OR 97-800 Asphalt paving in designated Historical Overlay Zoning District AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 97800
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NO. 94643, BY
AMENDING APPENDIX C, SECTION I E(1) (j) TO PROVIDE
STANDARDS FOR ASPHALT PAVING IN THE DESIGNATED
HISTORICAL OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
CLAUSE OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 94643 of the City of Coppell. Texas as
heretofore amended be and the same is hereby amended by amending Appendix C,
Section l, paragraph E(1)(,j) to provide standards lbr asphalt paving in the designated
Historical Overlay Zoning District to read as follows:
"(j) Parking lots shall be constructed of a minimum 5 inch concrete on a prepared
(lime or cement modified) subgrade with adequate surface drainage. All fire
lanes shall be constructed of 6 inch concrete on a prepared (lime or celllent
modified) subgrade with adequate surface drainage. Additional requirements on
the subgrade are set forth in paragraph (I)(E)(1)(a). Asphalt will not be permitted
for either parking lots or fire lanes. However, in the Historic Overlay Zoning
District asphalt pavement will be allowed when authorized by a Special Use
Permit (SLIP) approved by the City Council. Pavement shall be a minimum of
4 inch (2 inch Type 'B' asphalt and 2 inch Type 'D' asphalt) on a prepared (lime
or cement modified) subgrade with adequate surface drainage. Asphalt pavement,
on a prepared (lime or cement modified) subgrade with adequate surface drainage,
in fire lanes shall be able to support a concentrated load of 40,000 pounds. An
alternative concrete or asphalt pavement design may be submitted to the City for
review by the City Engineer. If the City Engineer determines the alternative
design is acceptable then the alternative design may be used. Additional
requirements on the subgrade are set forth in paragraph (I)(E)(1)(a)."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and provisions of the 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 repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this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 portion of this
ordinance, or of the Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or of the Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance
is governed by prior law and the provisions of the Ordinances, as amended, in effect
when the offense was committed and the lbnner law is continued in effect for this
purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance or of the ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed
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 Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00) for each ofibnse; and each and every day said violation is continued
shall constitute a separate oflbnse.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and
after its passage and publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases
provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
.~ th day of .~/} , 1997. APPR~VED:,
~DY S"~A~, ~AYOR
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM: