OR 91500-A-473 Amending code of ordinances, Ord 91500
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-473
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 12, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 91500, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 29,
SECTION 12-29-3, SUBSECTION 2, SPECIAL PURPOSE SIGNS, BY
REPEALING (E), (F), AND (G) AND RENUMBERING
ACCORDINGLY, AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 3,
PROHIBITED SIGNS, BY AMENDING (B), (I) AND (J) TO
PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 6-15; BY
AMENDING SECTION 12-29-4 BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 4,
TEMPORARY BANNER SIGNS, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND
RENUMBERING ACCORDINGLY; BY AMENDING SECTION 12-
29-5 BY DELETING SUBSECTION 4 AND 5, IN THEIR ENTIRETY;
BY REPEALING SECTION 12-29-7, PROVISIONS FOR
TEMPORARY SIGNS, IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVING THE
SAME FOR FUTURE USE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000) FOR
EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
on or about October 28, 2003, the City Council adopted an ordinance
that added Article 6-15 to Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances which established updated
and revised provisions for temporary signs in the City of Coppell; and
WHEREAS,
because these provisions have been adopted and incorporated into
Chapter 6, Article 6-15 of the Code, it is recommended that the Code of Ordinance be
amended by repealing various sections of Chapter 12, Article 12-29 and/or that Chapter 12
be amended to provide for a cross-reference; and
WHEREAS,
after review, the City Council has determined that Article 12-29, Sign
Regulations, should be amended as provided herein.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances, the Zoning Ordinance,
Ordinance No. 91500 of the City of Coppell, Texas, as heretofore amended, be, and the same is
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hereby amended by amending Article 29, Sections 12-29-3, 12-29-4, 12-29-5, and 12-29-7, which
shall read as follows:
“ARTICLE 29. SIGN REGULATIONS
. . . . .
Sec. 12-29-3. Provisions for all zoning districts.
. . . . .
2. Special purpose signs:
. . . . .
. . . . .
(D) Government signs:
. . . . .
(E) Holiday lights and decorations:
. . . . .
3. Prohibited signs:
. . . . .
(B) Balloons, streamers, bunting, banners, flags, flag poles, pole signs or
signs that contain moving parts unless otherwise specifically allowed
by Chapter 6, Article 6-15, of the Code of Ordinances.
. . . . .
(I) Off-premise signs except otherwise allowed under Chapter 6, Article
6-15, of the Code of Ordinances.
(J) Signs erected in the public right-of-way except as otherwise allowed in
Chapter 6, Article 6-15, of the Code of Ordinances.
. . . . .
Sec. 12-29-4. Provisions for business zoning districts.
. . . . .
. . . . .
3. Attached signs.
. . . . .
4. Window signs.
Sec. 12-29-5. Provisions for non-business zoning districts.
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. . . . .
. . . . .
3. Attached signs.
Sec. 12-29-6. Nonconforming signs.
. . . . .
Sec. 12-29-7. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 12-29-8. Variances.
. . . . .”
SECTION 2.
That all ordinances and provisions of the 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 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 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 prior law and the provisions of the 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 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 Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day said
violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its
passage and 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 14~ay of
~2007.
ATTEST:
ROBERT E. RAGE
(REH/cdb 08/01/07)
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