New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE
Part 5 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Section 18.21.5.18 - MAXIMUM SIZE AND AREA LIMITATIONS

Universal Citation: 18 NM Admin Code 18.21.5.18

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. The maximum area of the face of any outdoor advertising device, including any embellishments, extensions or add-ons, shall be eight hundred (800) square feet, except as otherwise provided in this rule. Length and height measurements shall include border and trim, but shall not include any ornamental base or apron support.

B. Exceptions to the maximum size and area limitations are:

(1) stacked signs, which shall be limited to three hundred fifty (350) square feet per face;

(2) directional signs, which shall be limited to a maximum area of one hundred fifty (150) square feet and no more than twenty (20) feet in any dimension;

(3) public service signs, which shall be limited to thirty-two (32) square feet;

(4) ranch/farm notices, service club notices and religious notices, which shall not exceed eight (8) square feet; and

(5) CEVMS signs, which shall not exceed a maximum surface area of six hundred seventy-two (672) square feet per advertising face, with a maximum length of forty-eight (48) feet and a maximum height of fourteen (14) feet; length and height measurements shall include border and trim, but shall not include any ornamental base or apron support.

C. The areas shall be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle or combination thereof which will encompass the basic advertising face.

D. A sign may have two or more faces that are placed back-to-back, side-by-side, stacked, or in a "V" type construction with not more than two (2) faces presented in each direction, and each face must be separately permitted.

E. The maximum area of any single advertisement on a single face shall not exceed eight hundred (800) square feet, or, in the case of stacked signs, no more than three hundred fifty (350) square feet.

F. Two (2) sign faces presented in the same direction may be presented as one (1) face on legal conforming signs by covering both faces and the area between the faces with an advertisement, as long as the size limitations of Subsection A of this section are not exceeded.

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