OR 2003-1058 International Fire CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-1058
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 ARTICLE 15-5, ADOPTING THE 2000 EDITION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE BY AMENDING THERETO
SECTION 105.3.1 PROVIDING A TIME SPECIFIC FOR FIRE
CODE PERMIT EXPIRATIONS AND REPEALING SECTION
105.3.2 AND RESERVING THE SAME FOR FUTURE USE;
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 15-5, in part, to amend the International Fire
Code, 2000 Edition, by amending 105.3.1 and by repealing 105.3.2 and reserving the
same for future use, which shall read as follows:
"Article 15-5. FIRE CODE
105.3.1 Expiration and Extensions. An operational permit shall remain
in effect until reissued, renewed or revoked or for such a period of time as
specified in the permit. Construction permits shall be valid for 180 days
the permit's issuance. Permits are not transferable and any change in
occupancy, operation, tenacy or ownership shall require that a new permit
be issued.--The fire marshal is authorized to grant, in writing, only one
extension of time 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.
105.3.2.
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RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
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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
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.
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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 _~:lay of
~ff.~a~,2003.
DOUG/LAS N. ~FOVE~, MAYOR
AP~~.~O FORM:
ROBERT I-i~ TTORNEY
(REH/cd~ffrevised] 10/14/03)
ATTEST:
LIBBY BAL~I~ECffE-TARY
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