New Mexico § 3-21-4 - Extraterritorial zoning ordinance; enforcement and administration; appeals
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 3-21-4 — Extraterritorial zoning ordinance; enforcement and administration; appeals, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-21-4. Extraterritorial zoning ordinance; enforcement and administration; appeals
A. A zoning ordinance adopted by a joint municipal-county zoning authority shall be
an ordinance of the municipality and an ordinance of the county joining in the agreement
pursuant to Subsection A of Section 3-21-3 NMSA 1978 and may be enforced by appropriate procedures of either the municipality or the county.
The agreement entered into pursuant to Subsection A of Section 3-21-3 NMSA 1978 may specify whether the municipality or the county shall assume primary enforcement
responsibility. B. The extraterritorial zoning commission shall administer the zoning ordinance adopted
by the joint municipal-county zoning authority in the manner provided in Subsection C of Section 3-21-7 NMSA 1978 . C. Appeals from the decisions of the extraterritorial zoning commission shall be taken
to the joint municipal-county zoning authority in the manner provided in Section 3-21-8 NMSA 1978 , and appeals from the decisions of the joint municipal-county zoning authority shall
be taken to the district court in the manner provided in Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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