OR 91500-A-795 Building Sign Area requirements COPPELL ORDINANCE PG 1 OF 3 TM135228
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, BY AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS HERETOFORE AMENDING
CHAPTER 12 ‘ZONING’, ARTICLE 29 ‘SIGN REGULATIONS’, SECTION
12-29-4 ‘PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICTS’,
SUBSECTION 3 (B) (II); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell has previously adopted the provisions for business
zoning districts and desires to update the restrictions for certain temporary signs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas has determined that it is the
City’s best interest to update the provisions in said article.
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 Coppell, Texas, be, and the same
is hereby amended by amending Chapter 12 ‘Zoning’, Article 29 ‘Sign Regulations’ by amending
Section 3, Subsections (B) Effective area (ii) to read as follows:
“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. – ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 29. – SIGN REGULATIONS
Sec. 12-29-0. – Purpose.
. . . . .
Sec. 12-29-4. – Provisions for business zoning districts
Signs are permitted in any business zoning district subject to the following restrictions.
1.Signs adjoining non-business district boundaries: . . . . .
. . . . .
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3. Attached signs: Attached signs are permitted in business areas in accordance with
the following provisions:
(A) Mounting: . . . . .
(B) Effective area: Attached signs shall not exceed the following:
i. For buildings and leaseholds with one front façade. . . . .
ii. For buildings and leaseholds with one front facade, (front facade being
defined as the building surface directly facing a dedicated street, or where
street frontage does not exist, it shall be defined as the width of the lease
space which contains the main entry), attached signs located at a height of
36 feet or less are permitted a maximum aggregate effective area equal to
one square foot per linear foot of building or leasehold frontage as
applicable, or 300 square feet, whichever is less. If a building or business
has two or multiple facades that face two public streets, the signs can have
an aggregate effective area equal to 1 square foot per aggregate linear foot
of footage on all streets. In no case shall any sign exceed a 1 square foot
per linear foot facade width ratio. The total shall not exceed 300 square
feet. The signage may be placed on both facades. A leasehold may not use
this provision and the expanded area allowed by Subsection IV of this
Section.
iii. . . . . .”
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or of the Code of
Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
the rates established herein shall be effective on _______________, 2023.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ____ day of
________________________, 2023
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APPROVED:
_______________________________
WES MAYS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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ASHLEY OWENS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGER, City Attorney