OR 91-500-A-397 Tree reparationAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-397
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER
12, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 12-34-2-6.
EXEMPTIONS, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (I), TO AMEND THE
PROVISIONS FOR TREE REPARATION TO EXEMPT THE BUILDING
PAD AREAS FROM THE TREE REPARATION REQUIREMENTS;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the current ordinances of the City establish rules and regulations governing
the protection and preservation of established trees growing within the city: and,
WHEREAS, the intent of this amendment is to encourage economic development in
areas zoned Light Industrial, and;
WHEREAS, the Coppell Economic Committee and the Parks and Recreation Board
recommended that consideration be given to this amendment, and;
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the amendment
recommended by staff and has sent a recommendation to the City Council to approve the said
amendment to the specified section; and
WHEREAS, after review of the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation,
the City Council is of the opinion that Section 12-34-2-6 of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance should be amended;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas,
be, and the same is, hereby amended by the addition of subsection (I) to Section 12-34-2-6., to
read as follows:
"In areas zoned LI (Light Industrial), trees located within the building
footprint, as indicated on the Site Plan approved by City Council, shall not
be considered as protected trees under this Ordinance and shall not be
subject to tree reparation payment."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed, and all other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 of the Ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to
be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the t~ day of
2004
'Xl~VED:
DOU'~AS ~. ST~VER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBE'~i(~i~. ~k.4ER,/~'ITY ATTORNEY
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