OR 2003-1035 Unlawful to park East side of Coppell RoadAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-1035
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 8-
3-I(A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO
PARK A VEHICLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF COPPELL ROAD AT ALL
TIMES FROM ITS POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH BETHEL ROAD
SOUTHWARD TO ITS POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH
SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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 Section 8-3-1A of Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the
same is hereby, amended to provide for no parking zones at all times on Coppell Road, to read as
follows:
"Sec. 8-3-1 NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS & IN CERTAIN SCHOOL
ZONES/SCHOOL AREAS
A. NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle at
any time in violation of any official sign, curb marking, or street
marking that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the stopping, standing or
parking of a vehicle at the times designated for the following streets:
COPPELL ROAD at all times on the east side, from its point of
intersection with Bethel Road southward to its point of intersection
with Southwestern Boulevard.
SECTION 2. The traffic engineer shall erect official signs, curb markings, or street
markings giving notice that parking, stopping or standing of vehicles is prohibited at the locations
designated herein.
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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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
subjected 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 provide.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the � day of
2003.
ATTEST:
qBB BAL ITY SECRETARY
ROBERT E. HAGER CTY ATTORNEY