Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.35 NONRESIDENTIAL

LAND USE TABLE.

P = PERMITTED

CU = CONDITIONAL USE

BLANK = NOT PERMITTED

There may be additional criteria attached to a permitted or conditional use. Check the corresponding chapter to verify.

There may be uses not listed in the table that can be permitted under the SU/Special Use District. Refer to the specific zoning district (Sections 154.20 to 154.34) for details of additional conditions not listed in the table.

LAND USES	O-1	NC	C-1	C-2	M-1	MU-A	CBD	BP
Adult-only bookstores, motion picture theaters and adult entertainment centers					P
Amateur radio antenna, up to 65 feet in height from grade	P/CU			P	P	P
Artist studios, shops and galleries							P
Auditoriums, bowling alleys, billiard, dance hall, theaters, skating rinks, indoor entertainment			P	P	P	P	P	P
Auto dismantling yard					CU
Auto repair, major			CU	P	P
Auto repair, minor			P	P	P
Auto wrecking, dismantling, salvage, contractor’s yard				CU	CU
Automotive dealers, motorcycle dealers			CU	P	P
Bakeries, pastry and confectioneries for retail sales		P	P	P	P		P	P
Banks and other financial institutions	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bed and breakfast						P
Bicycle shops (sale and repair)						P	P
Boarding kennels or pet shelters			CU	CU	P
Brewpubs, microbreweries, artisanal distilleries, taprooms								P
Churches, Sunday school and parish house, incidental facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P
Clubhouses, fraternal organization, nonprofit public service organizations	P	P	P	P	P	P
Coffee shop, cafe, newsstand	P					P	P
Community or conference center						P
Community residential care facility	CU				P	P
Commercial recreation uses		CU	CU				P
Commercial parking lot			P	P	P	CU
Concrete batching plants, concrete products					P
Day spa			P	P	P
Department stores							P
Drive-in, drive-through window restaurants, convenience stores			P	P	P	CU
Family child care facility, 6 or less						P
Family child care facility, 7 or more						CU
Fire stations, police stations and other public buildings	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Gasoline stations, convenience stores, car washes			P	P	P
Home occupations						P
Hospitals and private institutions of an educational nature and similar institutions	P		P	P	P	P
Hotel/motel			P	P	P	P	P	P
Indoor shooting range					P			P
Industrial					P			P
Laboratories, research and experimental stations					P		P	P
Libraries, museums, cultural institutions	P			P	P	P	P	P
Light industrial				CU	P			P
Light manufacturing				CU	P		P
Live entertainment accessory to an eating or drinking establishment						P
Live/work units						P
Lumberyards				P	P
Machinery, farm sales, repairing and overhauling				P	P
Manager/caretaker residences within the structures	P		P	P	P	P
Manufacturing					P			P
Medical complexes, professional offices (medical and dental), veterinarians, offices/clinics	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Medical supplies and services, drug prescription, prosthetic supplies and dental/medical lab	P		P	P	P	P	P
Motion picture production, radio and television production studios	P			P		P		P
Newspaper office	P					P	P
Nursery schools and daycare facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Nursing homes, senior transitional living, care facilities	P		P	P	P	P
Offices and office buildings	P/CU	P	P	P/CU	P	P	P	P
Office and corporate headquarters							P
Offset press printing			P	P	P			P
Outdoor sales display, permanent			P	P	P
Outdoor storage (accessory use)			P	P	P			P
Outdoor storage (primary use)					P
Park and ride facilities, parking lots, garages	P		P	P	P	CU	P
Parks, recreational parks and open spaces, public facilities		P	P	P	P	P		P
Permanent outdoor sales display			P	P	P
Personal services – beauty/barber shops, fitness centers, laundry/dry cleaning, tailor/dressmaking, shoe repair, tanning/manicure salon			P	P	P	P	P
Photocopying and blueprinting, shipping and messenger service	P	P	P	P	P	P
Photographic studio	P			P	P	P	P
Public facilities	P		P	P	P	P	P	P
Public utilities/electric facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio and television studios	P			P		P	P
Recreational vehicle/travel trailer park or campground					P
Recycling collection centers			CU	P	P
Repair shops, electrical, radio, television appliances, keys		P	P	P	P	P		P
Research and development office		CU		CU	P			P
Residential, multi-family						P
Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor	CU	P	P	P	P	P		P
Restaurants, bars, lounges, coffee/tea rooms, delicatessens, patio/al fresco dining facilities	CU	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sales, display room/building for wholesaler, distributor, etc.							P	P
Sales of sheet metal products				P	P
Schools, private K-12, college, trade schools	P	CU	P	P	P	CU
Schools, public K-12	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Senior transitional care facility	P			P	P	P
Self-storage facilities		CU	CU	P	P
Sheet metal working								P
Shops/dressmaking, tailoring, laundry, dry cleaning, photo, pet, similar trades		P	P	P	P	P		P
Storage structure or yard for equipment	P
Stores for the sale of retail goods, products, services	CU	P	P	P	P	P/CU		P
Tattoo and body piercing shops						CU
Temporary model home/sales office			CU	CU
Temporary structures/enclosures used in construction		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tire recapping or retreading					P
Townhomes/row houses						CU
Travel bureaus							P
Truck/trailer rental				CU	P
Undertaking establishments		P	P	P	P
Vehicle sales							CU
Warehouse and indoor storage				P	P			P
Wholesale commercial				P	P			P

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 19-17; Am. Ord. 22-12; Am. Ord. 22-20)

OVERLAY AND SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS

Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.35 NONRESIDENTIAL

LAND USE TABLE.

P = PERMITTED

CU = CONDITIONAL USE

BLANK = NOT PERMITTED

There may be additional criteria attached to a permitted or conditional use. Check the corresponding chapter to verify.

LAND USES	O-1	NC	C-1	C-2	M-1	MU-A	CBD	BP
Adult-only bookstores, motion picture theaters and adult entertainment centers					P
Amateur radio antenna, up to 65 feet in height from grade	P/CU			P	P	P
Artist studios, shops and galleries							P
Auditoriums, bowling alleys, billiard, dance hall, theaters, skating rinks, indoor entertainment			P	P	P	P	P	P
Auto dismantling yard					CU
Auto repair, major			CU	P	P
Auto repair, minor			P	P	P
Auto wrecking, dismantling, salvage, contractor’s yard				CU	CU
Automotive dealers, motorcycle dealers			CU	P	P
Bakeries, pastry and confectioneries for retail sales		P	P	P	P		P	P
Banks and other financial institutions	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bed and breakfast						P
Bicycle shops (sale and repair)						P	P
Boarding kennels or pet shelters			CU	CU	P
Brewpubs, microbreweries, artisanal distilleries, taprooms								P
Churches, Sunday school and parish house, incidental facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P
Clubhouses, fraternal organization, nonprofit public service organizations	P	P	P	P	P	P
Coffee shop, cafe, newsstand	P					P	P
Community or conference center						P
Community residential care facility	CU				P	P
Commercial recreation uses		CU	CU				P
Commercial parking lot			P	P	P	CU
Concrete batching plants, concrete products					P
Day spa			P	P	P
Department stores							P
Drive-in, drive-through window restaurants, convenience stores			P	P	P	CU
Family child care facility, 6 or less						P
Family child care facility, 7 or more						CU
Fire stations, police stations and other public buildings	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Gasoline stations, convenience stores, car washes			P	P	P
Home occupations						P
Hospitals and private institutions of an educational nature and similar institutions	P		P	P	P	P
Hotel/motel			P	P	P	P	P	P
Indoor shooting range					P			P
Industrial					P			P
Laboratories, research and experimental stations					P		P	P
Libraries, museums, cultural institutions	P			P	P	P	P	P
Light industrial				CU	P			P
Light manufacturing				CU	P		P
Live entertainment accessory to an eating or drinking establishment						P
Live/work units						P
Lumberyards				P	P
Machinery, farm sales, repairing and overhauling				P	P
Manager/caretaker residences within the structures	P		P	P	P	P
Manufacturing					P			P
Medical complexes, professional offices (medical and dental), veterinarians, offices/clinics	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Medical supplies and services, drug prescription, prosthetic supplies and dental/medical lab	P		P	P	P	P	P
Motion picture production, radio and television production studios	P			P		P		P
Newspaper office	P					P	P
Nursery schools and daycare facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Nursing homes, senior transitional living, care facilities	P		P	P	P	P
Offices and office buildings	P/CU	P	P	P/CU	P	P	P	P
Office and corporate headquarters							P
Offset press printing			P	P	P			P
Outdoor sales display, permanent			P	P	P
Outdoor storage (accessory use)			P	P	P			P
Outdoor storage (primary use)					P
Park and ride facilities, parking lots, garages	P		P	P	P	CU	P
Parks, recreational parks and open spaces, public facilities		P	P	P	P	P		P
Permanent outdoor sales display			P	P	P
Personal services – beauty/barber shops, fitness centers, laundry/dry cleaning, tailor/dressmaking, shoe repair, tanning/manicure salon			P	P	P	P	P
Photocopying and blueprinting, shipping and messenger service	P	P	P	P	P	P
Photographic studio	P			P	P	P	P
Public facilities	P		P	P	P	P	P	P
Public utilities/electric facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio and television studios	P			P		P	P
Recreational vehicle/travel trailer park or campground					P
Recycling collection centers			CU	P	P
Repair shops, electrical, radio, television appliances, keys		P	P	P	P	P		P
Research and development office		CU		CU	P			P
Residential, multi-family						P
Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor	CU	P	P	P	P	P		P
Restaurants, bars, lounges, coffee/tea rooms, delicatessens, patio/al fresco dining facilities	CU	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sales, display room/building for wholesaler, distributor, etc.							P	P
Sales of sheet metal products				P	P
Schools, private K-12, college, trade schools	P	CU	P	P	P	CU
Schools, public K-12	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Senior transitional care facility	P			P	P	P
Self-storage facilities		CU	CU	P	P
Sheet metal working								P
Shops/dressmaking, tailoring, laundry, dry cleaning, photo, pet, similar trades		P	P	P	P	P		P
Storage structure or yard for equipment	P
Stores for the sale of retail goods, products, services	CU	P	P	P	P	P/CU		P
Tattoo and body piercing shops						CU
Temporary model home/sales office			CU	CU
Temporary structures/enclosures used in construction		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tire recapping or retreading					P
Townhomes/row houses						CU
Travel bureaus							P
Truck/trailer rental				CU	P
Undertaking establishments		P	P	P	P
Vehicle sales							CU
Warehouse and indoor storage				P	P			P
Wholesale commercial				P	P			P

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 19-17; Am. Ord. 22-12; Am. Ord. 22-20)

OVERLAY AND SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS

Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.35 NONRESIDENTIAL

LAND USE TABLE.

P = PERMITTED

CU = CONDITIONAL USE

BLANK = NOT PERMITTED

There may be additional criteria attached to a permitted or conditional use. Check the corresponding chapter to verify.

LAND USES	O-1	NC	C-1	C-2	M-1	MU-A	CBD	BP
Adult-only bookstores, motion picture theaters and adult entertainment centers					P
Amateur radio antenna, up to 65 feet in height from grade	P/CU			P	P	P
Artist studios, shops and galleries							P
Auditoriums, bowling alleys, billiard, dance hall, theaters, skating rinks, indoor entertainment			P	P	P	P	P	P
Auto dismantling yard					CU
Auto repair, major			CU	P	P
Auto repair, minor			P	P	P
Auto wrecking, dismantling, salvage, contractor’s yard				CU	CU
Automotive dealers, motorcycle dealers			CU	P	P
Bakeries, pastry and confectioneries for retail sales		P	P	P	P		P	P
Banks and other financial institutions	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bed and breakfast						P
Bicycle shops (sale and repair)						P	P
Boarding kennels or pet shelters			CU	CU	P
Brewpubs, microbreweries, artisanal distilleries, taprooms								P
Churches, Sunday school and parish house, incidental facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P
Clubhouses, fraternal organization, nonprofit public service organizations	P	P	P	P	P	P
Coffee shop, cafe, newsstand	P					P	P
Community or conference center						P
Community residential care facility	CU				P	P
Commercial recreation uses		CU	CU				P
Commercial parking lot			P	P	P	CU
Concrete batching plants, concrete products					P
Day spa			P	P	P
Department stores							P
Drive-in, drive-through window restaurants, convenience stores			P	P	P	CU
Family child care facility, 6 or less						P
Family child care facility, 7 or more						CU
Fire stations, police stations and other public buildings	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Gasoline stations, convenience stores, car washes			P	P	P
Home occupations						P
Hospitals and private institutions of an educational nature and similar institutions	P		P	P	P	P
Hotel/motel			P	P	P	P	P	P
Indoor shooting range					P			P
Industrial					P			P
Laboratories, research and experimental stations					P		P	P
Libraries, museums, cultural institutions	P			P	P	P	P	P
Light industrial				CU	P			P
Light manufacturing				CU	P		P
Live entertainment accessory to an eating or drinking establishment						P
Live/work units						P
Lumberyards				P	P
Machinery, farm sales, repairing and overhauling				P	P
Manager/caretaker residences within the structures	P		P	P	P	P
Manufacturing					P			P
Medical complexes, professional offices (medical and dental), veterinarians, offices/clinics	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Medical supplies and services, drug prescription, prosthetic supplies and dental/medical lab	P		P	P	P	P	P
Motion picture production, radio and television production studios	P			P		P		P
Newspaper office	P					P	P
Nursery schools and daycare facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Nursing homes, senior transitional living, care facilities	P		P	P	P	P
Offices and office buildings	P/CU	P	P	P/CU	P	P	P	P
Office and corporate headquarters							P
Offset press printing			P	P	P			P
Outdoor sales display, permanent			P	P	P
Outdoor storage (accessory use)			P	P	P			P
Outdoor storage (primary use)					P
Park and ride facilities, parking lots, garages	P		P	P	P	CU	P
Parks, recreational parks and open spaces, public facilities		P	P	P	P	P		P
Permanent outdoor sales display			P	P	P
Personal services – beauty/barber shops, fitness centers, laundry/dry cleaning, tailor/dressmaking, shoe repair, tanning/manicure salon			P	P	P	P	P
Photocopying and blueprinting, shipping and messenger service	P	P	P	P	P	P
Photographic studio	P			P	P	P	P
Public facilities	P		P	P	P	P	P	P
Public utilities/electric facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio and television studios	P			P		P	P
Recreational vehicle/travel trailer park or campground					P
Recycling collection centers			CU	P	P
Repair shops, electrical, radio, television appliances, keys		P	P	P	P	P		P
Research and development office		CU		CU	P			P
Residential, multi-family						P
Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor	CU	P	P	P	P	P		P
Restaurants, bars, lounges, coffee/tea rooms, delicatessens, patio/al fresco dining facilities	CU	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sales, display room/building for wholesaler, distributor, etc.							P	P
Sales of sheet metal products				P	P
Schools, private K-12, college, trade schools	P	CU	P	P	P	CU
Schools, public K-12	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Senior transitional care facility	P			P	P	P
Self-storage facilities		CU	CU	P	P
Sheet metal working								P
Shops/dressmaking, tailoring, laundry, dry cleaning, photo, pet, similar trades		P	P	P	P	P		P
Storage structure or yard for equipment	P
Stores for the sale of retail goods, products, services	CU	P	P	P	P	P/CU		P
Tattoo and body piercing shops						CU
Temporary model home/sales office			CU	CU
Temporary structures/enclosures used in construction		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tire recapping or retreading					P
Townhomes/row houses						CU
Travel bureaus							P
Truck/trailer rental				CU	P
Undertaking establishments		P	P	P	P
Vehicle sales							CU
Warehouse and indoor storage				P	P			P
Wholesale commercial				P	P			P

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 19-17; Am. Ord. 22-12; Am. Ord. 22-20)

OVERLAY AND SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS