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Planning

Plan El Paso, the City of El Paso's Comprehensive Plan, provides the basis for El Paso's regulations and policies that guide its physical and economic development. Plan El Paso establishes priorities for public action and direction for complementary private decisions. Plan El Paso contains illustrative plans, dia­grams, maps, and pictures to make its concepts clear and acces­sible to City officials, residents, developers, community groups, and other stakeholders.

The Comprehensive Plans below provide flexible frameworks that can be updated, revised, and improved upon over time to stay relevant to the issues the City must confront as well as the ambitions the City chooses to pursue. This plan can serve as a tool to evaluate new development proposals and direct capi­tal improvements and to guide public policy in a manner that ensures that El Paso continues to be the community that its citizens desire it to be.

Plan El Paso Policy Guides

Plan El Paso Volume I: City Patterns
Plan El Paso Volume II: Community Life

Historic Preservation

The City of El Paso’s Historic Preservation Program is now administered by the City Planning + Design Division.
For information about historic districts and properties, historic review requirements, applications, design guidelines, resources, and Historic Landmark Commission meetings please click below.

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Infill Development

On May 30, 2017, City Council adopted an Ordinance amending the Infill Development section of Title 20, Section 20.10.280. The amendment adds new location and design criteria for Infill Special Permits. It also includes new regulations and standards that govern how they are reviewed. 

The City of El Paso defines Infill Development as "any development activity, including but not limited to new construction, renovation, addition, rehabilitation or redevelopment, associated with vacant or underutilized parcels within existing, largely developed urban areas".

Economic Development

The purpose of the City’s Infill Development Incentive Policy is to provide financial incentives to develop vacant and underutilized properties within the City limits, in accordance with the standards established within Title 20. The City recognizes there may be physical and monetary challenges to developing such parcels and as such, has provided financial incentives to make it economically feasible to do so. As an additional source of financing to assist in funding a project, the City not only seeks to develop vacant and underutilized lots but also to promote high-quality development. To be eligible, projects must meet the ‘Eligibility Criteria’ section of the Infill Development Incentive Program Policy.

Please contact Karina Brasgalla, at (915) 212-1570, for more information regarding Economic Development and the Infill Development Incentive Program.

Incentives

Applications for Infill Development may be solely to provide for modifications to Zoning requirements, Economic Development incentives only, or for both. Contact our Economic Development Department to find out if your project is eligible.

Requirements

Specific requirements within Section 20.10.280 can be found within the approved Ordinance and an Infill Checklist assist in understanding if your project meets the requirements. There is also a Policy Guide to supplement the Ordinance and provide additional clarification and visualization of the code requirements as well as reference material found in the Ordinance.

What do the new requirements include?
The new requirements for Infill Development pertain to the following items:

Location Criteria
Design Requirements

  • Mandatory (3)
  • Selective (10)
  • Exclusions

Documents

Special Permit Application
Checklist
Ordinance
Policy Guide
Infill Area GIS Map