OR 2016-1434 Amendment to Building Code Live/Work
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-1434
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 ADD A NEW SUBSECTION 15 A TO PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 419 LIVE/WORK UNITS, SUBSECTION 419.1.1 LIMITATIONS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, 2012 EDITION TO
PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT TO SUBSECTION (2) WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE THE FIRST FLOOR TO HAVE NO LESS THAN 50 PERCENT
RESIDENTIAL USE FOR SUCH LIVE/WORK UNIT; 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 2012 Edition 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 live/work units needs clarification
concerning percentage of live to work elements on each lived of a multi-story unit;
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 codes Adopted, Article 15-1 Building Code, Section
15-1-2 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the same is hereby, to add to Section 419, Live/work Units,
subsection 419.1.1 Limitations, of the International Building Code, 2012 Edition, to hereby read as
follows:
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“CHAPTER 15
ARTICLE 15-1. BUILDING CODE
Sec. 15-1-1. Building code – adopted.
…..
Sec. 15-1-2 - Amendments.
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The following sections of the International Building Code 2012 Edition, are hereby amended
to read as follows:
. . . . .
15. Amend Section 406.8, by adding a paragraph that reads as follows:
15A. Amend Section 419.1.1, Limitations, by amending subsection (2) to Section 419 by
adding: (2) The nonresidential area is permitted to be not more than 50 percent
of the area of each live/work unit. In no case shall the non-residential work area be less
than fifty (50) percent of the first floor square footage.
. . . .
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.
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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.
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 the 9614 day of
4A-tie , 2016.
APPR•- ED: /
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ATTFST:
HRISTEL PETTIN•S,CITY SEC', TARY
APPROV' P AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT E. RAGE' TY ATTORNEY
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