OR 91-500-A-049 Amends Sect.44-3 regarding public hearing & notice AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500A49
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 44-3 REGARDING PUBLIC HEARING AND
NOTICE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; 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 in the exercise of legislative discretion have
concluded that 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 Section 44-3, Public Hearing and Notice, of 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, in part, to read
as follows:
"44-3 Public Hearing and Notice: Prior to making its report to
the City Council on a request for a change in a zoning district
classification or boundary, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall hold at least one public hearing on each
change. Written notice of all public hearings shall be sent to
each owner, as indicated by the most recently approved City tax
roll, of real property, within two hundred (200) feet of the
property on which the change in classification is proposed. The
measurement of two hundred (200) feet includes streets and
alleys. The notice may be served by its deposit in the City,
properly addressed with postage paid, in the United States mail.
Notice must be given not less than ten (10) days before the date
set for hearing. If the property within two hundred feet of the
property on which the change is 'propOse.cl. is roc/tted in territory
annexed to the City and is not included on the most recently
approved City tax roll, the notice of the time and place of the
hearing must be published in an official newspaper in
the · City
Before the City Council holds the public hearing on a request
for a change in zoning district classification or boundary, a
notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published
in the official newspaper
in the City at least fifteen (15) day before the hearing."
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
That all provisions of 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. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
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. SAVINGS CLAUSE
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. EFFECTIVE DATE
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That this 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 PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the f~z --
day of ~]~5~f ,1994.
APPROVED:
ORTON, MAYOR
ATFEST:
Ci~TY SECRETARY, ,,q.s.s ~
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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