OR 88-401 Authorizes the reprinting of the Code of Ordinance of the City AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 88401
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE
REPRINTING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS;
PROVIDING THAT SUCH REPRINTING SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, 1988 EDITION; AMENDING THE
PENALTY PROVISION OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
TO PROVIDE FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; EXCEPT WHERE A DIFFERENT PENALTY
IS ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW 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 LITER
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 DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell has authority under and by virtue of the laws of
the State of Texas to codify and adopt its ordinances together with appropriate penalties
for violation thereof, which said Code when adopted shall have the force and effect of
an ordinance regularly enacted with the usual prerequisites of law; and
WHEREAS, the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, as originally
published in 1982, consisted of one loose-leaf volume and constituted the first codification
of the genera] ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppe]l, Texas, originally printed
in 1982, be reprinted in one or more volumes containing the original Chapters 1 through
17, including an expanded Index and Table of Contents and revised by adding ordinances
adopted subsequent to the original printing and through Ordinance No. 88-402.
The new volume or volumes shall be known as the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Coppell, Texas, 1988 Edition, and on each page thereof, except pages reflecting
revisions as a result of ordinances adopted after September 30, 1987, shah be marked
with the phrase "Revised 9/87." Pages of the 1988 Edition reflecting revisions resulting
from ordinances adopted after September 30, 1987, shall be marked "Revised" together
with the subsequent date of such revision.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall not have the effect of repealing any provision of Ordinance
No. 256, except that Section 6 of said ordinance and the penalty provision of the
general provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas are each
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Whenever in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, or
in any ordinance of the City, or in any rule or regulation promulated
pursuant thereto, an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful
or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance
the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to
be unlawful, the violation of such provision of the Code or ordinance, rule
or regulation by any person, firm or corporation shall be deemed a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, such person, firm or corporation shall
be punished by 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, and each and every day
such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense."
SECTION 3.
Ordinance No. 87-385, adopted August 11, 1987, proposed that the subject matter
be added to the Coppell Code of Ordinances as Article 6-7. The provisions of said
ordinance shall be reeorded in the 1988 Edition of the Code as Article 6-11, otherwise
to remain unehanged exeept for format changes.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 23rd
day of February , 1988.
APPROVED:
Lou Duggan, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy LTimmons, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY