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El Paso updates zoning and land-use rules to comply with Texas Senate bills on small lots and mixed-use conversions
Summary
City planning staff presented and council adopted municipal code changes to align with Senate Bill 15 and Senate Bill 840, adjusting definitions, allowing higher heights for qualifying apartment/mixed-use projects and limiting local requirements on conversions; staff mapped broadly eligible areas and said implementation will be case- and design-dependent.
El Paso's planning department told the City Council on Nov. 18 that it has amended multiple sections of the municipal code to comply with two recently effective state laws affecting housing and mixed-use conversions.
Kevin Smith of Planning & Inspections said the changes reconcile local definitions with state law (apartment/multifamily now defined as three or more units and a new mixed-use residential definition requiring at least 65% residential floor area). To comply with SB 840 and SB 15, staff will allow higher building…
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