Lot requirements—Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
El Paso City Code § 19.11.030
in effect19.11.030 - Lot requirements—Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
A. Residential Subdivision Lot Sizes.
1. In a subdivision in the ETJ where public water and public sewers are provided and on-site ponding is not used, the minimum lot areas shall be six thousand square feet or as approved by the County of El Paso, provided a minimum lot width of fifty feet and a minimum lot depth of ninety feet shall be provided.
2. In a subdivision in the ETJ where public water and public sewers are provided, and on-site ponding is used, the minimum lot areas shall be ten thousand square feet with a minimum lot width of at least one-third the lot depth.
3. Subdivisions in the ETJ served by a public water system, but utilizing individual methods of sewage disposal shall provide for lots of at least one-half acre. In calculating lot or tract sizes, access easements or rights-of-way adjacent to or through such lots shall not be used to satisfy the one-half acre requirement.
4. Subdivisions in the ETJ utilizing individual water supply systems, individual methods of sewage disposal shall provide for lots of at least one acre. In calculating lot or tract sizes, access easements or rights-of-way adjacent to or through such lots shall not be used to satisfy the one-acre requirement.
5. An exception to the minimum lot size requirements in the ETJ of this chapter may be granted by the city plan commission, upon approval in advance by the TCEQ and the appropriate health official of a sewage disposal plan for on-site sewage disposal prepared by an engineer or sanitarian registered in the State of Texas.
6. No more than one single-family detached dwelling shall be located on each subdivision lot in the ETJ. A notation of this restriction shall be placed on the face of the recording plat. This restriction shall be placed in all deeds and contracts for deeds for real estate sold within the ETJ subdivision. Where otherwise authorized, proposals which include multifamily residential structures shall include adequate, detailed planning materials required by the city for determination of proper water and wastewater utility type and design.
B. Manufactured Home Park Space Sizes.
1. The minimum lot area for a manufactured home park where public water and public sewers are provided shall be thirty thousand square feet with a minimum lot width of one hundred feet and a minimum lot depth of three hundred feet. In a manufactured home park where individual manufactured spaces are for lease, the minimum manufactured home space area shall be four thousand five hundred square feet with an average space width of forty-five feet and a minimum space depth of one hundred feet.
2. The minimum lot requirements for manufactured homes on individually owned lots in subdivisions shall meet the requirements for a single-family lot in subsection A of this section.
3. Parks for manufactured homes served by a public water system, but utilizing individual methods of sewage disposal, shall provide a minimum one-half acre for each manufactured home space. In calculating the minimum manufactured home space area, access easements or rights-of-way adjacent to or through such manufactured home space shall not be used to satisfy the one-half acre requirement.
4. Parks serving manufactured homes utilizing individual water supply systems and individual methods of sewage disposal shall provide a minimum one acre for each manufactured home space. In calculating the minimum manufactured home space area, access easements or rights-of-way adjacent to or through such manufactured home space shall not be used to satisfy the one-acre requirement.
5. The space size requirements of this title may be modified by the city plan commission, upon approval in advance by the TCEQ and authorized local health agent or department with jurisdiction of a sewage disposal plan for on-site sewage disposal prepared by an engineer or sanitarian. The design shall show proposed well locations within a one hundred fifty-foot radius (sanitary control easement) around the well in which no subsurface sewage system may be constructed; except that a watertight sewage unit or lined evapotranspiration bed with leak detection capability may be placed closer to the water well than one hundred fifty feet. In no instance shall the area available for the on-site sewage system be less than two times the design area. The on-site sewage system shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of this title. A finding under this subsection shall only be made upon proof that the on-site sewage system can be operated without causing pollution, a nuisance, or a threat or harm to an existing or proposed water supply system. When a property abuts any public street or alley in which there is a public sewer within three hundred feet from the closest point of the property, and when the on-site sewage system causes pollution, a nuisance, or a threat or harm to an existing or proposed water supply system as determined by the TCEQ and/or the authorized local health agent or department with jurisdiction, the property shall be required to connect to the public sewer.
6. No more than one manufactured home shall be located on each manufactured home space in a manufactured home park. A notation of this restriction shall be placed on the face of the final plat of the subdivision.
C. Building Lines. Front building lines shall be shown for all lots on all plats submitted for land within the city's ETJ, and shall be as follows:
1. The minimum building setback from lot boundaries adjacent to street rights-of-way shall be as follows in subsection "a" below, except as specified in subsection "b."
a. Setback from boundary adjacent to freeway (without frontage road in place): forty feet.
Setback from boundary adjacent to freeway (with frontage road in place): thirty feet.
Setback from boundary adjacent to arterial or collector street: thirty feet.
Setback from boundary adjacent to a local street: twenty-five feet.
b. For new lots created by re-subdivision of land originally subdivided before 1985, the minimum building setback from street-side boundaries shall be the same as that indicated on the most previously recorded plat or replat of the particular lot(s) under consideration. In all cases, however, there shall be required a front yard of not less than twenty feet and an exterior side yard of not less than fifteen feet, where no building setback lines are represented on a previously recorded plat or replat.
(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17236, § 27, 11-10-2009)
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_CH19.11EXJUETST_19.11.030LOREXTJUFetched: 10/28/2026