OR 297-A-26 Special use classification for churches AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.297A26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS
HERETOFORE AMENDED, TO ADD A NEW SECTION 29.14 TO THE SPECIAL USE
SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS
FOR CHURCHES; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE;
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Zoning Commission and the Governing Body of the City of
Coppell, Texas, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas with reference to
amending the Zoning Ordinance, 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, the said Governing Body is of the opinion that Ordinance No. 297,
the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of CoppelI, should be amended in the
exercise of its legislative discretion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 29 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the
City (Ordinance No. 297), which establishes the use regulations for the special use
classification, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new Section 29.14 which
shall read as follows:
"29.14 ANY DISTRIICT
1. Churches
A church may not be excluded from any zoning district within the
City, therefore the Special Use Permit required by this ordinance
may not be denied. In the issuance of such Special Use Permit,
there shall be imposed only those reasonable special conditions or
regulations necessary to protect the health, safety, and general
wel,~ c of the community. Offstreet p~_ .ng shall be regulated by
Section 30.6(4) of this o~dinance. A site plan my be required as a
part of the application for this Special Use Permit and unless modified
by approval of a site plan adopted as a part of the ordinance
granting the Special Use Permit, set back and other such requirements
shall be governed by the regulations of the basic zoning district,
and the structural requirements shall be governed by the existing
ordinances of the City.
All churches in existence at the time of the adoption of this
amendment shall be considered as conforming uses under Special Use
Permit in regard to all church facilities in place as of the effective
date of this amendment.
Once a church has received a special use permit it will not have
to obtain another special use permit to expand church facilities
within the church property.
Church use shall be permitted in any Commercial Zoning District
without a special use permit."
SECTION 2. That the use of the term "Churches" shall be deleted in its entirety
from Sections 29.5(4) and 29.6(3) of said ordinance.
SECTION 3. That all ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other ordinances of the
City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4. That should any paragraph, sentence, 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 invalid, illegal or unconstitutional
and shall not affect the validity of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole.
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, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction
shall be punished by fine not to exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
for each offense, and that each day such violation shall continue to exist shall constitute
a separate offense.
SECTION 6. It is necessary to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City in order
to permit proper development and in order to protect the public interest, comfort and
general welfare of the City. Therefore, this ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage and publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSEl) by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~.~,/~-~
day of ("~._~, ~ , 1986.
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