OR 2003-1056 Adopting the National Electrical CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-1056
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 ARTICLE 15-4, ADOPTING THE 1999 EDITION OF
THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE BY AMENDING
THERETO SECTION 85.4 PROVIDING A TIME SPECIFIC FOR
ELECTRICAL CODE PERMIT EXPIRATIONS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas be
amended by amending Chapter 15, Article 15-4, in part, to amend the National Electrical
Code, 1999 Edition, by amending 85.4, which shall read as follows:
"Article 85.4. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
85.4 Permits.
(i) Expiration and Extension. Every permit issued by the building
official under the provisions of this code shall be valid for 180 days from
the date of issuance. The building official is authorized to grant, in
writing, only one extension of time for a permit for a period not exceeding
120 days. The extension shall be requested in writing by the permit holder
prior to the permits' expiration and justifiable cause demonstrated. The
City may charge a fee of an amount to be established by resolution of the
City Council, for any and all permit extensions as provided herein.
Permits becoming invalid under this section shall only be restored through
the issuance of a new permit as provided elsewhere in this article.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any
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court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas hereby
declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite such invalidity.
Section 3. That the repeal of any ordinance or portion thereof by the preceding
sections shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or any
proceeding, suit or prosecution had or commenced any cause before such repeal shall
take effect; but every such act done, or right vested or accrued, or proceedings, suit or
prosecution had or commenced shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or
purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so repealed shall remain in force.
Section 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for
each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by State Law for such
offense, the penalty shall be that fixed by State Law, and for any offense which is a
violation of any provision of law that governs fire safety, zoning or public health and
sanitation, including dumping of refuse, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum
of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such
offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of Coppell, Texas, this 28th day of October,
2003.
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DOIY~LAS N. STOVER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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OBERT HAGER,.)~Y ATTORNEY
(REH/cdb [r~.j~ed] 10/14/03)
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