OR 96-753 Prohibit parking on Burns Rd AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 96753
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAFFER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
ADD SECTION 8-3-7, TRUCK PARKING, TO MAKE IT
UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO STOP, PARK, OR STAND
ANY VEHICLE WITH A RATED CAPACITY UNDER ONE AND
ONE-HALF TONS ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S
CLASSIFICATION ON BURNS ROAD FROM COPPELL ROAD TO
HAMMOND ROAD AND TO DESIGNATE HAMMOND ROAD IN
IT'S ENTIRETY AS TWO HOUR PARKING FOR VEHICLES
WITH A RATED CAPACITY UNDER ONE AND ONE-HALF TONS
ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S CLASSIFICATION;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE
NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
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,
and the same is hereby, amended by amending Chapter 8, in pan to add Section 8-3-7.
Truck Parking, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-3-7 TRUCK PARKING
A. A person commits an offense if he stops, parks, or stands a
vehicle with a rated capacity under one and one-half tons according
to the manufacturer's classification on Burns Road from Coppell
Road to Hammond Road.
B. A person commits an offense if he leaves standing or parked
an unattended vehicle with a rated capacity under one and one-half
tons according to the manufacturer's classification, on Hammond
Road, in its entirety, liar a period longer than two (2) hours.
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Coppelt, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby. repealed. and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word. phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby. be held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby. which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed
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 Hundred Dollars
($200.00) for each offenses and each and every day such ofti~nse is continued shall
constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
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-day of .'... ! t~ , 1996.
APPROVED:
TOM MORTON. MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. S}~IIT~RNEY
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