Definitions
El Paso City Code tit. 20, ch. 20.02, art. II
in effectContents
section20.02.020. Rules of construction.section20.02.022. Generally.section20.02.024. Abutting.section20.02.026. Access or accessway.section20.02.028. Accessory building.section20.02.029. Accessory dwelling unit.section20.02.030. Accessory use.section20.02.032. Acreage, gross.section20.02.032.5. Active recreation.section20.02.033. Adaptive reuse.section20.02.034. Reserved.section20.02.036. Adult bookstore.section20.02.038. Adult day care center.section20.02.040. Adult foster care.section20.02.042. Adult motion picture theater.section20.02.044. Airpad.section20.02.046. Airport.section20.02.048. Alley.section20.02.050. Alteration.section20.02.052. Amusement game complex.section20.02.054. Amusement game machine.section20.02.056. Amusement park.section20.02.058. Amusement rides (commercial).section20.02.060. Animal.section20.02.062. Animal crematory.section20.02.064. Animal food manufacturing.section20.02.066. Animal kennel.section20.02.068. Animal slaughtery and processing.section20.02.070. Animals, keeping for enjoyment purposes.section20.02.072. Apartment.section20.02.074. Apartment/multifamily residential building.section20.02.076. Area of intersection.section20.02.078. Areas of special control.section20.02.080. Arterial thoroughfare.section20.02.082. Assisted living facility.section20.02.084. Athletic facility (indoor).section20.02.086. Athletic facility (outdoor).section20.02.088. Atrium house.section20.02.090. Automobile (sales, service, storage and rental).section20.02.092. Automobile rental location (satellite).section20.02.094. Automobile and light truck lubrication service.section20.02.096. Automotive service station.section20.02.098. Automobile wrecking yard.section20.02.100. Automotive repair garage.section20.02.102. Automotive tune-up service.section20.02.104. Auxiliary rail facilities.section20.02.106. Auxiliary tracks.section20.02.108. Awning.section20.02.109. Aquarium.section20.02.110. Ballroom.section20.02.112. Bank.section20.02.114. Barn.section20.02.116. Basement.section20.02.118. Base zoning district.section20.02.120. Batching plant.section20.02.122. Bed and breakfast establishment.section20.02.124. Bed and breakfast inn.section20.02.126. Bed and breakfast (residence).section20.02.128. Billboard.section20.02.130. Billiard and pool hall.section20.02.132. Block.section20.02.134. Board.section20.02.135. Boarding home facility.section20.02.136. Reserved.section20.02.138. Borrow pit (commercial).section20.02.140. Borrow pit (related to construction operations).section20.02.142. Bottling works.section20.02.144. Boutique.section20.02.146. Boutique bottling.section20.02.148. Bread and bakery product manufacturing.section20.02.148.1. Brewpub.section20.02.148.2. Brewery.section20.02.149. Brownfield development.section20.02.150. Buildable area.section20.02.152. Building.section20.02.154. Building coverage (lot coverage).section20.02.156. Building, height of.section20.02.158. Building official.section20.02.160. Building, main.section20.02.162. Building, principal.section20.02.164. Building site.section20.02.166. Bulletin.section20.02.168. Bus.section20.02.170. Cafeteria.section20.02.171. Campground.section20.02.171.5. Camping unit.section20.02.171.7. Campsite.section20.02.172. Canal.section20.02.174. Canopy.section20.02.176. Caregiver.section20.02.178. Caretaker, property.section20.02.180. Carrier.section20.02.182. Car wash, full-service.section20.02.184. Car wash, self-service.section20.02.186. Cellular telecommunication antenna, facility-mounted.section20.02.188. Cemetery.section20.02.190. Centerline.section20.02.192. Child care facility (home or commercial).section20.02.194. Child care facility, Type 3.section20.02.196. Child care facility, Type 4.section20.02.198. Child care facility, Type 5.section20.02.200. Child care facility, Type 6.section20.02.202. Child care facility, Type 7.section20.02.204. Child care institution.section20.02.206. Christmas tree stand.section20.02.208. Church.section20.02.210. Circus.section20.02.212. City council.section20.02.214. Clinic.section20.02.216. Club, private.section20.02.218. Coliseum.section20.02.220. Collection facility.section20.02.222. Collector street.section20.02.224. College or university.section20.02.226. Commercial day care center.section20.02.228. Commercial equipment repair.section20.02.230. Commercial fueling station.section20.02.232. Commercial unit development.section20.02.234. Commercial vehicle.section20.02.236. Communication utility facility.section20.02.240. Community recreational facility.section20.02.242. Composting facility.section20.02.244. Comprehensive plan.section20.02.246. Computer electronic product assembly.section20.02.248. Computer product manufacturing.section20.02.250. Concrete or cement mixing plant.section20.02.252. Condominium.section20.02.254. Conservation covenant.section20.02.256. Contractor equipment (sales, storage, repair and rental).section20.02.258. Contractor yard, large (greater than .50 acre).section20.02.260. Contractor yard, small (less than or equal to .50 acre).section20.02.262. Convalescent, nursing or rest home.section20.02.264. Convenience store.section20.02.266. Convenience store with gas pumps.section20.02.268. Convent.section20.02.270. Convention center.section20.02.272. Copy shop.section20.02.273. Corner store.section20.02.274. Correctional facility.section20.02.276. Courier and message service.section20.02.278. Court.section20.02.279. Credit access business.section20.02.280. Credit union.section20.02.282. Crematorium.section20.02.284. Dairy product processing.section20.02.286. Dancehall.section20.02.288. Data processing center.section20.02.288.1. Data processing center (hyperscale).section20.02.290. Density.section20.02.292. Detention basin (public/private).section20.02.294. Development standard.section20.02.295. Disabled group dwelling.section20.02.296. Diesel maintenance facility.section20.02.298. Reserved.section20.02.300. Disabled person.section20.02.302. Domestic garden house, toolhouse, playhouse.section20.02.304. Domestic storage.section20.02.306. Drugstore.section20.02.308. Dry cleaning shop (less than or equal to two thousand five hundred square feet).section20.02.310. Dry cleaning shop (greater than two thousand five hundred square feet).section20.02.312. Dry-cleaners (commercial).section20.02.314. Dude ranch.section20.02.316. Duplex (two-family dwelling).section20.02.318. Dwelling.section20.02.320. Dwelling, attached single-family.section20.02.322. Dwelling, detached single-family.section20.02.324. Dwelling, multifamily.section20.02.326. Dwelling, resident watchman or property caretaker.section20.02.328. Dwelling, single-family.section20.02.330. Dwelling, two-family (duplex).section20.02.332. Dwelling unit.section20.02.334. Easement, private.section20.02.336. Electronic product manufacturing or assembly.section20.02.337. Emergency shelter.section20.02.338. Engineering department.section20.02.340. Establishment.section20.02.342. Executive secretary of the city plan commission.section20.02.344. Exercise facility (indoor).section20.02.346. Exhibition hall.section20.02.348. Explosives storage.section20.02.350. Extermination service.section20.02.352. Fabricated metal product manufacturing.section20.02.354. Facility-mount.section20.02.356. Facility-structure.section20.02.358. Fairground.section20.02.360. Family.section20.02.362. Farm.section20.02.364. Farmer's market.section20.02.366. Feed dealer.section20.02.368. Feed yard.section20.02.370. Fence.section20.02.372. Firewood sales.section20.02.374. Flea market (swap meet).section20.02.376. Flea market, indoor.section20.02.378. Flea market, outdoor.section20.02.380. Floor area.section20.02.382. Floor area, gross.section20.02.384. Floor area, gross leasable.section20.02.386. Floor area ratio.section20.02.388. Food manufacturing, other.section20.02.390. Food storage locker.section20.02.391. Fraternal organization.section20.02.392. Freeway.section20.02.394. Freight.section20.02.396. Freight terminal.section20.02.398. Frontage.section20.02.400. Funeral home.section20.02.402. Gambling casino.section20.02.404. Game court (noncommercial).section20.02.406. Garage, automotive repair.section20.02.408. Garage, community.section20.02.410. Garage, parking.section20.02.412. Garage, private.section20.02.414. Garage sale.section20.02.416. Governmental use, building.section20.02.418. Grade.section20.02.420. Grain and oil seed milling.section20.02.421. Greenfield development.section20.02.422. Greenhouse (industrial scale).section20.02.423. Greyfield development.section20.02.424. Grocery.section20.02.426. Group residential facility.section20.02.428. Guest and/or employee quarters.section20.02.429. Halfway house.section20.02.430. Harvesting crops.section20.02.432. Heavy equipment.section20.02.434. Heavy equipment (sales, storage, repair and rental).section20.02.436. Heavy truck.section20.02.438. Heavy truck (sales, storage, repair and rental).section20.02.440. Hedge.section20.02.442. Heliport.section20.02.444. Helistop.section20.02.446. Historic landmark.section20.02.448. Historic landmark commission (HLC).section20.02.450. Home child care facility.section20.02.452. Home improvement center.section20.02.454. Home occupation.section20.02.455. Homeless shelter.section20.02.456. Hospital.section20.02.458. Hotel, motel.section20.02.460. Household goods repair.section20.02.462. Household product manufacturing.section20.02.464. HUD-code manufactured home (manufactured home).section20.02.466. HUD-code manufactured home park (manufactured home park).section20.02.468. Indoor entertainment and recreational uses.section20.02.470. Industrialized home.section20.02.471. Infill development.section20.02.472. Institution, educational.section20.02.474. Institution, philanthropic.section20.02.476. Interchange.section20.02.478. Interlocking tower.section20.02.480. Intermediate care facility.section20.02.482. Intermodal facility.section20.02.484. Intersection.section20.02.486. Junk motor vehicle.section20.02.488. Kennel.section20.02.490. Kitchen.section20.02.492. Landmark.section20.02.494. Landscape planting area.section20.02.496. Laundromat (less than or equal to five thousand square feet).section20.02.498. Laundromat (greater than five thousand square feet).section20.02.500. Laundry.section20.02.502. Laundry (commercial).section20.02.504. Legal description.section20.02.506. Light truck.section20.02.508. Light truck (sales, service, storage and rental).section20.02.510. Liquified petroleum gas (storage and dispensing).section20.02.512. Livestock auction.section20.02.514. Livestock grazing.section20.02.516. Live-work flex unit.section20.02.518. Loading berth.section20.02.520. Loading space.section20.02.522. Loading spaces (serving another property).section20.02.524. Lodge.section20.02.526. Lodging house.section20.02.528. Lot.section20.02.530. Lot, corner.section20.02.532. Lot depth.section20.02.534. Lot, double frontage.section20.02.536. Lot, interior.section20.02.538. Lot, panhandle.section20.02.540. Lot, triple frontage.section20.02.542. Lot of record.section20.02.544. Lot width, average.section20.02.546. Machinery manufacturing.section20.02.548. Main track.section20.02.550. Major utility facility.section20.02.552. Manufactured home (single-family dwelling).section20.02.554. Manufacturer's rated carrying capacity.section20.02.556. Manufactured home (sales, display and repair).section20.02.558. Marquee.section20.02.559. Masonry wall.section20.02.560. Massage establishment.section20.02.562. Master zoning plan.section20.02.564. Mausoleum.section20.02.566. Medical lab.section20.02.568. Medical treatment facility.section20.02.570. Miniature golf course.section20.02.572. Minor utility facility.section20.02.573. Mixed-use residential.section20.02.574. Mobile home.section20.02.576. Mobile home park.section20.02.578. Mobile home (sales, display and repair).section20.02.580. Mobile home space.section20.02.582. Mobile office/storage unit (related to construction operations).section20.02.584. Mobile office/storage unit (related to sales or rental).section20.02.586. Mobile service unit.section20.02.588. Mobile recycling unit.section20.02.590. Model dwelling.section20.02.592. Mortuary.section20.02.594. Motel.section20.02.596. Motor-carrier.section20.02.598. Motor-carrier terminal.section20.02.600. Motorcycle.section20.02.602. Motor vehicle.section20.02.604. Motor vehicle repair, major.section20.02.606. Motor vehicle repair, minor.section20.02.608. Motor vehicle storage yard.section20.02.610. Motor vehicle wrecking yard.section20.02.612. Moving and storage facility.section20.02.614. Music store.section20.02.616. Neighborhood fair, carnival.section20.02.618. Nonconforming lot.section20.02.620. Nonconforming structure.section20.02.622. Nonconforming use.section20.02.624. Nonionizing electromagnetic radiation (NIER) report.section20.02.626. Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.section20.02.628. Nude live entertainment club.section20.02.630. Nursing home.section20.02.632. Nursery, greenhouse.section20.02.634. Nursery (industrial-scale).section20.02.636. Office, administrative and manager's.section20.02.638. Office, business.section20.02.640. Office, medical.section20.02.642. Office, professional.section20.02.644. Office warehouse.section20.02.646. Open pit mining.section20.02.648. Open space.section20.02.650. Open space, common.section20.02.651. Natural open space.section20.02.652. Open space, private.section20.02.654. Open space, public.section20.02.656. Operator, flea market.section20.02.658. Optical dispensary.section20.02.660. Orphanage, shelter.section20.02.662. Other retail establishment (high-volume).section20.02.664. Other retail establishment (low-volume).section20.02.666. Other wholesale establishment (high-volume).section20.02.668. Other wholesale establishment (low-volume).section20.02.670. Package liquor store.section20.02.672. Paint ball center (indoor).section20.02.674. Paint ball center (outdoor).section20.02.676. Parking lot.section20.02.678. Parking reduction.section20.02.680. Parking space, off-street.section20.02.682. Parking spaces (serving another property).section20.02.684. Parkway.section20.02.686. Passenger car.section20.02.688. Passenger station.section20.02.690. Passenger terminal.section20.02.691. Passive recreation.section20.02.692. Passive solar energy system.section20.02.694. Pasturage (small or large animals).section20.02.696. Patio house.section20.02.697. Pawn shop.section20.02.698. Performing arts center.section20.02.700. Performance standard.section20.02.702. Person.section20.02.704. Personal care facility.section20.02.706. Personal care services.section20.02.708. Personal goods repair.section20.02.710. Personal wireless service facility.section20.02.712. Petroleum products manufacturing.section20.02.714. Pharmacy.section20.02.716. Phasing plan.section20.02.718. Photo finishing lab.section20.02.719. Place of public assembly.section20.02.720. Plan commission.section20.02.722. Planned development.section20.02.724. Planned residential development.section20.02.724.1. Plastics products finishing.section20.02.724.2. Plastics products manufacturing.section20.02.726. Poultry hatchery.section20.02.728. Precision equipment repair.section20.02.730. Primary metal manufacturing.section20.02.732. Primary system.section20.02.734. Principal use.section20.02.736. Produce stand.section20.02.738. Provider.section20.02.740. Premises.section20.02.742. Processing facility, heavy.section20.02.744. Processing facility, light.section20.02.745. Processing facility, waste.section20.02.746. Property line.section20.02.748. Public building.section20.02.750. Public entryway.section20.02.752. Public utility.section20.02.754. Public utility facility.section20.02.756. Public utility service.section20.02.758. Pumpkin patch.section20.02.760. Quadraplex.section20.02.762. Quarry.section20.02.764. Racetrack, auto or truck.section20.02.766. Racetrack, motorcycle.section20.02.768. Racquetball club, indoor (with/without restaurant and bar).section20.02.770. Racquetball club, outdoor (with/without restaurant and bar).section20.02.772. Radio transmitting and receiving facility.section20.02.774. Railroad repair shop.section20.02.776. Railroad right-of-way (R.O.W.).section20.02.778. Railroad spur track.section20.02.780. Railyard.section20.02.782. Raising (small or large animals).section20.02.784. Raising crops.section20.02.786. Ranchette (greater than one acre and less than five acres).section20.02.788. Raw material processing.section20.02.790. Recreation vehicle.section20.02.792. Recreation vehicle park.section20.02.794. Recyclable material.section20.02.796. Recycling facility.section20.02.798. Recycling collection facility, large (greater than two thousand square feet).section20.02.800. Recycling collection facility, small (less than or equal to two thousand square feet).section20.02.802. Recycling collection facility, temporary.section20.02.804. Regulations.section20.02.805. Environmental and wildlife research.section20.02.806. Research laboratory.section20.02.808. Resource recovery plant.section20.02.810. Restaurant, drive-in.section20.02.812. Rest home.section20.02.814. Retail shipping center.section20.02.816. Reverse vending machine.section20.02.818. Riding academy.section20.02.820. Reserved.section20.02.822. Sales stands (ranch and farm products).section20.02.824. Salvage yard (scrap materials).section20.02.826. Sand and gravel pit.section20.02.828. Sand or gravel, extraction of.section20.02.830. Sanitarium.section20.02.832. Sanitary landfill.section20.02.834. Sauna, exercise room.section20.02.836. Scenic area.section20.02.838. Scenic corridor.section20.02.840. School—Elementary.section20.02.841. School—Secondary.section20.02.842. School, arts and crafts.section20.02.844. School, trade, business or vocational.section20.02.846. Screening.section20.02.848. Seafood product preparation and processing.section20.02.850. Seat.section20.02.852. Secondary mobile home unit.section20.02.852.1. Security fence.section20.02.854. Self-storage warehouse.section20.02.856. Setback line.section20.02.858. Shooting range, archery or gun (indoor).section20.02.860. Shooting range, archery or gun (outdoor).section20.02.862. Shopping center.section20.02.864. Shopping center, community.section20.02.866. Shopping center, convenience.section20.02.868. Shopping center, neighborhood.section20.02.870. Shopping center, regional.section20.02.870.5. Short-term rental.section20.02.871. Superregional shopping center.section20.02.872. Shrub.section20.02.874. Sign.section20.02.876. Sign, inflatable advertising device.section20.02.878. Sign, add-ons.section20.02.880. Sign, adopt-a-median.section20.02.882. Sign area.section20.02.884. Sign, auxiliary.section20.02.886. Sign, awning.section20.02.888. Sign, banner.section20.02.890. Sign, billboard.section20.02.892. Sign, building marker.section20.02.894. Sign, bulletin.section20.02.896. Sign, canopy.section20.02.897. Sign, changeable electronic variable message.section20.02.898. Reserved.section20.02.900. Sign, construction sign.section20.02.902. Reserved.section20.02.904. Sign, directory.section20.02.906. Reserved.section20.02.908. Sign, externally illuminated.section20.02.910. Sign height.section20.02.912. Sign, home occupation.section20.02.914. Sign, indirectly illuminated.section20.02.916. Sign, internally illuminated.section20.02.918. Sign, junior.section20.02.920. Sign, marquee.section20.02.921. Sign, mobile billboard.section20.02.922. Sign, monument.section20.02.924. Sign, multi-tenant.section20.02.926. Sign, noncommercial message.section20.02.928. Sign, nonconforming.section20.02.930. Sign, off-premise.section20.02.932. Reserved.section20.02.934. Reserved.section20.02.936. Sign, special event directional.section20.02.938. Reserved.section20.02.940. Sign, on-premise.section20.02.941. Sign, perpendicular.section20.02.942. Sign, pole.section20.02.944. Sign, portable.section20.02.946. Sign, poster.section20.02.948. Sign, real estate.section20.02.950. Sign, roof.section20.02.952. Sign, secondary advertising.section20.02.954. Sign, shingle.section20.02.956. Sign, structure area.section20.02.958. Sign, structure support width.section20.02.960. Sign, subdivision identification sign.section20.02.962. Sign, temporary.section20.02.964. Sign, temporary inflatable.section20.02.966. Sign, temporary active motion inflatable.section20.02.968. Sign, temporary banner.section20.02.970. Sign, temporary construction.section20.02.974. Sign, temporary portable.section20.02.976. Reserved.section20.02.978. Sign, temporary real estate banner.section20.02.980. Sign, temporary seasonal display.section20.02.982. Sign, temporary special event.section20.02.984. Sign, temporary subdivision kiosk signs.section20.02.986. Sign, wall.section20.02.987. Sign, wayfinding.section20.02.988. Single-family attached dwelling (atrium, patio, townhouse, condominium).section20.02.990. Single-family detached dwelling.section20.02.992. Site development plan, detailed (DSD).section20.02.994. Site plan, generalized.section20.02.996. Skateboarding facility (indoor).section20.02.998. Skateboarding facility (outdoor).section20.02.1000. Slope.section20.02.1002. Slope, percent average.section20.02.1003. Small Lot.section20.02.1004. Social, fraternal club.section20.02.1006. Solar conversion system.section20.02.1008. Solar energy.section20.02.1010. Solar energy collector.section20.02.1012. Solar energy conversion system.section20.02.1014. Specialty shop.section20.02.1016. Special exception.section20.02.1018. Special permit use.section20.02.1020. Specified anatomical areas.section20.02.1022. Specified sexual activities.section20.02.1024. Sports arena (multipurpose).section20.02.1026. Stable (including breeding).section20.02.1028. Stacking.section20.02.1030. Stadium.section20.02.1031. Stormwater open space.section20.02.1032. Stormwater retention pond (public/private).section20.02.1034. Story.section20.02.1036. Story, half.section20.02.1038. Street centerline.section20.02.1040. Street line.section20.02.1042. Street, private.section20.02.1044. Street, public.section20.02.1046. Structural alteration.section20.02.1048. Structure.section20.02.1050. Studio, dance.section20.02.1052. Studio, music.section20.02.1054. Studio, photography.section20.02.1056. Subdivision ordinance.section20.02.1058. Substantial conformity.section20.02.1060. Supermarket.section20.02.1062. Superstore.section20.02.1064. Swimming pool (commercial).section20.02.1066. Swimming pool (noncommercial).section20.02.1068. Synagogue.section20.02.1070. Tattoo parlor.section20.02.1072. Telemarketing agency.section20.02.1074. Temple.section20.02.1076. Temporary events on public rights-of-way.section20.02.1078. Temporary use.section20.02.1080. Tennis club.section20.02.1082. Tennis club, indoor (with/without restaurant and bar).section20.02.1084. Tennis club, outdoor (with/without restaurant and bar).section20.02.1086. Tents (special events).section20.02.1088. Testing laboratory.section20.02.1090. Theater, performing.section20.02.1091. Theater, movie theater drive-in (outdoor).section20.02.1092. Townhouse.section20.02.1094. Tractor.section20.02.1096. Traffic division.section20.02.1098. Traffic engineer.section20.02.1100. Trailer, eighteen-wheeler (sales, display and repair).section20.02.1102. Tramway.section20.02.1104. Transfer station.section20.02.1105. Reserved.section20.02.1106. Transportation equipment manufacturing.section20.02.1108. Transportation terminal, Type A.section20.02.1110. Transportation terminal, Type B.section20.02.1112. Travel trailer.section20.02.1114. Travel trailer park.section20.02.1116. Tree, parking lot.section20.02.1118. Tree, project.section20.02.1120. Triplex.section20.02.1122. Truck stop.section20.02.1124. Unit.section20.02.1126. University, college.section20.02.1128. Unnecessary hardship.section20.02.1129. Utility green space.section20.02.1130. Utility storage yard.section20.02.1132. Vehicle.section20.02.1134. Vending machines (inside a building).section20.02.1136. Vendor, flea market.section20.02.1138. Veterinary treatment center (large animals).section20.02.1140. Veterinary treatment center (small animals).section20.02.1142. Wall, screening.section20.02.1144. Warehouse club.section20.02.1146. Warehouses, self-storage.section20.02.1148. Watchman.section20.02.1150. Water and wastewater utility facility.section20.02.1151. Wildlife sanctuary.section20.02.1152. Window, bay.section20.02.1154. Wind-driven electrical generator.section20.02.1156. Wind-driven electrical pump.section20.02.1158. Wind-driven pump.section20.02.1160. Yard.section20.02.1162. Yard, required front.section20.02.1164. Yard, required rear.section20.02.1166. Yard, required side.section20.02.1168. Yard, side street.section20.02.1170. Youth organization (with/without living facility).section20.02.1172. Zero lot line.section20.02.1174. Zoning administrator.
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_CH20.02GEPRDE_ARTIIDEFetched: 10/28/2026