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OR 60-19 Procuring a Building Permit Before Constructing Within the Town 6019 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PROCURING OF A BUILDING PERHIT BEFORE THE COMMENCING OF ANY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE TOWN OF COPPEL, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PERMITS; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS: 1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance it shall unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to commence the construction of any building or the construction of any alterations or repairs to any existing building, when the estimated cost of such alterations or repairs exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, within the Town of Coppell, Texas, or move any building from without the corporate limits to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, without first having procured a per- mit authorizing such construction from the Town Secretary of the Town of Coppell, Texas. 2. That the Town Secretary shall not issue a permit authorizing the construction of any building or the construction of any alterations or repairs to any existing building when the estimated coat of such alterations or repairs exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, within the of Coppell, Texas, or move any building from without the corporate to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, until authorized by a resolution duly entered in the minutes of the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas. 3. That any person, firm or corporation desiring to construct any building or to construct any alterations or repairs to any existing build- lng, when the estimated coat of such alterations or repairs exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, within the Town of Coppell, Texas, or move any building from without the corporate limits to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, shall file an application with the Town Secretary, together with a filing fee; (a) ia the amount of $25.00 in the event the application ia for new construction or to move an existing building; (b) ia the amount of $17.O0 ia the event the application is for alterations or repairs, such application to contain plans amd specifications and estimates of of the contemplated construction. 4. That no permit authorizing the construction of any building or the construction of any alterations or repairs to any existimg building, when the estimated cost of such alterations or repairs exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, within the Town of Coppell, Texas or the removal of any building from without the corporate limits to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, shall be issued until the applica- tion, including the plans and specifications and estimate of cost, pro- vided for herein, shall have been on file in the office of the Town Secretary of the Town of Coppell, Texas, for five (5) full days. 5. That the Town Council shall, on or before fifteen (15) days after the filing of any such application with the Town Secretary, pass resolution authorizing the granting of a permit or rejecting the applica- tion. Failure to pass a resolution authorizing the granting of a build- lng permit within the fifteen (15) day period provided for herein shall automatically constitute a rejection of the application. 6. No permit authorizing the construction of any building within the Town of Coppell, Texas, except auxiliary building to existing building, or the moving of any building from without the corporate limits to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell,Texas, shall be issued the plat showing the subdivision of the area where such construction is to be prosecuted has been approved by the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas. 7. Any person, firm or corporation who has been granted a permit to construct any building or to construct any additions to any existing building within the Town of Coppell, Texas, or to move any building from without the corporate limits to within the corporate limits of the Town of Coppell, Texas, pursuant to and under the terms of this ordinance shall prosecute such construction in strict conformity with the plans and specifi- cations on file and the permit issued hereunder. Upon being notified, in writing, of a failure to prosecute such construction in accordance with the plans and specifications and permit, any such person, firm or corpor- ation, shall have ten (10) days in which to make such building or con- struction conform to the plans and specifications and building permit. Failure to make such corrections shall constitute a violation under the terms of this ordinance. 8. The permit issued by the Town Secretary of the Town of Coppell; Texas, shall be posted in plain view at the site of construction during the entire period of construction. 9. The violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall Be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished; on conviction thereof; by a fine of not to exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars The fact that the Town of Coppell, Texas, is in immediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demanding that any and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than one separate meeting be suspended, and that this ordinance take effeet immediately upon its passage, and it is so ordained. Ordinance 60-19 was passed and approved by the Town Council of the Town of Coppell, Texas on April 18, 1960.