Cross-cutting development process documents, manuals, and reference materials.
Current City Review Process#
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Organizes Albuquerque’s current review sections, ABQ-PLAN electronic submittals, hydrology and transportation resources, impact fees, construction coordination, interactive plan map, and Planning Department navigator assistance.
Development Process Manual#
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Development Process Manual (June 2, 2020)
Provides the City’s technical requirements and procedures for planning, designing, reviewing, permitting, and constructing public infrastructure associated with development projects.
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Current Development Process Manual Amendments Register
Maintains proposed and approved changes to the DPM. Check this live register with the archived signed manual and amendments below because later committee actions may change individual chapters or technical requirements.
Historic Manual Chapters#
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Development Process Manual Chapter 17: Drainage and Transportation Procedures (2018 Archived PDF)
Preserves pre-2020 City procedures for drainage and Traffic Circulation Layout submittals, engineering review, approvals, expiration, construction certification, private storm drains in rights-of-way, and the forms used to coordinate development with public infrastructure.
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Development Process Manual Intersection Design Final-Review Draft (2017 Archived PDF)
Preserves a 2017 draft predecessor to current City intersection standards, addressing signals, stop and yield control, roundabouts, channelized turns, spacing, sight distance, accessibility, pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes, and development responsibilities.
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Preserves the adopted predecessor standards for landscaping, irrigation, street trees, sight-distance triangles, medians, buffers, and maintenance within Albuquerque public rights-of-way before the consolidated 2020 Development Process Manual.
Archived Approved Amendments#
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Article 4-3 ABCWUA Changes (May 4, 2026 archived PDF)
Preserves the DPM amendment approved May 4, 2026, revising Article 4-3 graphic standards and related plan-scale, line-weight, AutoCAD, and Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority requirements.
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Approved Municipal Development Changes (December 11, 2025 archived PDF)
Preserves the full marked Development Process Manual showing Municipal Development changes approved December 11, 2025, so users can identify post-2020 revisions affecting public-infrastructure design, review, construction, and related technical standards.
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Approved Planning and Municipal Development Changes (September 25, 2025 archived Word document)
Preserves the full tracked-change Development Process Manual approved September 25, 2025, including updates to City review bodies, ABQ-PLAN procedures, site and infrastructure review, and green stormwater requirements.
Public Infrastructure Cost Estimating#
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City Engineer’s Estimated Unit Prices for Contract Items, 2026 (archived PDF)
Sets the City’s 2026 estimated construction costs for public-infrastructure contract items, including paving, traffic control, structures, drainage, utilities, landscaping, and the financial-guarantee calculations required for development projects.
Effective August 1, 2026. Official City PDF · Official Development Review Services document library
Infrastructure Improvements Agreements#
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Current City Infrastructure Improvements Agreement Forms Directory
Provides the City’s maintained source directory for Procedure A and Procedure B agreements, financial-guaranty variants, and extension forms. Check this directory for revisions newer than the March 2021 editions preserved below.
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Procedure A Agreement — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Provides the City’s March 2021 Procedure A agreement for developer-funded public improvements constructed on City property or within utility easements through the work-order process.
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Procedure A Amendment and Extension Agreement — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Supplies the March 2021 amendment form for extending Procedure A construction deadlines and updating contractor bonding, work-order, inspection, acceptance, and maintenance obligations.
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Procedure A Agreement with Financial Guaranty — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Provides the March 2021 Procedure A agreement variant documenting financial security for developer-funded public improvements, construction deadlines, work orders, bonding, inspections, and acceptance.
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Procedure A with Financial Guaranty Amendment and Extension — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Supplies the March 2021 form for extending a financially guaranteed Procedure A agreement while updating completion deadlines, guaranty details, contractor bonds, and construction obligations.
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Procedure B Agreement — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Provides the City’s March 2021 Procedure B agreement for required public or private improvements tied to plats, building permits, site plans, deadlines, and financial guarantees.
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Procedure B Amendment and Extension Agreement — March 2021 (archived PDF)
Supplies the March 2021 form for extending Procedure B improvement deadlines and recording updated financial guarantees, contractor bonding, work-order requirements, and amended construction commitments.
Fees#
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City of Albuquerque General Planning Fee Schedule (January 2025 archived PDF)
Lists application, notice, meeting, review, resubmittal, appeal, permit, plat, site-plan, historic-preservation, impact-fee, zoning, subdivision, hydrology, and transportation charges used in the City development-review process as of January 17, 2025.
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Bernalillo County Public Works Division Fee Schedule (July 2024 Archived PDF)
Lists Bernalillo County Public Works fees for drainage review, grading and paving permits, infrastructure design review, utilities, driveways, excavation, traffic barricading, review extensions, moratorium work, and non-County-sponsored projects as of July 24, 2024.
Official County PDF · Check the current County standards page
County Development Review#
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Bernalillo County Traffic Impact Analysis
Explains when development in unincorporated Bernalillo County requires transportation-impact analysis and connects applicants to the County’s review process, technical expectations, transportation planning, and development standards.
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Establishes Bernalillo County Public Works submittal and development requirements for utility-scale solar, community solar, and battery storage in unincorporated areas, covering site plans, drainage, traffic, environmental review, decommissioning, construction, operations, and financial assurance.
Official County PDF · Check the current County standards page
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Stormwater Management Guidance for Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Arrays (March 2025 Archived PDF)
Sets Bernalillo County criteria for grading and drainage review of ground-mounted photovoltaic arrays, including slopes, soils, setbacks, runoff calculations, vegetation, erosion controls, green stormwater infrastructure, maintenance, inspections, and post-construction monitoring.
Official County PDF · Check the current County standards page
Infrastructure Financing#
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Albuquerque Public Improvement Districts
Explains how Albuquerque creates and governs public improvement districts to finance streets, trails, utilities, parks, public buildings, and other infrastructure through property taxes, assessments, bonds, petitions, hearings, and elections.