An ordinance amending section 11-14.5 of the Economic Development Fund ordinance to change the sunset date for depositing certain land sale revenues in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2030.
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An ordinance regarding annual budgets including multi-year appropriations; amending section 11-2.1 to conform with the city's charter; establish multi-year appropriations for capital outlay, grant-funded projects and, effective December 31, 2025, amending section 11-2.4 to sunset the finance amendment authority to carry-over certain unexpended appropriations into the next fiscal year.
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An ordinance amending ordinance no. 2024-6 to approve three individual loan agreements with the New Mexico Environment Department to be paid with revenues from each system, respectively: (1) a wastewater project loan agreement; (2) a water project loan agreement; and (3) a solid waste collection project loan agreement; incorporating definitions and covenants relating to wastewater, water, and solid waste system debt obligations in each loan agreement, respectively, by reference herein; ratifying prior action consistent with the provisions hereof; and repealing prior action inconsistent with the provisions hereof, but only to the extent of such inconsistency.
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An ordinance relating to city administration; amending section 2-8, SFCC 1987 to remove the Police Department and the Fire Department from that section; and create two new sections, 2-8.8 and 2-8.9, for the Police Department and Fire Department, respectively.
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An ordinance making a technical correction; relocating subparagraphs A-G of section 12-1-A, chapter 24, SFCC 1987, to section 12-10-vehicle regulations the same exhibit.
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An ordinance amending Schedule A of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance to increase penalties for muffler noise violations, eliminate a distinction between the categories "Second Offense" and "Subsequent Violations", recognize community service is an alternative to all traffic violation penalties under the city's general penalty.
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An ordinance granting Ezee Fiber Texas, LLC, a non-exclusive franchise, to operate a telecommunications network within the City of Santa Fe; the right to use city public rights-of-way to provide telecommunications services within the city; and fixing the terms and conditions thereof.
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An ordinance Amending SFCC 1987, Section 12-3, pertaining to the public display of fireworks; recognizing the Fire Department will apply the International Fire Code to the public display of fireworks; making other terms consistent with the International Fire Code; and providing for Governing Body approval of public fireworks display permits without legislation.
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An ordinance Rezoning Las Soleras Tract 20, approximately 10.70 acres of land located at the southwest quadrant of the Walking Rain Road/Beckner Road roundabout, from BIP (Business Industrial Park) to C-2 (General Commercial) (Case No. 2024-8855).
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An ordinance Rezoning Las Soleras Tract 19, approximately 9.11 acres of land, located at the southwest quadrant of the Walking Rain Road/Beckner Road roundabout, from MU (Mixed Use) to C-2 (General
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An ordinance rezoning Las Soleras Tracts 21 and 26, approximately 8.18 acres of land, and tracts 23 and 24, approximately 13.45 aces of land, located at the southeast quadrant of the Las Solera/Beckner Road roundabout, from C-1 (General Office) to C-2 (General 13 Commercial) (CASE NO. 2024-7900)