ABC Comprehensive Plan
The ABC Comprehensive Plan is the City's Rank 1 policy document that guides planning throughout the city/county area.
The Albuquerque & Bernalillo County (ABC) Comprehensive Plan was last amended in October 2026.
Note: Applications submitted before October 13, 2026 will be reviewed against goals and policies in the 2025 Comp Plan. Applications submitted on and after October 13, 2024 will be reviewed against goals and policies in the 2026 Comp Plan.
The ABC Comp Plan is available as an interactive document on this webpage, which is best for online viewing.
The following PDFs provide high-quality resolution, best for downloading and printing.
ABC Comprehensive Plan (2026 Update)
- Full Plan Text
- Cover and Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Growth Development
- Chapter 3 - Vision
- Chapter 4 - Community Identity
- Chapter 5 - Land Use
- Chapter 6 - Transportation
- Chapter 7 - Urban Design
- Chapter 8 - Economic Development
- Chapter 9 - Housing
- Chapter 10 - Parks & Open Space
- Chapter 11 - Heritage Conservation
- Chapter 12 - ICFS
- Chapter 13 - Resiliency and Sustainability
- Chapter 14 - Implementation
- Appendices
ABC Comprehensive Plan (2025 Update)
- Full Plan Text
- Cover and Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Growth Development
- Chapter 3 - Vision
- Chapter 4 - Community Identity
- Chapter 5 - Land Use
- Chapter 6 - Transportation
- Chapter 7 - Urban Design
- Chapter 8 - Economic Development
- Chapter 9 - Housing
- Chapter 10 - Parks & Open Space
- Chapter 11 - Heritage Conservation
- Chapter 12 - ICFS
- Chapter 13 - Resiliency and Sustainability
- Chapter 14 - Implementation
- Appendices
Legislative History
2026 Update
The City updated the Comp Plan in October 2026 to add a Main Street designation to Central Avenue from Wyoming Boulevard to Tramway Boulevard.
2025 Update
The City updated the Comp Plan in May 2025 to change the designation of a portion of Rio Grande Boulevard to Major Transit and to designate Menaul Boulevard as a Major Transit Corridor from Rio Grande Boulevard to Louisiana Boulevard.
2024 Update
- In June 2024, Bernalillo County substantially updated the previously jointly adopted plan 2013 Comp Plan, adopting the Centers-Corridors Vision as a separate volume, the City's updated Comp Plan as Volume I, and its own updated Comp Plan as Volume II.
- The City updated its Comp Plan in May 2024 following a 1-year planning effort to show progress on actions and incorporate parallel planning efforts since the 2017 update. The 2024 update assessed the strides the City has made implementing our community vision.
2017 Update
The City substantially updated the 2013 jointly adopted Albuquerque-Bernalillo Comprehensive Plan substantially in 2017.
- Policies from the City's Area Plans and Sector Development Plans were incorporated into the plan.
- Policies for Centers & Corridors were refreshed, and a new chapter on Urban Design added guidance for how land use and transportation are linked through context-sensitive cross sections for different types of corridors.