A. The filing of a survey certified by any licensed, registered surveyor which contains a description of the subdivided land with ties to permanent monuments satisfies the requirements of Section 3-20-7 NMSA 1978.
B. In lieu of the requirements of Section 3-20-7 NMSA 1978, the following procedure may be followed:
(1) the planning authority shall establish a summary procedure for approving:
(a) subdivisions of not more than two parcels of land;
(b) resubdivisions, where the combination or recombination of portions of previously platted lots does not increase the total number of lots; or
(c) subdivisions of two or more parcels of land in areas zoned for industrial use;
(2) any subdivision approved as authorized in this section shall be in substantial conformity with the subdivision regulations of the planning authority;
(3) any administrative officer or planning commission member may be delegated the authority to approve a subdivision by this section;
(4) approval by this summary procedure shall be endorsed on the plat or on the instrument of conveyance in lieu of a plat and such approval shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of the planning authority. The county clerk shall accept the instrument of conveyance for filing or recording.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-19-7.1, enacted by Laws 1966, ch. 64, § 6; 1973, ch. 348, § 32.
Planning authority, referred to in Subsection B, is city council. Mitchell v. Hedden, 1980-NMSC-056, 94 N.M. 348, 610 P.2d 752.
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