OR 2012-1326 Emergency Telephone ServiceORDINANCE NO. 2012 -1326
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE COPPELL CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9,
"GENERAL REGULATIONS" BY AMENDING ARTICLE 9 -21,
"EMERGENCY TELEPONE SERVICE ", AMENDING SECTION 9 -21 -1
"DEFINITIONS "; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell desires to provide safe and responsible emergency
service; and;
WHEREAS, emergency telephone service requires specific definitions and conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 9 "General Regulations" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Coppell, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Article 9 -21, `Emergency
Telephone Service ", by amending Sec. 9 -21 -1 "Definitions ", which shall read as follows:
"CHAPTER 9. GENERAL REGUALTIONS.
ARTICLE 9 -21 "EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE"
Sec. 9-21-1 Definitions
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning.
9 -1 -1 Service means a telecommunications service through which the user
of a public telephone system has the ability to reach the City of Coppell's public safety
answering point by dialing the digits 9 -1 -1.
Local Exchange Access Line or Equhalent Local Exchange Access Line mean the
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physical voice grade telecommunications connection or the cable or broadband transport
facilities, or any combination of these facilities, owned, controlled, or relied upon by a service
provider, between an end user customer's premises and a service provider's network that,
when the digits 9 -1 -1 are dialed, provides the end user customer access to a public safety
answering point through a permissible interconnection to the dedicated 9 -1 -1 network. In the
case of multi- channel services or offerings, channelized by a service provider, each individual
channel provided to an end user customer shall constitute a separate "local exchange access
line" or "equivalent local exchange access line" (e.g., ISDN -PRI service consists of 24
individual channels.) The terms "local exchange access line" or "equivalent local exchange
access line" include lines as defined above that a service provider offers at a fully or partially
discounted rate from the provider's base rate to a class of end users (e.g., the service provider's
employees/retirees). Such discounting is not a basis for eliminating or reducing the 9 -1 -1
emergency service fee on such lines, except in the instance of an Emergency Communication
District imposing its 9 -1 -1 emergency service fee based on a percentage in lieu of a flat rate.
local exchange access line or equivalent local exchange access line do not include coin -
operated public telephone equipment, public telephone equipment operated by card reader,
commercial mobile radio service that provides access to a paging or other one -way signaling
service, a communication channel suitable only for data transmission, a line from a
telecommunications service provider to an Internet service provider for the Internet service
provider's data modem lines used only to provide its Internet access service and that are not
capable of transmitting voice messages, a wireless roaming service or other nonvocal
commercial mobile radio service, a private telecommunications system, or a wireless
telecommunications connection subject to Texas Health and Safety Code §771.0711.
A service provider using one or more facilities with multiple calling capabilities to serve a
single end user customer location that cannot determine the actual number of local exchange
access lines or equivalent local exchange access lines being served by such facilities (e.g.,
Enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol applications), shall assess the 9 -1 -1 emergency
service fee as follows:
Where the number of 9 -1 -1
capable telephone
numbers (TNs) is:
The
Midpoint
(MP) is:
The applicable
formula is:
MP -10 /4 +10
Number of Fees to be
Remitted
1 -10
# of TNs
11 -20
15
11
11
21 -40
30
15
15
41 -60
50
20
20
61 -80
70
25
25
81 -100
90
30
30
The applicable
formula is:
[(MP- 10)/3] +10
101 -125
113
44
44
126 -150
138
53
53
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151 -175
163
61
61
176 -200
188
69
69
201 -250
225
82
82
251 -300
275
98
98
301 -400
350
123
123
401 -500
450
157
157
501 -600
550
190
190
601 -700
650
223
223
701 -800
750
257
257
801 -900
850
290
290
901 -1000
950
323
323
SECTION 2. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, or section of this ordinance or of
the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the
same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other
than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of
the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 3. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, as amended,
shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
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
Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) for each offense; and
each and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the laws and charter in such case provide.
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DULY APPROVED AND PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Dallas
County, Texas on the �' day of
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HRISTEL PETTMOS, CITY SEC TARY
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