US 285 South Corridor Plan
US 285 South Highway Corridor Plan and Zoning District
In Dec. 1999 the Board of County Commissioners authorized a Planning Committee to work in conjunction with the Planning Division to plan for the Highway Corridor along US 285 from Old Las Vegas Highway south to Lamy and the turnoff to Galisteo. On July 13, 2004 the Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution 2004-73 adopting the US 285 South Highway Corridor Plan and incorporating it as an amendment to the Santa Fe County Growth Management Plan. On September 13, 2005 the Board of County Commissioners approved Ord. 2005 – 08, the US 285 South Highway Corridor Zoning District to implement the zoning recommendations of the US 285 South Highway Corridor Plan.
The purpose of the Corridor Plan and Ordinance is to guide development along US 285 South Highway between Old Las Vegas Highway and State Road 41 for the next 20 years. Plan objectives are to strengthen community identity and to prevent regional “strip” commercial development. The Plan recommends and the Ordinance zones locations for commercial/mixed-use, residential and community uses in places that are designed to fit the character, scale and needs of the local neighborhoods. Policies also provide safe and well designed connections and protect the natural environment and landscape that dominates between these places.
The Plan and Ordinance are the result of a committed public learning process undertaken by the US 285 South Planning Committee. The results and recommendations deal directly with two important planning elements: community and place making. Finding shared values among disparate points of view is what community planning is all about. Once those values are agreed upon, they become a bond. Creating community places is a challenge across the country as residential subdivisions struggle with the need to provide non-residential services and social centers, open space amenities and public gathering places for populations that continue to grow.
This Plan is intended to be an active document and should be used by the surrounding subdivisions, property owners, residents and the County to determine whether new development is following the principles of the plan and if the vision is being realized. The Plan and Ordinance should be updated as conditions change in both the Corridor Plan Area and the 285 Service Area.
US 285 South Highway Corridor Ordinance
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