Local Trend. Anatomy of a New Billboard Ordinance. First Revision since the 1970s.

City: Carlsbad, NM

The 2018 billboard ordinance requires:

  • Any company or person installing, repairing, altering, relocating or dismantling a sign must obtain a New Mexico contractor’s license
  • billboards must be 1,500 feet from other off-premise or freestanding signs
  • billboards must be 200 feet from the nearest residential district, public park, playground or cemetery
  • building permit required

Carlsbad Current Argus | City council approves new sign ordinance