PROPOSED ALBUQUERQUE SIGN ORDINANCE IS BAD FOR BUSINESS!

Most Existing Business Signs Will Become Illegal Under the New Ordinance

The City of Albuquerque is proposing a new sign ordinance that will require most existing business signage to be taken down at the owner's expense and any replacement sign would be smaller signs conforming to stipulations as put forth in the 80 page draft ordinance. All pole signs would be illegal. For most businesses, exterior stand alone signs will be limited to five foot tall or shorter "monument signs." The ordinance would apply to all franchise and corporate signs and would result in the vast majority being nonconforming to the new ordinance. The proposed 80 pages or regulations is an extreme attempt to diminish the rights of businessmen and women to promote their business. Businesses who have made investments in their signage will see these investments erased and these businesses will be burdened with tearing down existing signage and replacing signage to conform to the drasticly restrictive new ordinance.

YOUR ACTION NEEDED NOW!

New Ordinance to be introduced on September 21 2006
The Environmental Planning Commission will introduce the ordinance on September 21 and they are expected to announce public hearings. In anticipation of the meeting, The Sign Defense Group is holding weekly strategy and planning meetings to coordinate input to the Environmental Planning Commission. Please consider attending our planning meetings each Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Center Hotel next to the airport. Meeting is at 2:00PM