OR 91500-A-552 Amending Chapter 12, Zoning, Article 33.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500 -A -552
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12, ZONING,
ARTICLE 33. SCREENING STANDARDS, SECTION 1. LOCATION OF
REQUIRED SCREENING, BY REPEALING AND REPLACING SUBSECTION
6, REFUSE STORAGE AREAS, IN ITS ENTIRETY; BY MOVING THE
PROVISIONS CURRENTLY PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION 6(A) AND 6(B) TO A
NEW SUBSECTION 7(A) AND 7(B) TO PROVIDE FOR SCREENING OF
GROUND AND WALL MOUNTED MECHANICAL AND UTILITY
EQUIPMENT AND ROOF - MOUNTED UTILITY AND MECHANICAL
EQUIPMENT; AND BY MOVING THE CURRENT SUBSECTION 7 TO
SUBSECTION 9 TO PROVIDE FOR SCREENING IN SUBDIVISIONS
WHEREIN THE REAR YARDS OF SINGLE - FAMILY, TWO- FAMILY, OR
TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL LOTS IS ADJACENT TO DEDICATED
ROADWAY OR SEPARATED FROM A ROADWAY BY AN ALLEY OR
SERVICE ROAD; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABIL,ITY 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 Article 33. Screening Standards,
Section 1. Location of required screening, as provided herein, which shall read as follows:
"Section 12 -33 -1. Location of required screening.
6. Refuse storage areas for all uses other than single - family, duplex and
townhome dwellings shall be visually screened by a six foot high solid masonry
enclosure on all sides except the side used for refuse pickup service, which shall have
gates of solid screening material. These gates shall remain closed at all times when not
in active use.
7. Ground and Wall Mounted and Roof - Mounted Mechanical and Utility
Equipment
(A) All ground and wall mounted mechanical and utility equipment including,
but not limited to, air conditioning units, generators, and transformers
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shall be visually screened by a solid screening wall at a minimum height
so as to provide visual screening of such equipment from adjacent
properties and public rights -of -way. Installation of evergreen landscaping
material, as deemed acceptable to the director of planning, may be
substituted in lieu of the screen wall, under circumstances where the
topography, zoning and use of such property would promote the general
health, safety, and welfare of the community.
(B) All roof - mounted utility and mechanical equipment including, but not
limited to, fans, vents, air conditioning units, cooling towers, and satellite
dishes, shall be screened so as not to be visible at ground level from the
adjacent properties and /or public rights of ways, that complies with fire
code requirements. In general, the screening of roof mounted utility and
mechanical equipment shall be provided by a parapet wall, unless
otherwise permitted by the city council.
Overall screening height shall be the height of the highest element
of roof - mounted equipment.
ii. The outside of the screening device, if independent of the building
facade, shall be painted or otherwise finished in a color similar to
the building facade, trim, or roof surface, whichever color is more
effective in minimizing the visibility of the equipment and screen
from public rights -of -way and /or adjacent properties.
8. The city council may waiver or modify .....
9. Where subdivisions are platted so that the rear yards of single - family, two -
family, or townhouse residential lots are adjacent to a dedicated roadway, or separated
from a roadway by an alley or service road, the developer shall provide, at his sole
expense, screening that conforms to section 12- 33 -1.8."
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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.
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SECTION 4. 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.
SECTION 5. 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 of Coppell, 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 6. 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 of Coppell, Texas, this the 1L�ay of
11�r 010.
APPROVED:
J #NE fETERS MAYOR
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TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGt"ITY ATTORNEY
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