§ 23-85. Purpose.

This chapter shall apply to the incorporated area of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas and is designed to preserve, protect, and enhance the ecological and aesthetic environments of the City of Eagle Pass as well as promote the pleasant appearance and character of neighborhoods and high intensity commercial and industrial corridors; provide shade and thus reduce water consumption.

This chapter is also intended to assist in preventing soil erosion, reducing the hazards of flooding, enhancing the absorption of carbon dioxide and the supply of oxygen, and to reduce the effects of noise, glare and dust generated by some land uses.

This chapter also promotes water conservation and water efficiency. To assist in ensuring adequate water supplies exist for Eagle Pass's future, it is important that water conservation be promoted in landscape watering policies. Water conservation should be promoted through techniques such as proper design, plant selection, education of the public, and the proper use of irrigation systems. This chapter promotes and encourages the planting of water-thrifty plants and other landscape materials for apartments, commercial and industrially zoned properties.

(Ord. No. 05-22, § 1, 8-2-2005)