OR 88-403 Amends chap.9 of Code of Ordinance by amending sec.9-7-1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE-NO. 88403
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 9
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BY AMENDING SECTION
9-7-1 MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO CONSTRUCT OR LOCATE A METAL BUILDING OR
A BUILDING WITH A METAL ROOF WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY;
PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE METAL ACCESSORY BUILDING PER LOT HAVING
AN AREA OF LESS THAN 150 SQUARE FEET; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR
CERTAIN MANSARD STYLE ROOFS; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN
"STANDING SEAM METAL" ROOFS WITH BAKED ON ENAMEL FINISH; PROVIDING THAT
EXISTING NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS NON-
CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND PERMITTED TO CONTINUE UNDER THE SAME TERMS
AND CONDITIONS AS A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE WOULD BE REGULATED
UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR
MOBILE HOMES LOCATED IN AN ESTABLISHED VALID MOBILE HOME PARK;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AMENDING THE PENALTY CLAUSE OF
ORDINANCE NO. 282 TO PROVIDE A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; 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. AMENDING SECTION 9-7-1 OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE
OF ORDINANCES
Chapter 9 of the Code of Ordinanees of the City of Coppell is hereby amended
by amending Seerion 9-7-1 to read as follows:
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"ARTICLE 9 - 7 METAL BUILDINGS
Section 9-7-1 METAL BUILDINGS PROHIBITED WITHIN CITY
A. It shall be unlawful for a person to construct or locate a
metal building or a building with a metal roof or metal awning
within the corporate limits of the City, except as otherwise
provided herein.
B. This section shall not apply to accessory buildings having a
covered area of less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet.
Provided, however, only one (1) such metal accessory building
or aeeessory building with a metal roof shall be permitted
on any one (1) building lot. An "accessory building" as that
term is used herein shall mean a building which is used for
a use eustomarily incidental to the use of the main building.
The term accessory building shall include, but not be limited
to, garages, workshops, and earports or any other type of
covered parking or walkway.
C. If a buliding is constructed with a mansard style roof of the
type shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto, the outer portion
of the "mansard roof", as indicated on Exhibit "A", may be
constructed with a metal covering with a baked on enamal
finish or a metal covering of exposed copper.
D. "Standing Seam Metal Roofs" with a baked on enamel finish
meeting the specifications set out in Exhibit "B" shall be
permitted.
E. Existing non-conforming buildings shall be considered as non-
conforming structures and permitted to continue in existence
under the same terms and conditions as a non-conforming
structure would be regulated under the zoning ordinance of
the City.
F. Mobile homes located in an established mobile home park on
the effective date of this ordinance or which are hereafter
moved into a mobile home park which was in existence as an
established mobile home park on the effective date of this
ordinance shah not be considered "metal buildings" or
"buildings with a metal roof" within the meaning of subsection
A of this section.
G. This section shall not apply to buildings temporarily located
at a construction site, provided that a permit has been issued
for the building listing the date that the building must be
removed from the site.
H. The City Council may allow a variance to the restrictions
imposed by this section. The City Council wishes to note
that more restrictive deed restrictions may govern any
particular tract of land. Deed restrictions are not enforced
by the City.
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SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE AND AMENDING THE PENALTY CLAUSE OF
ORDINANCE NO. 282
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
No. 282 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.
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 Coppe]l, Texas, this the 23rd
day of Febryary , 1988.
APPROVED
Lou Duggan, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary
APPROV ED AS TO FORM:
CO88-0306
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