OR 87-379 Prohibiting parking of trucks & other motor vehicles AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 87379
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 PROHIBITING PARKING OF TRUCKS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES
WITHIN THE PARKWAY AREA OF ANY PUBLIC ROADWAY, HIGHWAY OR STREET
WITHIN THE CITY; DEFINING THE TERM PARKWAY AREA TO MEAN THAT AREA
BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE PAVED OR DRIVING PORTION OF THE
ROADWAY, WHETHER OR NOT AN ALLEY OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY
INTERVENES; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR VEHICLES IN AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) 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 8-3-4 TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE CITY CODE
Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended
by adding thereto a new Section 8-3-4 to read as follows:
"Section 8-3-4 PARKING PROHIBITED ON PARKWAYS
A. It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to
park or leave standing a truck or other motor vehicle
upon any parkway area within the city, provided
however, this section shall not apply to motor vehicles
in an emergency situation in which such parking or
standing of a motor vehicle was urgent and necessary.
B. For the purpose of this section, the term "parkway
area" is defined as that area between the property
line and the paved or driving portion of any public
roadway, highway or street, whether or not an alley
or other public property intervenes.
C. In addition to any penalty provided in this code or by
any other ordinance or statute, the city shall have the
right, under the police powers granted, to remove and
impound at the owner's expense any vehicle left
unattended in any parkway within the city. No liability
shall exist upon the part of the city for any loss,
damage or inconvenience to the owner by reason of
such removal of such vehicle."
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or 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provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.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 Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) 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 shah 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
day of
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: