A. A planning commission which has adopted a master plan or a major street plan may:
(1) survey for the exact location of the lines of new, extended, widened or narrowed streets within the municipality or its planning and platting jurisdiction; and
(2) certify to the governing body of the municipality a plat of the area surveyed which indicates the location of lines recommended for future streets, street extension, street widening or narrowing.
B. The certification of a plat by the planning commission does not constitute the opening of a street or the taking or accepting of land for street purposes.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-18-7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Cross references. — For Land Subdivision Act, see 47-5-1 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Construction of regulations as to subdivision maps or plats, 11 A.L.R.2d 524.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 19 - Planning and Platting
Section 3-19-1 - Creation of planning commission.
Section 3-19-2 - Appointment, term, removal of commission.
Section 3-19-3 - Chairman; regular meetings; records.
Section 3-19-4 - Powers of commission.
Section 3-19-5 - Planning and platting jurisdiction.
Section 3-19-6 - Subdivision regulations.
Section 3-19-7 - Platting of street lines by planning commission.
Section 3-19-9 - Master plan; purposes.
Section 3-19-10 - Adoption of a master plan.
Section 3-19-11 - Legal status of master plan.
Section 3-19-12 - Approval constitutes amendment to master plan.