§ 24-12-5-10. Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings.

A.

No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movements of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

B.

Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the administrator is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.

C.

The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the erection of signs upon private property adjacent to streets if the signs give useful directional information and are of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.(*)

(Ord. No. 1567 , 5-29-18)

State law reference

66-7-108 NMSA 1978.