Adopted edition
Local adoption (Home Rule)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
TX · City
El Paso, TX.
El Paso, TX — building code: Local adoption (Home Rule).
Design wind speed
100 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
1A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
El Paso Building Department
ZIP coverage
51 ZIP codes inside El Paso.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
79901 79902 79903 79904 79905 79906 79907 79908 79910 79911 79912 79913 79914 79915 79917 79922 79923 79924 79925 79926 79927 79928 79929 79930 79931 79932 79934 79935 79936 79937 79938 79940 79941 79942 79943 79944 79945 79946 79947 79948 79949 79950 79951 79952 79953 79954 79955 79968 79995 79996 79997
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See the El Paso county overview, or the Texas state directory .
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