New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE
Part 5 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Section 18.21.5.8 - SIGNS ALLOWED
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
Only the following outdoor advertising devices may be erected or maintained:
A. directional signs and other official signs and notices;
B. signs on a piece of property giving notice that the specific land or improvements alone are offered for sale or lease;
C. on-premise signs that are in compliance with 18.21.5.12 NMAC;
D. signs located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way, in zoned commercial or industrial areas;
E. signs located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way in unzoned commercial or industrial areas;
F. signs located beyond six hundred sixty (660) feet of the right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate system, NHS or primary system and erected with the purpose of the content being read from such main-traveled way;
G. signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, determined by the commission, subject to any necessary federal approval, to be landmark signs of historic or artistic significance worthy of preservation including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, and which requirements are set forth in 18.21.5.15 NMAC;
H. signs lawfully in existence on the effective date of the Beautification Act, whose owner obtained a department outdoor advertising permit(s) with permit renewal fees paid current thereafter, and which continue to exist and be maintained lawfully, but which currently do not meet all requirements of 18.21.5 NMAC or the Beautification Act due to state law passed at a later date or due to changed conditions. Illegally erected or maintained outdoor advertising devices shall not be considered non-conforming outdoor advertising devices;
I. signs whose owner obtained a department outdoor advertising permit(s) with permit renewal fees paid current thereafter, which continues to exist and complies with customary maintenance requirements, but which currently does not meet all requirements of 18.21.5 NMAC or the Beautification Act. Illegally erected or maintained outdoor advertising devices shall not be considered non-conforming outdoor advertising devices.
