2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 7D - Condominium Act - Protection of Condominium Purchasers
Section 47-7D-4 - Condominiums subject to development rights.

If the declaration provides that a condominium is subject to any development rights, the disclosure statement shall disclose, in addition to the information required by Section 55 [47-7D-3 NMSA 1978] of the Condominium Act:

A. the maximum number of units and the maximum number of units per acre that may be created;

B. a statement of how many or what percentage of the units which may be created shall be restricted exclusively to residential use, or a statement that no representations are made regarding use restrictions;

C. if any of the units that may be built within real estate subject to development rights are not to be restricted exclusively to residential use, a statement, with respect to each portion of that real estate, of the maximum percentage of the real estate areas and the maximum percentage of the floor areas of all units that may be created therein, that are not restricted exclusively to residential use;

D. a brief narrative description of any development rights reserved by a declarant and of any conditions relating to or limitations upon the exercise of development rights;

E. a statement of the maximum extent to which each unit's allocated interests may be changed by the exercise of any development right described in Subsection C of this section;

F. a statement of the extent to which any buildings or other improvements that may be erected pursuant to any development right in any part of the condominium shall be compatible with existing buildings and improvements in the condominium in terms of architectural style, quality of construction and size, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;

G. general descriptions of all other improvements that may be made and limited common elements that may be created within any part of the condominium pursuant to any development right reserved by the declarant, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;

H. a statement of any limitations as to the locations of any building or other improvement that may be made within any part of the condominium pursuant to any development right reserved by the declarant, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;

I. a statement that any limited common elements created pursuant to any development right reserved by the declarant shall be of the same general types and sizes as the limited common elements within other parts of the condominium, or a statement of the types and sizes planned, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;

J. a statement that all restrictions in the declaration affecting use, occupancy and alienation of units shall apply to any units created pursuant to any development right reserved by the declarant, or a statement of any differentiations that may be made as to those units, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard; and

K. a statement of the extent to which any assurances made pursuant to this section apply or do not apply in the event that any development right is not exercised by the declarant.

History: Laws 1982, ch. 27, § 56.

Compiler's notes. — This section is similar to § 4-104 of the Uniform Condominium Act, with the following main exceptions: "disclosure" is substituted for "public offering" in the introductory paragraph of this section of the state Condominium Act; and paragraph (10) of § 4-104 of the Uniform Condominium Act, relating to a required statement as to the proportion of limited common elements to units created pursuant to any development right reserved by the declarant, is deleted.

COMMISSIONERS' COMMENT

This section requires disclosure in the public offering statement of the manner in which the declarant's exercise of development rights may affect purchasers who acquire units before those rights have been fully exercised. The purpose is to put the purchaser on notice of the extent to which the exercise of those rights may alter, sometimes quite dramatically, both the physical and the legal aspects of the project. For example, the prospective purchaser may be contemplating the acquisition of a particular unit because it enjoys a view of open, undeveloped land over which the declarant has, however, reserved development rights. It may be that the boundary of the parcel as to which development rights have been reserved actually coincides with, or runs quite close to, the outer wall of the unit in question. The disclosures or statements made pursuant to paragraphs (8) and (12) [Subsections H and K] of this section will indicate to the prospective purchaser the extent (if any) to which he can rely on the declarant not to do anything which would radically alter the view from the unit which he now finds so appealing.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15A Am. Jur. 2d Condominiums and Cooperative Apartments §§ 14, 16, 22, 26.

31 C.J.S. Estates § 153 et seq.