OR 2012-1305 Property Maintenance CodeAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO — 1,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 15 ARTICLE
15 -14 TO THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
2009 EDITION; AMENDING SECTIONS 15 -14 -2 ; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE: HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT
HOWEVER, WHERE A DIFFERENT PENALTY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY STATE OR LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE WHICH IS A
VIOLATION OF PROVISION OF LAW THAT GOVERNS FIRE
SAFETY, ZONING, OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION,
INCLUDING DUMPING OF REFUSE, THE PENALTY SHALL BE A
FINE; NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) 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 City of Coppell Code of Ordinances be, and the same is, hereby amended
by amending Chapter 15, Article 15 -14, to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 15 -14. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
15 -14 -2 Amendments
11.
Sec. 113.3 Inspection required.
All dwellings, boarding houses, rooming houses, lodging houses, and/or tourist houses
that rent to permanent residents and dormitories shall be inspected systematically for
compliance with this article and all other applicable laws.
Exception: The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
L Dwellings, buildings, structures and uses owned and operated by any
governmental agency;
2. Dwellings, buildings, structures and uses licensed and inspected by the state;
3. Hotels that do not rent to permanent residents;
4. Where a nonresidential business or activity, or a state - licensed and state
inspected use occupies a portion of a building and premises which would be
otherwise subject to this article. The provisions of this article shall be applicable
to the residential and common or public areas of such building and premises.
S. Properties that are currently being occupied by family member(s) with a written
notice given to Building Inspection and no rental payments are being collected
from occupant....
Add Sec. 113.4.2 Inspection of townhome(s):
The owner of multiple townhomes shall provide written notice to Building Inspection
indicating the type of registration classification of their townhomes as listed below:
(a) Residential classification which shall be inspected upon change of occupancy
with appropriate fees; or
(b) Multifamily classification which shall require ten percent of the entire
complex be inspected each year with appropriate fees.
Amend Sec. 113.6 Inspection procedure to read as follows,
If, upon completion of the inspection, the premises are found to be in violation of one or
more provisions of applicable City codes and ordinances, the City shall provide written
notice of such violation and shall set a re- inspection date before which such violation
shall be corrected. If such uncorrected violations do not pose an immediate threat to the
health, safety, and welfare of the occupants, the Chief Building Official or designee may
authorize the occupancy of the premises for a period not to exceed 90 days....
Repeal Sec 113.8, 113.9, 113.10, 113.11....
Amend Sec. 113.13 Exemptions to read as follows:
The provisions of this article shall not apply to hospital units, nursing units or retirement -
home units licensed by the state located within the City and properties that are currently
being occupied by family member(s) and no rental payments are being collected all of
which shall be specifically exempt from registration under this article....
Sec. 113.17 Failure to register.
The owner or local property manager failing to register a property within the time
prescribed, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed Two Thousand ($2,000.00) dollars....
12. See. 202....
16.
VEHICLE . .....
Repeal definition VEHICLE, INOPERATIVE....
Repeal definition VEHICLE, SPECIAL....
Repeal definition VEHICLE, UTILITY....
Add VEHICLE, ANTIQUE. A passenger car or truck that is at least 35 years old.
Add VEHICLE COLLECTOR. A person who: (a) owns one or more antique or
special interest vehicles; and (b) acquires, collects or disposes of an antique or special
interest vehicle or part of them for personal use to restore and preserve an antique or
special interest vehicle for historic interest.
Add VEHICLE INOPERABLE: A vehicle without a motor, including but not limited
to trailers, campers, camper shells, and wheeled towing frames, that is not in operating
condition because it is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, dilapidated or has one
or more flat tires.
Add VEHICLE, SPECIAL INTEREST.
changed from the original manufacturer's
interest is being preserved by hobbyist.
Amend Sec. 302.4.8 to read as follows:
See. 302.4.8 Assessments of expenses.
A vehicle of any age that has not been
specifications and, because of its historic
In the event the owners of premises upon which work was performed by the City and
charges incurred, fails or refuses to pay such charges and expenses within 60 days after
the work was done, the City Tax Assessor and collector shall file with the County Clerk
of Dallas County or Denton County a lien statement which describes the expenses the
City has incurred pursuant to the provision of this article, the name of the owner, if
known, and the legal description of the property. This lien is security for the expenditures
made and interest occurring at the rate of ten percent on the amount due from the date of
payment by the municipality. This lien is inferior only to tax liens and liens for street
improvements....
19.
Amend Sec. 302.8 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.8 Motor Vehicles.
Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle
shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises, and no vehicle shall at any time be in a
state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled.
Paint of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved spray booth.
Exceptions:
1. A vehicle of any type is permitted to undergo major overhaul, including body work,
provided that such work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed area
designed and approved for such purposes.
2. A vehicle that is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner and is not
visible from the street or other public or private property.
3. That is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the
business of a licensed vehicle dealer or a junk yard; or
4. That is antique or special interest vehicle stored by a vehicle collector on the
collector's property, if the vehicle or part and the outside storage area, if any, are:
(a) maintained in an orderly manner;
(b) not a health hazard; and
(c) screened from ordinary public view by appropriate means including a fence,
rapidly growing trees or shrubbery....
Section 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or work in this
ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
Section 3. That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof by the preceding
sections shall not affect or impair any act done or right vested or accrued or any proceeding, suit
or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal shall take effect; but every
such act done, or right vested or accrued, or proceedings, suit or prosecution had or commenced
shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof
so repealed shall remain in force.
Section 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance or 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 subject to a fine
not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offence, except where a
different penalty has been established by State law for such offense, the penalty shall be that
fixed by State law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision of law that governs
fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, the penalty shall
be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each
and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of Coppell, Texas, this the 099"p, day of
2012.
ATTEST:
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