OR 91500-A-658 Screening Walls
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-658
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12,
ZONING, ARTICLE 33. SCREENING STANDARDS, SECTION 1. 8 (A)
LOCATION OF REQUIRED SCREENING; TO REQUIRE ALL NEW
MASONRY SCREENING WALLS BE CONSTRUCTED TO A NEW
MINIMUM STANDARD SPECIFICATION; 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 amending Article 33. Screening Standards, Section 12-33-
1(8)(A), to add language requiring the type of construction for screening walls, which shall read as
follows:
“Section 12-33-1. Location of required screening.
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8.
The city council may waive or modify, in exceptional cases, the requirements of
this section. All forms of screening shall conform to the requirements of the
ordinances of the city governing the sight distance for traffic safety and other city
ordinances. The types of permissible screening are:
(A) A brick wall with a minimum height of six feet and a maximum height of
eight feet shall be located on the street right-of-way line. The color of the
wall shall be limited to earth-tone colors, (i.e. brown, tan, red, gray, etc.).
The color of the wall shall be uniform and/or compatible on both sides of a
thoroughfare for the entire length of the thoroughfare between two
intersecting thoroughfares. When walls are built in sections, the colors shall
be as closely similar as possible, but shall, in no case, be incompatible. Plans
and specifications for the wall shall be approved by the city. Masonry
columns shall be separated at a minimum of ten feet and a maximum of 30
feet on centers and shall be taller than the remainder of the wall.
Brick, stone or masonry elements at the top of the wall shall be of
contrasting brick, stone or masonry and produce a change in plane or
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texture. Developers are encouraged to create offsets in the wall face to
provide visual variety. All brick, stone or masonry walls permitted under
this article shall, in addition to any other requirement, consist of two brick
solder course walls (thickwall), stacked stone wall or stone/brick veneer
with core block as provided in Figures 1 and 2.
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All construction wall plans and evaluations shall be sealed by an engineer,
licensed under Texas law, prior to issuance of a building permit. Trees shall
be planted in the landscape strip between the curb and screening wall
according to the standards set forth in article 34 for residential and multi-
family lots. . . . .
(B). . . . . ”
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
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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.
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 J/ill day of
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