Development Code Amendment ZCA-2026-0019 (Ordinance No. 02-371)
Los Alamos County
Description
A public hearing was scheduled on an ordinance amending numerous sections of the Development Code covering review bodies, procedures, non-conformities, construction improvements, and enforcement.
Impact summary
Applicants will now run their own early neighborhood meetings and post their own notice signs; notice periods stretch one extra day; subdivision sketch plats are folded into preliminary plat review; and decision deadlines are set at 60 days instead of being removed entirely.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Jul 28, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
County Council - Regular Session — July 28, 2026
A public hearing was scheduled on an ordinance amending numerous sections of the Development Code covering review bodies, procedures, non-conformities, construction improvements, and enforcement.
Planning and Zoning Commission — June 24, 2026
A county-initiated text amendment updating Development Code Article V — neighborhood meetings, public notice, appeals, permit expirations, variances, nonconformities, and enforcement. The commission recommended approval with several tweaks, and it now heads to County Council.
Related issues (1)
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