Development & Land Use on ABQ Info

Area & Sector Plans

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Historical area, sector, and community plans that explain how Albuquerque neighborhoods, infrastructure, land use, and transportation developed. Many no longer control zoning, but remain important planning-history records.

City Area & Sector Development Plan Library

Maintains the City’s current reference index for adopted historical plans. ABQInfo preserves selected complete plans and adoption records whose context remains independently useful.

Central Avenue Station-Area Planning#

Central Avenue Station-Area Planning Draft — Introduction and Action Plan (September 2017)

Development Process

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Cross-cutting development process documents, manuals, and reference materials.

Current City Review Process#

Development Review Services

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#

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.

Official City PDF · Official City DPM Document Directory

Metropolitan Redevelopment Plans

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Plans and historical records for designated Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas, where the City uses public investment and redevelopment tools to support housing, infrastructure, business activity, and neighborhood revitalization.

City Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas

Maintains the City’s current index of designated areas, maps, plans, goals, and redevelopment information. The archived plans below preserve records that may be amended, renamed, consolidated, or removed from the live collection.

Current Downtown Plan#

Downtown 2050 Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2025 archived PDF)

Projects

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Selected major development activity and the plans and datasets needed to understand it. Individual projects belong here when their scale, public impact, planning significance, or unusually useful public record warrants inclusion—not merely because a permit was issued.

Current Major Projects#

Albuquerque Rail Yards Redevelopment

Brings together the adopted and updated master plans, redevelopment history, supporting studies, environmental records, maps, legislation, and current City activity for one of Albuquerque’s most consequential historic redevelopment sites.

Zoning & IDO

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Current zoning tools and a preserved history of Albuquerque’s Integrated Development Ordinance. Historical editions matter when researching prior approvals, regulations, and the transition from sector development plans to the unified code.

Current Ordinance and Zoning Tools#

Integrated Development Ordinance — Effective May 6, 2026

The City’s current Integrated Development Ordinance establishes zoning, development standards, and review procedures for Albuquerque. This preserved original is the effective May 2026 release.

Official City IDO page