OR 2018-1505 Real estate signsAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-1505
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6, `BUSINESS
REGULATIONS', ARTICLE 6.15 `TEMPORARY SIGNS', SECTION 6-15-
7 `POLITICAL SIGNS AND POLLING PLACES' TO REPEAL
SUBSECTION (B) RELATED TO REAL ESTATE SIGNS IN SIGN ZONES
IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVE FOR FURTHER USE; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS 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 has previously determined that all signage of all content
shall be removed from the public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Subsection (B) of Section 6-15-7 inadvertently remains in text of the Sign
Ordinance, which referred to real estate signs and sign zones; and
WHEREAS, such signs are no longer permitted in the public right-of-way and Subsection
(B) of Section 6-15-7 should be repealed in its entirety and reserve for future use.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 6 `Business Regulations' of the Coppell Code of Ordinances
be, and the same is, hereby amended by amending Article 6.15 `Temporary Signs', Section 6.15-
7 to repeal subsection (B) related to real estate signs in signs zones in its entirety and reserve for
further use which shall hereinafter read as follows:
"CHAPTER 6. BUSINESS REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 6-15. — TEMPORARY SIGNS
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Sec. 6-15-7. Political signs and polling places.
1. Political Signs ....
(A) .....
(B) (Reserved for future Use)
SECTION 2. All ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed; provided, however, that all other provisions
of said ordinances not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held
to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
said ordinance or the Code of 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 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 shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not
to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and
publication of the caption as required by law.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of
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HAGERIZITY ATTORNEY
ity of Coppell, Texas, this the t day of
MAYOR
AT EST:
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RISTEL PE NOS, CITY SlICRETARY
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