Plat vacation.
El Paso City Code § 19.07.050
in effect19.07.050 - Plat vacation.
A. Applicability. A plat vacation application must be approved by the city plan commission prior to vacation of any recorded plat or portion thereof. A plat may be vacated only in conjunction with approval of a new plat application.
B. Application. If no lot subject to the recorded plat has been sold, the property owner may apply for a plat vacation. If any lot in a subdivision has been sold, the recorded plat or any portion thereof may be vacated only upon application of all lot owners in the subdivision. A plat vacation application shall be accompanied by an application for a land study, preliminary plat, or final plat for the land subject to the recorded plat or portion thereof to be vacated, prepared in accordance with this article. A plat vacation application also shall be accompanied by an unconditional waiver of right to thirty-day action (mandated by the state for general approval of plats) for the plat vacation application, pending approval of a new final plat application for the same land.
C. Processing and Decision. The plat vacation application shall be decided by the city plan commission in conjunction with its decision on a new plat application for the same land. The application for plat vacation shall be processed together with the new plat application in accordance with the procedures applicable to the new plat application under this article. If the new plat application is for a land study or preliminary plat, decision on the plat vacation application shall be deferred or conditioned on approval of a final plat application for the land subject to the recorded plat or portion thereof to be vacated. The commission shall decide the plat vacation application after it decides the final plat application.
D. Criteria. The city plan commission shall approve the plat vacation application upon approving the final plat application for the same land, and shall deny the plat vacation application upon denial of such final plat application. The final plat application, as well as any preceding land study or preliminary plat application, shall be decided in accordance with the criteria applicable to such applications under this article.
E. Effective Date of Plat Vacation. The plat is vacated when a signed, acknowledged instrument declaring the plat vacated is approved and recorded in the manner prescribed for the original plat. On the execution and recording of the vacating instrument, the vacated plat shall have no further effect.
(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008)
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_ART1PLPR_CH19.07REREPL_19.07.050PLVAFetched: 10/28/2026