Business Activities at Airport

El Paso City Code tit. 14, ch. 14.16, art. II

in effect

El Paso City Code § 14.16.160 Concessions—Lease or specific permission required—Regulation of driverless automobiles.

14.16.160 - Concessions—Lease or specific permission required—Regulation of driverless automobiles. A. Except in the case of persons or firms doing business with tenants or subtenants of the city located on airport property or as otherwise permitted or regulated in this Code, no person who does not have a concession agreement, lease agreement or other specific permission in writing from the director or designee shall on the airport peddle sell, or rent any goods, wares, merchandise or services, or furnish taxicab or limousine service or hotel courtesy cars to any person who has not called from the airport for such service, or carry from the airport any passenger for hire in any aircraft, or conduct any student pilot training or demonstrate or sell any new or used aircraft, or perform aircraft maintenance or any other aeronautical service such as is normally performed on airport property under lease or concession from the city; or offer to do any act prohibited in this chapter to be done. B. No person who does not have such a concession, lease or specific permission in writing for engaging at the airport in the business of furnishing driverless automobiles, as that term is defined in Section 6.36.010, shall on the airport: 1. Use any loudspeaker or public address system for or in connection with the renting or delivery of any driverless automobile; or 2. Post, distribute or display signs, advertisements, circulars or any other printed or written matter denoting such business activity except signs painted on the motor vehicle used to pick up and drop off passengers at the front of the terminal building; or 3. Enter for the purpose of assisting customers in the terminal building or any building occupied by a commercial aviation operator as tenant. (Ord. No. 19007, § 1, 12-17-2019)

El Paso City Code § 14.16.161 Customer facility charge.

14.16.161 - Customer facility charge. A. A customer facility charge ("CFC") as set forth in Schedule C of the city's annual budget resolution per transaction day (as defined below) on each customer renting a motor vehicle from an on-airport or off-airport vehicle rental concessionaire shall be charged. The amount of the CFC may be adjusted from time to time by the city in its annual budget resolution approved by the city council. B. "Motor vehicle" means a driverless automobile as that term is defined in Section 6.36.010 of the El Paso City Code. C. "Transaction day" means, with respect to rentals of motor vehicles, up to twenty-five-hour period or fraction thereof for the first transaction day and successive twenty-four-hour periods (or fractions thereof) for each successive transaction day. D. The on-airport vehicle rental concessionaires shall collect the CFC from their customers on behalf of the city. The vehicle rental concession agreement approved by the city council will govern how the on-airport vehicle concessionaire must so identify the CFC. Each on-airport vehicle rental concessionaire must charge each customer the total amount of CFCs due under the customer's contract at the time the final number of transaction days are determined under the contract, and must remit such total amount of the CFCs pursuant to the terms and conditions of its vehicle rental concession agreement. (Ord. No. 19007, § 1, 12-17-2019)

El Paso City Code § 14.16.162 Third party service agencies.

14.16.162 - Third party service agencies. All third party service agencies shall obtain a license agreement prior to commencing activity at the airport. Such license shall be renewed annually. Such fees are as established as outlined in Schedule C of the annual budget resolution. For the purpose of this section "third party service agencies" means any consultant, agent, business, advisor, or independent contractor who renders services to the airport and is not otherwise defined under these minimum standards. (Ord. No. 19007, § 1, 12-17-2019)

El Paso City Code § 14.16.163 Violation—Penalty.

14.16.163 - Violation—Penalty. Any person violating this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in Sections 1.08.010 through 1.08.030. (Ord. No. 19007, § 1, 12-17-2019)

Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14AIAI_CH14.16AIUSRE_ARTIIBUACAIFetched: 10/28/2026