Time for decision on plats and land studies.
El Paso City Code § 19.01.040
in effect19.01.040 - Time for decision on plats and land studies.
A. Time Period for Action. All preliminary plat, final plat, minor plat, development plat, replat, and land study applications shall be acted upon within thirty days from the date a submitted application is deemed complete as provided for in Section 19.37.020, unless a written waiver request is submitted in accordance with subsection B. below. An applicant may request in writing an extension to the thirty-day approval period to allow additional time to comply with the requirements of this title and all other ordinances. The request may be for a period not to exceed thirty days.
B. Waiver of Right to Thirty-Day Action.
1. Responsible Official. The city manager or designee shall be the responsible official and the initial decision-maker for a waiver of right to thirty-day action or extension to the thirty-day action requirement for minor applications. The city plan commission shall be the responsible official and the initial decision-maker for a waiver of right to thirty-day action or extension to the thirty-day action requirement for all preliminary plat, final plat, development plat, replat, and land study applications.
2. Request. An applicant may request in writing a waiver of right to thirty-day action in relation to the decision time for preliminary plats, final plats, minor plats, development plats, replats, or land studies suitable for approving within thirty days as mandated by state law. The waiver request shall contain a statement of the time for which a waiver is sought. With the exception of a request for a minor plat application, no waiver shall be granted for a period less than the commission's next regularly scheduled meeting. All waivers and extension requests, to include those relating to minor plat applications, shall be for a period not to exceed thirty days.
3. Received. Waiver and extension requests for preliminary plats, final plats, development plats, replats, and land studies may be received by the city manager, or designee prior to the city plan commission meeting agenda posting deadline at which action would have to be taken (based on the thirty-day requirement in state law) on the plat application. Waiver requests that are not received by that day shall not be considered properly submitted, and action shall be taken on the plat application at such meeting as scheduled.
4. Action. The city plan commission shall take action on the waiver of right to thirty-day action request within the thirty-day period for acting on the plat. If the waiver is granted, action on the plat application shall be waived for a certain period of time, consistent with the approved waiver.
5. Reserved.
6. Requirements Maintained. The granting of a waiver of right to thirty-day action request shall not be deemed in any way a waiver to any requirement within this title. A waiver from requirements herein is a separate and distinct process.
C. Preliminary, final, and development plat application within the extraterritorial jurisdiction. Where the land to be platted lies within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city in El Paso County, no preliminary, final or development plat application shall be accepted as complete in accordance with Section 19.37.020, unless the application also complies with Chapter 19.11 and its requirements regarding the ETJ.
(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17236, § 27, 11-10-2009; Ord. No. 17561, § 5, 5-17-2011; Ord. No. 18056, § 2, 8-6-2013; Ord. No. 18971, § 1, 9-3-2019)
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=TIT19SUDEPL_ART1PLPR_CH19.01PRAPALPLPR_19.01.040TIDEPLLASTFetched: 10/28/2026