OR 2007-1173 Adopting the International Property Maintenance Code
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.2007-1173
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER
15 ARTICLE 15-9 TO ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE CODE, 2006 EDITION, AS THE CITY OF COPPELL
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE; PROVIDING AMENDMENTS TO
THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE 2006
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 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00)
FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT HOWEVER, WHERE A DIFFERENT
PENALTY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH
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 ($2,000.00) 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 City of Coppell Code of Ordinances be, and the same is,
hereby amended by amending Chapter 15, Article 15-9, in part to adopt the International
Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, with amendments to read as follows:
“ARTICLE 15-9. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
There is hereby adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, and
made a part hereof for all purposes, the same as if fully copied in full herein, with the
exception of such sections hereof, which are hereafter deleted, modified or amended.
Sec. 15-9-2. Amendments.
The following sections of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, are
hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Amend Section 102.3, to read as follows:
102.3 Application of other codes.
Remove references to the International Zoning
Code. Add reference to the Coppell Neighborhood Integrity Code, Ordinance
#94655.”
SECTION 2.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or work in this
ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas hereby
declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 3.
That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof by the
preceding sections shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or
any proceeding, suit or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal
shall take effect; but every such act done, or right vested or accrued, or proceedings, suit
or prosecution had or commenced shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or
purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so repealed shall remain in force.
SECTION 4.
That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for
each offense, except 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 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 5. 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.
~D by tbe City CouneD ofCoppeJl, Texas, Ibis tbe 2.:4~
day of __, 2007.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: