New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE
Part 5 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Section 18.21.5.12 - ON-PREMISE SIGNS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
On-premise signs are limited to signs advertising on-premise activities only and shall adhere to the following requirements.
A. Signs must be used only to advertise the activities conducted on the property where the sign is located.
B. There must be a regularly used building, service, repair, processing, storage, or parking area used in conjunction with the on-premise activity.
C. Land, whether contiguous or not, and whether owned or not, that is not used as part of the major activity as set forth herein, but is surplus if held for future use, shall not qualify as a part of the immediate on- premise area, including railroad mainline tracks, siding, spurs and loading docks.
D. The lands that are directly used as an integral part of the principal activity of the subject advertised, even though the sign site and principal activity are separated by a roadway, shall be deemed to be contiguous.
E. On-premise parking lots, storage areas, and servicing areas are those areas regularly used in conjunction with on-premise activity and in which surfacing and lighting are continuously maintained.
F. Upon the termination or cessation for twelve (12) consecutive months of the activities, services or products advertised by an on-premise sign along the interstate system, NHS or primary system, the sign advertising that activity shall no longer qualify as an on-premise sign and shall be deemed illegal and non-compensable and subject to removal by the department at the expense of the sign owner pursuant to the provisions of 18.21.5.33 NMAC.
