§ 21.30.010. Instructions.  


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  • A.

    For land areas containing a minimum of forty contiguous acres. the provisions of this chapter and this title in general shall be available upon request for rezoning to a SmartCode Zone by the applicant and approval by city council. This rezoning shall be subject to the same requirements of any rezoning within the city plus the application applicant requirements in Section 21.10.040 A. of this title.

    B.

    New community plans must conform to the comprehensive plan, which may be amended by approval of the city council.

    C.

    Upon rezoning of an area as a SmartCode Zone, all parcels within the zone shall be marked as such on the zoning map of El Paso. Within the SmartCode Zone. the approved regulating plan and this title shall become the exclusive and mandatory zoning regulation, and its provisions, as altered by approved warrants, variances, and adjustments, and those of the subsequently approved building scale plans, shall be applied in their entirety.

    D.

    New community plans may be prepared by an owner or by the planning division.

    E.

    New community plans shall include a regulating plan consisting of one or more maps showing the following, and demonstrating their compliance with the standards described in this chapter.

    1.

    transect zones;

    2.

    Civic Zones, including civic spaces and Civic Buildings;

    3.

    Special Districts, if any;

    4.

    thoroughfare network and block layout;

    5.

    Special requirements, if any

    F.

    New community plan submittals shall also include additional information required by this chapter, such as:

    1.

    Identification of pedestrian sheds and community types;

    2.

    Density calculations;

    3.

    Requests for warrants or variances, if any.

    (Ord. 16945 § 2 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 17378, § 1, 8-24-2010; Ord. No. 17441, § 1, 10-26-2010; Ord. No. 17542, § 7, 4-26-2011)