RE 2015-0414.1
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-0414.1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS, REQUESTING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
TO CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE POSSIBLE
REPEAL OF “MXD-1” AND MXD-2” ZONING DISTRICTS AS TEXT
CHANGE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL AND THE CODE OF
ORIDINANCES; AND TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OR AN AMENDMENT
TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN TO REVISE AND/OR
ELIMINATE MIXED USED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND MIXED
USE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE
PLAN; PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE AND HEARING; PROVIDING
THE NOTICE AND HEARING TO CONSIDER SUCH AMENDMENTS TO
THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS
, the City has adopted the 2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan by ordinance
and conformance with state law; and
WHEREAS,
the City has adopted zoning use regulations establishing “MXD-1” and
“MXD-2” zoning districts which contemplate mixed use developments within the corporate limits
of the city; and
WHEREAS
, the City Council has determined that such zoning districts, as they currently
exist, do not reflect the City’s vision for mixed used development, if any, within the corporate
limits of the City of Coppell; and
WHEREAS,
the City Council has determined the Coppell 2030 Comprehensive Land Use
Plan may not accurately reflect its vision concerning the identification of possible mixed use
neighborhood center or mixed use community center; and
WHEREAS,
the City desires the Planning and Zoning Commission to give proper notice
and conduct appropriate hearings to eliminate such uses from the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance until such time as the Council in its judgment has determined that such contemplated
type of land use(s) meet the future growth vision of the City; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The Planning and Zoning Commission is hereby requested to conduct, after
appropriate notice and public hearings, a recommendation on whether or not to repeal the “MXD-1”
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zoning district and “MXD-2” zoning district and regulations thereunder as text change amendments
to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the Code of Ordinance of the City of Coppell; and, the
Planning and Zoning Commission, pursuant to provisions of state law governing municipal
comprehensive plan, conduct a public hearing considering a recommendation whether or not to
amend the comprehensive plan revising or repealing mixed use neighborhood centers and/or
community centers; and, amending the maps adopted in such ordinance plans or make other
recommendations to the City Council to amend the respective ordinances.
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.
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 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
and approved by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, on this
the 14th day of April, 2015.
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