OR 91500-A-620 Text Amendment
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-620
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 91500, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 39, SEC. 12-39 BUILDING SITE CREATION AND
SITE PLAN REVIEW, TO PROVIDE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION APPROVAL AUTHORTY FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL
WHEN COMPLIANT WITH ZONING REGULATIONS AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION, AS AMENDED; 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 Ordinance No. 91500 of the City of Coppell, Texas as heretofore
amended be and the same is hereby amended by repealing Chapter 12, Article 39, Section 12-39-2
Building Site Creation and Site Plan Review and replacing with a new Chapter 12, Article 39
Section 12-39-2 to read as follows:
“Chapter 12
ARTICLE 39. - BUILDING SITE CREATION AND SITE PLAN REVIEW
Section 12-39-1
…..
Section 12-39-2
1.Purpose. The intent of the site plan review and approval procedure is to
promote safe, efficient and harmonious use of land, vehicular and pedestrian
circulation, parking and loading, lighting, screening, landscaping, and other
aspects of site development which contribute to the general welfare.
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2.Applicability. A site plan shall be submitted to the planning and zoning
commission for its approval prior to issuance of a building permit for any of
the following types of construction:
(A)Any townhouse project or multi-family residential development.
(B)Any park or subdivision for manufactured homes or recreational
vehicles.
(C)Any non-residential project.
3. Site plan components. A site plan shall be accurate, legible, drawn to scale
with dimensions, and shall show:
(A)Location map, distance to the nearest cross street, north arrow,
scale, and title block.
(B)Boundaries of the property.
(C)Location and size of existing buildings, and location, size,
materials list, and architectural elevations of proposed buildings.
(D)Proposed occupancy.
(E)Parking layout and driveways.
(F)Means of ingress and egress.
(G)Loading areas.
(H)Fire lanes.
(I)Landscaping and plant list.
(J)Screening.
(K)Public and private sidewalks.
(L)Refuse facilities and manner of screening.
(M)Lighting facilities, security lighting, screening and glare
shades.
(N)Adjoining streets and alleys, including curbs, medians and storm
drains.
(O)Drainage, electric, telephone, gas, cable television and other utility
easements.
(P)Zoning districts on and adjacent to the property.
(Q)Computations of building area for each occupancy, site area and
parking and landscaping ratios.
(R)Sign locations, descriptions and elevations.
(S)Topography with a contour interval of two feet or less, and
minimum finished floor elevations, both referenced to mean sea
level datum.
(T) Tree Survey and Mitigation Plan, in compliance with Article 12-
34-2-1 of the Code of Ordinances as amended, as applicable.
(U)Other information, including building elevations and samples of
exterior color selections.
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(V)Preliminary Engineering, on a separate exhibit which includes
existing and proposed water lines, sanitary sewer lines, and storm
drainage.
4 Expiration. Site plan approval shall be valid for two years following the
most recent date of approval.
5. Compliance with approved site plan. Within a development subject to site
plan review under the terms of this section, the building official shall not
issue a building permit after the expiration date of the approved site plan,
shall issue a building permit only for construction which complies with all
the provisions and conditions of the most recent approved site plan, and
shall not issue a certificate of occupancy until all provisions and
conditions of the approved site plan have been met.
6. Amendment. The director of planning is authorized, at any time prior to the
expiration of site plan approval, to approve minor amendments of an
approved site plan to correct distances and dimensions; to adjust building
configuration and placement; to realign driveways and parking layout; to
adjust open space, landscaping and screening; and to change utility and
service locations; provided that no such minor amendments shall
substantially change the original plan. Proposed amendments which the
director of planning is not authorized to approve, or has disapproved, shall
follow the same procedure as the original submission.”
SECTION 2.
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 3
. 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.
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SECTION 4. 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 5. 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.
SECTION 6. 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 day
of 2013
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APPROV. o • TO F•RM:
ROBERT E.HAGER,CIT1 •TTORNEY
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