Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Grants, New Mexico

Grants’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Grants city limits, Cibola County NM

  • City page has a planning and zoning commission that meets the second Wednesday of each month; the zoning ordinance text itself (Ordinance 12-1197 PDF) could not be opened.

  “the code enforcement office enforces zoning, building and property maintenance laws.”

• Zoning districtsPartial

  Zoning districts inside Grants city

  • Only the agricultural districts are named on the page; the full district list was not read because the zoning ordinance PDF was unreadable.

  “the only place they are allowed in the city of grants is in the agricultural zones, which include, (a-1) rural agricultural and (a-r) agricultural/residential.”

• Permit processPartial

  Zoning compliance (building) permits inside Grants city

  • Applications are made in the GovWell portal; payment is made in the portal once the application is approved.
  • Other permits (park use, mobile/modular placement, sign, transportation of structures) are also in the portal.

  “all of our building permits called zoning compliance permits can be found in the govwell portal found below.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Grants or Cibola County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Grants city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Grants city
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Grants city
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Grants city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Grants city

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.