New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Part 7 - REVIEW OF PROPOSED STATE UNDERTAKINGS THAT MAY AFFECT REGISTERED CULTURAL PROPERTIES
Section 4.10.7.13 - GENERAL STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION

(1) Completely new construction for which neither documentation nor precedent exists must be expressive of its own time. Such building, whether it be a discreet expansion of a historic building or a separate but closely related structure, shall be harmonious with the existing building, but shall avoid literal reproduction of specific architectural details.

(2) The new building must be so located that the integrity and clarity of the historic site is not compromised. The functional demands of automobile and pedestrian circulation, the visibility required for control and protection of the site, the preservation of natural terrain and vegetation, must be solved in such a way that the values of the site are not diminished.

(3) Total reconstruction or relocation will not be attempted except when, in the view of the state historic preservation officer, such undesirable procedures are the only means of preserving some of the values of extremely rare sites.

(1) New construction affecting archaeological sites will be limited to areas of existing disturbance and to areas devoid of cultural manifestations, so as to have the least possible physical and visual effect as defined in Subsection C of 4.10.7.7 NMAC.

(2) Mitigation of adverse effect on disturbed sites will require documentation, analysis and dissemination of results to standards established by the cultural properties review committee.

(3) When archaeological techniques are used in the stabilization of a prehistoric or historic site or to obtain information on such sites, recovered material will be handled in conformance with professional archaeological practices.