OR 91-500-A-388 Monument SignsAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-388
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE, THE ZONING MAP AND THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 12-29-4.2(A)
PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICTS, TO
PROVIDE PROVISION TO ALLOW INDIVIDUAL
TENANT NAMES TO BE PLACED ON MONUMENT
SIGNS; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR CONSISTENCY
IN SIZE, FONT AND COLOR FOR TENANT NAMES ON
SUCH SIGNS; ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR
MAINTENANCE OF SIGNAGE; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell currently has regulations governing monument signs
within the City; and
WHEREAS, requests for multi-tenant monument signs have become more common and
staff is receiving more inquiries regarding the same; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
establish more specific provisions for multi-tenant monument signs within the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning Map, and the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by
amending Section 12-29-4.2(A) to read as follows:
Monument signs: Monument signs are permitted in business zoning districts as follows.
(A) Monument signs must be built on a monument base, as opposed to a pole base,
with no separation between the base of the sign and natural grade. A monument
sign shall contain only the name, logo, address, product or service of the
establishment except as provided herein;
ii.
iii.
In the case of gasoline service stations only, the price per gallon of
gasoline;
In the case of governmental and religious organizations only, information
concerning forthcoming public events.
In the case of multi-tenant office and/or retail buildings, the individual
tenant names may be listed subject to:
(a) All individual tenant name plates must be the uniform size, color and
font, in accordance with this ordinance.
(b) Minimum letter size shall be six inches,
(c) If a tenant vacates the lease space, the name plate must be removed
within 30 days of such vacancy by the monument sign owner, owner
of the property where the sign is located, or other party having control
over such sign.
No other advertising or promotional information is permitted thereon. Such sign may be
single or double faced. Can signs made of plastic or similar materials are not permitted as
detached (monument) signs. Backlit plastic is not permitted within detached (monument)
signs.
SECTION 2. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions of the
ordinances of the City of Coppell not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or 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 invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and shall not affect the validity of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas.
SECTION 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and
every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this 14~tay of
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