New Mexico Statutes Chapter 47. Property Law § 47-6-9. Subdivision regulation; county authority

(1) preliminary and final subdivision plats, including their content and format;

(2) quantifying the maximum annual water requirements of subdivisions, including water for indoor and outdoor domestic uses;

(3) assessing water availability to meet the maximum annual water requirements of subdivisions;

(4) water conservation measures;

(5) water of an acceptable quality for human consumption and for protecting the water supply from contamination;

(6) liquid waste disposal;

(7) solid waste disposal;

(8) legal access to each parcel;

(9) sufficient and adequate roads to each parcel, including ingress and egress for emergency vehicles;

(10) utility easements to each parcel;

(11) terrain management;

(12) phased development;

(13) protecting cultural properties, archaeological sites and unmarked burials, as required by the Cultural Properties Act;

(14) specific information to be contained in a subdivider's disclosure statement in addition to that required in Section 47-6-17 NMSA 1978;

(15) reasonable fees approximating the cost to the county of determining compliance with the New Mexico Subdivision Act and county subdivision regulations while passing upon subdivision plats;

(16) a summary procedure for reviewing certain type-three and all type-five subdivisions as provided in Section 47-6-11 NMSA 1978;

(17) recording all conveyances of parcels with the county clerk;

(18) financial security to assure the completion of all improvements that the subdivider proposes to build or to maintain;

(19) fencing subdivided land, where appropriate, in conformity with Section 77-16-1 NMSA 1978, which places the duty on the purchaser, lessee or other person acquiring an interest in the subdivided land to fence out livestock; and

(20) any other matter relating to subdivisions that the board of county commissioners feels is necessary to promote health, safety or the general welfare.

(1) the county has adopted a comprehensive plan in accordance with Section 3-21-5 NMSA 1978;

(2) the comprehensive plan contains goals, objectives and policies that identify and explain the need for requirements that are more stringent; and

(3) the more stringent regulations are specifically identified in the comprehensive plan.