OR 2007-1153 Regulation of liquor or beer sales
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-1153
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE HOME RULE CHARTER BY ADDING
SECTION 11.22, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, PROVIDING FOR
THE REGULATION OF LIQUOR OR BEER SALES AND
REGULATING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
WHEREAS
, the City of Coppell held an election on November 7, 2006 to
consider a proposition for an amendment to the Home Rule Charter adding Section 11.22
for the purposes of regulating the alcoholic beverages within the City; and
WHEREAS,
as a result of such election, a majority of the votes were in favor of
the proposition amending the Home Rule Charter; and
WHEREAS,
on or about November 15, 2006 an official canvass was held and
the proposition was found to have been passed; and
WHEREAS,
as a result of such election, the City Council hereby amends the
Home Rule Charter by adding Section 11.22 to provide for the regulation of alcoholic
beverages in the City of Coppell.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
That the Home Rule Charter of the City of Coppell be, and the
same is, hereby amended by adding Section 11.22, which shall read as follows:
“SECTION 11.22 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
A. No person shall be allowed to sell liquor in all or part of the
residential sections of the City.
B. The City Council, may, by ordinance, prohibit the sale of beer
in any residential area of the City and./or regulate the sale of beer and
prescribe the hours when it may be sold as allowed by state law.
C. The City Council may, by ordinance, regulate alcoholic
”
beverages as permitted under the Constitution and laws of the state.
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SECTION 2. That the Home Rule Charter of the City of Coppell, Texas, as
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the City Secretary shall record in the Office of the City
Secretary, the Charter amendments adopted by the voters of the City; and pursuant to
Section 9.007, TEX. Loc. GoV'T CODE, the Mayor shall certify to the Secretary of State
of the State of Texas, an authenticated copy of this Ordinance and said amendments to
the Home Rule Charter under the seal of the City, showing the approval by the qualified
voters of the City ofCoppell, Texas.
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
~1~yof~,. L': 0,2007.
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MAYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Pursuant to TEX. Loc. GoV'T CODE ANN., Section 9.007, I Douglas N. Stover,
Mayor of the City of Coppell, Texas, hereby certify that the above and forgoing is a true
and correct copy of the City of Coppell Ordinance No. 2607- / /5:5 , adopted by
the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, at a duly convened meeting on the 27th
day of February, 2007, which is attached thereto as Exhibit "A" and is a true and correct
copy of the amendment to the City of Coppell Home Rule Charter as authorized and
approved by the voters of the City of Coppell at an election held for that purpose on
November 7, 2006.
ATTEST:
Seal of the City ofCoppell, Texas
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