OR 2012-1314 Contractor registrationAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL
ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -1314
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, BY ADDING ARTICLE 15 -16 CONTRACTOR
REGISTRATION BY ADDING SECTIONS 15 -16 -1 CONTRACTOR
REGISTRATION POLICY, 15 -16 -2 ADDING A DEFINITION FOR
CONTRACTOR AND STATING GUIDELINE EXEMPTIONS, AND 15-
16-3 ESTABLISHING PROMULGATED REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE,
PROVIDING A REPEALER, ESTABLISHING A PENALTY OF FINE
NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell has various building codes; and
WHEREAS, the City requires that the contractor provides contact information
and have knowledge of applicable building codes; and
WHEREAS, the City as a home rile city has authority to reasonably regulate
such work; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the registration of contractors is necessary to protect the
health, safety and welfare of its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Coppell City Code be, and the same is hereby, amended by
amending Chapter 15, Other Codes Adopted, by adding Article 15 -16 which is as
follows:
ARTICLE 15 -16 CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION
Section 15 -16 -1. Contractor Registration Policy
No contractor shall be eligible to submit or receive a permit and /or to
perform work under this Chapter, without such contractor having first
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obtained a valid annual registration issued by the City Manager or
designee and paid the required registration fee.
The City Council shall by resolution establish the required fee, if any.
Section 15 -16 -2. Definitions/Defense
Contractor within the meaning of this Article shall mean any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, association, who for a fee or consideration,
performs work requiring a permit under this Chapter.
Defense - It shall be a defense to prosecution under this Ordinance that the
contractor required to register under this article is exempt from local
registration under state law.
Section 15 -16 -3. Registration Requirements and Forms
The City Manager or designee is authorized to promulgated registration
requirements and forms reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose
recited herein and protect the general health safety and welfare of the
public."
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.
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 Code of Ordinance of
the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense; and each and
every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately fi-am 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, on the
drty of , 2012.
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TEL PE' GOS, CITY StCRE ARM
APPROV TO FORM:
ROBERT ` , . 4� C'I'TY ATTORNEY
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