Off-site dedication of parkland.
El Paso City Code § 19.20.080
in effect19.20.080 - Off-site dedication of parkland.
A. Application. Where a land study is submitted by a subdivider pursuant to Chapter 19.02, the city or the subdivider may request that an off-site dedication of parkland be accepted within the corporate limits or within the areas designated in the city's extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ), as identified on an official map kept in the office of the planning official. An application for off-site dedication of parkland shall be filed by a subdivider with the city manager or designee.
B. Credit Applicability. Parkland to be deeded as part of an off-site dedication shall be entirely within the boundaries of the same park zone as the proposed subdivision. Park zone boundaries are designated by the El Paso Parks and Recreation Master Plan and are published by the City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department.
C. An off-site parkland dedication shall be an option available to the subdivider where parkland credits derived are then used to reduce by an equivalent amount any subsequent parkland requirement generated by the submission of phased residential subdivisions. The credit shall be applied to residential subdivisions submitted from within the applicable park zone. Where a parkland dedication straddles two park zones, credits shall be allowed within either park zone if approved by the city plan commission, upon an affirmative recommendation of the director of the parks and recreation department.
D. Formula.
1. For purposes of determining the credit, the following procedure shall be used:
a - b = c
Where:
"a" is the amount of parkland dedicated or deeded to the city expressed in total acres (credit);
"b" is the amount of subsequent parkland acreage required to be deeded to the city pursuant to Section 19.20.030 for a residential subdivision, based on the parkland calculation rates in effect at the time of the submittal;
"c" is the amount of parkland credit available from the parkland dedicated or deeded. If a reduction exceeds the credit, the difference shall be the amount of required parkland to be dedicated or deeded to the city after reduction.
E. In no instance shall a parkland credit be from the value of the land dedicated or deeded in terms of fees it would have generated, or the market value of the land expressed in dollars. This parkland credit option may be exercised by the subdivider who dedicated or deeded the parkland to the city, or may be transferred to a subsequent purchaser of land within the applicable park zone(s), The subsequent purchaser must submit written proof of such a transfer to the city manager or designee. The city plan commission shall approve, upon recommendation by the director of the parks and recreation department, the residential subdivision(s) to which the credit shall be applied.
(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17251, § 11, 12-15-2009; Ord. No. 17396, § 17, 8-24-2010)
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=TIT19SUDEPL_ART2SUST_CH19.20PAOPSP_19.20.080OTEDEPAFetched: 10/28/2026