OR 2003-1057 International Building CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-1057
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2002-987, IN PART, BY
AMENDING SEC. 15-1, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
BUILDING CODE, 2000 EDITION, BY ADDING AMENDMENT
105.5 "EXPIRATION"; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about April 23, 2002, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
2002-987, which provided for the adoption of the International Building Code, 2000
Edition, and the amendments thereto as the City's Building Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has now determined that an additional amendment
to said Code is necessary;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2002-987 of the City of Coppell,
Texas, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding 105.5 "Expiration" to Section 15-
1, "Amendments," which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 15-1. Amendments.
The following sections of the International Residential Code, 2000
Edition, are hereby amended to read as follows:
Amend Section 105.5 to read as follows:
105.5 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
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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 work 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 any such invalidity.
SECTION 3. That the repeal of any ordinance or any 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 in 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 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 the ~
of~, 2003.
ROBEi~T HA-G~TRf~ITY ATTORNEY
(RF~cdb [revised] 10/21/03)
day
DOL~A~ N."-STOVER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
"~'~IB~' ]3A'~ CI-TY-SECkETARY
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