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Military AICUZ / Federal Installation Overlays (Kirtland AFB, Holloman AFB, WSMR, Cannon AFB) (NM)

Tracked preemption from the New Mexico overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1973-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
federal
Scope
state:NM
Other New Mexico preemptions
WIPP (Carlsbad) Federal Radioactive Waste CorridorNMSA 3-21A — Manufactured Home Siting Non-DiscriminationN.M. Const. Art. X § 6 — Constitutional Municipal Home Rule (Charter Cities)NMSA 3-21 — Municipal/County Zoning Enabling Act (Dillon's Rule Baseline)NMSA 3-21-2 / 3-21-6 — Extraterritorial Joint Zoning Authority (EZA/ELUC, SFEZO)Los Alamos County / LANL Federal–County Hybrid GovernanceFederal-Land Jurisdiction Carve-Out (BLM / USFS / NPS / State Trust Lands)Acequia / Community Ditch Overlay (NMSA Ch. 73)

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

parcel.military_aicuz_adjacency == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].max_height_ftcap_atpart77_obstruction_surfaceFAA Part 77 obstruction surfaces around Kirtland (Albuquerque metro), Holloman (Alamogordo / Tularosa basin), Cannon (Clovis), and WSMR govern building height
base_districts[*].allowed_usesrestrict_withinaicuz_apz_clear_zoneAir Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) Accident Potential Zones I/II and noise zones impose use compatibility restrictions on adjacent municipal parcels via local zoning adoption (advisory at federal level, binding when locally codified)

Citation

Authority source
DoD Instruction 4165.57 (AICUZ Program); 14 CFR Part 77 (FAA Obstruction Surfaces); Joint Land Use Studies (JLUS) for each installation
§ DoDI 4165.57 + 14 CFR Part 77 Subparts A–C
https://www.acc.af.mil/Library/AICUZ/

Research notes

Major NM installations: Kirtland AFB (Albuquerque, ~52,000 employees, also hosts Sandia National Labs), Holloman AFB (Alamogordo), Cannon AFB (Clovis), White Sands Missile Range (~3,200 sq mi — largest U.S. military installation by area, plus active flight-restricted overflight corridors), and the contiguous WSMR / Holloman / McGregor Range complex. AICUZ overlays are technically advisory at the federal level but become binding when codified into local zoning (Albuquerque IDO, Alamogordo zoning, Clovis zoning all incorporate AICUZ APZ/noise zones). Federal-conflict-check is true because municipal zoning text in these jurisdictions must be cross-referenced against current AICUZ studies.