EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter V - Section 49
General Regulations

Section 49.1
Development Regulations

A.   PRELIMINARY PLAN AND FINAL PLAT

When submitting a preliminary plan and final plat at the same time, the same requirements are necessary as filing each separately.

B.   MINIMUM LOT SIZES FOR WATER AND SEWER

l.   The use of individual water and sewer systems shall be permitted only on lots of five (5) acres or more and only in cases in which the reports required in Sections 51.2 and 51.3 are approved by The County Health Department and the State Engineer, except as pro-vided in subsection B.3 of this section.

2.   On lots of less than five (5) acres, the subdivider shall install a public water system and a public sewer system, except as modified in subsection B.3 of this section. Such public systems shall be installed in conformance with the requirements of the State Health Department, County Health Department, State Engineer, and The Area-wide Waste Water Quality Plan.

3.   A subdivider may utilize an individual water system, or an individual sewer system, or both on lots of between two and one-half (2½) and five (5) acres if a report or reports conforming to the requirements of Section 51.7 A, B, C, are submitted along with the sketch plan (or if no sketch plan is submitted, the preliminary plan), approved, and found to be consistent with the per-formance standards outlined in Section 49.2 M.

C.   In the event that the land to be partitioned, platted and sold, is burdened by a County Road on section line along any of its sides, then and in that event only, the lot width at the building setback line shall be a minimum of one hundred sixty-five (165) feet and the mini-mum acreage requirement shall be four and three-fourths (4.75) acres.*

D.   No public improvements shall be constructed prior to approval by the County Engineer and conformance to the requirements of Section 49 and 51.1 D.

E.   Drainage structures and channels outside the road right-of-way shall be maintained by the landowner, unless otherwise indicated.

F.   CONFORMITY WITH EL PASO COUNTY LAND USE PLAN

The Development Services Department, the Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners shall study the plat of the subdivision in connection with the Land Use Plan for El Paso County.

G.   REQUIREMENTS

Each subdivision and plat thereof shall be in conformity with the standards as set forth or referred to herein to ensure that subdivision development takes into account the basic design principles necessary for a safe, serviceable, attractive and healthy living environment.

H.   BUILDABLE LOTS

All subdivisions shall result in the creation of lots which are developable and which have adequate building sites.

I.   ACCESS TO PUBLIC STREETS

All lots or parcels created by a subdivision of land shall have frontage upon a dedicated maintained public street

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