Placement preference.
El Paso City Code § 15.10.080
in effect15.10.080 - Placement preference.
A. General guidelines on placement. In accordance with Chapter 284, a network provider shall construct and maintain network nodes and node support poles in a manner that does not:
1. Obstruct, impede, or hinder the usual travel or public safety on a public right-of-way.
2. Obstruct the legal use of a public right-of-way by other utility providers.
3. Violate nondiscriminatory applicable codes.
4. Violate or conflict with the city's publicly disclosed ordinances regulating the use and occupancy of public rights-of-way or this design manual.
5. Violate the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.).
B. Order of preference. The city's order of preference for installation of network node attachments to existing facilities and new node support poles is as follows:
1. Existing telephone or electric lines between existing utility poles. Micro network nodes shall only be lashed on existing telephone or electrical lines between existing utility poles (electric poles or telephone poles), with notice to the pole owner as required by the Federal Pole Attachment Act, and not placed on utility poles, node support poles, or service poles.
2. Existing utility poles (electric poles or telephone poles) shall be the preferred support facility for network nodes and related ground equipment.
3. Service poles:
a. Non-decorative poles with a height of more than twenty feet, outside of historic district, scenic area, or scenic corridor.
b. Wireless facilities shall not be placed on service poles supporting traffic control devices, traffic signals, or any structure supporting a traffic control device or traffic signal, unless city determines that such installation will not interfere with the integrity of the facility or the safety of the public. Any such installation allowed by the city will be in accordance with a separate agreement with the city.
c. Attachment to service poles used for street signage is discouraged.
4. New node support poles shall be the least preferred type of allowed facility for attachment of network nodes.
5. Ground equipment shall be minimal and the least intrusive design and placement as possible.
(Ord. No. 18717, § 1, 8-22-2017)
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=TIT15PUSE_CH15.10DENENORI-W_ARTIIIDEMA_15.10.080PLPRFetched: 10/28/2026