By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — The fight over The Luxe hits its final round Thursday. The Rio Rancho City Council will decide whether a 55-unit apartment complex, along with part of a neighborhood park, can rise at the corner of Camino Encantadas and Camino Venada NE.
The council meets at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 in Council Chambers to vote on Ordinance O13. It would rezone 1.79 acres for PG Properties LLC, including 0.56 acres of Camino Encantadas Park that the council sold the developer for $17,500 in July. The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval 4-1 on Oct. 13. If approved, the zoning takes effect 10 days later, and the developer still needs a recorded plat and building permits before construction can start.
The mailbag keeps growing
Neighbors haven’t slowed down since the board vote. The council packet includes about three dozen new letters and emails filed since Oct. 13, all opposed. That’s on top of nearly 300 petition signatures and dozens of earlier letters. Not one comment in the record supports the project…