OR 91-500-A-168 Adding a new sec.28A entiltied "Historic Overlay District" AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500A168
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP
OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY
AMENDING SECTION 3AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 28A
ENTITLED "HISTORICE OVERLAY DISTRICT"TO ALLOW ASPHALT
PAVEMENT AND/OR PROVIDE FOR THE SAME ON DESIGNATED
PROPERTY WHICH WILL ALLOW WOOD OR SIMILAR SIDING ON UP
TO 100% IOF EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT
FOR HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT; PROVIDING STANDARDS OF
CONSTRUCTION FOR ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND WOOD OR SIMILAR
SIDING; PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO
COMPRISE THE HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT; AMENDING
SECTION 30 TO ADD SECTION 30-18 TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR
APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS 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.
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SECTION 1. The City Council has determined that there are stmclures within Old Town
Coppell developed in the nineteen-thirties, nineteen-forties and nineteen-fifties, styled in single story
wood frame homes and businesses that have historical significance; and in attempt to preserve this
'historically unique site of the original town, the City Council has deemed ~ area as historically
significant and enacts this ordinance to preserve this unique area.
SECTION 2. That the .Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of Coppeil,
Texas, duly passed by the governing body of the City of Coppelk Texas, as heretofore amend~ be
and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 3 in part to read as follows:
"SECrION 3
ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABI,I,~I~.D
3-1 The City of Coppel[, Texas, is hereby divided into twenty-three (23) zoning distr/cts. The use,
Designation Zoning Disuict Name
SF-ED Single-Family Residential Estate District
SF- 18 Singlo-Family Residential District
SF-12 Single-Family Residential District
SF-9 Single-Family Residential District
SF-7 Single-Family Residential District
21;-9 Two-Family Residential District
TH-1 Town House Residential District 1
TH-2 Town House Residential District 2
MF-1 Multi-Family Residential District 1
MF-2 Multi-Family Residential District 2
Mil Manufactured Home Park District
O Office District
R Retail District
HC Highway Commercial Distdct
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C Commercial District
TC Town Center District
LI Light Industrial District
HI Heavy Industrial District
PD Planned Development District
1~ Flood Plain District
HO I-rtstoric Overlay District
SUP Special Use Permit
3-2 DEFINITION AND PURPOSE OF ZONING DISTRICTS
A-Agriculmrnl District. This district shnll be used for farming, rnnching, foresU% nM mining
uses not haznrdous by reasons of odors, dust, fumes, noise or v~ttio~ single-family
dwell~s; nnd is considered the proper classification for large areas of undeveloped land or
newly annexed land in the City.
SF-ED - Single-Fnmily Residential Estnte District. This district is intended to be con,.po~ed of
single-fnmily detached dwellings on lots not less than one ncre (43,560 square feet) in nre~
SF-12 - Single-Family Residential District. This district is intended to be composed of single-
family detached dwellings on lots not less than twelve thousand (12,000) squnre feet in area.
SF-9 - Single-Fnm~y Residential District~ This district is intended to be composed of single-
fam~ detached dwellings on lots not less than nine thousand (9,000) square feet in aren.
SF-7 - Single-Family Residential District. This district is intended to be compo~l of single'
family detnched dwellings on lots not less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet in nre~
2F-9-Two-FamilyResidentialDistrict. This district provide~ a low. density dwelling
classification in the form of two-family or duplex dwellings to facilitate individual ownership of
each unit.
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TH-1 - Town House Residential District-1. This district is intended to be composed of singlo-
family attached dwellings, provided that no more than six (6) units are attached, and that no
dwelling unit is constructed above another unit. The minimum lot area is 3,000 square feet per
dwelling unit.
TH-2 - Town House Residential District-2. This district is intended to be composed of single-
family attached dwellings, provided that no more than six (6) units are attached, and that no
dwelling unit is constructed above another unit. The minimum lot area is 2,5000 square feet
MF-1 - Multli-Family Residential District-1. This district is intended to be comprised of
attached dwelling for more than two families. The maximum density is 16.units per acre.
MF-2 - Multi-Family Residential District-2. This district is intended to be comprised of
attached dwelling for more than two fiunilies. The maximum density is 22 units per acre.
maintenance of a Manufactured Home Park, recreational building, swimming pool, private
club, laundry and storage facih'ties for use of the residents of the manufactured'home park.
O - Office District. This district is intended to be composed of professional and administrative
offices and medical services activities and related supporting services.
R- Retail District. This district provides for areas of convenience shopping and other
residential service oriented businesses.
HC - Highway Commercial District. This district is intended ~ as a high intensity area
permitting a mixed~use for office, commercial-retail, and highway oriented uses, such as hotels,
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restaumn~ and low and mid-rise offices, and should be located generally along high-volume
thoroughfares.
C - Commercial District. This district conc.~trates business, warehouse and service activities
normally locating within retail service centers.
TC - Town Center District. This district is intended to provide & mixture of res/dential and
compatible non-res/denfial uses, creating a center of identity for the community.
LI - Light Industrial District. This district permits those industries and manufacturing plants
that are predominately fight in character, have their operations conducted wholl~, within
buildings, are more compatible than heavy manufacturing uses, and do not emit noxious odors,
noises, dust, smoke, and w'orations as do the heavy mamfacturing processes.
HI - Heavy Industrial District~ This district provides for the location of enterprises that tend to
emit odors, noises, dust and v~'orations and that are least compatible with other uses.
PD - Planned Development District. This district provides flem'o'dity in planning and
development through the combination of uses.
Fl' - Flood Plain - Prefix. When added to any of the afore, listed ~ the prefix spedfies a
sub-district subject to the provisions of Section 28.
HO - Historic Overlay District. When added as a prefix to any of the dore, listed districts, the
prefix specifies property within the mb-district subject to the provisions of Section 28A.
SUP - Special Use Permit. When added as a prefix to any of the residential or non-residenti_'al
zoning dassific, ations, this prefix specifies that a permit has been granted to allow a special use,
provided certain conditions are met, as specified in the ordinance adopted by the City Council
granting the Special Use Permit zoning dassi/icafion."
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SECTION ;~. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map of the City of Coppell,
Texas, duly passed by the governing body ~f the City of CopPell, Texas, as heretofore amended, be,
and the same are hereby amended in part by adding Section 28A to read as follows:
"SECTION 2~A
"HO" - I~I~TORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT
General Purpose and Description: The I~stodc Overlay District '~HO" prefix is intended to
provide special development standards compat~ole with the unique character of Old Town
Coppell, as defined herein.
28A-1 Use Regulations: A building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. Any use permitted in the underlying zoning district dassitic~or~
2. Asphalt pavement in lieu of concrete pavement when authorized by a special use
permit granted under Section 30.
3. Wood or similar siding for up to one hundred percent of exterior construction
when authorized by a special use permit under Section 30.
28A-2 Special Use Permit Conditions: In granting Special Use Permits, the City Council shall take
into consideration the historic character of the overlay district, as follows:
1. In authodz/ng asphalt pavement in lieu of concrete pavement, City Council shall make
such approval conditional upon the provision of adequate landscaping, screening and
concealment of parking areas to maintain a roadside appearance chamaedstic of
2. In authorizing wood or similar siding on up to 100% of exterior consUuction in lieu of
masonry, City Council shall make such appwval conditional upon color selections,
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Comprehe~ve Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppe!l, for the purpose of varying the
requirements for concrete pavements and masonry siding on the exterior walls of buildings in a
Historic Overlay District."
SECTION 5. 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
SECTION 6. 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 Comprehens/ve Zoning
Ordinance as a whole.
SECTION 7. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed by
prior law and the provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended, in eft'eot when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 8. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provis/ons or terms of
this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Coppelk as heretofore amended, and upon conviction sl~ be punished by a
fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; ~ each and every
day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 9. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately fiom and after its passage and
the publication of its caption, as the hw ~md charter in such cases provide.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~-?-,~ day of
x,.,)% ~ , 1997.
APPROVED:
CANDY SH]~EHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATI~.~.~ ROAC'~H, CITY SECRETAI~Y
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. sMrITI, CITY ATTORNEY
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