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Commission reviews major reorganization and amendments to El Paso's landscape ordinance; buyout option, tree spacing and buffers proposed
Summary
Planning staff outlined proposed amendments to Title 18.46 to reorganize landscape requirements, shift landscaping toward street frontages, allow 40-foot spacing for large canopy trees, codify a 10-foot commercial-residential buffer, reduce shrub counts per unit and expand a buyout option for small additions; staff expects to introduce the ordinance to council in mid-April.
Planning staff presented a comprehensive reorganization and set of amendments to El Paso's landscape ordinance (Title 18.46) aimed at simplifying the code and shifting landscape benefits toward street frontages.
Tony De La Cruz of Planning and Inspections said the proposal reorganizes landscape provisions to follow a path from street to site, clarifies required parkway/parkway-tree placement, requires a 10-foot landscape buffer where commercial abuts suburban residential, and modifies unit…
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