Shopping Center comprehensive sign plans for C-2, C-3, C-4, Q, M-1, M-2 and M-3 districts.
El Paso City Code § 20.18.455
in effect20.18.455 - Shopping Center comprehensive sign plans for C-2, C-3, C-4, Q, M-1, M-2 and M-3 districts.
A. Shopping Center Comprehensive Sign Plans:
1. Shopping centers may allocate the total available square footage for all primary monument, pole, and out parcel signs permitted under this chapter according to a submitted and approved Comprehensive Sign Plan (CSP).
2. The CSP shall be reviewed by the planning division for completeness and shall not be processed until any missing information is supplied and the applicant pays the established fee. Amendments to the sign plan shall be assessed the same fee as an original CSP.
3. Administrative approval. Comprehensive sign plans shall be reviewed and approved by the zoning administrator.
4. Comprehensive sign plans shall include the following:
a. Legal description of area proposed to be developed or metes and bounds description and amount of land included certified by a professional engineer (P.E.) or registered architect;
b. Three copies of the comprehensive sign plan, showing the boundaries of the tract proposed for development; elevations or perspective of the building; location and arrangement, use, dimensions, square footage and height of all structures; yards, setbacks (number of feet); sidewalks and curb cuts; driveways; on-site parking spaces, to include loading and unloading berths; open spaces; landscape planted areas; size, screening walls; screening of on-site parking facilities;
c. Stamp or seal and signature of a professional engineer or architect preparing plans;
d. Proof of ownership, (warranty deed, title commitment, etc.);
e. The applicant shall pay the established fee;
f. The locations, dimensions, and elevations of each sign to be located within the site.
g. A table listing each sign, its permitted size under existing zoning and standard review, and the square footage allocated to the specific sign under the comprehensive sign plan.
5. Shopping centers submitting a comprehensive sign plan shall be eligible for one additional primary monument sign to be used for no more than two anchor tenants to be identified by the property owner.
6. All signs covered by the comprehensive sign plan shall be monument signs.
7. Signs covered by the comprehensive sign plan shall not be eligible for the exceptions under 20.18.400.B.
8. If the zoning administrator does not approve an applicant's CSP, the applicant may appeal the decision to the city plan commission. The applicant must file the appeal with the zoning administrator within fifteen business days from the date of the zoning administrator's decision. The zoning administrator shall place the appeal on the city plan commission agenda to be heard by within forty-five business days from the date the appeal was received.
9. Architecturally unique primary signs not also meeting the definition of monument sign may reduce the sign base below thirty-three percent when the CSP and sign elevations demonstrate a consistent theme across all shopping center signage and where the design of the primary signs is tied to the architecture of the primary building(s) within the shopping center.
(Ord. No. 18245, § 7, 9-16-2014)
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_ARTIVEMSIRE_20.18.455SHCECOSIPLQDIFetched: 10/28/2026