Las Cruces, NM Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

' That five-day removal clock runs regardless of the display's size, lighting, or location on the property, and it applies on top of the permit exemption. Section 36-9(b)(4) already excuses 'decorations for national holidays or community-wide festivals and fiestas' from needing a sign permit at all, so a homeowner or business does not have to apply to the sign administrator before putting up seasonal lights, wreaths, or inflatable displays. Section 36-41(6) extends a related exemption to decorative flags: displays used for decoration outside of fiesta, festival, or national holiday use must carry no logo or advertising message, and only one corporate flag is allowed per lot, but holiday flag decorations are not capped the same way.

Large-scale holiday banners hung on city utility poles for a citywide event, rather than a private residence, fall under the separate banner permit in Section 36-11(f), which requires city manager approval, insurance, and a display period capped at one and a half times the length of the event. Because the decorations exemption sits inside the general conditions section that applies to every zoning district, the five-day teardown rule and the permit exemption apply the same way in an R-1 residential neighborhood as in a C-3 commercial corridor.