OR 94-677 Regulating designated truck routes AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 94677
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 8-4-3 AND 8-4-6 REGULATING TRUCK ROUTES;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CAUSE; PROVING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENkLTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00); AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas be and the
same is hereby amended in part by amending Section 8-4-3 and 8-4-6 to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-4-3 TRUCKS PROHIBITED OFF TRUCK ROUTE; EXEMPTIONS
A. No person may operate, leave, park, stand or permit to be operated or
parked any commercial motor vehicle, truck tractor, semi-trailer, pole
trailer, or trailer upon any street within the City except those streets
designated as truck routes below:
STREET EXTENT
Beltline Road all portions within the City limits
Denton Tap Road all portions within the City limits
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply:
1. to emergency vehicles operating in response to emergency call;
2. to vehicles operated by a public utility while in an assigned area
for the purpose of inspecting facilities or providing maintenance
services to such facilities;
3. to vehicles operated for public service i.e. garbage pickup, street
repair and water service;
4. to a vehicle traveling to or from a location which is not on a
designated truck route for the purpose of providing repair or
maintenance service, loading or unloading goods, wears or
merchandise, provided such vehicle is operated over the
shortest practical route, and if the operator of such vehicle has
in his or her immediate possession evidence of the local
destination and point of origin. Any such vehicle shall not be
permitted to proceed from a location off the truck route to
another location without returning to a designated truck route.
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Sec. 8-4-6 TRUCK ROUTE SIGNS
The traffic engineer or designee shall erect appropriate signs and markings to
designate the truck routes established herein."
SECTION 2. 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repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall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 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance or of 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 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be punished
by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall become effective 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, on this the
day of .,.'~'/r"~<, ~t~ {-~' ~- , 1994.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMITH, CA~d~ORNEY
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