Valencia County, NM HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Planned Development (PD) District projects
- HOA type required
- Incorporated landowners/homeowners association
- Alternative allowed
- Deed restrictions or conservation easement
- Approval track
- Type C application, § 154.077
- Review process
- 3-stage: pre-app, preliminary, final approval
- Maximum penalty
- $300 fine, 90 days jail per day
Summary
Valencia County requires a Planned Development (PD) project to form an incorporated landowners and homeowners association whenever no other satisfactory arrangement exists to maintain shared roads, open space, parking areas and recreation areas. County Code § 154.152(C)(8) lets the decision-making body accept deed restrictions or a conservation easement instead, if that alternative still serves the chapter's purpose and the public interest.
(8) Land owners and homeowners association; alternatives. In the PD Districts, an incorporated landowners and homeowners association shall be required if other satisfactory arrangements have not been made for improving, operating and maintaining common facilities, including agricultural lands, open space, roads, parking areas and recreation areas. An alternative to a homeowners or landowners association may include deed restrictions or conservation easements, if the decision-making body determines the restrictions or easements will protect the intent and purpose of this chapter and will be in the public interest.
Full Breakdown
152, the Planned Development (PD) zoning district lets a developer combine residential, neighborhood commercial and community commercial uses on one comprehensively designed tract in unincorporated Valencia County. Because a PD typically creates shared infrastructure, subsection (C)(8) requires an incorporated landowners and homeowners association whenever the applicant has not made other satisfactory arrangements for improving, operating and maintaining common facilities, including agricultural lands, open space, roads, parking areas and recreation areas. 077, may accept an alternative to a homeowners or landowners association: deed restrictions or a conservation easement, if it determines the alternative will protect the intent and purpose of Chapter 154 and serve the public interest. 152(E). 152(G)(2). 152(G)(4) directs that the more restrictive standard, or the one imposing the higher requirement, controls. 062.
Violations & Fines
Failing to establish the required homeowners association or an approved alternative before or during PD development is enforced as a Chapter 154 zoning violation under § 154.999: a petty misdemeanor for each day the violation continues, punishable by up to a $300 fine, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with the county also able to pursue a civil action or citation requiring the developer to remedy the violation within a set time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Valencia County require a homeowners association for every subdivision?
Can a PD developer avoid forming an HOA?
Who approves the homeowners association arrangement for a PD?
Sources & Official References
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