Permitting criteria and process.
El Paso City Code § 13.36.040
in effect13.36.040 - Permitting criteria and process.
A. An application may be denied for any of the following reasons:
1. The application is not fully completed and executed;
2. The applicant has not tendered the required application fee or has not tendered other required user fees or costs within times prescribed;
3. The application contains a material falsehood or misrepresentation;
4. The applicant is legally incompetent to contract or to sue and be sued;
5. The applicant has on prior occasions made material misrepresentations regarding the nature or scope of an event;
6. The applicant has previously permitted a violation or has violated the terms of a parade or public assembly permit issued to or on behalf of the applicant;
7. The applicant has on prior occasions damaged city property and has not paid in full for such damage;
8. A fully executed prior application for the same time and place has been received, and a permit has been or will be granted to a prior applicant authorizing uses or activities which do not reasonably permit multiple simultaneous events;
9. The applicant requests a use not permitted under this chapter;
10. The proposed event would conflict with previously planned programs organized, conducted, or sponsored by the city and previously scheduled at or near the same time and place;
11. The proposed event would present an unreasonable danger to the public health or safety;
12. The proposed event would substantially or unnecessarily interfere with traffic;
13. The proposed route for an event consisting solely of moving vehicles exceeds six miles in length;
14. The event would likely interfere with the movement of emergency equipment and police protection in areas contiguous or in the vicinity of the event;
15. There would not, at the time of the event, be sufficient law enforcement and traffic control officers to adequately protect participants and nonparticipants from traffic related hazards in light of the other demands for police protection at the time of the proposed event;
16. The proposed event would take place on an arterial roadway during peak traffic hours;
17. The proposed event would take place at a location that cannot reasonably accommodate all of the expected participants;
18. The proposed event would take place on a state or federal highway or road and the appropriate governmental agency has not authorized the proposed use of the highway or road in writing.
B. Traffic Control Plan. The permit official, in consultation with the El Paso police department and the traffic engineer, shall determine the number of officers needed to appropriately police roadway closures and the time when such services shall commence and end, taking into consideration the following:
1. The proposed location of the public assembly or route of the parade;
2. The time of day that the event is to take place;
3. The date and day of the week proposed;
4. The nature, composition, format and configuration of the event;
5. The general traffic conditions in the area requested, both vehicular and pedestrian, with special attention given to the rerouting of the vehicles or pedestrians normally using the requested area;
6. The number of marked and unmarked intersections along the route requested, together with the traffic control devices present;
7. If traffic must be completely rerouted from the area, then the number of marked and unmarked intersections and the traffic control devices are to be taken into consideration;
8. The estimated number of participants; and
9. The estimated number of viewers.
(Ord. 16488 § 2, 2006; Ord. 16317 § 5, 2006)
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=TIT13STSIPUPL_CH13.36PAPUAS_13.36.040PECRPRFetched: 10/28/2026