The City of Tucumcari, N.M., is working on a new Unified Development Code for the town, reports the Quay County Sun.
Among the proposals are:
• Adopt a Route 66 Overlay Ordinance to protect the existing historic neon signs along Route 66. These signs can be reused and adapted to meet new businesses, instead of being demolished.
Yes, yes, yes.
Also there is a proposal of protecting “the unobstructed views of Tucumcari Mountain from locations designated as a view corridor,” which would be Mountain Road and First Street.
Many of the ideas from from Consensus Planning, Inc. of Albuquerque — a town that knows a few things about Route 66 neon signs and scenic mountains. Most of the cost of revising the codes came from a Community Block Grant.