This Ordinance is promulgated pursuant to the authority set
forth in Art. X and XIII of the New Mexico Constitution (1912); NMSA
1978 Section 4-37-1 (1975), NMSA 1978 Sections 3-21-1 et seq., NMSA
1978 Sections 3-19-1 et seq.; NMSA 1978 Sections 3-18-1 et seq., and
NMSA 1978 sections 19-10-4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 (1985). This Ordinance constitutes
an exercise of the County’s independent and separate but related
police, zoning, planning and public nuisance powers for the health,
safety and general welfare of the County and applies to all areas
within the exterior boundaries of the County that lie outside of the
incorporated boundaries of a municipality without exception.