OR 2016-1435 Amending Building Code Table
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-1435
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 15,
“OTHER CODES ADOPTED”, ARTICLE 15-1, “BUILDING CODE”,
SECTION 15-1-2, “AMENDMENTS”, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
TO PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT TO TABLE 503 OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, APPLICABLE TO ALLOWABLE
HEIGHT AND BUILDING AREAS,BY AMENDING THE CAPTION AND
ADDING FOOTNOTE C; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS,
the City Council for the City of Coppell has previously adopted certain
amendments to the International Building Code based upon the unique needs for the construction of
buildings within the City of Coppell; and
WHEREAS,
the City Council finds that the construction of buildings greater than two-stories
in height require pose unique safety risks; and
WHEREAS,
the City Council desires to ensure that such buildings are built in a manner
which protects the well-being of the occupants of such a building, as well as the surrounding
community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
. That Article 15, Other Code Adopted, Article 15-1 Building Code, Section
15-1-2 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the same is hereby, amended to add to Table 503 of the
2012 International Building Code by amending the caption and adding footnote ‘c’, to said Table, to
read as follows:
Sec. 15-1-2 - Amendments.
“
The following sections of the International Building Code, 2012 Edition, are hereby amended
to read as follows:
. . . . .
15A. Amend Section 419.1.1 by amending subsection (2) thereof that reads as follows:
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15B. Table 503, Allowable Height and Building Areas of the 2012 International Building Code, is
hereby amended as follows: that the caption to TABLE 503 shall add footnotes c thereto.
The footnotes shall hereby read as follows:
“c. Group R-1 Hotel/Motel occupancies shall be of Type I or II construction
regardless of height and/or area.”
. . . .
16. Amend Section 506.2.2 by adding a sentence to read as follows ”
SECTION 2
. 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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 3
. 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 4
. 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 5
. 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 Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day
such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 6. 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.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the0day of
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, 2016.
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KA r N S BO HUNT, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CHRISTEL PET 4
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APPRG II AS T9 FORM:
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ROBERT E. HAGER 4TY ATTORNEY
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