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Case No. REZ-2025-0020: Los Alamos County Capital Improvements and Facilities Division, on behalf of Los Alamos County, property owner, requests a Minor Zone Map Amendment (rezone) of Fire Station 4 and adjacent Open Space. The subject properties, 4401 Diamond Drive (NC2 G) and 9999 Range Road (NC2 H) in the North Community 2 Subdivision, are currently zoned Institutional (INS) and Open Space-Passive Open (OS-PO). The Minor Zone Map Amendment would rezone approximately 18,735 square feet from OS-PO to INS, expanding the Institutional area on the site.
Property Owners
Los Alamos County
Applicant
Sobia Sayeda, Project Manager with Los Alamos County Capital Improvements and Facilities Division
Case Manager
Danyelle Valdez, Planning Manager
Section 16-74(h) Minor Zone Map Amendment, Decision Criteria
An application for a zone map amendment of the official zoning map shall be approved if it meets all of the following criteria:
a. The proposed zone map amendment is consistent with the health, safety, and welfare of the county as shown by conformance with the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan and other adopted county plans or policies.
b. The existing zone district designation is shown to be inappropriate for one or more of the following reasons:
1. It was established in error;
2. Changed conditions warrant the rezoning; or
3. A different zone is more advantageous to the community as articulated by conformance with each applicable goal and policy the comprehensive plan, including the future land use map.
c. The proposed zoning will not designate a zone district different from surrounding zone districts to one small area, i.e. create a spot zone, unless one or more of the following criteria are met:
1. Granting such zoning accomplishes the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan;
2. Unique characteristics specific to the site exist;
3. The zoning serves as an appropriate transition between land uses of higher and lower intensity; or
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