Canutillo Independent School District Residential Rezoning (26-0343)
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An Ordinance changing the zoning of a portion of Tract 62-E-2, W H Glenn Surv 241 Abst 8425 and a portion of Tract 4-G-2-B-1, Nellie D Mundy Surv #240, City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas from C-3/C (Commercial/Conditions) to R-3A (Residential). The penalty is as provided for in Chapter 20.24 of the El Paso City Code. Subject Property: East of Resler Dr. and North of Cimarron Canyon Dr. Applicant: Canutillo Independent School District Case Number: PZRZ25-00022
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Review released Resler Drive zoning conditions for neighbor risk
Context: The 2026-04-01 ordinance, adopted 8-0, both rezoned the CISD tract from commercial to residential and released its Ordinance No. 15672 conditions.
Recommended: Obtain Ordinance No. 15672 to identify exactly which use, buffer, or density conditions were imposed on the CISD tract decades ago and just released, since those conditions may have protected neighboring property owners and their removal during the commercial-to-residential rezoning could support a challenge.
Confirm new residential density allowed on Resler Drive CISD land
Context: City Council voted 8-0 on 2026-04-01 to adopt the paired rezoning and release of Ordinance No. 15672 conditions on the CISD tract near Resler Drive.
Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance's zoning district designation for the CISD tract near Resler Drive — the council released decades-old conditions from Ordinance No. 15672 in the same vote that shifted the site from commercial to residential, so the buildable density and use rules here are new, and the tract may be positioned for CISD to dispose of it for development.
Ask CISD why it's rezoning Resler Drive land to residential
Context: The vote record notes Items 28 and 29 were taken together, and the same 8-0 vote released conditions tied to Ordinance No. 15672 on the CISD tract.
Recommended: Request the Item 29 staff report — taken together with this rezoning in the same vote — and any CISD board correspondence to check whether a specific buyer or developer is already lined up for the tract; releasing 50-year-old zoning conditions right before a rezoning vote suggests a deal already in motion.
Watch for housing replacing retail on Resler Drive site
Context: City Council voted 8-0 on 2026-04-01 to rezone the CISD tract from commercial to residential and release its Ordinance No. 15672 conditions.
Recommended: The CISD tract near Resler Drive was rezoned from commercial to residential, so expect housing rather than retail on this site, and check the adopted ordinance for the specific density allowed since decades-old buffer conditions from Ordinance No. 15672 were released alongside the rezoning.
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An Ordinance changing the zoning of a portion of Tract 62-E-2, W H Glenn Surv 241 Abst 8425 and a portion of Tract 4-G-2-B-1, Nellie D Mundy Surv #240, City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas from C-3/C (Commercial/Conditions) to R-3A (Residential). The penalty is as provided for in Chapter 20.24 of the El Paso City Code. Subject Property: East of Resler Dr. and North of Cimarron Canyon Dr. Applicant: Canutillo Independent School District Case Number: PZRZ25-00022
Vote: 8 for, 0 against
adopt Ordinance 019855
Items 28 and 29 were taken together
An Ordinance changing the zoning of a portion of Tract 62-E-2, W H Glenn Surv 241 Abst 8425 and a portion of Tract 4-G-2-B-1, Nellie D Mundy Surv #240, City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas from C-3/C (Commercial/Conditions) to R-3A (Residential). The penalty is as provided for in Chapter 20.24 of the El Paso City Code. Subject Property: East of Resler Dr. and North of Cimarron Canyon Dr. Applicant: Canutillo Independent School District Case Number: PZRZ25-00022
Vote: 4 for, 0 against, 4 absent
advertise for public hearing - rezone east of Resler Dr/north of Cimarron Canyon Dr from C-3/C to R-3A