OR 95-684 Amends Article 15-5, Coppell Fire Code AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 95684
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE COPPELL FIRE CODE CODIFIED AT ARTICLE 15-5
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
BY AMENDING THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, 1991 EDITION, AS
HERETOFORE ADOPTED AND AMENDED, TO ADD CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF 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 Coppell Fire Code, codi~ed at Article 15-5 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended, by amending the
following Sections of the Uniform Fire Code, 1991 Edition, to read as follows:
(1) Section 10.204 FIRE LANES is amended by adding subsection e.
"e . Collapse Zone Exclusion. On buildings where the Fire Chief determines
that a building collapse potential is present, the Fire Chief may determine that the
Fire Lane be so located that the building walls are distanced at least one and one-
haft times (1.5) the height of the building from the closest point of the Fire Lane."
(2) Section 10.507(h). Group R, Division 1 Occupancies is amended to read as
follows:
"(h) Group R, Division 1 Occupancies. All Group R, Division 1 Occupancies
shall be equipped with an approved, hydraulically designed automatic fire
sprinkler system. Residential or quick response standard sprinklers shall be used
in the dwelling units and guest room portions of the building."
(3) Section 10.507 is amended to add subsection (i) Group R, Division 3 Occupancies
to read as follows:
"Section 10.507(i) Group R, Division 3 Occupancies. All Group R, Division 3
Occupancies which contain two or more separate dwelling units shall be equipped
with an approved, hydraulically designed, automatic fire sprinkler system,
Residential or quick response standard sprinklers shall be used in the dwelling
units and guest room portions of the building."
(4) Section lO.510(b) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 10.510(b). Where Required. Class I, I and II, or HI standpipes in all
Group I, H, B, Division 1, 2 or 3 Occupancies less than 4 stories in height but
greater than 20,000 square feet per floor."
(5) TABLE NO. 10.510-A--STANDHPE REQUIREMENTS is amended in part to
read as follows:
NONSPRINKLERED SPRINKLERED
BU1LDiNG~ BUiLDiNG23
OCCUPANCY Standpipe Hose Standpipe Hose
Class Requirement Class Requirement
5. Groups I. H.B, Div. I, or I and IP, or Yes L or I and II, or Yes
1, 2 or 3 Occupancies III III
less than 4 stories in
height but greater than
20,000 square feet per
floor.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and 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 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance, or of the Coppell Fire Code, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be
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held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of said ordinance, the Coppell Fire Code, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended
hereby, which 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 Coppell Fire Code and 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 or
terms of this ordinance, the Coppell Fire Code, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby,
shall be 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 Thousand Dollars
($2,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute
a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective 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, this the ic' ~-
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day of (' I "I APPROVED:
TOM MORTON, MAYOR
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