N.M. Admin. Code § 18.21.5.12 - ON-PREMISE SIGNS
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.
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