Applicability.
El Paso City Code § 5.07.005
in effect5.07.005 - Applicability.
This chapter applies to all boarding home facilities within the City of El Paso. This chapter does not apply to:
1. Home and community support services licensed under Chapter 142 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
2. Convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions licensed under Chapter 242 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
3. Continuing care facilities licensed under Chapter 246 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
4. Assisted living facilities licensed under Chapter 247 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
5. Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded licensed under Chapter 252 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
6. A person that provides home health, hospice, or personal assistance services only to persons enrolled in a program funded wholly or partly by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and monitored by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or its designated local authority in accordance with standards set by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
7. An establishment conducted by or for the adherents of a well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend exclusively on prayer or spiritual means for healing, without the use of any drug or material remedy, if the establishment complies with safety, sanitary, and quarantine laws and rules;
8. A retirement community;
9. A monastery or convent;
10. A child-care facility as defined by Section 42.002 of the Texas Human Resources Code;
11. Family violence shelter center as defined by Section 51.002 of the Texas Human Resources Code; or
12. A sorority or fraternity house or other dormitory associated with an institution of higher education.
(Ord. No. 17691, § 1, 12-6-2011, eff. 2-29-2012)
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=TIT5BULIPERE_CH5.07BOHOFA_5.07.005APFetched: 10/28/2026