OR 96-745 Amends Uniform Building Code to establish an investigation fee AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 96745
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BYAMENDING CHAPTER 15,
SECTION 15-1-2 TO AMEND SECTION 107.5.2 OF THE UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE, 1994 EDITION; 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 FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT HOWEVER, 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
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 15, Section 15-1-2, in part, to amend
Section 107.5.2. of the Uniform Building Code, 1994 Edition, to read as follows:
"See. 15-1-2 AMENDMENTS
The following sections of the Uniform Building Code, 1994 Edition, together
with Appendix Chapters 4A Division I, A2.9 and A33, and the Uniform
Building Code Standards, 1994 Edition, are hereby amended to read as
follows:
2A. Section 107.5.2 shall be amended to read as follows:
107.5.2 Fee. An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be
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collected whether or not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The
investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the permit fee required by
this code, not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000,000), subject to the
aforesaid limitation. The payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt
any person from compliance with all other provisions of this code nor from
any penalty prescribed by law.
SECTION 2. 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 3. That all provisions of the Code of 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 not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in
effect when the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this
purpose.
SECTION 5. That 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 five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
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offense, except however, 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 said violation is
continued shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect 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 the City of Coppell, Texas, the ~, :7 itay of
,/-,- t~ ~ ,' ~ r,, ""~i ,1996.
APPROVED:
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.... '~OM MORTON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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L 'DA GRAU, crb/iECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMI~ITY ATTORNEY
(PGS/jd 2/14/96)
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