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§ 21.30.080 — Density calculations

El Paso City Code (Supp. No. 95, Update 4: codified through Ordinance No. 019889, enacted June 23, 2026) · El Paso City Code § 21.30.080

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21.30.080 - Density calculations.

A. All areas of the new community plan regulating plan site that are not part of the T-1 Zone shall be considered cumulatively the net site area. The net site area shall be allocated to the various transect zones according to the parameters specified in Table 14a and the special districts according to the parameters specified in Table 16a. B. Density shall be expressed in terms of housing units per acre as specified for the area of each transect zone by Table 14b. For purposes of density calculation, the transect zones include the thoroughfares but not land assigned to civic zones. C. Reserved. D. Within the percentage range shown on Table 14b for other functions, the housing units specified on Table 14b shall be exchanged at the following rates: 1. For lodging: Two bedrooms for each unit of net site area density; 2. For office or retail: One thousand square feet for each unit of net site area density. 3. Special districts are not required to exchange base residential density for other functions. Other functions within a special district is controlled by form metrics on Table 16. E. The housing and other functions for each transect zone shall be subject to further adjustment at the building scale as limited by Table 10 and Table 11 and Section 21.50.090.

(Ord. 16945 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17378, § 1, 8-24-2010; Ord. No. 17542, § 13, 4-26-2011)