Automotive uses.
El Paso City Code § 20.10.090
in effect20.10.090 - Automotive uses.
A. Motor Vehicle Repair, Minor. When located in S-D, C-1, C-2 and P-C zoning districts, facilities are subject to the following standards:
1. The property has frontage on a collector arterial or larger street;
2. A maximum building square footage of four thousand square feet is permitted;
3. A minimum twenty-five foot setback is required from any abutting residential or apartment use or district;
4. All services must be performed within an enclosed building;
5. No service bay doors may open facing a residential use or district;
6. No overnight outside storage of inoperative vehicles is allowed; and
7. No outside display of stock or inventory sold at retail shall be permitted.
B. Motor Vehicle Repair, Major. Facilities shall comply with the following standards:
1. The property has frontage on a collector arterial or larger street;
2. A minimum twenty-five foot setback is required from any abutting residential or apartment use or district;
3. No service bay doors may open facing a residential use or district; and
4. No outside display of stock or inventory sold at retail shall be permitted.
C. Motor Vehicle Storage Yard (accessory use to motor vehicle repair). Facilities shall comply with the following standards:
1. These yards shall be paved and enclosed by a six-foot screening wall except for necessary ingress and egress or where prohibited by this Code, to prevent visibility from adjacent properties or rights-of-way;
2. For the purposes of this use, temporary storage of a vehicle means for a maximum of ten consecutive calendar days;
3. The maximum number of vehicles authorized in temporary storage at any one time shall be the greater of three vehicles per bay or ten vehicles; and
4. A vehicle must be inoperative and waiting for parts, or unsafe to operate, to be temporarily stored in this manner.
D. Rental Satellite Location. In the S-D, C-1, C-2 and P-C zoning districts, a maximum of ten vehicles are permitted.
(Ord. 16653 § 2 (part), 2007)
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=TIT20ZO_CH20.10SUUSRE_20.10.090AUUSFetched: 10/28/2026