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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: AMENDING METAL BUILDING REGULATIONS - Page 1 "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. AMENDING METAL BUILDING REGULATIONS - Page 2 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 AMENDING METAL BUILDING REGULATIONS - Page 3 ~XM~IT 'A" ~:b.~V,,,xTot--.J E~,WrmlT "B"