Rio Rancho Plan and Zoning Board Meeting: June 23, 2026
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Rio Rancho Plan and Zoning Board Meeting: June 23, 2026
The Plan and Zoning Board of Rio Rancho met on June 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM UTC to consider a zone map amendment for an indoor soccer facility. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call, followed by approval of an empty consent calendar. The primary agenda item was a public hearing on a zoning change request from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to Special Use (SU) to allow an indoor soccer facility while retaining existing uses.
Consent Calendar
- The consent calendar had no items. A motion to approve it passed unanimously via roll call (Chairman Richardson, Commissioners Kaufcher, Gabledon, Hankins, and Hardesty all voting yes).
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public or virtual attendees signed up to speak for or against the zone map amendment. The public hearing was closed after the chair called for comments.
Discussion Items
- Zone Map Amendment (Item #2): Staff Planner Michelle Castilla presented the request for a zone map amendment from NC (neighborhood commercial) to SU (special use) for property legally described as Unit 16, Block BB, Lots 17A, 18A, and 20A through 24A. The combined 1.91-acre site is located on South 29th Street SE, a residential road off Southern Boulevard SE. The property was originally zoned CMU (commercial mixed use) but was rezoned to NC in 2013. The proposed SU designation would maintain all existing permissive and conditional uses while adding an indoor soccer facility. The building height is 30 feet 2 inches, within the 32-foot maximum allowed by the Golf Course Quarter Plan. The site plan provides 13,353 square feet of landscaping, exceeding the required minimum. Staff recommended that the board find the amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan’s parks and recreation elements and forward a recommendation for approval to the governing body.
Key Outcomes
- Vote on Item #2: The board moved and seconded to approve the zone map amendment. A roll call vote resulted in unanimous approval (5-0). This action recommends approval to the Rio Rancho governing body, subject to the findings and conditions presented by staff.
Meeting Transcript
Meeting for June the 23rd, 2026. Uh please sounds all electronic devices while attending the plan and zoning board meetings and will please stand up and do a pledges of allegiance. Okay, a couple of um for the record. I would take a roll by calling each plan and zoning board member. Name, please announce your present by Sam Present. Kevin Kopfcher. Present. Robadon. Present online. Andrea Hankins. Present. Lisa Hardesy. Present. Okay. That's gonna be tough for her. Okay, a couple of housekeeping items before we get started. In personal attendees, please fill out the form. Um and give it to the speaker to my left. Only individuals who have signed up will be permitted to speak. If you have yet to fill out the form, now's the time to do so and provide it to the recorder again to my left. Virtual attendees. Please send a chat message to the host or use a raise hand feature if you want to provide public comment. We're not recognized you to speak. You have the ability to enable audio and video. Okay. For the consent calendar. Uh nothing there. So we'll take motion to approve the consent calendar. Motion to approve the consent calendar. Can I get a second? Second. Call the roll. Chairman Richardson? Yes. Commissioner Kaufcher. Yes. Vice Chair Gabbleton. Yes. Commissioner Hankins. Yes. Commissioner Hardesty. Yes. Motion pass. Okay. Move it over to uh present. Um, I guess let's go to public hearings. Item number two is a zone map amendment. Staff contact is Michelle Costill and staff recommends the plan and zoning board recommend approval to the governing body. Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the board.
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