OR 89-434 Amending Sign Regulations AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 89434
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BY AMENDING
ARTICLE 10-2, SECTION 10-4-3 OF ARTICLE 10-4 AND SECTION 10-9-1 OF
ARTICLE 10-9; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT WHERE A DIFFERENT
PENALTY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE, THE
PENALTY SHALL BE THAT FIXED BY STATE LAW, AND FOR ANY OFFENSE WHICH
IS A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION THAT GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING,
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION OR DUMPING OF REFUSE AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED BY SECTION 2.09 OF THE TEXAS LITTER ABATEMENT ACT, ARTICLE
4477-9a, VERNON'S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES, AS AMENDED THE PENALTY
SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AmendingArticle 10-2 of Chapter 10 of the Code
of Ordinances.
Article 10-2 of Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Coppell is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"ARTICLE 10 - 2
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases shall have meanings respectively
ascribed to them by this Article. Where terms are not defined,
they shall have their ordinary accepted meanings within the context
with which they are used. Webster's Third New International
Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, copyright 1981,
shall be considered as providing ordinarily accepted meanings.
Building - means a structure which has a roof supported by columns,
walls or air for the shelter, support, or enclosure of persons,
animal or chattel.
Effective Area, Attached Sign - means the sum of the areas of the
minimum imaginary rectangles enclosing each word attached to any
particular facade. Effective area shall also be referred to as
size. (See Appendix Illustration 1)
Effective Area, Monument Sign - means the area enclosed by drawing
a rectangle of horizontal and vertical lines which fully contain
all extremities of the sign located above the ground including the
sign base. The measurement is to be calculated from a viewpoint
which gives the largest rectangle of that kind. Effective area
shall also be referred to as size. (See Appendix Illustration 1)
Effective Area, Other Sign - Signs that do not meet the definition
of attached signs or monument signs shall be referred to as other
signs. The effective area of other signs shall be calculated by
drawing a rectangle of horizontal and vertical lines which fully
contain all extremities of the sign exclusive of its supports.
Effective area shall also be referred to as size.
Facade - means any separate face of a building, including parapet
walls and omitted wall line, or any part of a building which
encloses or covers usable space. Where separate faces are oriented
in the same direction, or in the directions within forty-five
degrees of one another, they are to be considered as a part of a
single facade.
Model Home - means a single family dwelling structure that is open
for inspection by the general public and is not used as a dwelling.
Premises - means a lot or unplatted tract, or a combination of
contiguous lots or unplatted tracts if the lot or tract, or
combination is under single ownership and is reflected in the plat
records of the city.
Premises, Dwelling - means a lot zoned SF, TH or 2F that is
occupied by a residential housing structure.
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Public Right-of-Way - means a dedicated road or street including
the easement for that road or street.
Sign - means any device, flag, banner, light, figure, picture,
letter, word, message, symbol, plaque, or poster visible from
outside the premise on which it is located and designed to inform
or attract the attention of persons not on that premise.
Sign, Attached - means any sign attached to, applied on, or
supported by, any part of a building (such as a wall, roof, window,
canopy, awning, arcade, or marquee) which encloses or covers usable
space.
Sign, Banner - means a sign which is not permanently affixed.
Sign, Detached - means any sign connected to the ground which is
not an attached sign, inclusive of signs on movable objects, except
signs on vehicles which are moving or are parked only temporarily,
incidental to their principal use for transportation.
Sign, Monument - means any detached sign which is of monolithic or
semi-monolithic construction being made from masonry, concrete
materials, or plastic provided that a masonry base is incorporated
into the sign, with no separation between the base of the sign and
grade. (See Appendix Illustration 2)
Sign, Movement Control - means a sign which directs vehicular or
pedestrian movement within or onto the premise on which the
movement control sign is located.
Sign, Off-Premise - means a sign displaying advertising copy that
pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event,
place, service, or product not principally located or primarily
manufactured or sold on the premise on which the sign is located.
Sign, Pole - means any detached sign which is not a monument sign.
Sign, Political - means any type of sign which refers only to the
issues or candidates involved in a political election.
Sign, Portable - means a sign designed or constructed or used to
facilitate the placing or moving of the sign from one location to
another and is not permanently affixed to the real property.
Sign, Premise - means a sign identifying or advertising a business,
person, or activity, and installed and maintained on the same
premise as the business, person, or activity.
Sign Protective - means any sign which is commonly associated with
safeguarding the permitted uses of the occupancy, including, but
not limited to, "bad dog." "no trespassing," and "no solicitors."
Sign Subdivision - means a sign that identifies the name of the
subdivision only.
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Sign, Support - means any pole, post, strut, cable, or other
structural fixture or framework necessary to hold and secure a
sign, providing that said fixture or framework is not imprinted
with any picture, symbol or word using characters in excess of one
(1) inch in height, nor is internally or decoratively illuminated.
Sign, Vehicular means any sign on a vehicle moving along the
ground or on any vehicle parked temporarily, incidental to its
principal use for transportation. This definition shall not
include signs which are being transported to a site of permanent
erection.
Zoning District, Business - means any zoning district designated
by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell as O, R, C, TC, LI
and HI. Any PD District with the previous listed zoning prefix is
also include in this list, unless specifically excluded by its
provisions.
Zoning District, Non-business - means any zoning district not
designated as a business district in accordance with the above
definition."
SECTION 2. Amending Section 10-4-3 of Article 10-4 of
Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances.
Section 10-4-3 of Article 10-4 of Chapter 10 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended by adding the
following sub paragraph "L" as follows:
"L. Signs attached to a vehicle advertising
the sale of the vehicle where the vehicle
is parked in such a way that the sign
informs or attracts the attention of
persons using the public right-of-way."
SECTION 3. Amending Section 10-9-1 of Article 10-9 of
Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances.
Section 10-9-1 of Article 10-9 of Chapter 10 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE 10 - 9
VARIANCES
Section 10-9-1 PROCEDURE FOR VARIANCE. The City Council may
allow signs to vary from the size, location or
construction requirements of this ordinance.
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An administrative fee of one hundred dollars
($100.00) shall be charged to all applicants
requesting a variance from this ordinance. Non
profit organizations shall be exempt from the
one hundred dollar ($100.00) administrative fee
when requesting a variance.
Any sign constructed or which may be hereafter
constructed, pursuant to any variance
heretofore authorized, shall be considered a
sign conforming to the provisions of this
ordinance."
SECTION 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Chapter 10, as amended, of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Coppell shall remain in full force and effect, save and except
as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE AND AMENDING THE PENALTY
CLAUSE OF ORDINANCE NO. 88-405.
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed
and the penalty clause of ordinance 88-405 is hereby amended to
read the same as the penalty clause of this ordinance to provide
a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) for each offense except where a different penalty has
been established by state law for such offense, the penalty shall
be that fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a
violation of any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public
health and sanitation or dumping of refuse as that term is defined
by Section 2.09 of the Texas Litter Abatement Act, Article 4477-
9a, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, the penalty
shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars
($2,000.00) for each offense.
SECTION 6. 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 as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than
the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for
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each offense; except where a different penalty has been established
by state law for such offense, the penalty shall be that fixed by
state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any
provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and
sanitation or dumping of refuse as that term is defined by Section
2.09 of the Texas Litter Abatement Act, Article 4477-9a, Vernon's
Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, the penalty shall be a 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 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and publication of its caption, as the law in such
cases provides.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Coppell, Texas this the 28th day of February , 1989.
APPROVED:
LOU DUGGAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
DOROTHY TIMMONS
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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