OR 91-500-A-165 Amends Sec. 39 regarding creation of building site & review of site plans AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500A165
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING
SECTION 39; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SlIM
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 hearings and affording a full and fair hearing
to all property owners generally, and to all persons interested, the said governing body in the
exercise of legislative discretion has concluded that Section 39 of 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 replacing Section 39 in its entirety with the following
section:
SECTION 39
BUILDING SITE CREATION AND SITE PLAN REVIEW
39-1 Creation of Building Site: No Permit for the construction or expansion of any building
shall be issued until a building site is established by a lot which is a part of an approved
plat filed in the plat records of the appropriate county. All platted lots must contact,
through fee simple ownership, a dedicated street or a private street.
39-2 Review of Site Plans:
1. Purpose: The intent of the site plan review and approval procedure is to
promote safe, efficient and harmonious use of land, vehicular and pedestrian
circulation, parking and loading, lighting, screening, landscaping, and. other
aspects of site development which contribute to the general welfare.
2. Applicability: A site plan shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for its recommendation and to City Council for approval prior to
issuance of a Building Permit for any of the following types of construction:
(A) Any townhouse project or multi-family residential development.
(B) Any park or subdivision for manufactured homes or recreational vehicles.
(C) Any non-residential project.
(D) Any construction requiring a Special Use Permit.
3. Site Plan Components: A site plan shall be accurate, legible, drawn to scale with
dimensions, and shall show:
(A) Location map, distance to the nearest cross street, north arrow, scale~ and
title block.
(B) Boundaries of the property.
(C) Location and size of existing buildings, and location, size, materials list,
and architectural elevations of proposed buildings.
(D) Proposed occupancy.
(E) Parking layout and driveways.
(F) Means of ingress and egress.
(G) Loading areas.
(H) Fire lanes.
(I) Landscaping and plant list.
(J) Screening.
(K) Public and private sidewalks.
(L) Refuse facilities and manner of screening.
(M) Lighting facilities, security lighting, screening and glare shades.
(N) Adjoining streets and alleys, including curbs, medians and storm drains.
(O) Drainage, electric, telephone, gas, cable television and other utility
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easements.
(P) Zoning districts on and adjacent to the property.
(Q) Computations of building area for each occupancy, site area and parking
and landscaping ratios.
(R) Existing and proposed water lines, sanitary sewer lines, and storm
drainage.
(S) Sign locations, descriptions and elevations.
(T) Topography with a contour interval of two (2) feet or less, and minimum
finished floor elevations, both referenced to mean sea level datum.
(U) Location on the property of existing trees 8" in caliper or larger with the
species and trunk diameters indicated.
(V) Other information which the Planning and Zoning Commission or City
Council considers essential, including building elevations and samples of
exterior color selections.
4. Expiration: Site plan approval shall be valid for two (2) years following the most
recent date of City Council approval.
5. Compliance with Approved Site Plan: Within a development subject to site plan
review under the terms of this Section, the Building Official shall not issue a
Building permit after the expiration date of the approved site plan, shall issue a
Building Permit only for construction which complies with all the provisions and
conditions of the most recent site plan which City Council approved, and shall not
issue a Certificate of Occupancy until all provisions and conditions of the
approved site plan have been met.
6. Amendment: The Director of Planning is authorized, at any time prior to the
expiration of site plan approval, to approve minor amendments of an approved
site plan to correct distances and dimensions; to adjust building configuration and
placement; to realign driveways and parking layout; to adjust open space,
landscaping and screening; and to change utility and service locations; provided
that no such minor amendments shall substantially change the original plan.
Proposed amendments which the Director of Planning is not authorized to
approve, or has disapproved, shall follow the same procedure as the original
submission.
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 and 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 thi~q 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 PAS~SED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, thi~q the ,/,-D-Tc~ day of
~.~n ~. , 1997.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
KATI-ILEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PEYER G. SM T , Ci ' A Om,m¥
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