Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all zoning ordinances adopted by class A counties pursuant to Section 15-36-26 NMSA 1953 (being Laws 1961, Chapter 21, Section 1, as amended) are valid and enforceable as of their effective dates and as they may have been amended from time to time. Such ordinances may be amended according to their provisions and may be enforced with respect to areas of the county not within the boundaries of a municipality; provided that such ordinances must be in effect as of the effective date of this 1996 act and shall not have been superseded by any municipal ordinance or by any joint ordinance of a county and a municipality adopted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3-21-2 through 3-21-4 NMSA 1978.
History: 1978 Comp., § 3-21-4.1, enacted by Laws 1996, ch. 21, § 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 21 - Zoning Regulations
Section 3-21-1 - Zoning; authority of county or municipality.
Section 3-21-2 - Jurisdiction of a county or municipal zoning authority.
Section 3-21-3 - Procedure for extraterritorial zoning.
Section 3-21-3.1 - Additional procedures for extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulation.
Section 3-21-3.2 - Extraterritorial zoning in class A counties; procedures.
Section 3-21-3.3 - Extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction; concurrent authority for certain counties.
Section 3-21-4 - Extraterritorial zoning ordinance; enforcement and administration; appeals.
Section 3-21-4.1 - Extraterritorial zoning ordinances adopted under former law.
Section 3-21-5 - Zoning; conformance to comprehensive plan.
Section 3-21-7 - Appointment of a zoning commission; duties; preliminary report and hearing.
Section 3-21-8 - Appeals to zoning authority; grounds; stay of proceedings.
Section 3-21-9 - Zoning; appeal.
Section 3-21-10 - Zoning enforcement.
Section 3-21-11 - Conflicts between zoning regulations and other statutes and ordinances.
Section 3-21-12 - County zoning authority; authority to contract.
Section 3-21-13 - Zoning enforcement by counties.
Section 3-21-14 - Adoption of county zoning ordinances.
Section 3-21-15 - [Special zoning districts;] short title.
Section 3-21-16 - Purpose of act.
Section 3-21-17 - Definitions.
Section 3-21-18 - Special zoning district.
Section 3-21-19 - Zoning commission.
Section 3-21-20 - Election of members to the commission.
Section 3-21-21 - Powers of the commission.
Section 3-21-22 - Procedures for regulations or restrictions.
Section 3-21-23 - Ordinance; penalty; remedies.
Section 3-21-24 - Enforcement.
Section 3-21-25 - Judicial review.
Section 3-21-26 - Costs incurred by zoning commission of special zoning district; fees.