OR 89-431 Establish a truck route AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 89431
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 8
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BY ADDING THERETO
A NEW SECTION 8-4-6 TO ESTABLISH A TRUCK ROUTE FOR THROUGH TRUCK
TRAFFIC; PROVIDING THAT TRUCKS HAVING A CARRING CAPACITY OF TWO TONS
OR MORE MUST USE ONLY BELTLINE ROAD OR DENTON TAP ROAD WHEN
TRAVELING THORUGH THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING A BONAFIDE DESTINATION OR
POINT OF ORGIN WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. ADDING NEW SECTION 8-4-6 TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE CITY CODE
OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH A TRUCK ROUTE FOR THROUGH
TRUCK TRAFFIC
Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended
by adding thereto a new Section 8-4-6 to read as follows:
Sec. 8-3-3 TRUCK ROUTE FOR THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate through the City, a truck
or other commercial motor vehicle, having a weight of two tons or more,
over, on, or upon the public streets and roadways within the corporate
limits of the City, without having a bonafide destination or point of orgin
within the City, except on the following named streets:
A. Beltline Road
B. Denton Tap Road
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SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 each
offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and
separate offense.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas this the 14th day of February , 1989.
APPROVED:
LOU DUGGAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
DOROTHY TIMMONS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
CO89-0205
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