Application and procedures.
El Paso City Code § 19.02.020
in effect19.02.020 - Application and procedures.
A. Responsible Official. The city manager or designee shall be the responsible official for a land study.
B. Submittal. All applications shall be submitted electronically or on a form supplied by the planning division with the required information as stated on the application form.
C. Prior Approved Applications. An application for a land study shall not be approved unless all zoning amendments, including a request for a zoning change or a comprehensive plan, thoroughfare plan or other adopted plan amendment, which are necessary to authorize the uses or layout proposed on the land study have been approved and remain in effect for the land included in the land study. An application may be conditionally approved subject to the other required zoning and plan amendment approvals being approved.
D. Accompanying Applications.
1. An application for a land study may be accompanied by an application for rezoning approval provided that the rezoning application shall be decided first.
2. An application for a land study may be accompanied by an application for approval of a preliminary plat for the first phase of the project, provided that the application for land study shall be decided first. The applicant may request simultaneous review. However, the applicant assumes all responsibility for any problems or issues created by simultaneous submission.
E. General Requirements. The subdivider shall submit the land study in accordance with the application form, requirements and checklist as adopted by the city. The land study shall be accompanied by a processing fee established by the city council. The land study must be prepared by an engineer and must provide all of the following information:
1. General arrangement of existing and proposed land uses, including, but not limited to, park and school sites, other public facilities, open space areas, floodplains and drainage ways. The land uses regulated by zoning must comply with both the location and layout as prescribed by the official adopted zoning map and zoning ordinance of the City of El Paso, unless a rezoning is proposed as part of the combined application;
2. The proposed density expressed in units per acre and population by land use. The proposed densities shown may not exceed those prescribed by the official adopted zoning map and zoning ordinance of the City of El Paso unless a rezoning is proposed as part of the combined application;
3. Proposed phasing of platting;
4. The proposed traffic circulation, layout, and width of all collector streets and arterial street classifications. The proposed street layout must comply with the adopted thoroughfare plan for the City of El Paso as to location and size of roadways, unless an amendment to such plans is proposed as part of the combined application;
5. Traffic impact/capacity study to determine the capacity need, if any, for additional traffic lanes (e.g., acceleration, deceleration, or turning), signalization and other roadway or traffic mitigation improvements. The traffic impact/capacity study shall be prepared in accordance with standards provided by the city;
6. Conceptual drainage plan indicating existing and proposed major stormwater sewer facilities. The drainage plans shall indicate the phasing plans and approximate location of temporary and permanent easements and rights-of-way that will be needed to accommodate the phasing plan and to carry the storm drainage to its ultimate destination;
7. Layout and relationship of the proposed subdivision(s) to surrounding development, including the location, width, and names of all existing and platted streets, subdivisions, public ways, drainage channels, and other relevant features;
8. Existing and/or proposed zoning of the property and adjoining land;
9. Dimensions of the land study boundaries;
10. Existing contours of the tract in intervals appropriate to the topography as determined by the city manager, or designee, in accordance with the DSC and based on National Geodetic Vertical Datum (year to be specified on land study);
11. Existing major water and sanitary sewer facilities.
(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17396, § 3, 8-24-2010; Ord. No. 18971, § 2, 9-3-2019; Ord. No. 19243, §§ 5, 6, 10-12-2021)
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_CH19.02LAST_19.02.020APPRFetched: 10/28/2026