Carport Permit in Lovington, New Mexico

Lovington requires a carport permit for: Submit a completed Planning and Zoning Application; Provide proof of ownership or interest in the property; Submit a site plan showing property lines, building dimensions (including height), lot area, lot dimensions, easements, building setbacks, road access points, and location of utilities; Meet setback requirements: 5 feet from the point below the roofline to the property line on the front and side; no rear setback requirement; Carport must not exceed 720 square feet, have no walls or doors that interfere with vision, be constructed of wood or metal sufficient to support the structure, and be accessed by a concrete driveway the width of the carport; Submit a complete State building permit (CID) application cover sheet for City Planner and Floodplain Manager signatures, obtained before submitting to the State; project must pass preliminary inspection first; submit the approved State permit to the City Planner; Pass a final inspection after construction; Pay the Carport Permit processing fee; Call 811 before digging. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department at (575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line) before starting work.

In Lovington, the published Carport Permit processing fee is: Not published as a fixed schedule — filled in by City staff at time of application. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Lovington does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department at (575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line) for current turnaround.

You'll need: City Carport Permit Application (checklist); Planning and Zoning Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Lovington requires 2 inspection(s) for a carport permit, in order: Preliminary Inspection (City), Final Inspection (City). Schedule each through City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department ((575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line)).

Apply through City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department at 214 S. Love Street, Lovington, NM 88260 (address on the Planning & Zoning Coordinator's own permit-checklist forms and P&Z Application cover sheet; the City's own Departments webpage separately lists the same office at 201 S Main Street, Lovington, NM 88260 — both addresses are published on official city.lovington.org pages as of 2026-07-18, discrepancy not resolved by any further published source). Phone: (575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line), email: cball@lovington.org. Office hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (noon), walk-in basis. Official information: https://www.lovington.org/departments/planning-and-zoning/.

Lovington, New Mexico has adopted: New Mexico is a statewide-code state administered by the Construction Industries Division (CID) of the Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) under the Construction Industries Licensing Act (CILA), NMSA 1978 Sections 60-13-3 and 60-13-45. City of Lovington Municode Section 15.04.010 adopts by reference 'the state building code also known as the International Conference of Building Officials Uniform Building Code, 2009 or any adopted edition adopted by the State of New Mexico hence forth,' with all conditions, provisions, limitations and terms of the current New Mexico State building code adopted as the City's own building rules and regulations (Ord. 546, 2016; amended during 1992 codification: prior code Section 14-1-1). Unlike the City of Hobbs, Lovington has NOT established its own certified Building Inspection Department to administer the CID-adopted code as a delegated Authority Having Jurisdiction: the City's own Planning and Zoning Department and Building Permit Application checklist explicitly state that 'State building permits are required for the construction, repair or demolition of site-built or modular homes,' covering plumbing, electrical, and structural work — the actual building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permit is a New Mexico Construction Industries Division (CID) permit, applied for directly with the State after the City Planning & Zoning Coordinator and Floodplain Manager sign a cover sheet confirming zoning, setback, and floodplain compliance.; 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code (NMCBC, NMAC 14.7.2) and 2021 New Mexico Residential Building Code (NMRBC, NMAC 14.7.3) — the current statewide editions administered by CID, which supersede the 2009 UBC edition-year text still printed in Lovington Municode 15.04.010 by operation of that same section's 'or any adopted edition adopted by the State of New Mexico hence forth' clause; 2020 New Mexico Electrical Code / 2020 National Electrical Code (NMAC 14.10.4) — the current CID-administered statewide electrical code; Lovington's own Municode Section 15.08.020 separately adopts 'the National Electrical Code, 1956 Edition, as the same are now or may be amended' (Prior code Section 16-1-2) as the basis for the City's own, separately-codified electrical permit and electrical inspector chapter (15.08) — a legacy municipal ordinance whose relationship to the newer City practice of routing electrical work through the State CID permit is not clarified in any published city document; 2021 New Mexico Plumbing and Mechanical Code (NMAC 14.8.2, 14.9.2) — CID-administered statewide; New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Construction Industries Division rules, laws, and building codes (statewide adoption authority). Local amendments apply — see the Lovington overview page for the full list.

Per the City's Carport Permit checklist, a carport cannot exceed 720 square feet, must sit at least 5 feet from front and side property lines (measured from the point below the roofline), has no rear setback requirement, and must be accessed by a concrete driveway the width of the carport.