OR 91-500-A-194 Amends Sec.29-4 to replace paragraph (C) of Subsection 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500A194
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
AMENDING SECTION 29-4 TO REPLACE PARAGRAPH (C) OF
SUBSECTION 2 IN ITS ENTIRETY TO PERMIT MORE THAN ONE
MONUMENT SIGN ON PROPERTY IN EXCESS OF FIVE (5) ACRES
WITH FRONTAGE ON MORE THAN ONE STREET; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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.
WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the governing body of the
City of Coppell, Texas, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas and pursuant to the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, have given requisite notices by
publication and otherwise, and after holding due heatings and affording a full and fair hearing to
all property owners generally, the said governing body is of the opinion, and in the exercise of
legislative discretion have concluded that the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance should be
amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas,
duly passed by the governing body of the City of Coppell, Texas, as heretofore amended, be, and
the same is hereby amended by amending Section 29-4 to replace Paragraph (C) of Subsection 2
in its entirety to read as follows:
(C) Two monument signs are permitted on the premises as follows:
i. Provided that the premises is not a comer lot, two monument signs are permitted
on premises greater than two (2) acres in size having frontage on two (2) or more
streets, as follows:
Maximum size 40 square feet
Maximum height 4 feet each
Minimum setbacks 15 feet from street right-of-way
- 75 feet from property lines other than those property
lines fronting the street right-of-way
Maximum number of signs 1 per street frontage
Maximum total number 2
ii. Provided that the premises has frontage on more than one street and that the
frontage on each street is 500 feet or more, two monument signs are permitted on
premises greater than five (5) acres in size as follows:
Maximum size 60 square feet
Maximum height - 6 feet each
Minimum setbacks 15 feet from street right-of-way
75 feet from property lines other than those property
lines fronting the street right-of-way
Maximum number of signs - 1 per street frontage
Maximum total number - 2
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance 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 sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section
of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part
so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole.
SECTION 4. That an offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as
amended, in effect when the offense was committed mad 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 shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense;
and each and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~'7'/~ day of
~_~c~/o~ ,1998.
OVED: ~
~'-' ~ --AN, MAY'~R
ATTEST:
KA~I'HLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER d. SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY