OR 2015-1408 Houston and Travis Street
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-1408
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 8-3-
1(A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO
STOP, STAND, OR PARK A VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES ON PORTIONS OF
HOUSTON STREET AND TRAVIS STREET; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1
. That Section 8-3-1A of Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the same
is hereby, amended to provide for no parking zone on portions of Houston Street and Travis Street to
read as follows:
Sec. 8-3-1 NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS & IN CERTAIN SCHOOL
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ZONES/SCHOOL AREAS
A. No parking on specific streets. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand
or park a vehicle at any time in violation of any official sign, curb marking, or street
marking that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle
at the times designated for the following street:
. . . . .
HEARTZ ROAD . . . . .
HOUSTON STREET
on the south side, at its intersection with East Main Street eastward to
its intersection with South Coppell Road;
KAY STREET . . . . .
. . . . .
TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD . . . . .
TRAVIS STREET
on the north side, at its intersection with East Main Street eastward to its
intersection with South Coppell Road;
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VILLAGE DRIVE . . . . .
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SECTION 2
. The traffic engineer shall erect official signs, curb markings, or street
markings giving notice that parking, stopping or standing of vehicles is prohibited at the locations
designated herein.
SECTION 3
. That all provisions of the Code of 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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 4
. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase 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 5
. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense
was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 6
. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be subjected to a fine
not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and each and every day
such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7
. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,Texas,this the 2. I ' day of
re6ruarI/ ,2015.
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CHRISTEL PETTINOS,CITY SECTARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT E.HAG _a.'4 CITY ATTORNEY
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