OR 99-897 Providing amendments to Uniform Building Code, 1994 Edition AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 99897
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER
15, ARTICLE 15-1, SECTION 15-1-2(8); PROVIDING AMENDMENTS TO
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
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2000) 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, Article 15-1, Section 15-1-2(8) in part to read as
follows:
"Sec. 15-1-2 AMENDMENTS
7a. Sec. 403.01 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 403.01 Scope. This section applies to all Group B office buildings
and Group R, Division 1 Occupancies, each having floors used for human
occupancy located more than 55 feet above the lowest level of fire
department vehicle access. Such buildings shall be of Type I or II F.R.
construction and shall be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler
system in accordance with Section 403.2.
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
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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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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) 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) 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.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, the ~O-'2"day of
, 1999.
APPROVED:
CAN~'~'S~IEE~t~lq, -~AYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALI., IN~ffIff'CITY SECm~TARY
APPR~/~ff ~ TO FO ·
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY
(JCM/jld 8/26/99)
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