Created: April 07, 2021 06:55 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. On Thursday the Santa Fe City Council will vote on a controversial development project at one of the city s busiest intersections.
During a virtual meeting Tuesday evening, the governing body heard from the community about a planned development project at St. Francis Drive and Zia Road. Many who live in the area oppose it. We are throwing out ordinances to make this happen. This is shameful. Are we the city different or are we the city of apartments, said one person.
Developers of the Zia Station project are asking the city to waive a zoning rule that limits the height of buildings in the area to two stories. That s because the proposal includes three-story buildings as part of a mixed-use development that includes nearly 400 apartments, along with office, retail, and restaurant space.
February 18 The proposal for a mixed-use project that would span 21 acres on both sides of Zia Road, just west of St. Francis Drive, took a step forward on Thursday night. The Santa Fe Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve the preliminary development plan, land use classifications and rezoning requirements to build 384 residential units, including townhomes, 84,000 square feet of office space and 36,000 square feet of restaurant or retail space on the site. The commission voted to approve five changes. They include classifying the northern 12.1-acre parcel from low density residential to high density residential and 2.2 acres in the southern parcel from low density residential to transitional mixed-use. The commission also voted to change the zoning for the entire northern parcel to planned unit development, or PUD, as well as a request to remove the property from the South-Central Highway Corridor District.
COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 411 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 181,739. The health department has designated 126,446 of those cases as recovered. Bernalillo County had 125 cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 96 and Sandoval County with 24. Santa Fe County had 19 new cases, 11 from the 87507 ZIP code, which ranked eighth in the state yesterday for ZIP codes with the most new cases. The state also announced 18 additional deaths, including one from Santa Fe County: a woman in her 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. There have now been 131 deaths in Santa Fe County and 3,580 statewide. As of yesterday, 284 people were hospitalized with COVID-19.