Doña Ana County · New Mexico
Metal buildings in Las Cruces, NM.
We supply garages, shops, farm buildings, commercial buildings and more across Las Cruces. Our work reaches from city lots out to the pecan orchards and farms of the Mesilla Valley, and anywhere else you’re building.
City code
Realize Las Cruces
Building permit
Over 120 sq ft
County rural lots
Up to 5,000 sq ft
County spacing
10 ft between buildings
From the City of Las Cruces on its Realize Las Cruces development code, adopted February 18, 2025, and the Doña Ana County zoning code for land outside the city.
What people build in Las Cruces
New Mexico’s second city, beneath the Organ Mountains, and the farm country of the Mesilla Valley.
Garages & carports
The new code gives more flexibility on carport design. Tubular steel suits most garages.
Workshops
Shade and ventilation for the desert sun. Steel truss suits a finished interior.
Farm buildings
Equipment and orchard storage in the valley. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Casitas
Accessory dwelling units are allowed by right in every residential zone under the new code.
See what a steel building costs for real per-square-foot ranges.
Permitting metal buildings in Las Cruces
Inside the city
- Realize Las Cruces replaced the city’s 2001 zoning code, with more flexibility on building height and carports.
- Design standards now live in a separate Technical Manual. Development Services handles every request.
Permits
- Under state rules, one-story sheds of 120 sq ft or less skip the building permit; anything larger needs one.
- Every building still has to meet its zone’s setbacks.
Outside the city
- In Doña Ana County’s T2, R5 and R5L zones, accessory buildings can total 5,000 sq ft or 10% of the lot, whichever is less.
- They must sit at least 10 feet from every other building.
In Las Cruces, the rules just changed. The city’s first new development code in nearly 25 years took effect in 2025, so older advice may be out of date. We check your address against the current code, or the county’s if you’re outside city limits.
We also serve Mesilla, Santa Teresa, Anthony and Hatch. See all of New Mexico.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Las Cruces project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348