OR 83 Amends any & all previous City ordinances regulating, affecting or zoning propertyI
CITY OF COPPELL
ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. �j
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS CITY ORDIN-
ANCES REGULATING, AFFECTING OR OTHERWISE ZONING PROPERTY LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AND SPECIFICALLY
AMENDING, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY BUT OTHERWISE IN CONFORMANCE
WITH ORDINANCE NO. 49 OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, PASSED AND
APPROVED JANUARY 23, 1969; SETTING A PENALTY AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell adopted an official
zoning ordinance on the 23rd day of January, 1969, known as
Ordinance No. 49 of the City of Coppell, Texas; and
WHEREAS, such Ordinance establishes zoning regulations
and districts with a comprehensive plan and regulating the use
of land, buildings and structures within the City of Coppell
and providing a method for amending such Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, such Zoning Ordinance provides that any person
or corporation having a proprietary interest in any property
covered may petition the City Council for a change or amendment
to the provisions of the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council may, from time to time, amend,
supplement or change by ordinance the boundaries of districts
or the regulations therein established, in conformity with
Section 20 of the Zoning Ordinance heretofore referred to; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing sna11 oe neld before adopting
any proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, heretofore a person or corporation having such
a proprietary interest has complied with the prerequisites and
requirements of Section 20 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Coppell, and the City Council has, after proper notice and
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hearing, determined that an amendment should be made to such
Zoning Ordinance, changing or amending the use of land within
the area affected by such petition; and
WHEREAS, all prerequisites necessary for the amendment
to such Ordinance nave been met and the amendment has been
approved by the necessary governmental action and vote by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and welfare to
amend such Zoning Ordinance, as hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, there exists an emergency requiring that this
Ordinance become effective immediately upon its passage in
order to safeguard the general public welfare, health, peace
and safety; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
Section 1. That attached hereto and incorporated herein
for all purposes is a map of a part and portion of the City of
Coppell, Texas, such map containing a zoning legend. That
such map and plat, as attached, identifies the property
located within the City of Coppell, covered by this Ordinance.
Section 2. That attached hereto is a tract -by -tract
legal description of tracts of land contained within the prop-
erty covered by this Zoning Ordinance, identifying the zoning
hereby granted to each such tract of land, within the boundaries
of the City of Coppell, Texas.
Section 3. That hereafter the tracts of land described
in the attached documents shall be zoned as described in such
documents, and the land shall be used only as now used or in
conformance with such documents and not otherwise.
Section 4. That the official certified map upon which
boundaries of various zoning districts and areas are :drawn shall
be modified so as to reflect changes made by this Ordinance.
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Section 5. That the definitions used in City of
Coppell Ordinance No. 49 are incorporated into this Ordinance,
and all restrictions upon use within a zoning category or dis-
trict shall continue to exist and apply as if herein copied,
and they are hereby adopted.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to use
or develop property within the area covered by this Ordinance
without complying herewith, and any such violation or threatened
violation may be enjoined by the City of Coppell, by bringing
suit in any court having jurisdiction thereof; and additionally,
any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall, upon a conviction, be fined any sum not exceeding $200.00;
and each and every day that the provisions of this Ordinance are
violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Section 7. The fact that zoning regulations have not
been provided so as to meet current requirements of the City
of Coppell and the persons and property therein creates an
emergency requiring protection,and the general public welfare,
health, peace and safety require that this Ordinance become
effective immediately upon its passage, and it is accordingly
so ordained.
ATTEST:
PASSED AND APPROVED the L day ofp�,v ti�-L, 1972.
Citf Secretary,
City of Coppell
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Mayor, City of Coppell