OR 2015-1421 Subdivision Ord
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-1421
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 13 OF THE COPPELL CITY CODE; PRESCRIBING RULES
AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF
LAND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, CONTAINING
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT,
FINAL PLAT, MINOR PLAT, AMENDING PLAT, AND REPLAT;
PROVIDING FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISIONS AND
SUBDIVISION PLATS; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FILING
PLATS, SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION, ACCEPTANCE OF
SUBDIVISIONS AND ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS, PROVIDING
CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE; PRESCRIBING FEES TO BE CHARGED;
REPEALING ANY PART OF ANY ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT WITH
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS
, by Chapter 212 of the Local Government Code, the laws of the State of Texas
provide that every owner of any tract of land situated within the corporate limits who may divide
the same in two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of any tract of land or
any addition to any town or city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or any lots, and
streets, alleys or parks or other portions intended for public use, or the use of purchasers or owners
of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made thereof which shall
accurately describe all of said subdivision or addition by metes and bounds and locate the same
with respect to an original corner of the original survey of which it is a part, giving the dimensions
of said subdivision or addition, and the dimensions of all streets, alleys, squares, parks or other
portions of same intended to be dedicated to public use, or for the use of purchasers or owners of
lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto; and
WHEREAS
, said law provides that the governing body of any city may extend, by
ordinance, to all of the area under its extraterritorial jurisdiction the application of the city’s
ordinance establishing rules and regulations governing plats and the subdivision of land; and
WHEREAS
, the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, being so empowered by law,
does hereby promulgate and establish such a plan for the City of Coppell, Texas, and this ordinance
shall hereinafter be known as the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO CODE OF ORDINANCES
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, is hereby amended by repealing
Chapter 13, Subdivision Declaration, Sections 13-1-1 through 13-1-17, Ordinance 94-643, as
amended, in its entirety, and is hereby replaced by a new Chapter 13, to hereby read as follows:
“Chapter 13.
Subdivision Regulations and Design Standards
See (Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof.)”
SECTION 2.REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
SECTION 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE
The repeal of existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or
punishment of any person for any act done or committed prior to the effective date of this ordinance
in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such offenses may be instituted
and causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance or ordinances
had not been repealed; and any application or pending subdivision, plat, replat, amending plat or
proceeding concerning the subdivision of land within the corporate limits or extended jurisdiction
prior to the adoption of this Ordinance shall be determined in accordance with the provision of
Chapter 13, Section 13-1-1 through 13-1-17, Ordinance No. 94-643, as amended.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be adjudged
invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance is a whole
or any part of provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed
the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such
offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption, as the
law in such cases provides.
DU Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas,this the 42C n,
day of y , 2015.
APPR i,VED:
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-.REN LBO HU T, Mayor
ATTEST:
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ISTEL PE INOS, City S retary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT E. HA.0".', City Attorney
(9-17-15:REH/ag/73330)