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Commission approves Title 20 amendments to C-5 downtown code to encourage housing and clarify uses
Summary
The commission approved targeted amendments to the C‑5 zoning district in downtown El Paso to clarify permitted neighborhood commercial uses, support residential development and remove outdated supplemental regulations.
The City Planning Commission on March 26 recommended approval of targeted amendments to Title 20 zoning rules for the C-5 commercial district in downtown and adjacent Uptown areas.
Planning staff and the city’s director of economic and international development presented the changes as a focused update to align the zoning code with the downtown housing and economic strategies in the city’s plans and to remove outdated or incompatible supplemental regulations. Staff explained the amendments are limited to the redlined C-5 district on the downtown map and do not rezone properties; rather, they change which uses are permitted or how certain uses are regulated under C-5.
Why it matters: The amendments are intended to make it easier to site housing-supporting uses and neighborhood retail in…
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