OR 2011-1274 Swimming pool operation and safetyAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-1274
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 9 -18,
SECTION 9 -18 -1 BY ADDING SUBSECTION "B"; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell, Texas strives to ensure safety and proper operation of
swimming pools and spas,
WHEREAS, the Coppell Code of Ordinances provides for the adoption of State Rules
on Standards for Public Swimming Pools and Spas in Section 9 -18 -1;
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide State Standards for Public Interactive Water
Features and Fountains;
WHEREAS, upon review and consideration the City Council finds that Section 9 -18 -1
of the Code of Ordinances shall be amended to provide Standards for Public Interactive Water
Features and Fountains.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. That Section 9 -18 -1 of the Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE 9 -18. PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL, SPA, INTERACTIVE
WATER FEATURES AND FOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS
Sec. 9 -18 -1. Adoption of state rules on standards for public swimming pools
and spas, public interactive water features and fountains.
A . .....
B. The Standards for Public Interactive Water Features and Fountains
adopted by the Texas Department of Health Services as Texas
Administration Code §265.301 through 265.308, as amended, and as
amended herein, are hereby adopted as the City of Coppell Public
Interactive Water Features and Fountains Construction, Operation
and Maintenance Regulations, a copy of which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein for all purposes."
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SECTION 2. All ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed; provided, however, that all other
provisions of said ordinances not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held
to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
said ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication of the caption as required by law.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the day of
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LASW. STMER, MAYOR
ERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY
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