§ 24-12-5-11. Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signals.

A.

No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.

B.

No person shall hide or obscure any official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signals by parking a vehicle or erecting any object or by allowing bushes, hedges, trees or other vegetation to grow so as to obscure traffic-control devices or railroad signals. An obstruction includes, but is not limited to, any sign, fence, ornament, hedge, shrub, tree or display, but it does not include a building.

C.

Unobstructed vision for traffic safety shall be maintained by the property owner or occupant on all corner lots regardless of the zone classification. No obstruction between three and eight feet above the street level shall be placed or maintained within a triangular area bounded by the street property lines of the corner lot and a line connecting the points 25 feet distant from the intersection of the property lines of such lot.

D.

Every obstruction interfering with official traffic-control devices or railroad signals is a public nuisance, and the administrator may remove the obstruction or cause it to be removed without notice and assess costs involved to the violator.(*)

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

State law reference

66-7-109 NMSA 1978.