The
Lea County Planning Department reviews any division of property in the
unincorporated areas of the County for the purpose or sale, lease, or other
conveyance. The department gathers, analyzes and reviews data, making
recommendations on subjects such as subdivisions, claims of exemption, site
plans, zoning and special use permits and similar issues.
Types of Subdivisions
The
following table outlines the required process for various types of
subdivisions.
|
Type
|
Number of Parcels
|
Size of Smallest Parcel
|
Process
|
|
One
|
500 parcels or more
|
Less than
10 acres
|
Preliminary/ Final Plat
|
|
Two
Three A
|
25 to 499
2 to 5
|
Less than
10 acres
Less than
10 acres
|
Preliminary/ Final Plat
Summary Review
|
|
Three B
|
6 to 24
|
Less than
10 acres
|
Preliminary/ Final Plat
|
|
Four
|
25 or more
|
10 acres or
more
|
Preliminary/ Final Plat
|
|
Five
|
2 to 24
|
10 acres or
more
|
Summary
Review
|
*Please review the Claim of Exemption
application for exemption to the subdivision process.
The Lea County Planning and
Zoning Board meet on the second Tuesday of each month to review open
subdivision applications and discuss other business. Check for the legal notice
and agenda on the Lea County meetings webpage or contact the Planning Department for
more information.
For any further information,
to schedule a pre-application conference, or to submit a subdivision
application, please contact Bruce Reid at (575)396-8696 or
breid@leacounty.net.
Please note:
- To complete any division of
land, the property owner must have paid in full the current year’s property
taxes.
- Before approving the final
plat for a subdivision containing ten or more parcels, any one of which is two
acres or less in size, the Board of Commissioners shall require that the subdivider
provide proof of a service commitment from a water provider and an opinion from
the Office of the State Engineer that the subdivider can fulfill the water
needs of that subdivision (Paragraph 1 of Subsection F of Section 47-6-11 NMSA
1978).