Valencia County, NM Accessory Structures: Shed & Carport Rules (2026)

105(F)(3)(c) governs freestanding accessory buildings, sheds, workshops, detached garages, in the side or rear yard of a Rural Residential (RR-1, RR-2) parcel. The structure cannot exceed 15 feet in height, must sit at least 60 feet back from a road, and needs at least 10 feet of clearance from any dwelling on the parcel. Meeting those three conditions lets the shed sit as close as 15 feet to the property line, closer than the district's general 15-foot side/rear yard setback would otherwise require for a habitable structure, though well inside the 30-foot front yard setback that still applies at the front of the lot.

Because the rule sits inside the district's Standards and Limitations subsection (F), a shed also has to respect the parcel-coverage cap in the same subsection, 20% of parcel area for lots between 1 and 10 acres and 15% for anything under an acre, and the clear-vision-area rule barring sight-obscuring structures over 30 inches within the intersection triangle described in division (6). 105(F)(3)(d), again subject to that same clear-vision limitation. A property owner planning a shed near the 60-foot road setback should also check the county's driveway and access standards in division (5), since the Subdivision Chapter's access requirements are not varied or waived by this accessory-structure allowance.