OR 2002-1015 Placement of Commerical Containers on residential lotsORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-1015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3,
BY ADDING SECTION 3-5-12 TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF
COMMERCIAL ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS;
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR
VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FEE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas be, and the same is
hereby amended by amending Chapter 3, by adding Section 3-5-12 to provide for the placement of
commercial roll-off containers on a residential, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 3-5-12. Roll-off Containers on Residential Lot- Permit Required
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of a residential property to place a
commercial roll-off container on such residential lot without first obtaining a permit from
the Community Program Coordinator.
B. The Community Program Coordinator may issue a permit, not to exceed
thirty (30) days, for placement of a roll-off container for solid waste generated on a
residential site for construction, remodeling or reclamation of such property. Any permit
granted hereunder may be extended for a reasonable time not to exceed thirty (30) days.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owners, permittee, or
persons with whom they have contracted to place any refuse, brush, waste or discarded
items in a container permitted under this section.
D. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish a fee for any permit or
extension thereof granted under this Section."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense
was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or
terms of this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for each offense; and each
and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 24th day of
September, 2002.
APPROVED:
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RO]~ERT E.'Hd~E~I, CITY ATTORNEY
(REH/cdb 08/29/02)
LIBBY BA~fTY SECRETARY
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