Special control areas.
El Paso City Code § 20.18.250
in effect20.18.250 - Special control areas.
New static, non-CEVM billboards and new CEVM billboards are prohibited in the following special control areas:
A. Significant Landmarks Designated by the United States, the State of Texas, or the City of E1 Paso. | Within 500 feet of any designated historical landmark, site or building property line.
B. All Historic Districts | Within the boundaries of the district and or within 500 feet of the center line of streets forming the boundaries of the district.
C. Designated Special Districts, Central Business District | The area bounded by Interstate Highway 10 on the north, St. Vrain/Virginia Streets on the east, Paisano Drive on the south, and by a line tangent to the west facade of Union Depot, running north to south from Interstate Highway 10 to Paisano Drive.
South El Paso | The area bounded by Paisano Drive on the north, Rio Grande International Boundary on the south, Park Street on the east, and Santa Fe Street on the west.
Ysleta Mission Area (includes the Tigua Indian Reservation) | Within a 1,200 feet radius from Mission steeple.
Mountain Development Area (MDA) | Such lands as defined by the Zoning, Grading, and Subdivision Ordinances of the City of E1 Paso for the protection of the Franklin Mountains.
D. Freeway Interchanges | Areas Restricted From Signage
I-10 at U.S. 54 | Within 1,000 feet from right-of-way line from Raynolds on the east, Yandell on the north, Gramma on the west, and junction with the Paisano/Juarez exits on the south.
U.S. 54 at Loop 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) | Within 1,000 feet from right-of-way line from junction of I-10 and U.S. 54 to junction with Loop 375, including the Cordova Port of Entry.
I-10 at Loop 375 (Transmountain Road) | Within 1,500 feet of this intersection.
I-10 at Loop 375 (Americas Avenue) | Within 1,500 feet of this intersection.
E. Designated Scenic Corridors | Within 1,000 feet from either right-of-way line of an arterial within the following scenic corridors:
Loop 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway and Americas Avenue) from Santa Fe Street to I-10
Zaragoza Road from Zaragoza Port of Entry to Alameda Avenue
I-10 from Schuster Drive to the Central Business District
Mesa Street from Sun Bowl Drive to the Central Business District
Rim Road
Scenic Drive
Schuster Drive/Murchison Drive
McKelligon Canyon Road
Alabama Drive/Magnetic Drive
Airport Drive
Fred Wilson Avenue
U.S. 54 from Hondo Pass Avenue to the Texas/New Mexico State line
Alameda Avenue from Loop 375 (Americas Avenue) to Zaragoza Road
Old Gary-Artcraft Road/Paseo del Norte Road
Country Club Road/Westside Drive
Diana Drive from U.S. 54 to Dyer Street
Doniphan Drive
Resler Drive
E1 Paso Street
Hondo Pass Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
McCombs Street from U.S. 54 to the Texas/New Mexico state line
McKinley Avenue
Northeast Parkway
Paisano Drive from Sunland Park Drive to Alameda Avenue
Santa Fe Street
Airway Boulevard
Loop 375 from I-10 to Railroad Drive
Stanton Street
Spur 601
Woodrow Bean-Transmountain Road
F. Park/open space | Within 1,500 feet of the property line.
G. School, Church or Hospital | Within 500 feet of the property line.
H. Ports of Entry
Santa Fe/Stanton | The following area at the Santa Fe Port of Entry: Bounded by the alley in Block 43, Campbell Addition, running north-south from Paisano to the International Border, the centerline of Paisano Drive, running east-west; the centerline of the alley in Block 139, Campbell Addition, running north-south from Paisano to the centerline of Sixth Street, running east to the centerline of Block 74 thence said line running south to the International Border, the International Border being the southern boundary.
Stanton | Within the following area at the Stanton Street Port of Entry: Bounded by the centerline of the alley of Block 47, Campbell Addition, running north-south from the International Border to the centerline of Paisano Drive, the east-west to the centerline of the alley of Block 137 Campbell Addition, running north-south to the border line being the southern boundary.
Zaragoza | Within 500 feet of the centerline of Zaragoza Road, running from the bridge abutment to Socorro Road.
Cordova (including I-10/U.S. 54 and U.S. 54/Loop 375 freeway interchanges) | Within 500 feet from the state right-of-way from Raynolds on the east, Yandell on the north, Gramma on the west, and junction with the Paisano/Juarez exits on the south.
Within 500 feet from the state right-of-way line from junction of I-10 and U.S. 54 to junction with Loop 375, including the Cordova Port of Entry.
New Ports-of-Entry | Within 1,500 feet from the property line of a port-of-entry.
(Ord. No. 17317, § 3, 5-4-2010; Ord. No. 17960, § 12, 2-19-2013)
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_CH20.18SIRE_ARTIIIBIRE_20.18.250SPCOARFetched: 10/28/2026