OR 91500-A-551 Amending Chapter 12AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500 -A -551
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 91500, BY AMENDING ARTICLES 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, AND 27, RESPECTIVELY, BY ADDING SECTIONS 12 -20 -7,
12 -21 -7, 12 -22 -7, 12 -23 -7, 12 -24 -7 AND 12 -27 -7, RESPECTIVELY, TO
PROHIBIT OUTSIDE STORAGE AND DISPLAY IN THE
RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICTS; BY AMENDING ARTICLE 42 —
SPECIAL DEFINITIONS BY REPEALING AND REPLACING THE
DEFINITION OF AWNING AND OF OUTSIDE STORAGE &
DISPLAY, RETAIL STORES & SHOPS AND BY ADDING A
DEFINITION FOR CANOPY, GARDEN CENTER AND FOR
SCREENED FROM VIEW OF AN ADJACENT PUBLIC STREET;
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 the Code of Ordinances be, and the same is, hereby amended by
amending Chapter 12, Zoning, by amending Articles 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 27, respectively,
by adding Sections 12 -20 -7, 12 -21 -7, 12 -22 -7, 12 -23 -7, 12 -24 -7 and 12 -27 -7, respectively,
to prohibit outside storage and display in the respective zoning districts, which shall read as
follows:
"ARTICLE 20. "O" OFFICE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sec. 12 -20 -7. Outside storage and display.
No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside
storage and /or display of goods and /or services as defined in this chapter, unless
screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or
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secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under
Article 6 -5 of the Code of Ordinances.
ARTICLE 21. "R" RETAIL, DISTRICT
Sec. 12 -21 -7. Outside storage and display.
No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside
storage and /or display of goods and /or services as defined in this chapter, unless
screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or
secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under
Article 6 -5 of the Code of Ordinances.
ARTICLE 22. "HC" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS
Sec. 12 -22 -7. Outside storage and display.
No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside
storage and /or display of goods and /or services as defined in this chapter, unless
screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or
secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under
Article 6 -5 of the Code of Ordinances.
ARTICLE 23. "C" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sec. 12 -23 -7. Outside storage and display.
No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside
storage and /or display of goods and /or services as defined in this chapter, unless
screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or
secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under
Article 6 -5 of the Code of Ordinances.
ARTICLE 24. "TC" TOWN CENTER DISTRICT
Sec. 12 -24 -7. Outside storage and display.
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No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside
storage and /or display of goods and /or services as defined in this chapter, unless
screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or
secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under
Article 6 -5 of the Code of Ordinances.
SECTION 2. That the Code of Ordinances be, and the same is, hereby amended by amending
Chapter 12, Zoning, by amending Article 42 — Special Definitions by repealing and replacing the
definition of awning and outside storage & display, retail stores & shops, and by adding a definition
for canopy and screened from view from an adjacent public street, which shall read as follows:
"ARTICLE 42. SPECIAL DEFINITIONS
Awning: A shelter supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building; a
temporary or permanent non - loadbearing projection from an exterior wall of a
building designed to provide shade or protection from elements, having a pitched
surface which may not be used for any other purpose. A rooflike structure of fabric
stretched over a rigid frame projecting from the elevation of a building designed to
provide continuous overhead weather protection.
Building Residential:.. .
Canopy: A roofed structure constructed of metal, wood or any other solid
material supported by the building or by support extending to the ground directly
under the canopy [and] placed so as to extend outward from the building providing a
protective shield from doors, windows, and other openings.
Garage, public: .....
Garden Center: The growing, displaying, and /or wholesale or retail sale or
handling of plants, shrubs, trees, soils and related materials conducted within or
without an enclosed building.
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Outside storage and display Retail stores and shops shall mean the display or
offer of all types of consumer goods for sale in the open, outside a building footprint
and under a roofline canopy of such building footprint, of groceries, packaged
beverages, consumer goods, new or used automobiles, heavy machinery, building
materials, used appliances, furniture, vending machines or salvage materials typically
not in a fixed position and capable of rearrangement, designed and used for the
purposes of advertising or identifying a business, product, or service. For the purpose
of this section, the definition of canopy does include any such structure extending
outside the building footprint into an area used for motor vehicle traffic. (See Fig. 42-
1 for graphic explanation of this Ordinance).
Figure 42 -1
Public
Street
Public Street
Not Allowed
Allowed
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School:.....
Screened from view from an adjacent public street: A permanent structure of
sufficient height to screen material and which in no event extends higher than the
exterior wall of the primary building and constructed of the same or similar color and
material as the primary building.
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.
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 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.
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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 of Coppell, Texas, this the # 5 - 5( ttay of
2010.
APPROVED:
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