GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

El Paso City Code tit. 19, art. 2, ch. 19.09

in effect

El Paso City Code § 19.09.010 General policy.

19.09.010 - General policy. A. Adequate Service for Areas Proposed for Development. Land proposed for development in the city and in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction must be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, including water facilities, wastewater facilities, roadway and pedestrian facilities, drainage facilities and park and open space facilities. Land shall not be approved for platting or development unless and until adequate public facilities necessary to serve the development exist or provision has been made for the facilities, whether the facilities are to be located within the property being developed or off-site. B. Responsibilities of the Developer. The subdivider shall pay all design, engineering, labor, and construction costs for facilities required by this title, except to the extent that this title specifically provides for full or partial payment by the City of El Paso, the El Paso Public Water Utilities or others. The provisions of this title shall apply to re-subdivisions as well as to subdivisions. Specifically, the developer shall be responsible for the following: 1. Phasing of development or improvements in order to ensure the provision of adequate public facilities; 2. Extensions of public facilities and roadways including any necessary on-site and off-site facilities to connect to existing public facilities; 3. Providing and/or procuring all necessary property interests, including rights-of-way and easements, for the facilities, whether on-site or off-site; 4. Demonstrating to the city that the public facilities are adequate; 5. Making provisions for future expansion of the public facilities as needed to serve future developments, subject to the city's oversize participation policies, if applicable; 6. Providing for all operations and maintenance of the public facilities until the city or other public entity accepts the improvements; 7. Providing all security, if required in Chapter 19.08, for the construction of the public facilities; 8. Obtaining approvals from the applicable utility providers other than the city; and 9. Complying with all requirements of the utility providers, including the city and applicable drainage districts. (Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008) (Ord. No. 17236, § 27, 11-10-2009)

El Paso City Code § 19.09.020 Reserved.

El Paso City Code § 19.09.030 Conformance to plans.

19.09.030 - Conformance to plans. A. Conformance. Proposed capital improvements serving new development shall conform to and be properly related to the public facilities elements of the city's adopted comprehensive plan, other adopted master plans for public facilities and services including parks and open space, bikeway and transit, and applicable capital improvements plans, and shall meet the service levels specified in such plans. B. Thoroughfare Plan (Map) Amendments. No final plat shall be approved for any subdivision within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction until the applicant has made adequate provision for thoroughfares as shown on the thoroughfare plan (Map) as approved by the city. The thoroughfare plan is a guide for the roadway connections and types that will be needed in the future. Subject to city manager, or designee approval, as long as the connection is made, whether or not it is close to the exact alignment shown on the thoroughfare plan, no thoroughfare plan amendment should be necessary. The design and construction of the proposed thoroughfare shall be in conformance with the city's master plans for thoroughfares and with the City of El Paso Street Design Manual (SDM), and shall be subject to approval by the city manager or designee. If a different roadway type is found to be adequate or if the connection is not proposed to be made, then the thoroughfare plan shall be amended, upon provision of a traffic impact analysis of the proposed amendment in accordance with Chapter 19.18. C. Water and Wastewater Plans. No final plat shall be approved for any subdivision within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction until the applicant has made adequate provision for a water system and a sanitary wastewater system of sufficient capacity to adequately provide service to all tracts and lots within the area to be subdivided. The design and construction of the water system and of the sanitary wastewater system to serve the subdivision shall be in conformance with the El Paso Water Utilities master plans and construction standards for water and wastewater facilities and with the rules and regulations of the Public Service Board/El Paso Water Utilities and with the City of El Paso Street Design Manual (SDM), and shall be subject to approval by the utility manager. Subdivisions either in the ETJ or recently annexed and that are not served by the EPWU but by other systems shall either meet the same EPWU requirements or the requirements of the other utility provider but also be subject to approval by the city manager or designee. (Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008; Ord. No. 19327, § 13, 4-26-2022)

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_ART2SUST_CH19.09GEREFetched: 10/28/2026