OR 2002-1010 Peddlers and solicitorsORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-1010
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 6-2
FOR PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-2-2, TO
DELETE CANVASS; BY AMENDING SECTION 6-2-5 TO PROVIDE FOR
EXEMPTIONS TO THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN
SECTIONS 6-2-2 THROUGH 6-2-8; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) 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 6, Article 6-2, Section 6-2-2 to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-2-2. Permit; registration required.
No person, directly or through an agent, shall solicit in person from house-to-house
in the city to sell or attempt to sell goods, merchandise, wares, services, or anything of value
or to take or attempt to take orders for the future delivery of goods, merchandise, wares, or
any personal property of any nature whatsoever, or take or attempt to take orders for
services to be furnished or performed in the future, without first having obtained a written
permit, or to solicit funds for charitable purposes without first having registered with the
city."
SECTION 2. That the Code of Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas be, and the same is
hereby amended by amending Chapter 6, Article 6-2, Section 6-2-5 to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-2-5. Exemptions.
The provisions of Sections 6-2-2 through 6-2-8, of this Article, concerning
registration and permitting do not apply to public utility companies.., and others licensed
by the state."
SECTION 3. 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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 4. 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 5. 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 6. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and
each and every day such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7. 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 the8th day of
October, 2002
Candy Sheehan, Mayor
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTO~qEN[
(REH/cdb 10~)8/02)
LIBBY BALL SECRETARY
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