Legal Opinion
Dale J. Bellamah Corporation v. City of Santa Fe
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 1975No. 10226PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Justice.
The City of Santa Fe, by a 3 to 2 council vote, with two councilmen not voting, purportedly passed ordinance 1973-25 on July 11, 1973. § 14-16-3 N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 3) requires that a majority of all the members of the governing body vote in favor of adopting an ordinance or resolution. The ordinance, if properly passed, would have re-zoned Plaintiff’s property from R-l to SC-1, allowing Plaintiff to build a shopping center on property previously zoned residential. The mayor signed the ordinance, and it was filed in the office of the city clerk on July 11, 1973, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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