New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE
Part 5 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Section 18.21.5.20 - UNZONED COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL AREAS

Universal Citation: 18 NM Admin Code 18.21.5.20

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Measurements. An unzoned commercial or industrial area shall be measured from the outer edge of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing areas of the activities, and not from the property line of the activity, unless the property line and outer edge of the building, parking lots, storage or processing areas of the activities coincide. Such measurements shall be along or parallel to the edge of the right-of-way on the same side of the highway as the sign site.

B. Temporary unzoned commercial or industrial areas. Buildings or open sales areas actively used for commercial or industrial activities for six (6) or more consecutive months shall qualify an area as an unzoned commercial or industrial area, provided a twelve (12) month business license for that activity is obtained from the local governing authority.

C. Simulated commercial activity. Buildings or activities constructed or initiated to simulate legitimate commercial or industrial activity but not constituting commercial or industrial activity, shall not be used as a basis for determining unzoned commercial or industrial areas.

D. Farming-agriculture and related activities. The following shall not constitute an unzoned commercial or industrial area:

(1) use of feeder pens and dairy activities; and

(2) roping arenas, rodeo grounds, or fair grounds, unless the activities are open to the public and are conducted continuously for six (6) consecutive months or more during each calendar year.

E. Municipal land ownership. Municipal property located in an area governed by these rules that is not zoned, whether within or outside city, town or village limits, must conform to these rules in every respect concerning the unzoned commercial or industrial area. This requirement also applies to signs intended to advertise the local community or local community services.

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