OR 2008-1212 No parking on Village Drive at Raintree Circle
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-1212
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS BY AMENDING SECTION 8-3-1 (A)
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PARK,
STAND, OR STOP A VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES AT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS: BOTH SIDES OF VILLAGE DRIVE WITHIN 30 FEET OF
ITS INTERSECTION WITH RAINTREE CIRCLE; BOTH SIDES OF
VILLAGE DRIVE WITHIN 30 FEET OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
MACARTHUR BLVD; THE WEST SIDE OF RAINTREE CIRCLE
WITHIN 30 FEET OF BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF ITS
INTERSECTION WITH VILLAGE DRIVE; WITHIN THE
INTERSECTION OF RAINTREE CIRCLE AND VILLAGE DRIVE; AND
WITHIN 15 FEET OF BOTH SIDES OF THE FIRE HYDRANT NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF RAINTREE CIRCLE AND VILLAGE DRIVE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 1.
That Section 8-3-1A of Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the
same is hereby, amended to provide for parking restrictions on Village Drive and Raintree Circle, to
read as follows:
Sec. 8-3-1 NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS & IN CERTAIN SCHOOL
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ZONES/SCHOOL AREAS
NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle at
any time in violation of any official sign, curb marking, or street
marking that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the stopping, standing or
parking of a vehicle at the times designated for the following streets:
. . . .
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VILLAGE DRIVE:
within 30 feet of its intersection with Raintree
Circle, within the intersection of Village Drive and Raintree Circle,
and within 30 feet of its intersection with MacArthur Boulevard.
RAINTREE CIRCLE:
on the west side within 30 feet of its
intersection with Village Drive, within the intersection of Raintree
Circle and Village Drive, and within 15 feet either side of the fire
hydrant immediately south of the intersection.
. . . .
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SECTION 2.
The traffic engineer shall erect official signs, curb markings, or street
markings giving notice that parking, stopping or standing of vehicles is prohibited at the locations
designated herein.
SECTION 3.
That all provisions of the Code 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 4
. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be 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 Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5
. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense
was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 6.
That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be
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subjected to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and
each and every day such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DLLY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the Z~ day of
2008. ~
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DOUGLAS N. STOVER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY B , C TY SECRETARY
APPROViI'~AS TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGS, CITY ATTORNEY