OR 91500-A-494 Signs which advertise alcoholic beverages
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-494
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 91500, BY AMENDING SEC. 12-29-3.3,
ADDING “(P) SIGNS WHICH ADVERTISE OR REFER TO THE SALE
OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY WORDS OR
SYMBOLS” TO TYPES OF SIGNS ARE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED,
AND SEC. 12-29-4.3(A)i, REQUIRING INDIVIDUALLY MOUNTED
LETTERS ON ATTACHED SIGNS IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS;
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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 91500 of the City of Coppell, Texas as
heretofore amended be and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 12-29-3, by
adding Subsection (P) to read as follows:
Sec. 12-29-3. Provisions for all zoning districts.
. . . . .
3. Prohibited signs: The following types of signs are specifically prohibited.
. . . . .
“(P) Signs which advertise or refer to the sale or consumption of alcoholic
beverages by words or symbols.”
. . . . .
. . . . .”
SECTION 2
. That Ordinance No. 91500 of the City of Coppell, Texas, as heretofore
amended, be, and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 12-29-4.3 (A)i. and replacing
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with a new Section 12-29-4.3 (A)i, deleting the language, “and the requirement for individually
mounted letters”, which shall hereinafter read as follows:
i. Attached signs shall consist of individually-mounted channel letters in
white, ivory, black or neutral colors. In the event that a building has
existing attached signs of all one color, not compliant with the colors
specified herein, then the new sign may either match the color of the
existing signs on the building, or be white, ivory, black or neutral. It is the
intent of this provision that all tenant signage be the same color in any
individual building. Raceways shall match the color of the materials to
which they are mounted. All illumination shall be limited to white or off-
white. Logos in any color shall be permitted, but shall not exceed 20
percent of the area of the sign. Attached signs in areas zoned Light
Industrial are exempt from the color and logo size restrictions. Refer to 12-
29-4.3(D) for additional regulations on attached signs in Industrial zoned
areas.
SECTION 3.
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 4
. 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 5.
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.
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SECTION 6. 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 ofCoppell, 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.
SECTION 7. 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 ofCoppell, Texas, this theB ~ay of
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ATTEST:
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